I actually love M.O.D.O.K. in Quantumania

I can't think of a better origin/instantiation within the MCU for M.O..D.O.K. His metal face is genuinely creepy, and his human face is both hilarious and makes perfect sense! I never would've predicted that Darren Cross would become M.O.D.O.K., but once it was revealed, I couldn't think of a better way to have featured the character in the MCU than having it be Cross after what happened to him in the first Ant-Man. M.O.D.O.K. as a character is inherently ridiculous and Quantumania leaned hard into that and, IMO, completely succeeded.

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dratsablive2026-01-01 06:05

M.O.D.O.K. better appear in Secret Wars where he finds an injured Lady Thor and vows to protect her!

TheWallE2026-01-01 06:08

Right there with you budd…. MODOK is not meant to be some arch villain… he is a goofy ass big head with tiny little baby feet and arms. Like he should be played for the goof a bit. Maybe they could have done it differently… but I really liked the MCU MODOK and would welcome his return with open real person arms

Johncurtisreeve2026-01-01 06:15

I love Quantumania

feetandballs2026-01-01 07:24

I'm uncertain

NotAStatistic22026-01-01 09:00

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Johncurtisreeve2026-01-01 09:19

Sorry you have shit manners

marvelcomics222026-01-01 06:16

The CGI was surprisingly decent, and to those who think it looks strange, what did you expect a half robot man with a huge face to look like??

Fabulous-Sea-15902026-01-08 18:33

>what did you expect a half robot man with a huge face to look like??

People don't ask this of themselves often enough.

Like, every morning you should wake up and contemplate the MODOK kohen.

Is this bad CGI, or is this simply what something uncanny unto impossible would look like and my brain categorically denies the unreality?

EnvironmentalAge92022026-01-01 06:17

He's a dick.

chaot72026-01-01 06:31

At least he died ……. an Avenger!

Fabulous-Sea-15902026-01-01 07:05

I had mixed feelings about the film but this gag was probably my favorite moment of the film.

Tied with "Holy shit! That guy looks like broccoli!" And how much fun Michael Douglas seemed to be having overall.

ebietoo2026-01-01 14:23

My least favorite thing about it is Bill Murray. What’s he doing in the MCU?

zion_hiker19112026-01-01 17:32

And he had an affair with Janet? WTF

ebietoo2026-01-01 19:19

Janet had aspects to her personality her family didn't know about. I'm not saying that macking on Bill Murray was a good idea, but I kinda like dark, witchy Janet Pym. I'll bet she'd be fun at parties after a drink or two.

Majestic-Marcus2026-01-01 18:26

I know it’s unpopular, but Bill Murray has been and in pretty much everything he’s ever been in. At best he was good in the 80s and terrible since.

ebietoo2026-01-01 19:16

I love Bill Murray movies, it was just a mismatch tonally seeing him in an Ant-Man adventure.

csortland2026-01-02 01:28

He was great in movies sporadically in the 90's and 00's. Used to great effect in a few indie films from autuer directors.

chaot72026-01-02 02:04

I mean, he was great in Zombie Land

erkloe2026-01-04 04:46

He is great in Wes Anderson movies, like Life Acquatic and Moonrise Kingdom.

richard-5642026-01-08 17:20

Also Groundhog's Day

richard-5642026-01-08 17:19

I'm confused. He's been in everything he's been in? Uhh....okay

Majestic-Marcus2026-01-08 17:20

Hi confused. Im dad.

Seriously though… not sure what I was saying there. Put it down to a brain fart and leave it.

chaot72026-01-08 17:35

I read it as, he plays himself in everything he’s been in

richard-5642026-01-16 11:01

Haha I know, I was just giving you shit ;)

Majestic-Marcus2026-01-16 11:03

Rightly so

ebietoo2026-01-01 14:22

But it’s never too late to stop being a dick.

darkwalrus362026-01-01 06:27

He was exactly what I expected: modok is a fucking ridiculous character. That's half the fun

Shankman5192026-01-01 06:32

Look at me… I’m such a dick

Bigbigbigrock2026-01-01 12:32

It's never too late to stop being a dick

morphballganon2026-01-01 06:37

I didn't hate MODOK, I just found the film overall underwhelming.

TouchAltruistic2026-01-01 06:50

I thought it was hilarious.

Punky9212026-01-01 06:50

My friend was so angry they “made a joke out of MODOK” and I’m just like …bruh

Valentinee1052026-01-02 02:34

They made a joke of evil humpty dumpty with little baby legs?!

