They should cast Benedict Cumberbatch as Doom, obviously.
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Zenkitty - Aug 12, 2015 8:09:00 am PDT #207 of 4001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
P.M. Marc - Aug 12, 2015 8:15:56 am PDT #208 of 4001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It actually wouldn't be bad, TBH.
Kid really needs to get back to doing comedy, though. Of course, at this point, I doubt that's going to happen, but I like to think that somewhere in the multiverse, that's the path success put him on.
P.M. Marc - Aug 12, 2015 8:22:44 am PDT #209 of 4001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Man, I am NOT looking forward to the fandom when Doctor Strange comes out.
Between the fact that non-Sherlock fandom determined that it hit Peak Cumberbatch a while ago, fandom's weirdness around Doctor Strange in general (I really have been waiting for them to realize that Oded Fehr, their fantasy cast choice, is Israeli with parents from Germany and the the Netherlands, because otherwise progressive fannish circles tend to be fucking awful when an actor is Israeli, holy crap), the general o.0 face some of the casting decisions have caused me, AND the fact that I actually dislike Strange as a character, AND the fucking clusterfuck that is Sherlock fandom...
Yeah. Maybe I'll take next summer off.
Calli - Aug 12, 2015 8:30:49 am PDT #210 of 4001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oded Fehr, their fantasy cast choice, is Israeli with parents from Germany and the the Netherlands, because otherwise progressive fannish circles tend to be fucking awful when an actor is Israeli, holy crap
He'd still be awesome as Strange. But, yeah, that would get tiresome.
I'm looking forward to Doctor Strange because I'd like to see more about how magic fits in the MCU. So far we mostly have Asgardian tech-indistinguishable-from-magic and whatever the hell Loki does. The whole Doctor Strange concept suggests that magic is a thing, but what kind? Spiritual? Religious? Physics we just haven't figure out? A mutation (which suggests physics that we just haven't figured out)? Of course, the MCU can't use mutations in the Marvel sense, so something inhuman, maybe?
I've gotten over being tired of Cumberbatch, since I haven't seen him in anything but Sherlock since he played Khan a couple of years ago. (I'm not counting Smaug.)
P.M. Marc - Aug 12, 2015 8:42:42 am PDT #211 of 4001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
He'd still be awesome as Strange. But, yeah, that would get tiresome.
Yeah. And because I know damn well most of the people fantasy casting him don't actually know squat about the actor's background and only really know him from The Mummy, they'd feel BETRAYED! How dare he have played an Egyptian character! (Because all actors should clearly take principled stands and that clearly never means torpedoing their careers.)
This is why I take routine Tumblr breaks, BTW.
I've gotten over being tired of Cumberbatch, since I haven't seen him in anything but Sherlock since he played Khan a couple of years ago. (I'm not counting Smaug.)
You should listen to Cabin Pressure. A: funny as hell; B: bonus Tony Head in later series.
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2015 9:38:26 am PDT #212 of 4001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Oded Fehr, their fantasy cast choice, is Israeli with parents from Germany and the the Netherlands, because otherwise progressive fannish circles tend to be fucking awful when an actor is Israeli, holy crap
He'd still be awesome as Strange.
He really would. My brother thinks that Alan Rickman would have made a good Dr. Strange. (My vote was for Will Arnett as GOB Bluth as Dr. Strange, because I am a jackass.)
P.M. Marc - Aug 12, 2015 10:55:36 am PDT #213 of 4001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
::seal barking::
Arnett as GOB as DOOM would be EVEN BETTER.
Kalshane - Aug 12, 2015 12:21:42 pm PDT #214 of 4001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I watched a clip of the Avengers fighting Doom in the new cartoon and the voice casting for him is a head-scratcher. Doom shouldn't sound like 80's Skeletor, IMO.
Tom Scola - Aug 13, 2015 9:45:29 am PDT #215 of 4001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Though Putin would be a lot cooler if he was a sorcerer in power armor.
You don't think that Putin is a sorcerer? I wouldn't be so sure.
Connie Neil - Aug 13, 2015 10:02:36 am PDT #216 of 4001
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Ahh!!! Just like in The Mummy !