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This may be getting ahead a bit but I believe more likely than not Marvel will get the FF back at some point, hopefully in the near future. Given the unique situation they're in and where the MCU is at right now, I think Marvel has an interesting conundrum in terms of how to bring them into the MCU. Obviously they can't launch their own solo movie right now after flaming turd Fox just put out, so they will have to introduce them in one of their other films. There's also the problem of how to go about telling their origin. The easy route would have been to take ques from the Ultimate comics, but Fox just ruined that origin and doing something too similar I believe will remind audiences of that epically bad movie and Marvel is not going to want to go there. There is also the option of outright skipping their origin and saying they've existed for a while, but that is far more difficult to pull off than with Spider-Man because the FF are a public group and saying that they were being used as covert ops by the government, again, would only bring up reminders of the terrible movie that just came out.
So, those circumstances being the case, I think the best way to go about rebooting the FF in the MCU is to be as faithful to the comics as possible. How is that?
Bringing FF into the MCU:
I also believe Doom can be introduced in IW Part 1 as well, by using Latveria as a plot device for a location of some kind of beacon calling the alien fleet or something or other, maybe inadvertently calling them.
Bringing Doom into the MCU:
This would be the most faithful Doom we'd have gotten in anything outside the EMH cartoon and would set him up as a super badass and chief dick of the MCU.
As far as Silver Surfer and Galactus go, I would start hinting at them in GOTG2 if Marvel gets the rights back in time, before further showing them in IW and continuing to peel back before they finally arrive in like Avengers 5 or something. I don't think it's as hard to introduce them and get them right as Doom and the FF themselves.
So, anyone else have ideas?
So, those circumstances being the case, I think the best way to go about rebooting the FF in the MCU is to be as faithful to the comics as possible. How is that?
Bringing FF into the MCU:
Well, a scenario I came up with is that Marvel introduces the FF in IW Part 1. Now, lets just put aside the fact we know nothing about IW right now and just stick with the bare bones assumption that it will deal with Thanos coming. I believe a NATURAL way to tie Reed Richards and the FF into that plot while remaining EXTREMELY faithful to the original 616 origins while fitting seamlessly into the MCU, is that in 1961 during the great space race renowned scientist Doctor Reed Richards is studying intergalactic space and time travel (along with alternate dimensions). He is already married to Susan, and he is using the resources of the Baxter Foundation to construct his own spaceship. One day he notices an irregularity in the space ways (unscientific talk) and notices that its trajectory is headed towards Earth. He tried to warn the Governments of the world but they wouldn't take him seriously, too focused on their own race to the moon while Reed is already light years ahead of where they're at. Being the man of principle and science he is, he decides to take it upon himself to investigate the irregularity and also test the viability of his spaceship. Grimm pilots the ship and Sue and Johnny come along with them. They leave the care of the Baxter Building in the hands of...someone while they're gone, doesn't matter who. They take off into space and open a worm hole, where they are hit by the gamma rays (or whatever they want to call them) that gives them their powers. Reed decides to reverse course as he doesn't know what's going on, but not before seeing a glimpse of an alien armada in the distance similar to what Tony saw in Avengers. They warp back to Earth and crash, discovering they have powers now. The Avengers got word of the unidentified object that came from the sky and send a team out there to check out what happened. They find the FF, Tony recognizes Reed Richards who has been missing for 57 years, and informs the FF that they're now in the year 2018. Que the Marvel logo.
This would be an extremely faithful adaptation of the FF's origin, only difference being a time jump added into their space shuttle exploration, and it would set the FF up immediately as explorers and scientists rather than military weapons. Only thing it sacrifices is that it is a bit similar to Cap's origin, but I believe the execution and significance of it will be different enough that general audiences will look past it. That entire scene can also be told in under 10 minutes of story time and serve as the prologue to the film before the Marvel logo and music run. From there the FF can play a supporting role in IW, warning the Avengers about what they saw and Reed's genius helping them prepare for the coming Thanos.
This would be an extremely faithful adaptation of the FF's origin, only difference being a time jump added into their space shuttle exploration, and it would set the FF up immediately as explorers and scientists rather than military weapons. Only thing it sacrifices is that it is a bit similar to Cap's origin, but I believe the execution and significance of it will be different enough that general audiences will look past it. That entire scene can also be told in under 10 minutes of story time and serve as the prologue to the film before the Marvel logo and music run. From there the FF can play a supporting role in IW, warning the Avengers about what they saw and Reed's genius helping them prepare for the coming Thanos.
