What exactly is inspired about getting the fan-favorite actor years after the franchise has been in disarray following his departure?

Ask yourself this: do Feige & Co. go and get RDJ so soon after Endgame if Phase 4 and Phase 5 are as culturally significant as Phases 1 and 2?

It’s a bat s*** insane choice no one expected. It’s one of the more fun ways to use the multiverse rather than just nostalgia baiting

You can call it both lazy and weirdly inspired, two things can be true at the same time. I don’t hate it and I haven’t seen what it’s supposed to be yet. If it sucks then it sucks and that’s cool too I’m not expecting much

But no clearly this was supposed to be Kang focused. It is 100% a scramble move

Is this what the MCU is? A failing franchise?

Guys can't do s*** with the new characters, made terrible choices in the next Cap, decided to go the variant route to have more "woke" characters and now decide to bail to the guys who made them good

You're hyped for fan service?

They would've been better recasting Kang if anything else.

MCU imploding just in time for James Gunn’s Superman

doomsday/secret wars gonna be fan service mania but honestly f*** it i don't even care anymore im seated

I think they're safe on box office and "hype." RDJ and Evans secure interest from people who largely stopped caring and there's just too much money going into this. Also theaters and even comic book industry need these movies to do well.

They're gonna have Doomsday, Spider-Man 4 and Secret Wars back to back within a year. That's all of their big hitters.

They're forgoing addressing concerns over quality decline by just re-casting the old crew and kicking the can along. The issue is I think they'll still be left with the same issues afterwards which may compromise stuff like X-Men and new heroes after. The hype for following the wider MCU thread has def taken a hit

they casting him as the beyonder?

Yeah you kinda making some points damn. It removes away any emotional impact moving forward knowing they can kill a character and bring em right back

Bringing back og cap after rdj....

Uhhh just remove all impact from endgame.

this is gonna be so f***ing bad

5 billion in a year

Am I the only one who thought RDJ and Evans were gonna come back after Endgame anyway?

Like obviously not in the way it was playing out but as soon as they announced Secret Wars I knew they would be back for at least that

oof really? Goddamn they been lost the sauce

Yeah idk why everybody's acting like they're shocked, ppl have been preemptively complaining about their return SINCE THE WEEKEND ENDGAME CAME OUT.

Them and everybody else still buying a ticket to avengers 6

Movie name secret wars

I don't think people are surprised to see them return as support via a multiverse cameo or something. Evans has already done this in Deadpool 3 and it was fine cus it didn't take over. And we're in an era of cheap cameos from older stars anyways

That's not whats happening here though. They're starring in the film and RDJ is the title character. It definitely comes off to people when we said "goodbye" in the last Avengers film and they're still starring in the literal next one. Baton never got passed and there was no new status quo developed.

Like they did what they had to do to secure success esp after the Majors situation but its rough to see when remembering old MCU build ups and character development. Numbers wise like yeah they're in a good position we'll all be there and it'll prob be enjoyable too

Here’s how I pictured it prior to the Doomsday announcement:

Kang Dynasty would focused on the New Avengers fighting Kang and his variants. They lose, Battleworld is created, and that how the OG 6 (or at least the dead/retired ones) would return and be the forefront of Secret Wars along side people like Tobey and Hugh. So in my mind, they would’ve been a part of the lead team in SW.

These are also ensemble films so it’s not like they’re going to be the sole focus. I still am of the belief that the OG 6 will be the villains for Doomsday via variants and they won’t return truly as the heroes we know until Secret Wars.

I very well could be wrong but this is how I see it going.

Evil avengers/masters of evil is a must

fr

Colman Domingo & Damson Idris were right there

imagine the shambles of F4 is another mediocre offering from the MCU

Nah putting that in the title is too much tbh @op

MCU is cooked to me if that's bad

from what we seen tho it looks pretty good