So, it was announced at the San Diego Comic-Con that Robert Downey Jr. will make his long-awaited return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as...........Dr. Doom? Huh??That was the sentiment of MANY people online. Like, wha?....Really?? Why Him? I mean, Cillian Murphy is out there and while I'm not a fan of actors playing major characters in multiple comic universes (Cillian Murphy played Jonathan Crane a.k.a The Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy,) that was more than 15 years ago so it's not that bad. This, however is far worse. Iron-Man was the foundation of the MCU. Robert Downey Jr. is as synonymous with Iron-Man as Christopher Reeve was and still is as Superman. Imagine, if Tim Burton had hired Christopher Reeve to play Owl-Man in Batman Returns? That would have been cool on paper, but you just can't un-see Chris Reeve as Superman. It's like God literally created him TO be Superman. Likewise, you cannot un-see RDJ as Tony Stark. We all understand that RDJ in every role he's in these days prints money, but on the surface this move feels really desperate.NOW. IF this "particular" Dr. Doom is actually a variant of Tony Stark that went down a dark-path and became Dr. Doom, I can buy that. Again, TOTALLY unnecessary to do it this way, but I can least see that as "plausible."
When you think of Tony's mindset in Avengers: Age Of Ultron and how even though he knew the consequences of his actions, he just plowed right on ahead with the creation of Ultron much to the consternation of everyone because in HIS mind HE felt that HE knew best for the world. That literally is the genesis point for every major super-villain arc. At least the GOOD ones anyway. They always feel like what they are doing is for the "greater-good" so to speak.
I've heard people say that they should have just made him "Superior Iron-Man" which is definitely canon in the comic books, but Ultron kind of already checked that box. It's possible that maybe they don't want to cheapen the legacy of the original Tony Stark by just bringing back another variant of him.At the time of this post, there are far more questions than answers. One question is why is this movie being called Avengers: Doomsday when this movie clearly is centered on the Fantastic Four? I know that they have a movie coming out the predates this one. Maybe they fight Dr. Doom in the first film and it ends in a stalemate or a LOSS, which is why other MCU characters will have to get involved to stop Dr. Doom in this film? I don't know.It just seems very disjointed and disorganized. Even with the original MCU, while we didn't know what was coming next, what we were given made sense. Nothing that they announced or were planning felt off track. I guess we will have to wait and see how this plays out, but as of right now, I don't know about this.
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