StraightCut20852026-01-01 07:09

Looked cool with that h mask. Looked lame without. But he’s supposed to be an evil genius badass, they just didn’t translate that. Same with Taskmaster. A funny shittalker who turned into a silent zombie.

don’t mind some changes, but they kinda ruined both of them.

failedjedi_opens_jar2026-01-01 07:15

I loved the whole flick lol

scooter-4112026-01-01 22:37

Quantumania is not the best Marvel movie - but it’s far from the worst. It got unjustly crucified because of its implications outside of the movie itself. Now that Kang is not our big baddie, I wonder if people would be so upset at Scott beating him.

Phyginge2026-01-01 07:22

It's hard to hate something so bad. It's almost so bad that it becomes a funny hate watch.

Eldernerdhub2026-01-01 07:39

MODOK's butt was funny!

DynastyZealot2026-01-01 07:55

He was perfect. Sadly most people just suck at getting jokes.

Fun-Seaworthiness5722026-01-01 08:02

You do have good points but I do think killing him was a bad idea, he could have reestablish AIM and become a future villain.

But the movie it’s self was bad with Kang losing to Antman!!!!

M.O.D.O.K. should have been the man villain that’s what I’m saying

boardgamejoe2026-01-01 08:59

I love it when the protagonist gets defeated by the villain in his own movie.

/S

Kmart_Stalin2026-01-02 20:18

Well that’s an oversimplification 😂

INKatana2026-01-01 08:20

Unironically he was on the less-shitty side of that movie.

He was literally the only character in there with development and a character arc.

And they still made jokes at his expense, even when he was dying. (And judging by the audio commentary they released, the writer and/or the director wanted to make even more jokes)

Miffernator2026-01-01 08:45

MODOK should have been the villain. And still focus on San Francisco. MODOK should have escape after Scott was stuck in the quantum realm. So MODOK can create Aim within the 5 years. It should connect to Walton Goggjns character as well. Also miss Scott friends.

ebietoo2026-01-01 14:25

Ah, you’re writing a different movie in your head. Well within your rights.

crazyguyunderthedesk2026-01-01 15:26

Of course it is, but it's silly to then fault the movie for not being what they dreamed up.

ebietoo2026-01-02 03:01

Yup I know

boardgamejoe2026-01-01 08:58

I thought the whole fucking movie was fun.

Wooden-Radish-90082026-01-02 22:49

I'll never understand the hate that early 2020's Marvel movie got.

NotAStatistic22026-01-01 08:59

Completely succeeded to the tune of negative critical reception and the loss of millions from the poor boxoffice numbers.

With your taste you'd probably enjoy dog water movies like The Room and Megalopolis

KaptenAwsum2026-01-01 09:21

Rude, get outta here with that negativity booooo

Bing_Bong_the_Archer2026-01-01 09:51

While I dislike most of the execution for Quantumania, the concept of bringing back Cross as MODOK is brilliant. That is some *dynamite* intersectional backwriting. Really fantastic and clever way to integrate the first installment.

Like several Marvel movies in that same general release timeframe, I walked away shaking my head about the wasted potential, feeling somewhat disrespected that the team behind it couldn’t do the bare minimum to elevate it from barely-watchable stale popcorn to something really excellent and interesting.

Shame. Give things more time to breath and empower the creatives = success

Standard-Contest-9492026-01-01 10:14

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badken2026-01-01 10:39

Agreed. And please, for the sake of your loved ones, seek therapy.

darthmoonlight2026-01-01 11:30

Totally agree with op. He's so horrid and annoying it was the only way to do it

Wooden-Radish-90082026-01-01 11:56

It's so weird to me that when this came out there were so many people insisting that MODOK wasn't being taken seriously enough and that he's some super serious villain. Look at him dude....he's a big face!

Where were these people when Patton Oswalt made a full on stop motion comedy about him? They weren't anywhere. Because it's an artificial talking point. MODOK doesnt have enough fans for that many people to be genuinely upset about it.

Also, not for nothing, but I thought they did a good job of continuing Cross' whole not having his own identity arc from the first Ant-Man. Considering he spent that whole movie trying to be Hank Pym. Quantummania gets shit on too much.

Kmart_Stalin2026-01-02 20:16

> Where were these people when Patton Oswalt made a full on stop motion comedy about him? They weren't anywhere. Because it's an artificial talking point.

You’re talking about a tv show. No one is complaining about Spider-man and his amazing friends because it’s also a tv show that’s made for kids.

Wooden-Radish-90082026-01-02 22:47

What an irrelevant response

Kmart_Stalin2026-01-02 22:48

I can’t imagine why it would be irrelevant

Bringing up the MODOK show is irrelevant anyways

Wooden-Radish-90082026-01-03 00:18

Can you tell me what you think the point of my original comment was?

Kmart_Stalin2026-01-03 00:26

Why you used the cancelled MODOK tv show that nobody watched as evidence that complaints about MCU MODOK is an “artificial talking point”?

