Alright... Let's Talk About Modok

The MCU Modok design could’ve been improved a lot if they just made his face more serious(or angry), giving him the bowl cut, and not including the golden mask.

My concern for how they'll do Dr. Doom grows every second.

I keep hoping for people to actually talk about who Modok actually is in the comic so we could see why this is actually such a tragedy.

The thing that would have helped a ton is, if they made Modok look more evil, not always joyful. He is a giant head with baby limbs, but why does his face look like he is having the time of his life? If he were to just look a lot more evil all the time, snap quickly and yell at others, heck just explaining how much just existing hurts him now, and he would have probably worked better. Even a scene where he would describe why he is always smiling and perhaps something as rediculous that if he were to show any anger in his face, blood vesils would pop out of his head and he would die of bleeding would help out a lot by making his constant grin feel more tragic and makes us feel bad for him. But no, he is simply just a joke, a very, VERY sad one

MODOK, Abomination, and Taskmaster are some of my favorite Marvel comics villains and I’m not happy with Disney has done with them.

making modok the "it's funny cause it looks funny" joke is like casting a little people in a "funny" role because their stature

They modeled teeth into his faceplate because this is how they always incorporate cool, off-the-wall designs into the movies. Make the design look like a lame, watered-down version, and then incorporate a call-back to the original design in some superficial element. In this case, they modeled the awesome original design of Modok into his faceplate. Same with Deadpool being that mute guy with the eye tattoos, and The Mandarin having the big hoodie.

Calling MODOK a « little ferrero rocher » truly is the best way to start a video lmao

I just realized. Janet spent "eons" helping kang fix his ship but did not think of putting the growing disk on her suit to leave the quantum realm. Something Scot thought of while almost unconscious.

I would've loved a more serious M.O.D.O.K. in the film. Imagine a man filled with anger and hatred not only because of the events of AM1, but because of his physical deformities; "I need this god forsaken chair to even live, thanks to your little STUNT my lungs can't get enough oxygen for my body, my legs would shatter like toothpicks if I tried to walk, not even my heart can pump right due to all my malformed bloodvessels." Instead, we get... "I'M NOT A DIIIICK!" while using his face as a battering ram against an energy shield, and remember, he has a DAMN MASK HE DOESN'T USE BECAUSE SOMEONE AT MARVEL IS OBSESSED WITH EVERYONE CONSTANTLY TAKING THEIR MASKS OFF. Seriously, they gave MODOK a mask JUST so he could remove it! At this point I'm convinced anyone with a gun and decent aim could dome anyone in the MCU with how often they take their protective gear off in the literal middle of a full on battle zone

I totally agree with your comment on the "weightlessness" of his weapons, they never feel threatening because they kinda just flop in and out of sight- actually giving them a sense of mass would really help MODOK be a more intimidating.

The main problem with Modok is that he always looks hilarious. Guy turned into a freak, and he is happy with it. In this scene 2:54 when Modok gets angry he really looks menacing (even with this CGI). Also, your redesign looks interesting, and after it Modok in the movie looks like a little funny ball

I actually loved his mask. Happily pleased until the face reval...

To be honest, Darren being MODOK could have worked. When Darren gets defeated, his body got mulitated and he could have used the last price of the armor from his yellow suit. He could have met Janet in the realm and she could have helped him. He also could have looked more gross. When Janet realize who is really is, she turn on him and Darren used his new powers to take over the realm. He could have been the main villain of the movie. Kang could have been saved for another movie.

I haven't even seen Ant Man 2 or 3, but when you showed MODOK saying "I'm not a dick", all I heard was "My name's not Rick."

Visually speaking, I think the biggest problem for me was the lack of pores in his skin. Yes, his head is huge, but if you just stretch the face with MS Paint to achieve that proportion, it starts to look plastic, and therefore fake. If they had added more pores and more details to make it look like his face actually had more SKIN to span across the elongated horizontal space, he'd look more realistic, and therefore more tragic than comical. That, in turn, would make the audience care more about his passing (without sacrificing the lols of his deathbed conversion).

Before the movie came out, I thought Kang was going to be a background villain and MODOK as the main villain. I predicted Kang would be the main one for the first 2/3 but eventually, MODOK betrays Kang and turns his army and equipment against him, forcing Kang to retreat and leave Scott and friends to deal with him, solidifying MODOK as the true main villain of the movie who was secretly plotting, and his goofy, jokey, insane personality was secretly a front so Kang wouldn't suspect him and easily trust him, when in reality Darren was playing 4D chess with everyone. I also thought he would turn Kang's quantum realm army into the MCU's version of AIM, escape with them out of the quantum realm and turn his company from the first movie to AIM HQ for future movies. Now THAT would have made the movie and MODOK as a whole a much better character. Instead of MODOK getting a stupid redemption arc, he becomes a villain that's even WORSE than Kang Edit: Also, the "I AM NOT A DICK" line could work and be taken seriously Cassie: "Darren, its never too late to stop being a dick" MODOK: "But I'm not a dick...I'm a weapon...designed only for killing"

The golden mask head looks awesome if they made that his actual face. His eyes and mouth are perfectly proportioned and have that goofy/ menacing look in the comics, it just has to be his actual face and not a gold mask that just blends into the rest of his body

Your version is definitely better and it took no time at all. What were they thinking?

Off to a good start, please keep making content of this quality.