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You either die a hero or become the villan (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are comic plotlines where Dr. Doom is a variant of Iron Man. It’s not necessarily driven by some sort of desperation.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, that would be one heck of a twist... if they hadn't revealed Dr. Doom's identity at Comic-Con. And we don't even know what the movie will be called, I might add. I think that if Disney was confident in whatever movie it is they're making, they would have kept RDJ's involvement on the down-low, to surprise the audience. Instead, they made this big hullabaloo about RDJ coming back.

Far as I can tell, the casting can be explained in one of two ways:

This Dr. Doom is an alternate universe version of Tony Stark. But if this is true, why the heck would they spoil the reveal?
Second option is even worse: no alternate universe chicanery. This is MCU's version of Doom. But that's just lazy casting.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think that if Disney was confident in whatever movie it is they're making, they would have kept RDJ's involvement on the down-low, to surprise the audience. Instead, they made this big hullabaloo about RDJ coming back.

Disney famously broke the contract with Robin Williams to advertise him in Alladin. I don't think Disney would ever keep a big stars involvement 'on the down-low', regardless of how confidant they are about a movies success.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

They kept surprisingly quiet on several Deadpool/Wolverine characters. I'm not going to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it, but I was very surprised by several appearances.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It's still annoying that they spoiled the reveal of Spider Man in the trailers for Civil War. I try to always avoid trailers but there was no way to not know Spiderman made it into the MCU before seeing it in theatres.