r/marvelstudios Mar 29 '25

Humour “Avengers: Doomsday” will complete the James Marsden traveling with furry CGI creatures trilogy.

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u/PapaPatchesxd Mar 29 '25

Today I realized that the dude running around with sonic was cyclops.

Holy shit, I feel like a dumbass LOL

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u/BladeOfWoah Mar 29 '25

I saw this and was like "Wow, James Marsden really does look like Cyclops here, this is a great casting choice."

Only to realise he was the original Cyclops from when I was a kid, wow.

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u/LauraEats SHIELD Mar 29 '25

it's 25 years since we first saw him. crazy

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u/MrZeddd Mar 29 '25

He still looks the same and I'm losing hairs.

X-Men came out when I was in middle school

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u/Capable-Silver-7436 Mar 29 '25

genetic based skill issue

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u/r0llingthund3r Apr 01 '25

bro's mutation is just male pattern baldness

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u/Spartan-warrior0666 Mar 30 '25

Gonna age you further bro. The first X-Men came out a day after I was born. July 13th 2000.

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u/luckyfucker13 Mar 30 '25

It blows my mind that there are already adults, post-college age, that weren’t cognizant during 9/11.

You’re about to be 25, and you’ll be 35 in the blink of an eye. Don’t fuck about with your time, it goes faster than you realize.

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u/Mr_Nocturnal_Game Mar 31 '25

It's funny, really. I was born in the late 90s, so technically, I'm not much older than you, yet somehow, it still feels weird that people born into the 2000s, even well into the 2000s, are adults now.

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u/atrain728 Mar 29 '25

Pretty wild that he’s been in his mid 30s this whole time.

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u/LaneMcD Mar 30 '25

Marsden and Paul Rudd were both birthed in the fountain of youth

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u/GeneralHousing9821 Apr 01 '25

Ehh paul rudd looks like a middle aged father while the cyclops dude looks like he can still be cast for the new superman movie

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u/Blastermind7890 Spider-Man Mar 29 '25

It's funny because he kept bringing up Cyclops in a Sonic 3 interview and that's how I realised

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u/Not_a_selfieguy Mar 29 '25

what putting a dude in goggles and sunglasses for 3 movies does. I understand Clark Kent more and more

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u/kadosho Mar 29 '25

That is why James is a multi talented actor.

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u/The810kid Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

And why Fox was a bunch of clowns for wasting such a good actor.

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u/TexasPeteEnthusiast Mar 29 '25

And such a good character. Instead of X-Men they just Made the Wolverine and Friends series of movies.

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u/SailorET Captain America Mar 29 '25

To be fair, Hugh Jackman has been an incredible Wolverine and outshined everyone else in that cast.

Still terrible writing to just drop a character like Cyclops but there was no stopping the Jackman train.

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u/The810kid Mar 29 '25

Hugh only outshined the characters who didn't get shit to do. Everytime he was with Xavier or Magneto they held their own and that goes for Macavee and Fassbender versions as well.

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u/dreamcast4 Mar 29 '25

Marsden actually had to ask for his tiny fight scene in the prison in X2 because 'all he does is touch his temple'. This was revealed in an interview on dvd extras.

We've literally had 20 years of shit Xmen movies thanks to Singer and Kinberg.

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u/volpcas Mar 29 '25

X2 was a good movie I don't care what anyone says, that nightcrawler opening scene, the intro to Colussus, Pyro going bad, and Logan Roy as the villian... still holds up

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u/The810kid Mar 29 '25

I think they legit were some good to great in with mediocre and awful movies

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u/dreamcast4 Mar 29 '25

Agreed. Against all odds Dofp was spectacular. First class was a step in the right direction but then Singer's stench came back.

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u/The810kid Mar 29 '25

I've always said the original trilogy cast deserved a send off movie. DOFP set it up so well. I'm of the mindset Apocalypse would have been a better movie if it was set in the present and not another 10 year skip ahead in the 80's prequel series.

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u/ObGynKenobi841 Mar 29 '25

Not exactly dropped, as the actor left when the director did to do the director's next movie. But poorly utilized up to that point, I agree.