I also believe Doom can be introduced in IW Part 1 as well, by using Latveria as a plot device for a location of some kind of beacon calling the alien fleet or something or other, maybe inadvertently calling them.
Bringing Doom into the MCU:
How I would set up Doom is by also being extremely faithful to the comics. In IW Doom is already the dictator of Latveria and has been for over 4 decades. He is a Castro/Kim Jong Un-like figure, hated by the international community but beloved by his subjects. He was a college pier of Reed and Ben, kicked out of the school for unethical experimentation that resulted in his scars like in the comics, and was born a gypsi. After being kicked out of school he scoured the Earth learning sorcery and eventually getting his metal suit, before returning to Latveria and overthrowing the government.
None of the above details have to be gone into great detail in the film, it is just something I would have on the walls at Marvel to inform the character in the movies and hint at over the course of a couple films. In IW itself, all we need to know is that Doom is the dictator of Latveria, a nation closed off even more so than Wakanda and the Avengers need into it for whatever reason. Reed says to take him with them as he has history with Doom, meanwhile he thinks to himself Doom must be an old man by now. They're denied access to Latveria and decide to sneak in, but Doom has a magical forcefield around the country letting him know when trespassers come. He immediately discovers the Avengers and asks why he shouldn't put them all down right now. He decides to spare them as they use Black Panther's status as king of Wakanda as leverage (as killing him would start a war). Doom comments that the coward Reed has finally returned and Reed wonders how is it that Doom is still able to function like a young man and he simply says there are many things in this world that the likes of him wouldn't even begin to comprehend (I'd drop a hint in the Doctor Strange movie that there are forms of magic one can use to prolong one's lifespan). Stuff happens, and on the surface while it appears Doom narrowly agrees to help them the Avengers discover he is planning some heinous things with the resources he's collected and the things he is stockpiling in his country. Doom decides to take them out (would be awesome if Tony mentions they still have T'Challa and Doom just replies "I considered it", before blasting them all). Doom single handedly takes down all the heroes there, and they narrowly fight him to a stalemate. Yada yada, Doom tells them they have no idea what's going on and allows them to leave Latveria as he's a man of his word. Tony tells him this isn't over and they'll make sure the international community bans against Doom.
None of the above details have to be gone into great detail in the film, it is just something I would have on the walls at Marvel to inform the character in the movies and hint at over the course of a couple films. In IW itself, all we need to know is that Doom is the dictator of Latveria, a nation closed off even more so than Wakanda and the Avengers need into it for whatever reason. Reed says to take him with them as he has history with Doom, meanwhile he thinks to himself Doom must be an old man by now. They're denied access to Latveria and decide to sneak in, but Doom has a magical forcefield around the country letting him know when trespassers come. He immediately discovers the Avengers and asks why he shouldn't put them all down right now. He decides to spare them as they use Black Panther's status as king of Wakanda as leverage (as killing him would start a war). Doom comments that the coward Reed has finally returned and Reed wonders how is it that Doom is still able to function like a young man and he simply says there are many things in this world that the likes of him wouldn't even begin to comprehend (I'd drop a hint in the Doctor Strange movie that there are forms of magic one can use to prolong one's lifespan). Stuff happens, and on the surface while it appears Doom narrowly agrees to help them the Avengers discover he is planning some heinous things with the resources he's collected and the things he is stockpiling in his country. Doom decides to take them out (would be awesome if Tony mentions they still have T'Challa and Doom just replies "I considered it", before blasting them all). Doom single handedly takes down all the heroes there, and they narrowly fight him to a stalemate. Yada yada, Doom tells them they have no idea what's going on and allows them to leave Latveria as he's a man of his word. Tony tells him this isn't over and they'll make sure the international community bans against Doom.
This would be the most faithful Doom we'd have gotten in anything outside the EMH cartoon and would set him up as a super badass and chief dick of the MCU.
As far as Silver Surfer and Galactus go, I would start hinting at them in GOTG2 if Marvel gets the rights back in time, before further showing them in IW and continuing to peel back before they finally arrive in like Avengers 5 or something. I don't think it's as hard to introduce them and get them right as Doom and the FF themselves.
So, anyone else have ideas?