Why Is It Impossible To Get Doctor Doom Right?

how romantic Victor please call me Doom the Fantastic Four are the founding members of the Marvel Universe and their Chief antagonist Dr Doom is arguably the biggest enemy of Marvel's entire publishing line and yet everyone's favorite ladarian has struggled to be accurately adapted to the big screen but before we get too deep into today's topic please be sure to subscribe to nerdstalgic for more Marvel content just like this first appearing in Fantastic Four number five Victor Von Doom the scientist magician and politician fits many of the classic tropes of Pulp villains he's an aristocratner do well who grew over a 70-year publishing career into being one of the most fearsome antagonists ever to appear on the printed page originally from the fictional nation state of latvaria Von Doom was depicted in his early Four Color appearances as a classmate of Reed Richards while working on a science experiment things took a turn for the worse Von Doom was horrifically scarred this instilled in him a goal of revenge against Mr Fantastic and gives him the idea to create a suit of armor that will serve as his greatest asset in his war on the residence of the Baxter building Doom's first appearance outside the printed page was on the episode Dr doomsday in a segment of the 1966 animated program the Marvel Superheroes since then he's appeared countless times across roughly a dozen animated programs however his first live-action debut came in the form of the 1994 Roger Corman produced Fantastic Four feature film regrettably it was never released to the public due to rights issues subsequently when Tim's story's 2005 film Fantastic Four finally got off the ground it introduced the villain in question played by rising star Julian McMahon to audiences and Legions of fans who were eagerly anticipating seeing a big budget rendition of the quintessential Nemesis only problem being they got generic business tycoon Electro in a weird green coat with metal skin none of Doom's regality is Super Genius or even his motivations Beyond just like Third Rate Lex Luthor manifested in the finished film did things get a little better in 2007's Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer Come and Get It Richards marginally the story shows Silver Surfers cosmic energy freeing Doom from his metal bio skin and restoring him to his human form only he's now horribly scarred sure it's close enough but then of course the movie has to do this they do away with them by just knocking him into the ocean neither of these Tim story films do any of the characters justice but the way they handle Dr Doom hurts most of all this is what I mean then we have Josh trank's 2015 film Fantastic Four which had Toby kebbel playing our favorite Once and Future dictator would this version be better no this is probably the worst of the bunch I'm going to fix this in this version he's an astronaut scientist who gets marooned on planet zero hit with crazy Cosmic radiation and his body merges with his suit and then gains telekinetic Powers the reason that Doom works in the comics and is arguably the best big bat of all time is the fact that the character's internal trauma fuels his external Mastery of multiple disciplines he studied with Tibetan Monks in order to be a dark warlock he's gone to school in order to be a Super Genius level scientist he's willed himself into being a freedom fighter that has staged a rebellion and then set himself up as a de facto ruler of an impoverished Eastern European country he's even conned Dr Strange into helping him on a sejorn into the bowels of Hell to attempt to free the soul of his mother if that's not commitment to an idea I don't know what is And yet when he makes the jump to the big screen all of those elements are discarded over and over and over again they can't even commit to the idea that his name is Dr Doom there is no Victor there is only only he's arguably the greatest villain in comics history and he's been adapted into live action on four separate occasions and they're all terrible they all pale in comparison to the character's potential scope of what Lee and Kirby established and what the armies of creators since have developed Doom is a character that's an amalgamation he's Dr Frankenstein Merlin Dr Moreau and countless other iconic villains rolled into one Doom works so well because he's the polar opposite of the Fantastic Four they're a family they need each other they all have glaring flaws and weaknesses that the other members of the team compensate for however Doom's ego and self-centeredness prevents him from finding a family to solve his own weaknesses and pain which leads to the symbiotic relationship between doom and the Fantastic Four Doom literally wants to be read and he hates Reed at the same time I hate you oh yeah during secret War Doom pulled in the various members of the Fantastic Four and made them his family adopting Valeria and Franklin and taking Sue as his wife this version of Doom's unchecked ego is grounded in emotional vulnerability while still being operatic and Shakespearean perfect material for the big screen this is exactly the type of thematic through line that all of these film adaptations Miss Doom and the Fantastic Four are a part of a single organism they need to be connected thematically and literally Doom is all of the competency and skill of four people instilled into a single individual Doom is Reed's intellect Johnny Storm's Charisma and Theatrical personality the strength of the thing and passion of Sue's storm these elements are all represented by his autodidactic approach to skill accrual and undiluted willpower but Doom is alone he is no one to check him and therefore his ego is out of control he's adrift in a sea of self-aggrandizement and this is always his undoing Doom's complexity is what makes him interesting his love for Sue storm and his hatred for Reed Richards his constant feuding with the thing his objective Brilliance and the Achilles heel of his ego this is why Doom's upcoming inclusion into the MCU Feels So Perfect it's been confirmed that Doom is going to appear in the MCU at some point and it would stand to reason that he's going to be the primary antagonist in the Fantastic Four film that's going to open phase six my friend I have prepared well for this day additionally it's been confirmed that secret Wars is going to be the final film of phase six we have a whole video about Secret Wars if you're curious there's a link in the description and at the end of this video in short Doom steals the power of the beyonders forges a dimension made from shards of the Marvel Multiverse and annoys himself as a god it's one of the best things Marvel has published maybe ever the fact that they're doing an adaptation of Secret Wars means they're inherently on the right path this means they're setting Doom up as a threat with real Stakes they obviously get the fact that to do Doom right you can't think small you can't have a business tycoon mindset or a scientist marooned on another dimension approach to the character Doom is a big swing he doesn't work any other way okay there's no grounded low stakes version of the character they've tried those approaches to the character and they just don't have legs I think I was about to share my life with you Dr Doom is a man that is arguably the antagonist of an entire universe and if done correctly he could give Marvel the greatest second act any franchise has ever seen and that's it for this one but if you like nerdstalgic and you want to help support the channel in a major way check out our merch shop and grab one of our limited edition hats thanks for watching the video and being a part of our Channel

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Length: 8min 1sec (481 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 12 2022