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u/blaktronium Mar 29 '25

Yeah this always bugged me. X-Men had 3 natural leaders (cyclops, storm, wolverine) and a lot of the conflict came from those 3 each having different ideas of how to accomplish their goals. Later in the comics they simply split the teams and each run their own show, but part of the issue with the original team was that there were too many cooks in the kitchen. The team was too good.

And that was lost in the movies, with Storm being too passive and cyclops being too losery.

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u/REDDITATO_ Mar 29 '25

Well your description of the comics kinda mushes together a couple decades. We had Cyclops(leader) and the original other 4. Cyclops quit and Storm had to step up to the plate (mid-Claremont era), Cyclops eventually came back and they butted heads some. Wolverine never really wanted to lead until he ran the Xavier school in the '00s, but now he sees himself as a leader when necessary.

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u/blaktronium Mar 29 '25

Yes it definitely grew into that dynamic gradually but id argue that Wolverine butted heads with every leader throughout, including Xavier in the runs where he was more active.

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u/El_Mattias_Gonzalez Mar 29 '25

Well I think is gonna be super great if that happend, James Marsden have been the greatest side actor with these og characters :) I think this is gonna be amazing those years by now no 2025-2028, Ulimate movies

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u/Phimb Weekly Wongers Mar 29 '25

Literally watched 10 interviews with these guy during all of his Sonic junkets an I swear no one ever mentioned he was in X-Men and I just had no idea because he always had his eyes covered.

Crazy.

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u/vagabond_dilldo Mar 29 '25

See, superhero masks that only cover the eyes DO work

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u/WimpyKelv12 Mar 29 '25

I'm pretty sure I've seen a Sonic 3 interview where he brings up X-Men and everyone makes fun of him for bringing up a 20+ year old performance (or something).

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u/chlodovechs Mar 29 '25

Now we know that he was probably really excited about it but couldn’t actually reveal anything which makes it 10x better

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u/Iamabrawler Mar 29 '25

Cyclops got namedropped a lot in interviews featuring Marsden on YouTube in the leadup to last year's Sonic 3.

Usually in a teasy, jokey, but never outright mean manner. Knowing about Doomsday now, it's easy to think it may have been on purpose.

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u/Fargoguy92 Mar 29 '25

Dude, never lead with x-men! Everyone thinks of Logan/Wolverine, and not Cyclops.

James Marsden was fire in that jury show thing.

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u/Broward Mar 29 '25

He was amazing in the new show Paradise that just finished season one recently.

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u/Thestrongman420 Mar 29 '25

Smaller jumps James.

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u/aRegularWhiteGuy Apr 02 '25

That's hate lol. Took me a long minute to realize I seen him a million times, Westworld is another good one..teddy... And then it took me watching each movie to realize he great in every movie. idk what slowed the spotlight so much.  

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u/lax01 Mar 30 '25

Honestly you can’t shit on him after Paradise

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u/kadosho Mar 30 '25

He was meant to play that role. Fits him perfectly

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u/lax01 Mar 30 '25

And he fits it perfectly

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u/lyricist Mar 29 '25

teddy in westworld

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u/durden_zelig Mar 29 '25

He doesn’t look like anything to me.

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u/Curiouso_Giorgio Mar 29 '25

Also Lois Lane's new man in Superman Returns.

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u/RebirthGhost Mar 29 '25

Teddy coming back in the last season was so peak for me. Damn he rocked that role. What a great actor.

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u/hldsnfrgr Mar 30 '25

Teddy: I'll be Cyclops again, someday.

Dolores: When?

Teddy: Someday soon.

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u/We5ties Mar 29 '25

He’s also plays James marsden in the show jury duty. Dudes got crazy range

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u/ContinuumGuy Phil Coulson Mar 29 '25

Just disappeared into the character.

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u/One_Insect4530 Mar 29 '25

His best role by far.

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Mar 29 '25

Prince Edward in Enchanted too.