The argument itself is artificial because no one watched the show

Edit: bro blocked me :(

Wooden-Radish-90082026-01-03 02:01

You're very bad at arguing.

My point was that people get upset that MODOK is portrayed a particular way when he is mostly portrayed that way. If this was authentic criticism, it would be attacking any instance of MODOK being portrayed this way, but it doesn't. Because MODOK is mostly an absurd character.

Anyone who has an issue with his portrayal has a fundamental misunderstanding of the character.

Edit: I did block them. Gave them multiple chances to have a discussion with any value at all and bro chose to just yap instead. You dont owe anyone else your time or energy, especially when they are using you as an outlet to argue for arguments sake. Happy 2026!

skronk612026-01-01 13:05

In still photos he looked terrible but in action it was fun.

NamelessGamer_12026-01-01 13:09

This has gotta be bait, right? Like come on. He was awful, just as the whole movie was

Chirpy692026-01-01 13:23

Put this in r/unpopularopinion because holy shit was he bad lol

ebietoo2026-01-01 14:21

Corey Stoll gets his due…

Peer_turtles2026-01-01 14:41

Modok is genuinely up there with floating face kid from Love and Thunder for some of the worst cgi and designs the mcu has to offer. Literally on par with Mr electric from spy kids.

jubmille20002026-01-01 14:53

Good for you, love isn't tied to quality though.

Sentry-10002026-01-01 16:13

Hell no, they made a joke out of a character who was semi-cool in the animated shows, it would've been so much better to have him be normal modok as a scientist who discovered the tech for shrinking after pym went into isolation

Majestic-Marcus2026-01-01 18:31

I say this as a massive nerd…

Anyone who complained about MODOK is a nerd and shouldn’t be listened to by anyone.

He’s a giant floating head with baby feet.

uncleben852026-01-01 19:20

I agree, honestly

My only take away would be that I wish his face was a little warped/disfigured or something.

It was too pristine for what happened, imo

lern2swim2026-01-01 19:44

Same. The complaints about him are absurd.

Careless_Royal82092026-01-01 20:44

Yet another villain the MCU ruined!

regalfronde2026-01-01 23:32

Hot take: Quantumania is a good, fun comic movie.

BravoLeader30002026-01-01 23:33

I enjoy it!

Wooden-Radish-90082026-01-02 23:19

Agreed. I'll take it a step further and admit that I think it's the best Ant-Man movie.

I'll know how I feel for certain after my next watch through, but I'm pretty sure I feel that way

erkloe2026-01-04 04:48

Agreed.

richard-5642026-01-08 17:25

I enjoyed it. Me and my gf have watched it many times.

_Contrive_2026-01-01 23:43

I loved him.

Especially to have him BE connected to earlier stuff.

Plus I’m sure as we’ve noticed, this ain’t the main modok. We’re gonna get a comic book accurate introduction with him like we did reed.

I predict modok will come from Kamalas arc, didn’t AIM come after her in the show?

BravoLeader30002026-01-01 23:55

There was no AIM in Ms. Marvel; the Department of Damage Control came after Kamala. AIM was only in Iron Man 3.

_Contrive_2026-01-02 00:19

Oh damn bro thanks! I thought they were! Why’d DODC feel so AIMy in ms marvel, I swore up and down they were them lmao

CaptHayfever2026-01-02 02:22

I thought he was written well. I didn't like that they just gave him a video-insert face instead of an actually-fits-inside-the-suit face.

JLD25032026-01-02 03:11

MODOK in Quantumania missed the mark for me, and not because he was treated as a joke.

MODOK has always been a joke but the writing for him in Quantumania was just bad. I don’t like him being Darren Cross, I don’t like him disconnected from AIM, I don’t like being an idiot, and I don’t like that the **Mental** Organism Designed Only for Killing had zero psychic abilities.

Avengers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Superhero Squad Show do a heaps better MODOK while still making fun of him. His mental manipulation in Iron Man: Armoured Adventures was also done really well.

nyehu092026-01-02 03:37

I had just finished watching the Hulu series before they revealed (or was it leaked?) that MODOK would be in Quantumania, so I was disappointed with how they handled him.

Can imagine it’s much worse for people who know him from the comics.

decitronal2026-01-02 13:19

Why is so much of this thread pretending that there's no way to portray MODOK in a more serious manner in live action just because that's how Quantumania chose to portray him lol

Guardians 3 came out right after Quantumania and people praised it for the emotional story beats revolving around a fucking space-faring talking raccoon character which is just as ridiculous of a concept as MODOK is

Armandonerd2026-01-03 00:10

I would've liked for it to be George Tarleton and he was the head honcho for A.I.M.

Sadly his character was one and done, could've survived in the next movie if the Kang stuff continued.