Editor’s Note: This entire post is a giant spoiler, so if you are watching Loki, spoiler warning!!
*To the tune of “Thong Song”: KANG KA KANG KANG KANG!
I was bloody right. It feels good. Kang the Conqueror is coming. The Kang we got, He Who Remains, is probably Immortus, but he is a version of Kang. Kang the Conqueror is the top boss, the main evil version of Kang in Marvel Comics. There are essentially infinite Kangs in the comic books. His casting was confirmed bigly last year. As the Lord of Time, it was inevitable that Kang would be involved with the TVA in Loki once that first trailer dropped. Marvel Studios decided to be coy about this once it was blatantly obvious the big reveal of the series was going to be Kang by disconfirming Jonathan Majors had been cast as Kang, with him even stating in an interview a couple of weeks ago that he had no idea what they were talking about when asked if he would show up in Loki. But, a few days ago, he did in fact hard confirm he was going to be Kang the Conqueror in the MCU. His first confirmed movie appearance will be the third Ant-Man movie, which will almost surely have Kang the Conqueror attempting to take over something in the Quantum Realm, which already holds the key to time travel as far as The Avengers are concerned in the MCU. Makes sense that the dude who figured out time travel in the MCU to be the first to encounter the big bad of Phase 4.
Jonathan Majors kicked ass so hard. I cannot wait to see him play multitudes of different Kangs. There are no words to truly describe how excited I am for Phase 4 of the MCU. I theorize that Scarlet Witch will cause a reverse House of M. House of M was basically a writer’s brilliant idea (sarcasm) to get rid of most Mutants in the main comic book continuity but not the people; they just lost all their powers. That became a separate continuity when everyone hated it. Legion, who had a weird show with Dan Stevens in the title role, is the cause of the Age of Apocalypse universe. A world where Apocalypse won because Professor X, Legion’s father, was never born (Legion is full-on insane.) I speculate we get that because Marvel Legends is releasing an Age of Apocalypse figure line very soon with Legion (very strange hair, that guy.) And with the fourth Captain America movie, they could do Civil War 2. That storyline was essentially what if the government had Minority Report technology and the heroes were divided over whether to be fatalistic about the future. Captain Marvel was the bad guy, which, coupled with her desire to leave the franchise, Brie Larson might totally work as.
My theory is that Rogue’s power sucking abilities become the onus for that movie’s plot. Rogue sucks away some of Captain Marvel’s powers permanently in the comics, which is how Rogue can fly and punch real hard in the ‘90s animated show everyone loves so much. That deals with Captain Marvel’s OP problem and gives us comic book Rogue all in one fell swoop. You best give her a Southern belle accent, though. I want Rogue to say “Suga.” With Sugar Man even. Why not? A predictive crime software just works for Anthony Mackie’s first foray as Captain America in a movie. It’ll be seen as a little on the nose, but that’s all woke subtlety is these days, so I’ll allow it.
The casting of the MCU’s Fantastic Four movie is presumably months if not weeks or days away. Most people speculate that it will fall to John Krasinski and his wife Emily Blunt as Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm, respectively. There were big casting rumors swirling last year on that part. No idea as far as The Thing is concerned, but, with the timelines all messed up, why not just bring back Chris Evans as the Human Torch? The sky’s the limit, baby! Galactus, the Silver Surfer, and Battleworld Doctor Doom cannot be far behind. Hell, give me Mojo World. Deadpool already encountered Shatterstar after all.
Hey, see you soon!
Hmmmm perhaps the MCU still has some run left in it. I’m a bit Dr. Strange fan so I’m, of course, all for this phase.
Scarlet Witch and Spider-Man are confirmed for it. Shang-Chi has Wong, The (real) Mandarin, and Abomination confirmed. Baron Mordo and Brother Voodoo (his brother was killed in “Doctor Strange”) could also show up.
I like the tweak that there will be a Season 2 of Loki.
I’m really enjoying these little short seasons to fill the gaps in the stories between blockbusters.
Only of the three shows to get a second season, which tells you a lot.
“House of M was basically a writer’s brilliant idea (sarcasm) to get rid of most Mutants in the main comic book continuity but not the people; they just lost all their powers. That became a separate continuity when everyone hated it.”
House of M was an alternate timeline created by Wanda that put the mutants in control. Decimation was the aftermath, where most of the mutants were depowered. To the best of my knowledge, that is still part of the primary timeline, though plenty of mutants have gotten their powers back. Nothing is permanent in comics, except Uncle Ben’s death.
I admit to being slightly underwhelmed with the Loki season finale. Don’t get me wrong–Jonathan Majors was BRILLIANT–I just felt like the writers expected me to do a little homework before watching so I’d better understand what was happening, whereas I wanted to go into the finale unspoiled (thanks for the spoiler warnings, btw).
Rogue: By the time I discovered the X-Men comic, Rogue had already encountered Carol Danvers and (if I recall correctly) had drained her to the point of pretty much just absorbing her, personality and all. There was a storyline, I think, where Rogue experienced some trauma (was this the Marauders?) which caused her personality to retreat and Danvers took over for a while.
Ugh, Shatterstar…I’m the only Longshot fan on the planet and I was so excited when he showed up in Deadpool…
I know. I just want Sugar Man and Mojo.