Okay yes, here is another thread on the Fantastic Four film that came out just recently. I had an idea shortly after watching the expected reviews coming in and I thought "Why don't they make a Dr. Doom movie?" He is a key character in the Marvel Universe and the movie could show us the story of why he is the way he is.
First, we start in the snowy territory on the border of Latveria, the home country of Victor von Doom. He and his father are sitting in a run-down shack near the mountains, Victor's father tells him about his mother and how she was a witch who sold her soul to the devil. The father would then die a scene or two later while traveling to another village, after treating a sick child, leaving Victor on his own.
We then cut to Victor using his intellect to build machines in order to trip up the authorities of Latveria, usually with pranks and all with a rebellious streak. The local authorities want to capture and execute him, but the monarch of the country decides to encourage him to leave with a scholarship to go to Empire State University in the United States. Victor decides to go, in order to use the education to figure out a way to access the mystical realms through science.
From there, we all know the rest of the story (rather if you've read the comics or can search on Wikipedia, you'd know the rest of the story). The film could continue on until Victor returns to take full control over Latveria and becomes the national leader that we all know and love!
The major reason why I think this film could work is because it's the story of how a character changes over their life from being rebellious and almost care-free to becoming an authority. Plus, I feel like this movie would do the character much better justice than any of the films with him previously made. I know that it'd be strange to have a movie focus on a traditional villain, but remember that we've made movies about Dracula and other historical villains before as well. Why not Dr. Doom?
As a final note, I'd love for the MCU to put this in their universe, but Fox has the rights to Doom currently. They'll probably hold on to those rights for a long time.
First, we start in the snowy territory on the border of Latveria, the home country of Victor von Doom. He and his father are sitting in a run-down shack near the mountains, Victor's father tells him about his mother and how she was a witch who sold her soul to the devil. The father would then die a scene or two later while traveling to another village, after treating a sick child, leaving Victor on his own.
We then cut to Victor using his intellect to build machines in order to trip up the authorities of Latveria, usually with pranks and all with a rebellious streak. The local authorities want to capture and execute him, but the monarch of the country decides to encourage him to leave with a scholarship to go to Empire State University in the United States. Victor decides to go, in order to use the education to figure out a way to access the mystical realms through science.
From there, we all know the rest of the story (rather if you've read the comics or can search on Wikipedia, you'd know the rest of the story). The film could continue on until Victor returns to take full control over Latveria and becomes the national leader that we all know and love!
The major reason why I think this film could work is because it's the story of how a character changes over their life from being rebellious and almost care-free to becoming an authority. Plus, I feel like this movie would do the character much better justice than any of the films with him previously made. I know that it'd be strange to have a movie focus on a traditional villain, but remember that we've made movies about Dracula and other historical villains before as well. Why not Dr. Doom?
As a final note, I'd love for the MCU to put this in their universe, but Fox has the rights to Doom currently. They'll probably hold on to those rights for a long time.
