• @[email protected]
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    I am really hoping RDJ is playing Doom as Victor Von Doom, and not some continuation of Stark or some alternate universe Stark. Like if they skip Doom’s origin and he is always behind the mask with a modulated voice.

    Or even better, the announcement be a misdirect along the same lines as how Trevor wasn’t really the Mandarin.

    • @NegativeInf
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      I like it that it’s just the alt timeline with the fantastic 4 in the universe. In this timeline, this is just what doom looks like. I like it more because doom looking just like the MCU’s stark can lead to confusion and false trust and some fun moments in secret wars. And it makes sense out of universe because RDJ auditioned for the doom role in the original fantastic 4.

      • @halcyoncmdr
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        203 months ago

        In an interview with Feige, someone asked about whether Stark was an Anchor Being. And while Feige didn’t directly answer he said he was happy that people were thinking about it.

        Tony Stark being an anchor being makes sense with how important he is in so many universe variations.

        • @Supervivens
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          It also would just plain make sense with the state marvel’s been in since his death.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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    To be fair, Combs is almost always in make-up so you never see his fa- Hold up… Doesn’t Dr. Doom have a big metal mask covering his face? 🤔 Aw, shit, are they gonna do Iron Man style face close-ups inside the mask?

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      If they keep the mask on and he actually plays the character rather than his usual shtick it might be okay. Disney doesn’t have a good track record of that with their big name actors keeping their masks on though.

    • Raltoid
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      If they do “inside the mask” shots of him, I’m done with Marvel movies.

      • Julian
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        293 months ago

        That’s the line? Not anything else that’s happened?

  • @[email protected]
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    The reason so many people want RDJ’s Doom to be a Stark variant is because the alternative is that Marvel, and by extension Disney, is in desperation mode. “Iron Man did well, Iron Man was played by RDJ, we want this movie to do well, we need to throw a dump truck full of money at RDJ again.”

    Furthermore, RDJ, as much as I enjoy his performances, always plays the same character in any movie that isn’t Oppenheimer. If this Dr Doom isn’t a Stark variant, it’s going to be weird at best and terrible at worst when he acts like Tony Stark.

      • @[email protected]
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        283 months ago

        But that was a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude, totally different situation.

      • @ripcord
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        Or Chaplin?

        Or, to a lesser.extent - A Scanner Darkly? And I guess Doolittle. And probably others.

    • @SupraMario
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      I thought he did great in the Sherlock movies, was hoping they’d do a 3rd one, but maybe that’s just me.

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        Sherlock wasn’t much different from Stark though. Smart sarcastic guy. That really isn’t Doom.

        • @SupraMario
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          That’s true, he did great in tropic thunder though, that was way off from stark.

      • @ummthatguy
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        Still on the board as of June.

        Edit: still wouldn’t hold my breath, much like The Orville season 4.

        • @SupraMario
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          Yes I’ve been waiting a while for it and Orville. Sucks how long its taking for Orville the most though, that show is way to good for what it’s billed as.

          • @ummthatguy
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            33 months ago

            Seth McFarlane hoodwinked Fox Entertainment quite well. Sold the first season as a sci-fi farce, but used the opportunity and funding to turn it into a workplace TNG. Still tackling hard issues of our time, while taking the piss out of its predecessors.

            • @SupraMario
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              23 months ago

              Bait and switch? That’s great lol I’m glad it got more seasons because it’s a fantastic show.

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    While I really like him performing Brunt and others, Shran was by far my favourite role of him.

    • slingstone
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      He brought the same level of depth to the Andorians that Nimoy brought to the Vulcans. Iconic.

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        The rumors that the cancelled next season of Enterprise would’ve had Shran as a main cast member had me damn near grieving. That would’ve been amazing.

        As my wife put it, the Andorians make Enterprise worth watching.

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    223 months ago

    I like to think they had Jeffrey Combes on set every day just in case any actors didn’t show up.

  • @Ensign_Crab
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    I mean, it doesn’t necessarily rule out a convoluted explanation either. Let me tell you the story of a woman named Denise Crosby.

    • @EmpathicVagrant
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      Badgey’s combs

      Cold open to badgey in a study, sipping at a miniature warp core as he reads quietly.

      Eventually, badgey will announce he has a story for us, he was combing through some old memory files and found an interesting rhyme in the stories - so he compiled them together to see what would happen.

      Badgey clears his throat dramatically, and lets out a shrill dial-up sound as the screen fades over to the tale of the combs - compiled entirely of our favorite multi-faced man and one new Combs character because badgey is a dick.

      Or not, I’m just stoned and insomniac, disregard me if you’d like.

      • @trolololol
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        Can we crowdsource a script for the episode?

        • @EmpathicVagrant
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          Oh I know combs isn’t our mystical nonsensical existential nightmare, I was just using him as a story point to make the episode not completely out of nowhere because he’s basically Q

  • @Etterra
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    There’s a few actors in the Star Trek acting community that get recycled and now and then. Cisco’s dad and the guy that played Zephrim Cochran come to mind. I can’t remember their names because I’m bad at names. Oh yeah and the guy that played Odo was in one or two other things too. They do the kind of thing a lot actually.

    • @jj4211
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      Tim Russ played three characters.

      • @ummthatguy
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        Technically 4, if you throw in Mirror Tuvok.

        And you could argue a 5th with Picard, but I won’t go into details for spoilery reasons.

    • Echo Dot
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      If you ever see a Star Trek actor in any other TV show It usually means it’s going to be a bunch of others soon enough.

      • The Picard ManeuverOPM
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        Or game! Ever played XCOM 2?

        Basically all the main characters were voiced by TNG actors.