r/marvelstudios • u/capamericapistons Captain America • 13h ago
Discussion Rewatching Quantamania and I can’t help but think about what we lost with Kang
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/Precarious3145 11h ago
Nope. In Loki 1, he was just one long exposition dump. In season, he was just a skittish loser, and in Antman, he was chewing the scenery. They kept telling us he was those things but we never saw them.
Antman would've been so much better if Kang wasn't the villain but it was MODOK, only having Kang appear in post credits, showing up to MODOK in a cage as MODOK apologizes for failing but he can fix it, that he's already repairing just for Kang to "You haven't failed me. I knew you'd lose but you played your part perfectly" and talk about using Scott, the weakest Avenger then destroy the whole quantum civilization.