Dr Doom Discloses Disney's Desperation

Dr Doom has been announced as Robert Downey Jr. Is the MCU finally listening to fans or is this a desperate play for attention?

In this video, I mentioned a different video, calling Disney a Cargo Cult. It's a perfect analogy for what we are seeing, eloquently put by Sargon of Akkad. It's here:

[cormoran]

The reveal is so dumb.
It's like getting Hugh Jackman for Deadpool and Wolverine, but casting him as Magneto.

[lacolem]

Doom is not Kang. Doom is not Tony.
Doom is not a friggin backup plan!

[jointkay-yi]

V for vendetta❌️
D for destroyed franchises ✅️

[BurnWorldProductions]

I won't lie. I wanted to see Dr. Doom for a while, but after Endgame my mood is just pure apathy. I consider my wife to be a "normie" consumer and she won't even sit through new marvel movies when they're free.

[KoongYe]

I think alot of Marvel's strength was how the actors were so tied to their respective characters. Like Thor-Chris Hemsworth, Captain America - another Chris, Ironman -RDJ. With this, I guess Marvel is throwing that away for... a quick buzz. As much as I thought Endgame wasn't as good as people make it out to be, I think alot of the good will came from the fact that people thought they will never get to see RDJ again. Death is meaningless in this universe and thus there's no stakes no tension no fun.

[dakota_kramer]

The alliteration is strong with this one.

[johnmoore]

A Greg video to start the day? That’s always a win.

[Lostincirclesalltosee]

The poop jokes 🤣. Also the D monologue was duplicity delicious.

[jointkay-yi]

This changes nothing. Marvel's problem is in their writing and politics not actors or directors. RDJ and the Russo brothers are not even a drop in the bucket.

[bjaurelio]

It reels of desperation to me. I did hear a theory that there's a story line where Dr. Doom is Stark who was brought back to life. Maybe they are using that to justify his return. If they go that route, it completely diminishes Endgame.

[no.spidey-fan]

6:40 That Aliteration Sillioquy has more THOUGHT and PASSION put into it than 90% of Disney's last 10 projects😭

[BingBangPoe]

They'll probably make Dr. Doom an alternate, evil version of Tony Stark (which has happened in the comics). I think Disney is just desperate at this point. It's unfortunate because I really wanted an actual adaptation of Victor von Doom that doesn't suck.

[haitmalard]

Dude, that deluge of D-words definitely did dominate the discourse of the day. Fuck, that's hard to do 😆 great video!

[rmglover]

growing up i saw writers take "okay" or even crap storylines and retcon them into passable fare. John Byrne brought back Jean Grey, and Ed Brubaker brought back Bucky Barnes. An excellent writer can fix this mess. the problem is that management is bereft of creativity.

[dangerousrobot]

Look forward to that long Acolyte video. Personally love long form content and would love to some from my favorite Dadtuber.

[Jemmer]

I regret that I have but ONE like to give for that most amazing alliteration on the letter D and STILL delivering exactly the message you intended. All punctuated by a modest (but not-so-secretly self-satisfied) sip of tea. Well done, good sir. Well done!

[mallorycarpinski]

RDJ saying "different mask, same task" sounds like a subtle (or not so subtle) shade for "carrying this whole franchise AGAIN" like he even sounded bored and exasperated when he said it. I wonder how much they are paying him. I really don't blame him either.

[jonathananderson]

Not my fiancee and I sitting here during your mid-video rant, like: "LET'S GOOOO, ALLITERATION!!" She was literally clapping. Then going back and seeing the video caption! And then the thumbnail!! Now THAT is sticking to a theme. This is just another reminder that Mr. Owen is top tier.

[matityaloran]

12:18, Spider-Man (2002), Batman Begins the first X-Men movie and even the first Iron Man movie all worked as films even if you hadn’t previously seen another superhero movie at any point in your life. Their greatness spawned their sequels. I know they had plans for sequels but they didn’t rely upon major movie franchises.

[saulmist]

That beautiful display of daring discourse that dangled the delayed delivery of a delicious dirge of distaste for Disney is what earned my like and SUB, sir. Well-done. Lol