I was driving back to my dad's place yesterday and was totally thinking about Dr. Doom the whole time. I had just read the last Ultimate Fantastic Four comic booky and I think it's Doom's second appearance in the series, and he had come up with this mad scheme to swap bodies with Reed in exchange for helping the Johnny Storm. The set up was all dark and forboding, and I totally feel bad for Reed, but I was also thinking, shitgoddamn Dr. Doom is a great villain. Thinking about Doom in that issue then lead me to think about Doom in that 1602 series written by Neil Gaiman. Doom held all of the Fantastick Four prisoner, but the one that scared me the most was imprisoning Ben Grimm in rock so he didn't even have leverage to break out! That's just totally mean.
So uh Dark Horizons is running this story where Julian (HAHA YOUR NAME IS JULIAN) McMahon who is out promoting Nip/Tuck is talking about how Dr. Doom returns in the Fantastic Four sequel. Now I know that I am in the minority, but I did enjoy the movie, and I know other children and childish people like me enjoyed it too. I loved that when I left the theater there were two kids running around, one screaming, "FLAME ON!" and the other screaming, "IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!" That's cool.
Well Doom plays a big ol' part of the just about any story about the Fantastic Four. I mean he's their toughest villain and he's like just about the best super villain ever. (Don't worry Darkseid, my heart will always being to you!). Thing is, Doom was the worst part of the Fantastic Four movie. I know vanity is one of Doom's traits, and all, but that was his only trait. And he didn't even come up with a wicked good plan. So it's mixed feelings time for me. I totally don't think Doom is going to be necessary, right? Because the movie is totally full of big stuff already like Galactus and Silver Surfer. And he was lame the first time around. But at the same time, if any villain deserves to be done well it's Doom, so it would be wicky cool if he got another chance at truly being the biggest dickhead he could possibly be.
I thought the movie was filming now, or starting soon, but McMahon says there is no script. Weird.
