Iron Man is Dr. Doom?

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Iron Man is Dr. Doom Now?

Iron Man is Dr. Doom?  Come on guys!  What’s really going on?  Yes, our ithinkie team received the news that Marvel has selected Robert Downey Jr. to play Dr. Doom.  (Deep sigh)

We Loved RDJ as Iron Man

In our opinion, Iron Man is one of the best written, directed and cast movies that Marvel has ever made.  It’s actually one of my personal favorites.  Robert Downey Jr. was absolutely excellent as Tony Stark, no doubt about it.  With that said, there is no reason to dilute the great RDJ with this move. 

A Really Bad Idea

Hear me out.  Am I saying that this role will not be delivered well?  Absolutely not.  Am I saying the versatile acting of Robert Downey Jr. will not be a match for this role?  Yeah, right!  Absolutely not.  I am just saying that it is a really bad idea.  Why, you ask?  Ok, here it is…every time Marvel decided to cast a lesser known character in one of these great roles, it has been solid gold. This also works when the studio chooses someone for the role who may be less obvious.  For example, we saw Chris Evans as Cap, Hemsworth as Thor, Hiddleston as Loki and Ruffalo as The Hulk—all great choices! This is also a move that we’ve seen work in the DCU with the casting of Heath Ledger as The Joker, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as The Flash and Michael Keaton as Batman.    

This is Getting Boring

There are soooooo many awesome and fairly unknown actors out there who would rock this role of Dr. Doom.  What Marvel really needs after a few recent flops…is a fresh face.  Robert Downey Jr. already made great things happen in the MCU.  He did it!  He is Iron Man and there is no one who will say otherwise.  He captured the character and excelled.  Chadwick Boseman captured The Black Panther and excelled.  Paul Rudd captured Ant-Man and excelled.  Josh Brolin captured Thanos and excelled.  James Spader captured Ultron and excelled!  

It would be totally boring to recast any of the great actors again in the MCU as another big character. 

Time to Tighten Up

There have been major problems in many of the MCU’s more recent projects.  This includes everything from television projects to fully produced movies.  Falcon and the Winter Soldier was corny and for some reason Sam’s character became very sterotypical in his lines.  We remember watching the first episode and like clockwork, Sam started speaking about what people of certain ethnicities do.  It was pretty disgusting and sad. 
 
Outside of that flop, there was Infinity War, which was great.  It did, however have major plot holes that were never addressed.  Endgame was more of a plot hole decline ending with the death of Tony Stark, as though no one there could have helped him to recover.  I mean come on!  The battlefield was full of scientists, sorcerers and geniuses (including Banner, Ant-Man, Shuri and Tony Stark!)  Did I mention Pepper?  She was right there, in a suit and just gave up without any attempt?  All the “never say die” fighting spirit that was on that battlefield and they all just gave up?  Bad writing?

Think About This…

Thor Love and Thunder was unfortunately a let down as well.  Hemsworth is always great and he always brings Thor to life!  The bad has absolutely nothing to do with Hemsworth or Thor.  It was the writing.  We were stoked to see this movie in the theater!  No one could get us to believe that it was going to have failed writing throughout, but alas…  I mean you had the great acting of Christian Bale as an antagonist.  Hemsworth, of course was the protagonist.  What more do you need!?
With all of that talent and great supporting actors like Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman, the writing still failed us.
By the way, why is Valkyrie even alive?  She was in the front of the Asgardian ship, standing there, when they crossed paths with Thanos and his children.  This is just another example of these plot holes with failed writing.

So what am I saying?  Well it’s simple, this decision by the MCU has all of the same ingredients of disappointment.  Again, it won’t be the acting that fails…not at all.  What we have are the same writers from Infinity War and Endgame working on this project.  Unless, we advance the writing, this will be another recipe for a plot hole disaster.

What do We Suggest?

I know, right!?  Enough with all of the criticism.  What do we present as a solution?  We think…We know that it would be a great idea to open a screenwriting contest to all of the fans.  This way, the MCU would not only end up with some rock solid ideas, but it may secure some great contributors for future projects.  It’s simple, right?  Like Kevin Feige said in an interview, you have to love this stuff.  He was a real fan before he got started in his position and he’s done a great job.  Open the door for some more fans! 
 

That’s what ithinkie.

Let us know what you think.

Published: July 29, 2024