I was probably feeling a bit uncharitable on first read, I'll admit, since there were plenty of individual details I liked - I think I'm just frustrated because we keep getting teasers of promising confrontations that then don't really happen because Doom disappears before anybody's spoken two sentences to each other, and interesting setups with characters who are immediately left behind. So I'd have appreciated the road trip more if I wasn't busy being irritated that we randomly jumped straight into that with no transition to show what happened to resolve the scene where Doom was surrounded by half a dozen people I've been waiting to see him talk to.
But yes, Doom contrasted with ordinary people and everyday things is always fun. That's why the phone call at the end tickled me; like, on the one hand, yes of course Reed would recognise his voice and not need any introduction, and yet on the other, Doom opening a phone call to his nemesis in such a mundane way is just inherently hilarious. And I really liked that we got some development of the children from his visions as more than just fantasy figures, since it gives some insight into how he might potentially relate to children of his own. You're right that they've been kind of circling round the concept of Doom and fatherhood for a while now; I feel like it's an interesting angle to explore, since he's always been tied in with the F4 and their theme of family, and whatever the later traumas he actually had a very good relationship with his parents. The sort of mid-life crisis vibe this series began with links in with that as well - he's achieved pretty much all he could in terms of conquest and heroism, so what's left now but that more neglected side of his life?
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Date: 2020-03-07 03:37 am (UTC)But yes, Doom contrasted with ordinary people and everyday things is always fun. That's why the phone call at the end tickled me; like, on the one hand, yes of course Reed would recognise his voice and not need any introduction, and yet on the other, Doom opening a phone call to his nemesis in such a mundane way is just inherently hilarious. And I really liked that we got some development of the children from his visions as more than just fantasy figures, since it gives some insight into how he might potentially relate to children of his own. You're right that they've been kind of circling round the concept of Doom and fatherhood for a while now; I feel like it's an interesting angle to explore, since he's always been tied in with the F4 and their theme of family, and whatever the later traumas he actually had a very good relationship with his parents. The sort of mid-life crisis vibe this series began with links in with that as well - he's achieved pretty much all he could in terms of conquest and heroism, so what's left now but that more neglected side of his life?