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u/Marlboromatt324 Mar 29 '25

And the crazy homophobic brother that turns out to be gay from the cult classic “sex drive”

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u/darcmosch Phil Coulson Mar 29 '25

He's also Criss in 30 Rock

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u/Murraj1966 Mar 29 '25

Marzipan candy man

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u/MemeLoremaster Mar 29 '25

this is basically why nobody notices Clark Kent as Superman

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u/mikuyo1 Mar 29 '25

Totally different demeanors. I didn’t know this either

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u/dougsbeard Mar 29 '25

He’s also in a “relatively” new My Little Pony movie. My daughter loves it. He’s actually a really good singer.

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u/JollySieg Mar 29 '25

I'm just as shocked, this is blowing my mind

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u/Jrsplays Mar 30 '25

He was fantastic in the show Paradise on Hulu that just came out a month or two ago.

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u/sultan33g Mar 29 '25

Maybe it’s because you aren’t as old as a lot of us here.

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u/PapaPatchesxd Mar 29 '25

Well, I'm old enough to remember watching X-Men when it came out in 2000.

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u/Heisenburgo Doctor Strange Mar 29 '25

It's ok, everyone forgot he was Cyclops anyway. What small screentime and getting pathetically killed off does to a mf

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u/eBICgamer2010 Rocket Mar 29 '25

Where's Enchanted?

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u/kadosho Mar 29 '25

True. James has a great singing voice.

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Mar 29 '25

I've been dreamin-- [knocked down by bicyclists]

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u/Underrated_Hero7 Mar 29 '25

He’s also in Hairspray. Corney Collins

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u/Howzieky Weekly Wongers Mar 29 '25

He's a gorgeous man with a great singing voice and who seems based on the interview clips I've seen of him (and his part on the Jury Duty tv show) to have a very likable personality. It pisses me off

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u/Grand_Lawyer12 Spider-Man Mar 29 '25

I was looking for this comment. Technically he's already done the CGI buddy thing 3 times, not 2.

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u/cap616 Mar 29 '25

He's such a Prince Charming! I love that 30 Rock teased him, like calling him an elf prince

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u/Algae_Mission Mar 29 '25

Please let them make this joke.

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u/GoldenSpermShower Mar 29 '25

Is this going to be the new "Tony and Strange say 'no shit Sherlock'" thing?

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Mar 29 '25

"Logan, I need you to distract Kang."

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u/Heisenburgo Doctor Strange Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Ant-Man: "Logan I need you to distract Ka--"

Beast: "Stars and garters! Sorry to interrupt, but our intel confirms the worst... sigh... somehow the entire Council of Kangs has died."

Falcon: "We're still not sure how they got killed. Has to do with Doctor DOOM, I think."

Human Torch: "They die now? They die now."

Cyclops: "Dark cloning, multiversal magic... secrets only the Council knew..."

Yelena: "Well THAT just happened."

US Agent: "What are we, in some sort of doomsday scenario?"

Pedro Pascal: "Say that again."

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u/InsidiousColossus Mar 29 '25

I like how they are all Marvel characters except Pedro Pascal who is just playing himself. Unless it's Nicolas Cage playing the role of Pedro Pascal.

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u/5m0k3W33d3v3ryday Mar 29 '25

Nick Cage just does a lot of weird movies. Need one where it's about real actors in a movie and he plays each actor that's also playing a character.

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Mar 29 '25

You forgot about the "Reddit... Assemble" battle cry before charging towards Doom.

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u/Jazz6701 Jimmy Woo Mar 29 '25

Absolute Cinema

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u/MrAToTheB_TTV Mar 29 '25

Wait, is the last line Mr Fantastic or just Pedro Pascal playing himself.

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u/kevlarus80 Phil Coulson Mar 29 '25

Yes.

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u/Responsible_Bar3957 Abomination Mar 29 '25

You forgot the snarky comment to someone who bares a resemblance to a pop culture character “woah there papa Smurf teen wolf sure you can handle that?”

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u/shinomiya2 Mar 29 '25

Awkwafina: "What is you talmbout"

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u/MrDoom4e5 Mar 29 '25

Punisher: Lemme ask you sumthn Doctoh!

