tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post7015580788602069117..comments2024-03-14T10:04:19.356-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: FANTASTIC FOUR #246Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-67203572353507157632016-02-29T13:18:28.394-08:002016-02-29T13:18:28.394-08:00Oh, I do recognize the merits of your (both of you...Oh, I do recognize the merits of your (both of you) case, not least because I'm a huge fan of hubris and pride blowing on someone's face. It's really more that I <i>wanted</i> to argue against this comparison, because 1) Doom obviously predates Vader and is fully-realized character who needs not take cues from <i>any</i> movie villain but is perfectly cromulent in pure Marvel Universe context and especially as 2) that upstart Claremont has been presenting that upstart Vader (and specifically around this era of the Byrne-Claremont relations) as the epitome of sublime in UXM #155, but, my friends, the fact stands that <b>No one rivals Doom! NO ONE!</b><br /><br />Hugo Weaving was my initial pick first and foremostly because of his all-too-rare-in-business proven capability of keeping the mask on for the whole movie, but it starts to feel good upon tasting it otherwise too.<br /><br />The disturbing bit is that I would be quite happy with Hayden Christensen as the young Doom for any flashback scenes.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-55495022275000844492016-02-29T09:49:50.338-08:002016-02-29T09:49:50.338-08:00Teebore beat me to it in explaining my reason for ...Teebore beat me to it in explaining my reason for comparing Doom and Vader. It's not the specifics of their characters, but the general archetype of the merciless armored and masked (and caped!) villain that I'm talking about.<br /><br />Hugo Weaving would make a pretty good Doom, Teemu! Though I believe he was pretty dismissive of his turn as the Red Skull, so I'm wondering if he'd even be interested.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-13138704359758861142016-02-27T09:20:55.187-08:002016-02-27T09:20:55.187-08:00Don't the poor bastards have Hugo Weaving'...Don't the poor bastards have Hugo Weaving's phone number?Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-31123969998531138902016-02-27T07:44:22.709-08:002016-02-27T07:44:22.709-08:00Don't get too bogged down in details.
Doom i...Don't get too bogged down in details. <br /><br />Doom is Darth Vader in that both wear armor as a result of their hubris & pride, and are, generally, grandiose and theatrical villains. <br /><br />More importantly, filmmakers seemed scared to feature a fully-masked Doom for very long, even though Darth Vader spent three frickin' movies in a mask and he's considered one of the great movie villains of all time. So clearly, it can be done. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-22328054509093034272016-02-27T05:10:56.632-08:002016-02-27T05:10:56.632-08:00I must beg to differ from that... Darth Vader is D...I must beg to differ from that... Darth Vader is Darth Vader, but Doom won't be found taking orders from any old gown dude or have a son up to shenanigans, no matter what Ann Nocenti tries to tell you. He's a scientifically brilliant mind to oppose Reed Richards, in a battle armor not too much short of challenging Iron Man, wrapped up in sorcerer's gown to give Dr. Strange (and Mephisto) a run for his money and rules over his nation the way that doesn't shame next to Black Bolt. Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-54087261040532627012016-02-26T15:33:53.258-08:002016-02-26T15:33:53.258-08:00I've never read Simonson's FANTASTIC FOUR....I've never read Simonson's FANTASTIC FOUR. Someday I should really check it out.<br /><br />I can't understand how Fox continually gets Doom so wrong. He's not that hard to figure out. Who's the best villain in movie history? Darth Vader. Doctor Doom basically IS Darth Vader. Why would you not play him that way?? It writes itself because George Lucas already did it!!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-32683914176983785082016-02-24T21:02:01.342-08:002016-02-24T21:02:01.342-08:00The FF arrive at the Latverian embassy with Doom’s...<i>The FF arrive at the Latverian embassy with Doom’s body but are immediately pulled into four separate traps</i><br /><br />It maybe happens every so often, but I find it hard to think that when exactly the same thing happens in Castle Doom in Simonson's FF #350, it didn't take the cue from this particular bit here. Which quite hilariously discredits a bit the allegation that that's the <i>real</i> Doom who would've been missing since the early days of FF.<br /><br />The Doombots actually comment on the Plan Epsilon that "even now the Fantastic Four are prisoners", suggesting that the Plan Epsilon actually pretty much goes in lines of "(pull off various shenanigans as needed and) <i>have the FF at my mercy by ingenious application of separate built-to-specific-superpowers traps!</i>"<br /><br />The panel with the infra-red on Sue somehow is more iconic that any singular in-middle-of-story panel has any right to be.<br /><br />On Doom's portrayal, and freshly on the heels of the records-shattering premiere of the Deadpool movie and with vivid memory of the horridness that is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I can't help noting that the idiots at Fox will have their FF films tank time and time again courtesy of insisting on making their Doctor Doom anything other than we see here on the Byrne run.Teemunoreply@blogger.com