Marvel Cinematic Universe

[Hatoful Dandy]

I agree Idris Elba could be a good Doom - need someone who can almost go full Shakespeare to play Doom, but third person voice is critical.

I always thought Mads Mikkelsen or Pedro Pascal would be a great Doom.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

I always thought Mads Mikkelsen or Pedro Pascal would be a great Doom.

You need someone who can project their voice while being menacing, and all Mikkelsen and Elba can do is whisper growl.

 

[Overly Serious]

I always thought Mads Mikkelsen or Pedro Pascal would be a great Doom.

Pedro Pascal would be a very interesting choice. I'd really like to see his take on it. For me, the most critical aspect is the voice. I mean, you're not going to see his face anyway...

Oh no. They'd show his face, wouldn't they?

You need someone who can project their voice while being menacing, and all Mikkelsen and Elba can do is whisper growl.

Yes. They should probably go out to the world of stage for this. The thing about Doom is that he takes himself completely seriously and doesn't give a damn how over the top he is and that makes it work. James Purefoy perhaps - he did a fantastic Mark Antony in the old HBO Rome series. Voice and the physique and a bit of action movie experience. I think he'd be my choice. Idris Elba would make a good Bond, but I think you're right about him as Doom. We need someone who can go full over the top but not in a Jim Carey way. The thing about Doom is he defines the old cliche about genius and madness being hard to distinguish.

 

[KillThemCrackasBabies]

All the more reason we need more represenation!

Besides, Doom is a pretty special case as far as villains go. I mean, he has a tonne of noble qualities, genuinely cares for his country and frankly the only person who has more reason to hate Reed Richards than Doom, is Reed Richard's wife. And I have to give them man points for his bold fashion choices. Dude legit does not give a damn.

I agree Idris Elba could be a good Doom - need someone who can almost go full Shakespeare to play Doom, but third person voice is critical.

Doom's voice should have a hint of Slav imo. I know most people who voice him don't do it, but it always struck me as though he should.

 

[Cyril Sneer]

All the more reason we need more represenation!

To paraphrase, the Incredible Hulk, go be represented in Jersey.

Besides, Doom is a pretty special case as far as villains go. I mean, he has a tonne of noble qualities, genuinely cares for his country and frankly the only person who has more reason to hate Reed Richards than Doom, is Reed Richard's wife.

Lies. Reed Richards is the apex DNGAF alpha male of the Marvel Universe.

 

[Gar For Archer]

I always thought Mads Mikkelsen or Pedro Pascal would be a great Doom.

The MCU has wasted too many great actors on unmemorable, shitty villains. At some point I have to imagine they’re just going to start re-casting them in new roles.

 

[XYZpdq]

All the more reason we need more represenation!

Besides, Doom is a pretty special case as far as villains go. I mean, he has a tonne of noble qualities, genuinely cares for his country and frankly the only person who has more reason to hate Reed Richards than Doom, is Reed Richard's wife. And I have to give them man points for his bold fashion choices. Dude legit does not give a damn.

I agree Idris Elba could be a good Doom - need someone who can almost go full Shakespeare to play Doom, but third person voice is critical.

Yeah like his cancelling the apocalypse speech from PacRim but evil metallic

 

[Overly Serious]

I love the way Cyril Sneer is frantically voting down anyone who suggests a Black actor for the role or for Bond. I see Idris Elba in a role like Bond and think: "Yeah, good voice, looks powerful - that could work." And Cyril sees Tyler Perry's Medea flapping her hands and going "Oh, Lordy! That Reed Richards is all up in my science again!"

Lies. Reed Richards is the apex DNGAF alpha male of the Marvel Universe.

I mean, he's almost blown said universe up on more than one occasion, so I guess that's DNGAF of a kind. Usually by mistake though so it kind of spoils it.

 

[Cyril Sneer]

I love the way Cyril Sneer is frantically voting down anyone who suggests a Black actor for the role or for Bond. I see Idris Elba in a role like Bond and think: "Yeah, good voice, looks powerful - that could work."

The homo/erotic fixation on Idris Elba as the ideal next Bond/Doom/whatever is one of the stranger obsessions of Current Year unpopular culture.

...Tyler Perry's Medea flapping her hands and going "Oh, Lordy! That Reed Richards is all up in my science again!"

