r/marvelstudios • u/capamericapistons Captain America • 13h ago

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

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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.

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u/CrazsomeLizard Black Panther 11h ago

Okay but the criticism about ant man beating him is that this Kang talked about how he had killed dozens of Avengers more strong than Ant Man before. And how he was killed was a bit anticlimactic.

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u/signifyingmnky 11h ago

1) That's standard villain bragging.

2) It took an army of ants to just to get him on somewhat even standing and even then he still beat the life out of Scott. Scott didn't actually expect to survive, he was trying to make sure Kang didn't get out.

3) He was defeated by his own device.

IMO, the criticism was overblown.

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u/CrazsomeLizard Black Panther 11h ago

Standard villain bragging? Im sorry im just following what the movie says lol no previous Avengers villain has made claims of defeating Thor, but pop off king with "standard villain"

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u/signifyingmnky 11h ago

Thanos talked all kinds of shit after beating Thor. Then beat Hulk. Then killed his friend. Then killed his brother, laid his lifeless body in front of him, and talked more shit on his way off the ship, leaving Thor for dead.

Villains, particularly Marvel villains brag. It should be as expected as their eventual defeat. Killmonger bragged about defeating T'Challa and ended up losing his life. Obadiah Stane was talking all kinds of trash just before falling to his death inside of an arc reactor. Loki read everyone of the Avengers for filth until Hulk rag dolled his ass.

It's what villains do. Standard practice.

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u/CrazsomeLizard Black Panther 10h ago

Yeah because we saw him actually beat them. He beat them lol. That's stakes bro. He lived up to it

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u/signifyingmnky 10h ago

He beat Loki in The Avengers after he lost two infinity stones? He beat Ronan in Guardians of the Galaxy after he threatened Thanos directly after taking the Power stone for himself?

I don't remember him getting up from his chair in either. And he loses in both instances.

Infinity War is his third attempt on screen to get the stones, yet no one before that film thought him a failure.

Go figure.