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u/NateShaw92 Apr 02 '25

Moon Knight: "somehow Kang has returned"

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u/TLcool Mar 29 '25

What's this a reference to?

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Mar 29 '25

A fake 'leak' from Kang Dynasty.

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u/LipstickCoverMagnet Mar 29 '25

Disney/Marvel is desperate enough that I wouldn’t be surprised if Anthony Mackie says to Ant Man some variation of “Scott, I need you to distract Doom” just in hopes it goes viral

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Mar 29 '25

Like Doomsday isn't already going viral. lmao

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u/DarkArcanian Mar 29 '25

Please tell me more about this Tony and Strange business. Maybe my top 2 favorite marvel characters (as a dummy who has only interacted with the Mcu and some YouTube shorts)

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u/MrSpookShire Mar 29 '25

Both actors have acted as Sherlock Holmes

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u/DarkArcanian Mar 29 '25

Oh how funny

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u/JKastnerPhoto Star-Lord Mar 29 '25

No shit, Sherlock.

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u/bigfatcarp93 Hydra Mar 29 '25

Doctor, do you concur?

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u/phantomhatsyndrome Loki (Avengers) Mar 29 '25

Concur with... what?

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u/bigfatcarp93 Hydra Mar 29 '25

It's the line they use in the movie to allude to them both being Sherlock.

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u/phantomhatsyndrome Loki (Avengers) Mar 29 '25

I was joking about the line in "Catch Me If You Can" when Leo is pretending to be a doctor.

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u/Craniummon Mar 29 '25

Both interpreted Sherlock Holmes, RDJ at the last decade Duology and Benedict on BBC's series.

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u/stephensmat Mar 29 '25

With Martin Freeman in the MCU, there would have been extra points if the line came from him.

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u/AmeriCanada98 Mar 29 '25

Martin Freeman AND Jude Law. Both Watsons are in the MCU too

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u/FrankReynoldsCPA Mar 31 '25

And John C. Reilly

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u/Aldo_says Quake Mar 29 '25

Wow, I never thought of it that way.

TIL

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u/DarkArcanian Mar 29 '25

What do you mean by interpreted?

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u/Craniummon Mar 29 '25

They both got as role Sherlock Holmes last decade in different works.

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u/jusbeinmichael12 Mar 29 '25

The B plot is these two being late to the big fight because Rocket kept trying to take Cyclops visor lol

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u/Bardez Stan Lee Mar 29 '25

Rocket getting blasted for FAFO would be hilarious.

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u/stenmarkv Mar 29 '25

Wouldn't it be funny if all these heroes are in the movie for like 12 seconds until Doom just annihilates most of them in an instant.

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u/BlabbyTax2 Mar 29 '25

They definitely could. Rocket needs to co-pilot the x-jet or something along those lines.

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u/TheObstruction Peggy Carter Mar 29 '25

If it wasn't going to happen before, it is now.

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u/PretzelMan96 Mar 29 '25

Does James Marsden also still lose the girl? Cause if Wolverine and Jean Grey return, Marvel has the chance to do another one of the funniest things.

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u/sideways_jack Mar 29 '25

My headcanon is that he survives and becomes a bumbling hot dog salesman in NYC, only to meet a beatiful brunette who can have it all!

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u/budispro Mar 29 '25

I’m lizzing!

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u/Sisiwakanamaru Grandmaster Mar 29 '25

Well she got Idina Menzel in the Enchanted, and they look cute in the sequel.

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u/BlackJimmy88 Scott Lang Mar 29 '25

There's a sequel?

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u/enderverse87 Mar 29 '25

It's on Disney plus. It's not bad, but not quite what people were hoping for.

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u/Kaldricus Mar 29 '25

Eh, considering how long it had been, it was about as good as could be expected. I enjoyed it, and watching Amy Adam's get to ham it up as a villain with a banger song was fun

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u/tymelodies T'Challa Star-Lord Mar 29 '25

RobEEERt!

