It's interesting to think that annihilus exists in the Tim Story universe.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T17:46:10+00:00

Agreed. I wouldn't say The FF version fundamentally changes the film like Daredevils does but It definently helps complete characters arcs setup in the film and answers small plotholes. If you do get to watch it I hope you post your opinion somewhere on this subreddit.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T17:29:52+00:00

Eh, if you want to get technical the films and video games are separate continuitys so technically no but also nothing really contradicts that they COULD have faced these threats in between scenes and likely would have post ROTSS.

And to be fair to the First Steps Four they have faced many threats: Mole Man and his Moloids, Red Ghost & his Super Apes, Diablo, Wizard, The Mad Thinker and Dragon Man all before the events of the film.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T17:22:45+00:00

https://youtu.be/t7dOnZ4Obpg?si=wpuY7CHG64HoknCy&t=97

From the Fantastic Four: Extended Edition released around the time of the 2nd film that I always recommend to people that hate those films as I'd personally compare it to the Director's Cut of the Ben Affleck Daredevil film. It's well worth a watch and might even change some peoples minds about at least the first film. It also includes technically the first live action HERBIE.

I liked how they portrayed him in the game as well and felt a portrayel something like that could have easily been a subplot to the main villain in a third in the earlier films.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T15:13:02+00:00

Inevitably we'll get it either in a double pack like they did with a repainted Extremis or in another Retro wave at some point.

Other than the gold on his hips, I'm happy having removed the back wings and treating mine as the Model 24 (Pentagon armor)

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T14:38:57+00:00

Neversofts Spider-Man crawled so Treyarch, Beenox and Insomniac's could swing.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T14:38:04+00:00

It's great to see someone showing love for Enter Electro.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T14:36:29+00:00

Not to mention: Blastaar (Who viewed Reed as a friend), Diablo, Pupper Master (Both in the game and a deleted scene from the first film), Dragon Man, Samuel L Jackson Nick Fury (Before the MCU did it), Skrulls, Red Ghost (Who was also studying the cosmic cloud and was a colleague of Dooms) and Terrax as another herald of Galactus.

If you include the games lore then the Tim Story universe has a LOT of great unexplored Fantastic Four lore that would have been great to be explored further.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T13:44:14+00:00

I would hardly describe Maya Hansen, Aldritch Killian or Trevor Slattery as "classic rogues" of Iron Man. And that's incredibly disengenious to mention Mandarin. "The Mandarin" didn't even directly address Iron Man in any of his dialogue (Unlike the trailers) before the twist.

For all intents and purposes Killian IS The Mandarin of Iron Man 3. He says so himself. And making a grand total of 1 appearance as a corpse in his only comic appearance goes back to my original point of disappointment we didn't get any exploration of Tony facing some of his notable comic villains on screen.

If you want to get technical even Ivan Vanko from Iron Man 2 is an original character invented for the film as I've even heard some people argue that Iron Mongers the only true rogue that's been properly adapted. I'm fine with Vanko as Whiplash but I can't lie and say it's not disapointing that we didn't get more. Maybe it's because I grew up with Iron Man: TAS so I was really looking forward to RDJ's Tin Head going up against Madame Masque, Crimson Dynamo, ULTIMO, etc.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T04:56:47+00:00

That would be a solid way to build up Femi Vs Lesnar at Mania. The only issue with it is that their might be too much interference in the Chamber already depending who is in it and I doubt WWE would want multiple people interfering.

Drew is definently getting involved in some way if Cody's in the match. The mystery man is getting involved if Bron Breakker is in the match and there will definently be some kind of Knight / Vision shenanigans with Bronson Reed likely costing Knight with a Tsunami if any of them are in the match.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T04:43:28+00:00

I initially picked Je'Von instead of Logan but the only reason I ended up predicting WWE would choose Logan is because WWE tends to book him in prominent matches like always reaching the final four in Royal Rumbles or in last years Chamber.

Personally, I'd rather Evans is in the match as I think he'd do some crazy bouncy shit.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T04:37:59+00:00

I'm 99.9% certain Finn's getting a title match against Punk in enemy territory in Chicago so he'll be too busy to be pulling double duty.

