The movie sucked. Save your money and time. Synopsis in three acts: Act 1 They get pulled into the quantum realm. When they get there kang had already being there and pulled them in. Scott and his kid land together and hope, her dad and mom land together somewhere else. Hope's mom explains she helped kang get his suit and some of his ability back and they are enemies. Kang sends MODOK (darren cross who he saved in the quantum realm after scott shrank him in the first movie) to capture scott and cassie. Kang puts them in a prison and threatens to kill cassie if scott doesn't help him get the engine for his ship which hope's mom destroyed (by enlarging it with pym particles). Scott agrees and becomes smaller to go shrink the core of the engine. Act 2 Scott arrives at the engine core. At the same time hope, her dad and mom arrive at the core location to steal it as well. Hope and scott meet while small near the core of the engine. They succeed in shrinking the core of the engine and kang is there waiting for them. He takes the engine from them, strands them there, takes hopes mom with him for revenge and goes to his palace to take everything he created with him to the real world. Act 3 Scott shows up to disrupt his plan and at the same time cassie escapes the prison with other prisoners and they begin disrupting kangs plan. There is a big fight and kang loses cause MODOK (who insists on being called MODOK throughout the movie) helps them and says the line thats about to spawn a thousand memes "My name is Darren and I am not a dick". MODOK dies after some seriously cringe mediocre attempt at comedy. Kang goes to finish the fight himself and a whole bunch of ants show up to help scott and the rest. Turns out when they got pulled into the quantum realm pyms ants also go pulled in and they experienced time dilation and created a technocratic socialist civilization during that time (the entire explanation takes about 15 seconds). They defeat kang again and he gets shrunk. Scott and the rest go to the real world. Scott feels a little uneasy about whether he made the right decision but decides not to over-think it. The End. Post credit scene 1: A bunch of kangs (variants) gather in an arena led by 3 different kangs and they discuss whether the avengers are a threat to them. They decide they are and discuss how to deal with the avengers. Post credit scene 2: A kang variant named victor timely is giving a science presentation on earth and loki and mobius are in the audience. The argue whether this is the variant they've been looking for. Loki thinks he is and he is a threat. Note: Cassie is being setup to become the next ant-man. She has a suit and everything throughout the movie and apparently has been working with pym on science and stuff. Verdict: Movie sucks ass and the MCU is officially dead. Long live the MCU.
Jonathan Major was so good in this movie, that particular version of Kang was nearly perfect. The way he would flip from rational to...not so rational, and back again was just great. I really hope this Kang is still alive and is the main antagonist going forward.
it seems like he always tried the rational route first talking to people trying to make a deal where they can both get what they want but if that doesn't work then He is still going to get what he wants by any means necessary
I’m sorry but Kang wasn’t all that great as a villain. If you seen the post credits and saw all the Kang variants in the crowd, they were actin like players on the bench after a dunk. So he ain’t as intimidating as Thanos, ain’t nobody scared of the Lakers!
Jonathan Majors has highjacked the character, Kang, and has made it his own. He has secured his role in the Marvel Universe and will be irreplaceable. Has has such presence that he rarely needs to speak at all and when he does, you know it's important. Totally awesome and I cannot wait to see where he takes this character next.
Not just where he takes this character, but his career overall - he’s such an incredible actor, and after this iconic role launches his career into the stratosphere, I’m hype to see what he gets to create.
these, to me, were the most exciting mid and post credit scenes we’ve had in a while. the end of the movie was not exactly what i expected, but that left me pleasantly surprised.
I appreciate Marvel attempting to create the Kang Council. The Loki tease I liked. The other? It was silly, and reminded me of Big Trouble In Little China. Immortus looked like Lopan and Rama Tut looked like a 10 year old at Halloween.
Or maybe when Scott knocked Kang into the machine, this split Kang into variants across time and space, not only making things worse, but ultimately being the point where all of these Kangs were created from in the first place.
I have a theory that the Kang we saw in Quantumania is the same one as the one from the end of Loki, and we are watching Kang’s story out of chronological order, because he doesn’t follow time linearly. Sort of like Eric Bana’s character in The Time Traveler’s Wife. Or Guy Pierce in Memento. And then when the Multiverse Saga ends, we can set up a different order in which to watch the movies, which will follow Kang’s pov of the sequence of events. I also think the TVA is in that city of his, since it exists outside space and time (which is why the Infinity Stones don’t work there). My guess is that within the movies of these next phases he’ll show up again and again to gather the tools he needs to weaponize Alioth. But maybe in the next one he’ll be almost ready and then in the next still starting, since we may first see him further along and then later see him earlier (lol).
I agree with the first half of your statement but like the other guy above said. He was trapped there. TVA could go literally anywhere. But I feel like if he would a succeeded then he would a turned into he who remains eventually
This is my theory too to add somepoints During the backstory we can see he is also destroying the branching timelines Pruning is sort of same as destroying and also he is the one against all the council memebers so if he burn them out of time(as said in the movie ) he will ends up as he who remains (i think he is so egoistic that he will name himself that and this would add more significance to his name like the only kang that remains)
@@deadpool1746 maybe when he got killed by the time core he actually got sent to where the TVA exists and that’s when he starts the TVA. At the end of Loki we see the statue is of Kang
I think the scene with the three Kangs was about them finding out that Loki/Sylvie killed He Who Remains. The shot of the multiversal mess that was made looks like the same shot from the ending of Loki.
