That's it, Fox. I'm done defending your FF film

I was excited for the cast. Michael B. Jordan? Kate Mara? Awesome! Miles Teller, Toby Kebbell, and Jamie Bell? Weird for their roles, but okay.

I applauded the race change.

I enjoyed the twist that Johnny wasn't the adopted one, but Sue is.

The gritty, containment suit thing? Uhhh, okay, I'll give it a shot. Still planned on seeing it.

Telling Kate Mara that she doesn't have to read any of the comics for source info because it isn't based on any singular story? Ummmmm

Victor von Doom is now Victor Domashev and he's an anti-social programmer/blogger who goes by "Doom" online?
I'm done.

It's like you made one great X-Men movie (that isn't really an X-Men movie) and just gave up on Fantastic Four.

Fox, you know I'll still watch this, but the anticipation is just not there anymore.

 

I'm sorry, come again? Are we sure this isn't another complete reboot of an entire series like DC's New 52 Universe?

 

......I don't want to know why. **** why. I want to know who. I want to know who is the mother****ing dreg who OK'd this decision. I want to know who he is, where he can be found and if he has any large dogs. I want to know where he is so I can to find him. I want to find him so I can explain to him, the FOLLY of his decision.

 

i don't recognize any of these final fantasy characters

 

Spoiler: This is what Fox just did.

 

THREAD OVER, GOT THE WINNER

 

Victor Von Doom is an unbearably silly name and as far as I'm concerned any change that makes it less silly is welcome

There I said it

 

lol **** that
although bloggers are the true evil so maybe they're onto something

it's comicbook
it comes from an earlier era when things were ridiculous and that's just how it was

 

It's like Sony making a Spider-man film without Aunt May.

But seriously, I love all the overreactions that people go through with any kind of news with this movie.

 

I'm with you. It sounds like it'd be his villain name, not his alter-ego's name.

 

Would you like a tetherball poll to impale him with while you're at it?

 

don't feed the stereotype that all comic readers stubbornly resist change due to nostalgia goggles

pls don't be that guy Belobog

 

Yeah, I never liked "Victor von Doom" being his real name. Domashev retains the spirit of "von Doom" and still lets his villain name makes sense. The anti-social blogger thing, though? That's flaming ******ant.

 

Oh yeah no the blogger thing is fuckin' weird

Why would they replace retro silly with contemporary silly it makes no sense

 

No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm just trying to explain why it's ridiculous. And let's be real, it's not as if he's the only Marvel character with an absurd name.
I don't think they stereotype you're referencing is as strong as you think it is. Most comicbook fans I've interacted with don't have a problem with change itself, but rather when it's change for no reason that results in something less interesting than the original. Change is inherent to the comicbook culture, especially one currently in a place of a constantly altered status quo due to multiple yearly events. Most of them are okay with change as long as you can justify doing it by doing something interesting with it, which this project does not seem to be doing from what I've heard. It's good to have a wait and see attitude of course, but it's understandable that fans would be a little aggravated with all of these changes being made, especially when the FF films were some of the worst in the last generation of superhero films. I understand simply wanting the characters you like being done right and done well before making any major changes. I should make it clear that I am not one of these people because I am not a fan of FF. I do not care.

this post is probably full of typos. please ignore them.

 

But Domashev tho

Just say that to yourself out loud

D o m a s h e v

It rolls right off the tongue

 

Victor Von Doom tho. I don't care if you find it silly that still sounds cool to me.

 

That's why it sounds silly to me. I find it hard to believe that some guy three or four generations ago said to himself, "Y'know, at some point a super evil guy is going to arise from this line and it would a shame if he didn't have a really kickass name to along with his kickass lair and super armor."

 

thats what makes it hilarious