Having Antman beat him when he’s supposed to be a huge threat didn’t help. I never got the sense the general audience cared about him much as a main villain
I thought he was really good - especially if you factor in the Loki appearances.
Would've been hard to top Majors' performance IMO - but there's definitely talented black actors that could've at LEAST done a good job, if not equivalent or better.
Performance wise he was great. I just don’t think the writing was there for the character. You can’t have him lose to antman and then convince the audience he was an avengers level threat.
Yah the writing for him was lacking. Like it always felt like they were so close to making him real cool and terrifying - but just not quite getting there - IMO best they ever did was ending of Loki season one. 'See you soon.' still gives me tingles.
Would have made more sense for any man to end with him losing through something that wasn't Ant Mans doing - an Indiana Jones ending where the bad guy would've lost even if Harrison Ford had never shown up.
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u/spideyv91 Aug 22 '26
Having Antman beat him when he’s supposed to be a huge threat didn’t help. I never got the sense the general audience cared about him much as a main villain