The Overlord
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Who should be the villain in this MCU Fantastic Four film?
I don't actually favor any of the listed villains as such, because I have a specific idea in mind for the Best Possible First FF Movie. The main threat of the movie being a Big Dumb Object slowly approaching our solar system, with Reed Richards, fearly genius polymath and spaceship designer, going out along with his adventurous and capable friends to investigate, along with giving the First Earth-Built FTL Drive a try. They get their powers en route via the prototype drive, arrive, and have to investigate the large and mysterious ship while adapting to their new powers. They eventually meet the people on the ship, find out why it is heading to Earth, and have to save the day, both for Earth and possibly also for everyone on the ship not dedicated to [Bad Things For Earth], too.
Basically, the framework of the scenario is more important than the Specific Named Villain, because the star of the show should be the four heroes themselves, and the grand scope of the Big Dumb Object setting. This could have been the Skrulls ( though that is now mooted ), and I suppose you *could* use someone like Annihilus or Blastaar. . . but I think it would be best if you picked a C-list Fantastic Four villain for this role, because it really isn't about them. They've had enough stories with enough weird alien villains, you have your pick of ones to use for this purpose.
I mean, yes, you do want someone with a face who can talk and be interacted with, sure. My point is just that *who* that person isn't doesn't matter much. There are a ton of existing villains who could serve that role in a mostly interchangeable manner, because its the scenario and the heroes that define the story, not the specific details of the villain.
A scenario like TDK is exactly what a Fantastic Four movie does *not* need for its first film. The stars of the show *should* be the heroes of the story.
I wonder how they will explain how he got the name mole man? I hope it’s not cheesy.
It could easily be that others taunted him with that name when he was younger and also growing up because they thought he resembled that. So it stuck, but he took that name and made it something to be feared instead of mocked.