8 Great Characters Fox's Marvel Movies Have Completely Screwed Up

7. Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom is quite possibly the greatest Marvel villain of all-time, so the fact that Fox have royally f***ed him up on two (technically three if you could his back to back appearances in Tim Story's Fantastic Four movies) occasions now is heartbreaking. Perhaps the most shocking thing is that both franchise's made the same horrible mistake; for starters, that included him being transformed along with the heroic foursome. There was absolutely no need to tie Doom's origin story into their own, and transforming him into some sort of electrically powered metal man completely missed the point of why he puts that mask on and goes after the Fantastic Four. Why couldn't Doom just be a Latverian dictator - with some history with Reed from their college days - who the team clashes with? That part of his character was also neglected in these movies. While Julian McMahon was always a horrible casting choice for the role, the talented Toby Kebbell could have done great things with Doom given the chance. Instead, he was a two dimensional villain who proved to be even more forgettable than the first try to bring this bad guy to the big screen. With the future of the Fantastic Four franchise now in doubt, it could be years until we get to see Doctor Doom finally done properly.
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