Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

[Saul]

Honestly, I don't know who is right for the part. Previous actors that played Reed didn't really work IMO. I think this casting will be like when Chris Evans was announced as Captain America.

 

[the G-man]

Black Panther was Boseman's as much as the Frankenstein Monster had been for Karloff in the Universal series (because next to no one has ever claimed Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi or Glenn Strange made the role their own / became the defining portrayal of the Monster), and that--whether the role is recast or not--is impossible to replace or surpass.

They've been recasting that part for nearly 100 years now and just because most people like Karloff best doesn't mean people don't enjoy other versions. Boseman was great but this whole "no one can ever replace him" argument reminds me in no small part of the people who claimed no one could ever replace Heath Ledger as Joker (surprise! here comes Joaquin Phoenix!) or still think only Shatner and Nimoy could play Kirk and Spock

 

[the G-man]

Honestly, I don't know who is right for the part.

Ah-HEM

 

[Relayer1]

Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards sounds like a done deal according to most news outlets. I don't get why people hate the casting. Why is it bad? .

I just don't like him much.

He's better with his helmet on.

 

[Gaith]

Philosophical/generalized musings on age gaps in relationships should probably be discussed elsewhere.

"Didn't you guys chart in the 60s?"

Yep, it's abundantly clear that the Four aren't a part of the main timeline's history, hence my suggestion they be introduced in a different universe's 1960s.

 

[Set Harth]

The comic version is just sort of weird in many ways - he uses time travel to go places and fight people but it's just a transport mechanism - except for the crossing (!!) and a recent mini-series, it's never used in a clever way because it cannot be.

So let's say he fights The Avengers and they barely defeat him. He goes back to the future, re-equips and comes up with a new plan and then arrives immediately after he left and wipes out the tired Avengers. If it doesn't work that second time, just do it a third and fourth...

One thing I don't get about movie/streaming Kang: as I understand it, in the comics the Victor Timely thing happened because Kang intentionally went back to the 19th century to play the Tesla-esque inventor role. But Loki's Timely has roots in the 19th century: we see him as a boy in 1868. Yet HWR referred to a scientist living in the 31st century. Are we just supposed to accept that there's a version of Kang who was apparently born in the 19th century "because variant duh"? Or were all variants actually rooted in the 19th century somehow? Or was the boy Timely actually from the 31st century but got time-traveled back to the 19th through some unspecified event?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Ah-HEM

I can't object

Yep, it's abundantly clear that the Four aren't a part of the main timeline's history, hence my suggestion they be introduced in a different universe's 1960s.

I've been thinking the current multiversal focus would be ideal for introducing some period piece comic movies. However, I don't know how much of that is just my personal likings versus actual mainstream appeal.

For that matter though I don't know how much superhero movies appeal to the next generation. We seem to be stuck with targeting the superhero landscape of the 1990s not the current situation from what I've seen.

One thing I don't get about movie/streaming Kang: as I understand it, in the comics the Victor Timely thing happened because Kang intentionally went back to the 19th century to play the Tesla-esque inventor role. But Loki's Timely has roots in the 19th century: we see him as a boy in 1868. Yet HWR referred to a scientist living in the 31st century. Are we just supposed to accept that there's a version of Kang who was apparently born in the 19th century "because variant duh"? Or were all variants actually rooted in the 19th century somehow? Or was the boy Timely actually from the 31st century but got time-traveled back to the 19th through some unspecified event?

The way I saw it as there are Kang variants everywhere, that's what we see in Antman and that's what the TVA is watching/pruning now. The Timely variant was being pushed to replace HWR by the manipulations of Renslayer and Miss Minutes.

 

[Christopher]

The way I saw it as there are Kang variants everywhere, that's what we see in Antman and that's what the TVA is watching/pruning now.

The TVA isn't pruning anything anymore. That's the whole reason the Kang variants are able to exist. They're trying to protect the timelines now, not eradicate them.

 

[John Clark]

Ah-HEM

I'm fine if they go with Pedro as I've enjoyed him in most of the stuff I've seen him in, but Ansoun Mount as Reed, yeah, that works for me too.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

The TVA isn't pruning anything anymore. That's the whole reason the Kang variants are able to exist. They're trying to protect the timelines now, not eradicate them.

They're monitoring them now, what will they do if one needs to be addressed? I assumed they would handle them harshly if need be.

 

[Christopher]

They're monitoring them now, what will they do if one needs to be addressed? I assumed they would handle them harshly if need be.

The Kangs as individuals, yes. But "pruning" refers to the eradication of entire timelines and everyone living within them, which is a genocide twice as large as Thanos's every single time a pruning occurs. So it's very much the wrong word to use when discussing whatever sanctions they might impose on individual Kangs.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

OK, sure...

 

[Nerys Myk]

One thing I don't get about movie/streaming Kang: as I understand it, in the comics the Victor Timely thing happened because Kang intentionally went back to the 19th century to play the Tesla-esque inventor role. But Loki's Timely has roots in the 19th century: we see him as a boy in 1868. Yet HWR referred to a scientist living in the 31st century. Are we just supposed to accept that there's a version of Kang who was apparently born in the 19th century "because variant duh"? Or were all variants actually rooted in the 19th century somehow? Or was the boy Timely actually from the 31st century but got time-traveled back to the 19th through some unspecified event?

I assumed all variants come from 19th Century Timely. Perhaps the 31st Century was his first stop. IIRC, comic Kang was from the 31st Century and assumed the name Kang after winding up in the 41st Century after over shooting his home time on the way back from Ancient Egypt.

 

[fireproof78]

Ah-HEM

I object only that I don't want to take him away from Star Trek.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

They've been recasting that part for nearly 100 years now and just because most people like Karloff best doesn't mean people don't enjoy other versions. Boseman was great but this whole "no one can ever replace him" argument reminds me in no small part of the people who claimed no one could ever replace Heath Ledger as Joker (surprise! here comes Joaquin Phoenix!) or still think only Shatner and Nimoy could play Kirk and Spock

The comparison was centering on hypothetical and actual cast changes from a defining actor/performance within the same series--(Boseman in the MCU & Karloff in the Universal monster movies, respectively), not casting a part in unrelated productions spanning generations.

 

[the G-man]

The comparison was centering on hypothetical and actual cast changes from a defining actor/performance within the same series--(Boseman in the MCU & Karloff in the Universal monster movies, respectively), not casting a part in unrelated productions spanning generations.

In which case, I would respectfully submit James Bond/Sean Connery and the various successors, some more successful than others, but still recast

 

[the G-man]

I object only that I don't want to take him away from Star Trek.

I think the days of actors not being able to do both TV (especially streaming) and movies at the same time is pretty much in the past.

 

[fireproof78]

I think the days of actors not being able to do both TV (especially streaming) and movies at the same time is pretty much in the past.

Not with Mount.

 

[JD]

I'm a big fan of Pedro Pescal, but he just doesn't seem like a good fit for Reed Richards to me. If he is cast, he could be good in the role, but he's just not an actor that really jumps to mind as Reed for me.

Ah-HEM

OK, now Anson Mount on the other hand would be great. But I'm not sure if his appearance in Multiverse of Madness would keep Marvel from wanting to use him. Yes, he was also Black Bolt in Inhumans, but I think most people probably wants to pretend that never happened.

Yep, it's abundantly clear that the Four aren't a part of the main timeline's history, hence my suggestion they be introduced in a different universe's 1960s.

We really don't know much about the MCU's '60s, so they could easily have been around then, and they just haven't come up yet.

 

[MikHutch]

It's hard for me to really mentally cast F4