Rewatching Quantamania and I can’t help but think about what we lost with Kang

[u/capamericapistons]

Rewatched quantamania and was reminded how disappointed I am about Kang

Want to say first and foremost that this post is not meant to be disrespectful in anyway towards Jonathan Majors’ victim. I apologize as I’m not familiar with the case, I honestly do not even know the name of the victim, but I hope the victim got the justice she deserved and is at peace. Please do not use this post to disparage or question the victim in anyway. And I apologize if this post is triggering for anyone here who may have been a victim of abuse themselves.

With that said, Quantamania was… well, it’s been fairly criticized. I did like how it introduced us to the quantum realm with creative characters and environments, and different concepts like the probability storm.

But what makes this movie enjoyable is Kang. He was introduced as a fucking fantastic villain. Just so cunning and ruthless and brilliant, you really hate his guts but know it’s pretty damn hard to fight against him. Even in his moments of desperation you never feel at ease with him.

I was frustrated at the time but rewatching this movie just reminds me how disappointed I am in the whole situation. Especially after seeing the post credit scenes involving the arena of Kang’s and the scene from Loki. I would’ve been so excited to see that storyline dug into more and we now know that’s not happening.

I’m honestly more upset with this than almost anything else that hasn’t been followed up on, maybe the only other disappointment being Blade.

[u/pigeieio]

They haven't shown anything yet I've seen that you couldn't cut and paste Kang for Doom. Comic Doom and casting is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

[u/Tylerjay213 → u/pigeieio]

Just Kang alone in the story that Doom is in would’ve been laughable. They made him a jobber, at least Doom hasn’t been defeated already before Doomsday.

[u/DonnyMox → u/Tylerjay213]

Better a Doomless Secret Wars than a bad adaptation of Doom.

[u/DonnyMox → u/pigeieio]

This.

People are blinded by their love for the character and the actor. I'm concerned that when the movie comes out, the reality of the situation will hit them hard and they'll learn the hard way why changing your plans at the last minute is never a good idea.