Avengers 5: Doomsday - Page 12

*ToTheNines* · 07-20-2026, 11:03 AM

Looks ok.

I certainly miss the feeling an Avengers trailer would give me back in the day, but I’ll probably go see this.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-20-2026, 11:08 AM

I wonder what happens if in spite of everything this ends up as a big flop?

*ZariusTwo* · 07-20-2026, 11:16 AM

This just looks so...spent to me.

Dull colours, dull lighting, dull locations, dull acting.

Dull everything.

*CyberCubed* · 07-20-2026, 01:06 PM

I think the problem is most of the characters are the C-team.

Nobody cares about the Thunderbolts. This version of the Fantastic Four didn't exactly light numbers. Falcon is whatever. Ant-Man is whatever. Black Panther's sister is whatever. Thor has been in so many movies now he's lost his luster.

Unless you're over 40 and have nostalgia for the X-men and or Robert Downey Jr. playing Doom, there's not much here.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-20-2026, 03:03 PM

It sounds like the trailer is confirming the LEAKED outline that was going around earlier. Which is largely considered bad news, as the outline was SUPER light on story and just a class on "and then this happened... and then that happened... and then this happened."

Spoiler:

*IMJ* · 07-20-2026, 04:27 PM

It's hard to believe that the excitement in a build up to Thanos was SO huge for a decade. And now this.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-20-2026, 06:18 PM

Get excited about Thor! Except he hasn't been able to be taken seriously since maybe the second Thor movie.

Get excited about Steve Rogers! Except it's doubtful they'd even make him Captain America again?

Get excited about the Fox-Men! Except I don't like the Fox-Men at all.

Get excited about Shang Chi vs. Gambit! No.

Get excited about Dr. Doom! Except we don't know anything about him? And if you didn't already know RDJ was in this you wouldn't even know that was him in there in the trailer.

nidza_maj2000 · 07-20-2026, 06:51 PM

This trailer looks really good, what do you think?

*Roseangelo* · 07-20-2026, 06:53 PM

My understanding is that they are having a hard time editing this into a cohesive plot. So we will see.

*Powder* · 07-20-2026, 09:28 PM

I only watch MAYBE a third of the MCU stuff out there, if that, & The Avengers characters themselves are damn near at the bottom of the pile as far as my interest is concerned. I'll probably skip this as I've skipped the rest. That said, it's cool to see the Fox X-Men characters pop up, classic outfits & all, but I doubt it will live up to anybody's expectations, or even be enough to reel less invested people like me in.

There's only so much you can do to keep things interesting, or epic, & those ships sailed mad years ago. A lot of good will was undone this past decade by crap films & shows, bad casting, weird decisions. I'd have preferred a fresh start.

Give me a new Blade movie.

*Autbot_Benz* · 07-20-2026, 10:56 PM

I’m excited for it. Glad Thor is back to being awesome and not the idiot from love and blunder.

Also man poor Shang Chi first appearance since his movie

*Andrew NDB* · 07-21-2026, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Also man poor Shang Chi first appearance since his movie

Now the end credits of Shang Chi fulfilled their promised. He returned. Now we're good.

Jesus... will they even so much as mention the Eternals? Kind of a yikes if they don't. As in, how embarrassing.

*CyberCubed* · 07-21-2026, 06:52 AM

Also doesn't this movie have like 5x times more actors/superheroes than the previous Avengers movies prior to Endgame? They obviously can't divide screentime equally among 20-30 characters. Half the characters are just going to be there to say a few lines, get a minor fight scene or two, and not much else at all.

*Coola Yagami* · 07-21-2026, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Also doesn't this movie have like 5x times more actors/superheroes than the previous Avengers movies prior to Endgame? They obviously can't divide screentime equally among 20-30 characters. Half the characters are just going to be there to say a few lines, get a minor fight scene or two, and not much else at all.

Gives me Mortal Kombat Armageddon vibes.

I mean another thing is some of them might not have major scenes persay, but they can still appear in the final all-hands-on-deck fight scene.