NGL, that would be fucking hilarious.

I mean, he's almost blown said universe up on more than one occasion, so I guess that's DNGAF of a kind. Usually by mistake though so it kind of spoils it.

The "Sue hates/is neglected by Reed" meme is the creation of thirsty beta fanboys-turned-scripters.

 

[Uranus Pink]

As long as Sue Richards is a hot, slutty MILF wearing almost any one of her 90ies outfits and getting railed I don't care who the bulls are.

 

[Comicsgeist]

I love the way Cyril Sneer is frantically voting down anyone who suggests a Black actor for the role or for Bond. I see Idris Elba in a role like Bond and think: "Yeah, good voice, looks powerful - that could work." And Cyril sees Tyler Perry's Medea flapping her hands and going "Oh, Lordy! That Reed Richards is all up in my science again!"

White, male, Eaton educated upper-middle class privilege and hard drinking misogyny is the core of Bond's character.
If you make Bond black you might as well make him a male feminist vegan while your at it because there will be nothing left of the character that's recognizably Bond.
The same goes for Doom, where is Latveria in this universe? Next door to Wakanda? Doom's old world nationalism is a key character component, changing that utterly changes many of that characters dynamics.
Now Reed Richards is a character that race doesn't really matter to, if I can accept improbable shit like a woman becoming invisible and a man made out of rock, I suppose I can accept a basketball-American as the worlds smartest scientist.

 

[HeyYou]

Doom being half Romani is actually important to his character, it'd be one of those times where racebending is beyond annoying and instead just inconceivable. If there's a capable Eastern European/Romani actor, he should get the part.

Now Reed Richards is a character that race doesn't really matter to, if I can accept improbable shit like a woman becoming invisible and a man made out of rock, I suppose I can accept a basketball-American as the worlds smartest scientist.

I agree, but Reed's really cool hairstyle looks best on a white dude.

 

[SmugAutist]

Doom being half Romani is actually important to his character, it'd be one of those times where racebending is beyond annoying and instead just inconceivable. If there's a capable Eastern European/Romani actor, he should get the part.


I agree, but Reed's really cool hairstyle looks best on a white dude.

'Tis decided then. Susan Storm will be the one played by a sassy black woman.

 

[Mr Snek]

I don't know why you're all arguing like there's a possibility of any IPs adapted by Disney being even watchable. The Fantastic 4 movie, if it happens, will be terrible and every character will be badly cast. Accept it and move on.

 

[Comicsgeist]

Doom being half Romani is actually important to his character, it'd be one of those times where racebending is beyond annoying and instead just inconceivable. If there's a capable Eastern European/Romani actor, he should get the part.

Naa, that motherfucker would steal everything not nailed down on the set...
On the other hand, changing the character's race would be taking representation from one group that's probably least represented in media.

'Tis decided then. Susan Storm will be the one played by a sassy black woman.

That could be provide interesting meta-commentary on society.
Sue Storm is invisible, to everybody but mall security guards...

 

[UnKillFill]

You know, I could actually see The Thing being played by a black man. It works on multiple levels too, because in the comics Grimm is meant to be Jewish so in the movie you could make him a black israelite (das riiiite!)

 

[Stab You in the Back]

'Tis decided then. Susan Storm will be the one played by a sassy black woman.

I don't know why they can't just do a straight adaptation without racebending or turning Galactus into an evil gas monster or whatever the fuck they did.



Dear Marvel, if you cast a Mexican to play Sue again don't forget to dye her fucking eyebrows. Thanks.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Rumor is they want John Krasinski

Idk why

The only way I can accept this shit casting is if Emily Blunt plays Sue.

 

[KillThemCrackasBabies]

Yeah Krasinski would blow, I hope that's not true.

 

[Overly Serious]

ending or turning Galactus into an evil gas monster or whatever the fuck they did.

That was deliberate on the part of the directors because they didn't know if they were going to get another sequel or not (bless their hearts) so they wanted to leave Galactus ambiguous for future directors to choose how to handle. They said they settled for smoke that Galactus could come out of but could alternately be the smoke.

Anyway, Galactus was the least of the problems with that movie. At least up until the Josh Trank version came up at which point the Tim Story versions suddenly became perfection incarnate by comparison.