Victor Von Doom/Doom (Fantastic Four, 2015)



Victor Von Doom is the main antagonist of the 2015 superhero Marvel film reboot  (or Earth-TRN554). He comes from Latveria and is one of the scientists working on the Quantum Gate, eventually succumbing to a source on Planet Zero that turns him into the villain Doom.

He was portrayed by Toby Kebbell.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) His character design isn't even accurate to his source material and instead we get a walking piece of a black solid crash test dummy wearing a robe that looks like it was made out of garbage bags. Seriously, it's the least faithful comic book character, since Deadpool's Weapon XI.
 * 2) Unlike his comic book counterpart he's based on, this version of Doom barely gets any personality or motive behind his actions and he wants to blow up the world for unexplained reasons. Also, Dr. Doom was in anti-villain in the comics, and turning him into a full-fledged villain without an explanation is wrong on so many levels.
 * 3) This film's trying so hard to be dark, gritty and realistic, but for some reason Victor von Doom is still his real name which makes no sense at all.
 * 4) He barely gets any screentime in the film and only shows up during the third act when the film has around 20 minutes left, which is one of the main reasons the film was poorly received.
 * 5) Toby Kebbell's performance isn't very good. (although it's not as bad as the other actors' performances.)
 * 6) He gets a weird and pointless Ghostbusters reference.
 * 7) Apparently, Doctor Doom dying is the only thing that would stop Planet Zero, and it's never explained how he had created the black hole.
 * 8) Idiot Move: Why couldn't Doom have defeated the Fantastic Four using his head explosion powers?
 * 9) During the final battle, he ended up getting defeated by the central characters by getting punched in the face.

His Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) During filming, Doom's civilian identity was renamed as "Victor Domashev" for no apparent reason. Due to the fans' backlash over the decision, the reshoots changed his name to "Victor von Doom", Doctor Doom's civil identity in the comic books, which at least was accurate to the original character.