Kinda like Avengers End Game, a lot of the characters only appeared in the final scene, which made sense since they were snapped away and only recently returned.... but if we go only by screentime and not storyline, characters like Black Panther, Spider-Man and Wong only made it in those final fight scenes.

*CyberCubed* · 07-21-2026, 01:30 PM

Yeah, but an issue is other than Thor, this is all a bunch of C and D list superheroes. None of them are really draws honestly. You have some X-men nostalgia but other than that we got nothing else. Skinny Cap too.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-21-2026, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Yeah, but an issue is other than Thor, this is all a bunch of C and D list superheroes.

They knew what they were walking into with guys like Shang Chi (probably why they're pairing him with Deadpool & Wolverine's Tatum breakout), but Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four were SUPPOSED to be huge hits. So they're kind of stuck there. A little weird they wouldn't want to showcase the "Safer Bets" in this, like Deadpool or Wolverine or even Dr. Strange, though.

Daytona · 07-21-2026, 02:34 PM

I’m looking forward to it. The Russo bros have yet to let me down in the MCU. The bar is so low for Marvel right now that I expect to find this movie quite refreshing even if not perfect.

That and the fact that they’re leaning into incursions and existential dread are enough to get me a little excited.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-21-2026, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Daytona

I’m looking forward to it. The Russo bros have yet to let me down in the MCU.

Though they've done nothing BUT letdowns in everything else outside of the MCU since Endgame.

Electric State, Gray Man, Cherry, all SUCKED.

*IMJ* · 07-21-2026, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

[B]Get excited about Dr. Doom! Except we don't know anything about him? And if you didn't already know RDJ was in this you wouldn't even know that was him in there in the trailer.

Honestly? I'm stone serious when I say that could be the best possible outcome. Downey plays Doom and that's it - NO correlation to Iron Man at all whatsoever.

It would be weird, yes. But honestly, the best route. We don't need "Iron Man/Stark as Doom." Basically at all. it would be another ruining of two marvel characters on film.

The only thing I could say that would MAYBE make all of this make sense?

In the comics, Stark was eventually revealed as a pawn of Kang's - it was maligned in the fandom. Badly maligned.

My Point? Maybe that was the original MCU plan to somehow bring Iron Man back, but when Kang was dropped as the arcs big-bad-guy, they repurposed Stark as a Doom variant to maintain the assets and adapt the story somehow.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-21-2026, 05:31 PM

This is the one thing the LEAKERS don't really seem to reveal.

We know half of the movie will be Dr. Doom having convinced all of the MCU that he's a good guy, so probably using Tony's face and/or body like a skinsuit is probably a means to that end intentionally. If he's literally using Tony's body, there might be attempts to woo the Tony within him to resurface, ending with him succeeding in casting Doom out (for Doom to occupy a new body? or manifest one?) or the good guys just blast his body/face to cinders to where it doesn't even matter if RDJ is under there or not anymore.

Aannd then we get a "Good" Iron Man variant or two, or something.

07-20-2026, 11:03 AM	#221
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,373	Looks ok. I certainly miss the feeling an Avengers trailer would give me back in the day, but I’ll probably go see this. Last edited by ToTheNines; 07-20-2026 at 11:10 AM.

07-20-2026, 11:16 AM	#223
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,501	This just looks so...spent to me. Dull colours, dull lighting, dull locations, dull acting. Dull everything. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

07-20-2026, 03:03 PM	#225
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	It sounds like the trailer is confirming the LEAKED outline that was going around earlier. Which is largely considered bad news, as the outline was SUPER light on story and just a class on "and then this happened... and then that happened... and then this happened." Spoiler: "Incursions" keep coming across the MCU and beyond and the losers get their world wiped out or something. Dr. Doom tells the survivors (who he somehow convinces he is a good guy) to all build some kind of multiversal cannons on all of their worlds and this will stop the incursions, but surprise surprise, Dr. Doom ends up being a villain and the cannons are actually to destroy everything and resurrect everybody differently on Battleworld. Essentially.

