Avengers The Kang Dynasty

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

I've heard/read rumors of Doctor Doom, but I don't think he's a major threat the likes of those you listed for sure. I do think they'll most likely recast

Wut?
Doom is absolutely one of the biggest villains in Marvel.
And comparatively well-known unlike Kang.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

I've heard/read rumors of Doctor Doom, but I don't think he's a major threat the likes of those you listed for sure. I do think they'll most likely recast

Doom can literally harness the powers of the goddamn Silver Surfer if he chooses to. He was the God to beat in the original and 2015 versions of Secret Wars.

[Autbot_Benz]

Go with Doom instead I can't take a Kang seriously who got their ass handed to them by Ant-Man of all people

[Andrew NDB]

I'm sure someone can answer, but I'm still not quite sure why Kang the Conqueror (who we technically haven't even met yet) is so powerful. It seems to me he's... just a guy with slightly above-normal strength and maybe like Steve Rogers-esque durable skin, with a tech suit and nasty ideas about what to do to the good guys.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I'm sure someone can answer, but I'm still not quite sure why Kang the Conqueror (who we technically haven't even met yet) is so powerful. It seems to me he's... just a guy with slightly above-normal strength and maybe like Steve Rogers-esque durable skin, with a tech suit and nasty ideas about what to do to the good guys.

He works outside of the time stream and because of that has multiplied lifetimes of existence and experience not only though being long-lived, but also by seeing time differently and being able to discuss it with other versions of himself. He is basically "legion" in a way that no other characters are.

Imagine the Avengers fighting an all out war against an entire army hand-picked from time by Kang, the war lasting for a year and then the Avengers win - exhausted and absolutely scattered, but they win. And minutes after they win, broken and battered, while discussing rebuilding, Kang shows up all over again with an entirely new army that the Avengers previously took a year to fight off. And so a new war starts again moments after the Avengers ended the last one, but from Kang's perspective he had retreated, 100 years to plan and regroup and comes back as if nothing ever happened.

Kang can be an incredibly complex character to dive into if you get past "guy from future with crazy tech" thing.

[Sumac]

He is basically an RPG player who constantly goes through New Game+ and then New Game ++ and so on. And he can recruit past version of himself into a party.

[Andrew NDB]

Hm, OK. Seems like a good choice for "The Multiversal Saga," then. Seems like a difficult character to hate/root against/wish the good guys to vanquish, though. Thanos, we knew he was gathering up gems and we had a pretty good idea of what that meant from the comics -- better stop him! Kang, he's going to... eh... do what, exactly? Gather a bunch of duplicates of himself and take over the world or something?

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I'm sure someone can answer, but I'm still not quite sure why Kang the Conqueror (who we technically haven't even met yet) is so powerful. It seems to me he's... just a guy with slightly above-normal strength and maybe like Steve Rogers-esque durable skin, with a tech suit and nasty ideas about what to do to the good guys.

The thing is, That wasn't the real Kang, He's just a variant who was banished by the Counsel of Kang for being too crazy.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Sumac

Wut?
Doom is absolutely one of the biggest villains in Marvel.
And comparatively well-known unlike Kang.

Well yea I didn’t say he wasn’t well known compared to Kang, I just said he wasn’t as big a threat, but since someone already pointed out I was wrong on that front, I stand corrected.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Doom can literally harness the powers of the goddamn Silver Surfer if he chooses to. He was the God to beat in the original and 2015 versions of Secret Wars.

Tbh I’ve never read any comics with him in it, so I was basing my statement on versions I’ve seen of Doom in cartoon and movie so i stand corrected sir

[TigerClaw]

If and when they bring in Dr Doom, They will more then likely do the storyline where he becomes God Emperor Doom.

[ZariusTwo]

Majors interview this morning

[Andrew NDB]

Ehh... sounds like bullsh** to me. A lot of nonsense about his self-importance and completely irrelevant talk about "the culture." I'm well aware women can do pretty diabolical stuff to get back at a dude but I'm pretty doubtful that's what happened in this case.

[ZariusTwo]

I didn't even think it was that interesting, ABC promoted it pretty ominously over the weekend and ultimately it's pretty basic, doesn't ask any hard hitting questions, so he says nothing that can't be said without him

[Sumac]

His SMS messages are full on schizo, so I don't trust anything he has to say.

[BornAgain]

He is completely fake. Bizarre.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by BornAgain

He is completely fake. Bizarre.

Right? I don't get a shred of "this is a real human being honest and open" through any of that.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by BornAgain

He is completely fake. Bizarre.

Well observed. Agreed.

[Andrew NDB]

The Russos turned down for Avengers 5?

https://www.darkhorizons.com/russos-...or-avengers-5/

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The Russos turned down for Avengers 5?

https://www.darkhorizons.com/russos-...or-avengers-5/

Apparently they've been making stuff that have led to inflated budgets too

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Apparently they've been making stuff that have led to inflated budgets too

And also... BAD movies. Everything on Netflix was horrible.