Are we lucky that we moved away from Kang?
I know many fans still feel Kang should have been the big bad of this saga as Majors was "brilliant". Some strongly believe he should have been at least recast.
But although Majors was a good actor, I think his Kang interpretation was a bit "forced" and artifical.
For example, his Victor Timely stuttering speech was downright annoying and made me switch off. The scene with the army of Kangs had a similar feel as some of the variants he was trying to pull off were just not menacing. Some felt like parodies.
I know Brolin had to only play a single variant of Thanos (well, 2, if you count the Endgame one as different) but his delivery, mannerisms, and aura were on another level.
In Quantumania specifically, Majors was trying real hard to look cool, calm and intimidating but it felt misplaced. Maybe it was his lines and the writing was bad, but it felt like an angry person in a helmet. He didn't have the cunningness of Loki, the intensity of Thanos, the eeriness of Ultron, or the brutal grit of Gorr.
I also don't know who else in the industry could have played many versions of Kang and pulled it off in Kang Dynasty to close the saga on a high note. It would have been a crazy ask. Maybe the choice to not recast was more to do with a lack of potential replacements and mainly because the lore of Kang didn't resonate with audiences as much on the big screen.
In a way, Majors or not, maybe the move away from Kang was still the right decision?
It really sucks Doom has literally no build up though (FF was such a big missed opportunity to introduce him properly) but looking at the trailers, he already looks far more menacing.
Am I the only one who thinks Marvel dodged a bullet with Kang Dynasty being sunset?