07-20-2026, 04:27 PM	#226
IMJ Emperor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest, U.S.A. Posts: 8,895	It's hard to believe that the excitement in a build up to Thanos was SO huge for a decade. And now this. __________________ Wave 1 Collectibles Online Market Watch Blog Collection Photography

07-20-2026, 06:53 PM	#229
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 9,120	My understanding is that they are having a hard time editing this into a cohesive plot. So we will see. __________________ www.ninjapizza.net www.colorsbyrosemary.com

07-20-2026, 11:08 AM	#222
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	I wonder what happens if in spite of everything this ends up as a big flop?

07-20-2026, 01:06 PM	#224
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	I think the problem is most of the characters are the C-team. Nobody cares about the Thunderbolts. This version of the Fantastic Four didn't exactly light numbers. Falcon is whatever. Ant-Man is whatever. Black Panther's sister is whatever. Thor has been in so many movies now he's lost his luster. Unless you're over 40 and have nostalgia for the X-men and or Robert Downey Jr. playing Doom, there's not much here.

07-20-2026, 06:18 PM	#227
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	Get excited about Thor! Except he hasn't been able to be taken seriously since maybe the second Thor movie. Get excited about Steve Rogers! Except it's doubtful they'd even make him Captain America again? Get excited about the Fox-Men! Except I don't like the Fox-Men at all. Get excited about Shang Chi vs. Gambit! No. Get excited about Dr. Doom! Except we don't know anything about him? And if you didn't already know RDJ was in this you wouldn't even know that was him in there in the trailer.

07-20-2026, 06:51 PM	#228
nidza_maj2000 Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Serbia Posts: 684	This trailer looks really good, what do you think?

07-20-2026, 09:28 PM	#230
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	I only watch MAYBE a third of the MCU stuff out there, if that, & The Avengers characters themselves are damn near at the bottom of the pile as far as my interest is concerned. I'll probably skip this as I've skipped the rest. That said, it's cool to see the Fox X-Men characters pop up, classic outfits & all, but I doubt it will live up to anybody's expectations, or even be enough to reel less invested people like me in. There's only so much you can do to keep things interesting, or epic, & those ships sailed mad years ago. A lot of good will was undone this past decade by crap films & shows, bad casting, weird decisions. I'd have preferred a fresh start. Give me a new Blade movie.

07-20-2026, 10:56 PM	#231
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 9,193	I’m excited for it. Glad Thor is back to being awesome and not the idiot from love and blunder. Also man poor Shang Chi first appearance since his movie __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

07-21-2026, 06:52 AM	#233
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Also doesn't this movie have like 5x times more actors/superheroes than the previous Avengers movies prior to Endgame? They obviously can't divide screentime equally among 20-30 characters. Half the characters are just going to be there to say a few lines, get a minor fight scene or two, and not much else at all.

07-21-2026, 01:30 PM	#235
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Yeah, but an issue is other than Thor, this is all a bunch of C and D list superheroes. None of them are really draws honestly. You have some X-men nostalgia but other than that we got nothing else. Skinny Cap too.

07-21-2026, 02:34 PM	#237
Daytona Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2025 Posts: 263	I’m looking forward to it. The Russo bros have yet to let me down in the MCU. The bar is so low for Marvel right now that I expect to find this movie quite refreshing even if not perfect. That and the fact that they’re leaning into incursions and existential dread are enough to get me a little excited. __________________ https://x.com/JohnnyDi17 lmk if you’re from the drome if u follow me.

07-21-2026, 05:31 PM	#240
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	This is the one thing the LEAKERS don't really seem to reveal. We know half of the movie will be Dr. Doom having convinced all of the MCU that he's a good guy, so probably using Tony's face and/or body like a skinsuit is probably a means to that end intentionally. If he's literally using Tony's body, there might be attempts to woo the Tony within him to resurface, ending with him succeeding in casting Doom out (for Doom to occupy a new body? or manifest one?) or the good guys just blast his body/face to cinders to where it doesn't even matter if RDJ is under there or not anymore. Aannd then we get a "Good" Iron Man variant or two, or something.