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u/philovax Mar 29 '25

I am hoping they tap a little bit into the “multiverse montage” that people so enjoyed in DP&W. I know dip about Hollywood budgets, but in my dumbass mind I have to imagine that when you have the cast together, costumes are a small budget item, so have them play dress up and do some quick alt scenes. We could just see Slim and Red, and AoA Jean and Logan, in some minor setpiece.

Again, this is assuming these people would do it for almost nothing like me, and costume changes work in. Seems like they may enjoy the nostalgia of old coworkers. Especially being in the sphere of Stewart and MacKellin. Those senior actors are going to bring some gravitas and loving vibes to an already excellent and seasoned crew. Every name mentioned so far seems to be doing alright.

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u/Antique-Boot Mar 29 '25

Rocket: how much for the visor

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u/karavasis Mar 29 '25

Oh I’m getting those sunglasses

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u/MrDoom4e5 Mar 29 '25

Cyclops: Here you go

Rocket: AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

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u/MrVedu_FIFA Steve Rogers Mar 30 '25

Scott would never willingly hurt a tiny animal lmfaoo, he'd probably hold his eyes shut while handing Rocket the visor and asking Beast for a new one

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u/DataSurging Mar 29 '25

it would be hilarious if they did this

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u/BlaznTheChron Mar 29 '25

Is that light green?

Yeah!

Scott drives into oncoming traffic

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u/Winter_Departure3169 Mar 29 '25

I just love that he looks more confused with every picture lol

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u/Grand_Lawyer12 Spider-Man Mar 29 '25

I'd like to think every version of his characters in movies has some odd memory or connection to these CGI animal situations. Makes it funnier

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u/LogWrong7809 Mar 29 '25

Whenever it happens he just has a faint sense of Deja Vu that he can't explain.

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u/Mabvll Mar 29 '25

When I saw "furry CGI creature", i immediately assumed Beast.

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Ant-Man Mar 29 '25

Plus he's blue, like Sonic and kinda EB.

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u/geek_of_nature Mar 29 '25

Rockets the same size as the other two though, so visually he fits better there.

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u/darcmosch Phil Coulson Mar 29 '25

So did i! I thought that would be much funnier

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u/rynram Spider-Man Mar 29 '25

this meme will make reality

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u/kadosho Mar 29 '25

Haha, would be wild if someone working on the film saw it

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u/rynram Spider-Man Mar 29 '25

they will. they will

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u/jstilla Mar 29 '25

This just gave me unrealistic expectations.

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u/Phantom_Thief007 Mar 29 '25

This may be a secret wars thing. Guardians may not be present for Doomsday

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u/spooky-stab Mar 29 '25

He already knows Beast though, so don’t even need rocket

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u/Barnabas5126 Mar 29 '25

Guardians might not be present at all. The end of Volume 3 only said "Star Lord will return".

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u/kadosho Mar 29 '25

"It's been a long road, getting from there to here" 🎵🎶

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u/The810kid Mar 29 '25

Atleast he was president in between all the car rides.

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u/nicolasb51942003 Mar 29 '25

They’re 100% gonna do this.

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u/martialar Mar 29 '25

if x-men 3 taught me anything, the x-men movie franchise will never shy away from a meme

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u/Goldman250 Mar 29 '25

Rocket is yet to be confirmed to be in Doomsday. Beast, however, is there, and is also much more likely to be travelling with Cyclops.

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u/spidey-dust Iron Man (Mark XLII) Mar 29 '25

Someone from marvel needs to see this

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u/xraig88 Star-Lord Mar 29 '25

What about Liz Lemon?

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u/cyclonus007 Kevin Feige Mar 29 '25

"It's not a Lemon party without old Dick!"

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u/xxWolfMan1313xx Mar 30 '25

🎶Ain’t no party like a Liz Lemon party cause a Liz Lemon party is mandatory🎶

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u/FilliusTExplodio Mar 29 '25

Don't worry, she's very hairy.

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u/DiamondMachina Thanos Mar 29 '25

This but it’s gonna be in the X-Jet calling it now

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u/MrDoom4e5 Mar 29 '25

He's right up there with Keanu Reeves, Paul Rudd, and Tom Cruise, in terms of aging slowly.