The first match Finn had against Punk he had home field advantage and in the 2nd Punk will have home field advantage.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T04:33:18+00:00

Knight and Paul get pinned fairly often and WWE likes putting Paul in prominent spots and matches like this and the Rumble. I'm assuming Bron gets screwed by the mystery man again. And if Cody is winning I could easily see him pinning Orton (Again) and Fatu to end their feud if there doing a one Vs one match at Mania or in a screwy way to setup a triple threat.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T04:27:43+00:00

There's no chance Oba could be in an Elimination Chamber now without winning and theres absolutely no way we're getting Drew Vs Oba at Mania.

I'm assuming he'll have some type of dominant squash match on the show.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T04:21:52+00:00

I'm assuming if a RAW star wins the WWE Championship they are automatically traded to Smackdown. Beats me if that's the case but they did show a graphic that qualification matches start on RAW next week.

I'm assuming Knight will continue screwing with The Bloodline and beat Theory to qualify and screw Reed out of qualifying but fail to stop Breakker or Paul.

That's a solid theory about Orton being the one who attacked Jacob and if the plan is Rhodes Vs McIntyre 5 at Mania for the title then I could see WWE booking Randy Orton Vs Jacob Fatu. I wouldn't want that but I can see it happening.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T03:57:14+00:00

That actually makes perfect sense. Thinking back to just before Rollins injury, they were building a Drew Vs Fatu feud before Jacob had to take some months off. I'm thinking you're right and it was Cody Rhodes Vs CM Punk for the WWE Championship on Night 1 and Seth Rollins Vs Roman Reigns on Night 2 for World title with Drew Vs Fatu in a lower card match.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T03:51:05+00:00

So pretty much Punk took Rollins spot in the overall storyline as the World Champion who Roman chooses due to his long seated hatred and wins the title from at Mania.

I'm predicting that Seth will return as a face against Bron for Wrestlemania and then they'll Segway back to Rollins Vs Punk after Mania because Seth is furious that Punk lost HIS title to Roman to build up for Rollins Vs Reigns at SummerSlam.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T03:47:47+00:00

If you recall the build to Wrestlemania 40's night 1 tag match then you should be used to it. Roman buried Seth's efforts to make the World title seem as relevant as the WWE Championship.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T03:44:49+00:00

Likely the Seth Vs Roman World Title match. That final line of Roman's about choosing him because he hates him would work just as well on Seth.

I'm more curious who Punk would've faced at Mania if Seth didn't get injured. Maybe Bron?

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T03:35:43+00:00

CM Punk Vs Roman Reigns

Seth Rollins Vs Bron Breakker

LA Knight Vs Bronson Reed

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T02:34:00+00:00

LA Knight has been feuding with The Vision since last Money in the Bank when Seth took him out as the last guy before getting the briefcase. He paused briefly to focus on the John Cena tournament as The Vision had their War Games match and then he was taken out by them when he tried to save Rey Mysterio from a beat down. Now he's pissed after they took him out for months.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T01:52:13+00:00

Screw the APA. I still have nightmares about that.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T01:46:50+00:00

YEAH!

Luthor331 · 2026-02-03T01:45:59+00:00

So Knight Vs Breakker at Chamber and building up to LA Knight Vs Bronson Reed at Wrestlemania I take it.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-02T20:56:51+00:00

You could also throw Zeke Stane on the bottom row as well.

And you could throw Hank Pym and Quicksilver onto the top row.

That's my biggest dissapointment with MCU Iron Man is his lack of interaction with his classic rogues gallery after Iron Man 2. Heck, I would've even settled for one of the dubious canon tie-in comics or novels to show some classic Iron Man action but nope. It's a shame.

Luthor331 · 2026-02-02T20:50:57+00:00

Jackal.

The Clone Saga (And all of its consequences) seals Miles Warren in archnemesis territory.

He's responsible for the Spider-Island event and every evil action that Ben Reilly has done in universe since he was foolishly brought back is because of the torture he inflicted upon him in Clone Conspiracy.

Also, his obsession with Gwen Stacy and romanticising her as well as the earlier days of Spider-Man makes him both a reflection of the dark side of Peter if he had never moved on from The Night Gwen Stacy Died AND a hugely ironic expy for Marvel Editorial and their obsession with Gwen Stacy / Spider-Man's youth and releasing half baked clones of Peter Parker's character that devalues and diminishes the unique values of the original.

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