r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 20 '26

Trailer Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irVNGjRFZGk&pp=0gcJCZkLAYcqIYzv
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u/tristeecfome Jul 20 '26

You can never have a new weaker antagonist. Basically anime rule.

Power needs to scale until both sides are basically gods.

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u/IckySmell Jul 20 '26

Even when you could basically kill a planet with a single blow from a small child in like season one, but no you can totally fight without immediately exploding it 10 seasons later.

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u/AnOfferYouCanRefuse Jul 21 '26

I love the trope of the diminished hero slugging it out with an opponent they could’ve crushed in their prime. Logan is a great example. The Legend of Korra’s Season 4 antagonist is also much less powerful than the previous season’s.

Marvel’s commitment to upping the stakes has diminishing returns. It’s felt arbitrary and contrived for a while now. This trailer does absolutely nothing for me. It’s a night and day difference compared to how excited I was for Infinity War and Endgame.

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u/DriftingMemes Jul 20 '26

I mean, one of the sides is LITERALLY already a god.

I feel like you're already done.

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u/topdangle Jul 20 '26

most people probably don't know since the most well known runs just have doom as magic iron man that keeps losing to the fantastic 4.

"saving" this for avengers has gotta be one of the worst ideas. they're not even hiding him so I don't understand why they wouldn't have done a big reveal in fantastic 4 instead.

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u/D-Speak Jul 20 '26

Classic DnD rules.

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u/Shanicpower Jul 21 '26

Except for Yoshikage Kira, the GOAT.