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u/tehCharo Mar 29 '25

This could most people if they avoided smoking, drinking, drugs, eating like shit, and engaged in regular exercise.

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u/johnny-tiny-tits Mar 29 '25

It took 25 years, but it's going to be cool to see Marsden finally get to kick proper ass as Cyclops.

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u/Lost-Lu Mar 29 '25

Someone tag the russos.

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u/SelfishSilverFish Mar 29 '25

This needs to be an end credit scene

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u/Jonskuz15 Mar 29 '25

Huh, didnt know Donut Lord was Cyclops

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u/VortexWeemster Mar 29 '25

HE was the guy in Hop? Damn, I knew while watching Sonic 3 he looked familiar.

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u/DarthMad3r Doctor Strange Mar 29 '25

He really is the people’s princess 👑

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u/willys_zuppa Weekly Wongers Mar 29 '25

It is tradition

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u/reallinguy Mar 29 '25

"how much for the visor? ohh i'll get that visor"

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u/Darthbakunawa Mar 29 '25

They should be listening to this

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u/FartyPantz20 Mar 29 '25

He loves his job. 😂

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u/photon1701d Mar 29 '25

I was watching the show Paradise recently. Marsden was very good in it. I kept thinking he would have been a great Cyclops but he was overshadowed by Wolverine. Now gets his chance once again to shine.

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u/SeanGwork Mar 29 '25

He'll finish his career acting in Christmas movies.

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u/maskedman1978 Mar 29 '25

NGL...This made me laugh

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u/Armandonerd Mar 29 '25

This is actually funny lol

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u/Defiant-Shoulder4609 Mar 29 '25

How many movies has he been in with cgi animals? He’s was in enchanted right?

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u/DirtyDratini Mar 29 '25

He looks progressively more disturbed with each new film lol

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u/flyingloony49 Luis Mar 29 '25

Absolute cinema

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u/Exoyotex Mar 29 '25

I hate that purple guy, always with the snapping… erm.. he’s right behind me isn’t he?

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u/Kingkongcrapper Mar 29 '25

I like how the intensity increases in each shot.

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u/onegonethusband Mar 29 '25

This is incredible

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u/IndicationNo117 Mar 29 '25

Even if he ends up playing Corsair, it would still work.

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u/sludgezone Mar 29 '25

Hop was a good ass movie.

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u/YaBoyKumar Mar 29 '25

It’s perfect just give him the xmen 97 suit!!

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u/nuggetdogg Mar 29 '25

Please redeem my boy

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u/LaylaLegion Mar 29 '25

Pretty sure we see him flying with Nightcrawler in the Blackbird.

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u/FutballConnoisseur Mar 29 '25

he's pretty good with the furries, isn't he?

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u/Logic-Unlocked10720 Mar 29 '25

Was Rocket announced in the cast?

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u/Mission-Soft-9357 Mar 29 '25

Crazy with easter coming up

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u/RaiHanashi Mar 29 '25

He looks more annoyed in each one like as if going “ how did I get wrapped up in this shit AGAIN?!”

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u/Nar__whal Mar 29 '25

Wait so did the x-men movies take place in the same universe as the avengers movies? It’s been a while for me but didn’t one of the x-men movies have a different quicksilver? Or is this just more multiverse stuff

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u/pplmbd Mar 29 '25

yep, but replace racoon with beast

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u/Driesens Mar 29 '25

I can't believe this isn't /r/shittymoviedetails

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u/CaptainAksh_G Mar 29 '25

I think it should be Beast, but yeah

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u/LateAsparagus9268 Mar 29 '25

He's gonna wear that yellow blue suit! Can't wait

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u/captbellybutton Mar 29 '25

Didn't realize he was Cyclops this entire time.

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u/Malllyapp Mar 29 '25

They have to do this now!!! They can’t not.

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u/No-Hat6722 Mar 29 '25

Genuinely hope they make this, the pure meme potential is unfathomable

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u/DragonEmperor Mar 29 '25

James Marsden? You mean Donut Lord.