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So over the weekend, it was unveiled that part of phase 57 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be the release of an eventual film, Avengers: Doomsday, <\/em>where the MCU would be introducing Doctor Doom, presumably to be the next big bad in the series.\u00a0 But the biggest bombshell to come out of the announcement would be that Doctor Doom would be played by none other than, Robert Downey, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n Now I didn\u2019t see any of the internet outcrying or rage to have come from this, as I don\u2019t pay an iota of attention to anything that isn\u2019t fed to me these days, but I did notice people talking about what people are talking about, so I suppose that in segments of the world, there are people who are salty and disappointed with the notion of RDJ returning to the MCU after publicly declaring his departure from it after Avengers: Endgame<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n I mean, I couldn\u2019t care any less about RDJ picking up a second role in the MCU, so many people are quick to forget that Chris Evans was Johnny Storm before he became Captain America, and I\u2019m sure there are several other lesser knowns who have picked up second roles at some point during the 27 years of Marvel movies in existence.\u00a0 And with the MCU having already established the existence of the Multiverse, Pandora\u2019s Box is wide open for whatever recasting, retconning and changes on the fly as they want.\u00a0 Earth 6XX is just a digit change away from being able to re-write whatever the fuck Marvel Studios wants to write that will keep the money printer operating.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m sure that RDJ will portray Doom with justice, even though Doom is all about dignity and his own code of honor, while RDJ is best when he\u2019s playing kind of an asshole, like Tony Stark was, but I\u2019m still confident that he\u2019ll knock it out of the park when all is said and done, and all the keyboard warriors who are complaining now will be surreptitiously STFU\u2019d and cautiously singing his praises, while worrying about tryhards who keep screen grabs and e-receipts of dumb shit they might be saying now.<\/span><\/p>\n However, this isn\u2019t to say that I don\u2019t reaction to the announcement of Avengers: Doomsday without any trepidation myself.\u00a0 In fact, I actually had to stop and think for a few seconds when I saw the name of the film, because when I hear the phrase \u201cDoomsday,\u201d in the context of comic books, my mind immediately goes to the big ass gray Kryptonian gorilla that killed Superman, which is a DC Comics IP and not Marvel.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Doom isn\u2019t that far behind at this point, but the fact of the matter is that whenever I think about Dr. Doom in the context of Marvel Comics, to me, he\u2019s a villain that I associate first and foremost with the Fantastic Four, and not the Avengers.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t to say that there\u2019s not numerous instances in comic history where Doom has scrapped with the Avengers, but comic enthusiasts like me tend to forever mark a guy with whatever property they appeared first in, which in the case of Dr. Doom was Fantastic Four #5 in 1962.<\/span><\/p>\n But at least to me, it\u2019s never going to not feel like Dr. Doom is being forced into the Avengers, because to me, he\u2019s not an Avengers villain.\u00a0 He is, and always will be a Fantastic Four big bad, and for that reason alone, it will permanently temper my ceiling of how good Doomsday can possibly be.<\/span><\/p>\n Although I\u2019m sure the writers at the MCU will spin up a storyline that makes it feel organic and will be portrayed, acted and executed marvelously, I just don\u2019t think of Dr. Doom as an Avengers adversary.\u00a0 He\u2019s the yang to Reed Richards\u2019 yin, but an intellectual equal all the same.\u00a0 Although he does some pretty extreme things that often results in death and destruction, Doom still has a strong sense of justice and integrity, and has more than once throughout history flipped sides for the greater good, and is one of those bad guys with honor, like Magneto, or even the Joker whenever anyone tries to hurt Batman that isn\u2019t him.<\/span><\/p>\n That being said, I personally think that we\u2019re approaching a crossroads for the MCU with Avengers: Doomsday, because ever since Endgame wrapped up phase whatever #5, the MCU has been stretching itself thinner and thinner and risking dilution, overexposure and burning out fans with the rapid releasing of so many spinoffs and trying to produce television and films all while trying to keep them somewhat tangenally connected for the sake of creating the next Infinity War.<\/span><\/p>\n Some may disagree and think we\u2019ve already passed this point long ago, and some might think I\u2019m nuts and there\u2019s nothing wrong with the amount of exploding comic media still to come, but speaking for myself, I\u2019m at a point where I\u2019m becoming increasingly unable to keep up with every Marvel production released, and of the things that I have been able to see, not everything has really felt like it\u2019s been worth the time investment.<\/span><\/p>\n Moon Knight <\/em>sucked, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk <\/em>\u00a0and surprisingly Hawkeye<\/em> were pretty decent.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t seen Echo, nor have I finished What If<\/em>?\u00a0 I haven\u2019t seen The Marvels<\/em> or The Eternals<\/em>, but I\u2019ve heard little but negative about them, and Black Widow<\/em> was still a film that I didn\u2019t think even needed to exist, save for the end credits scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tom Holland\u2019s Spider-Man films are still quality, as are the animated Spider-Verse films, but they\u2019re obviously still Sony\u2019s properties first, no matter how badly the MCU wishes they weren\u2019t.\u00a0 But it\u2019s evident that the MCU is really stretching thin with properties that aren\u2019t X-Men and the reality that contains mutants in them, because we all know they\u2019re sitting on this for phase-616 where they can try to reignite the comics movie craze all over again in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n The point of this recollecting of more recent MCU productions is to illustrate the picture that the MCU is kind of treading water in quality since Endgame, and I feel like the journey to Doomsday is going to be a critical one that will either cement the MCU as one of the greatest collaborative collections of media in history, or having fans be wishing for a merciful end to all this fucking comics-based media.<\/span><\/p>\n The return of RDJ might be seen as a panic move, or maybe the man just wanted to take a break from comics and go enjoy his Oscar for Oppenheimer<\/em>, or perhaps this was all part of the plan.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to assume that this journey to Doomsday will be bad, and will remain optimistic that RDJ and the MCU A-team can carry the torch back to an entertaining high road again, but at the same time, I wouldn\u2019t be surprise if it doesn\u2019t come with a lot more speed bumps, hiccups and some rougher patches than it did in the earlier phases.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So over the weekend, it was unveiled that part of phase 57 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be the release of an eventual film, Avengers: Doomsday, where the MCU would be introducing Doctor Doom, presumably to be the next big bad in the series.\u00a0 But the biggest bombshell to come out of the announcement … Continue reading Let\u2019s talk about Avengers: 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