For me, Black widow and Captain Marvel were the worst MCU movies. (I don't have any problem with female superheroes, I liked Wonder Woman.) Ant-Man 3 is atleast better than those 2. I still miss a movie as good as Winter Soldier.
The Kang from the movie was sucked into a realm BEYOND even the quantum realm, and became...a Beyonder. He'll be the force that the heroes have to reckon with in SECRET WARS
This is definitely how Kang becomes the Beyonder. Was probably shrunk down small enough to even slip through the fabric of the quantum realm. Beyond verse is well, beyond that.
This is definitely "He Who Remains". Where ever he ends up, he will find Goliath over there and then his reign on the TVA and hence the multiverse will begin. He conquers all and that's how Kang the conqueror becomes He Who Remains
They want everyone film to be like infinity war and endgame film every film lol. Where building back up again too the big climaxes nd infinity war level
A&W Quantamania was great....fun and helped followers/fans of the mcu understand who Kang is and what threat he poses to not only the heroes but to every character ever portrayed....and to any time we got to know them! I loved hoe empathetic Kang can be but not sympathetic....he only helps people as long as it doesn't divert too much to his goals..lol...(I didn't get why he betrayed ant-man). Also I agree with the theory that Kang the Conqueror isn't truly dead...(he's trapped in that probability storm..which will make him more deranged the longer he's in it with all his possibilities) also Kang the Conqueror is he who remains (the mental instability plus he states he was called a Conqueror..and that is what the freedom fighters call him in the movie). Also movie revealed some Kang's weaknesses.. his reliance on technology and being alone. MARVEL WOULDN'T KILL HIM OFF IN HIS FIRST MOVIE ..NO WAY Can't wait to see Avengers Kang Dynasty... Kang was fearsome..I loved how the army retreated because of how powerful he was in battle....
He who remains was a different Kang, he wanted to stop the Incortions happening. The other Kang was puy in the quantum realm as punishment as he basically wants to conquer all
with Kang’s implication that the Dynasty enjoys hopping around to make alternate timelines, does that mean when He Who Remains was somewhat containing the Dynasty (probably some reverse horucrux-type method) and his death restarted the Dynasty conflict again? Would have a large impact since we see that sprawling branch in Loki
I am guessing you didn't watch the loki show because im pretty sure that is literally what they said he was doing and his entire purpose for doing it ( to stop the other kangs )
Am I the only one who is impressed with Kang for that final fight? He didn’t have his suit’s power any more but he destroyed antman before hope showed up.
Yeah, this is my biggest issue with Scott’s suit. This is the third solo Ant-man movie, why the hell does he not have blasters and wings already. Ants fly and have venomous bites as well. I know they want to keep the characters unique but there is no actual reason everyone with a Pym-tech suit shouldn’t be able to do all the same things as it’s a force multiplayer. Paige should most definitely have them as they are already separating along gender lines. Just imagine the three of them giant sized in the last battle from the beginning with blasters. Kang has no chance. I mean they can still have their specialties within Pym-tech. Like Hope can’t get quite as big as Scott, Scott will never be a better fighter or flyer than Hope. But they should all have the best version of the suit, which includes flight and blasters. Sorry for rant
but if Kang is supposedly strong enough to kill Thor and not even remember his name why is this even a close fight? he should flick Antman away effortlessly. power scaling makes no sense
Rama Tut will be the Villain of Fantastic 4 movie that would be a good connection to The Avengers 5 because after Rama Tut defeated by Fantastic 4 he went to future and become The Scarlet centurion that's why we don't see a scarlet centurion in the Council of Kang
I think they imprisoned him instead of killing him possibly because he is Kang Prime. Maybe killing him would affect the variants in some way whether it be erasing them entirely or just negatively affecting their rule.
Totally agree, after watching ant-man I’m convinced he who remains & kang are one and the same. He told us in Loki he went by different names, conquerer being one of them. He played out the end numerous times & nothing worked except for the TVA, kang himself says he wants to skip to the end, like being at the end of time citadel.
I can see that. It be cool twist. But, He Who Remains, didn’t have scars. At least I don’t recall it. Then again, he could’ve evolved with how old he is.
@@jayw3512 He can literally time travel, prune entire timelines and tame a giant smok monster. Also he's from the 31st century, I'm pretty sure he can get rid of scars if he wants.
I was absolutely terrified of Kang yet wanted to hear what he had to say. This movie had the first fight in FOREVER where I wasn't sure who would make it out or how it would end.
Yeah and especially after Scott said “I don’t have to win. I just have to make sure we both lose” or smth along those lines and that’s where I especially got concerned
This is what I predicted would happen, mostly. I thought Scott and Hope would be trapped in the Realm, but they’d beat Kang somehow. I also thought this Kang was trapped because he’s really bad. I also said Kang’s haven’t fought 616 yet. This is gonna be fun ride!
This movie is a perfect example of how nothing is good enough for today's critics and social media in general it's a fun entertaining movie yet it's being torn to shreds
My favorite MCU post credit scenes. I was so exited to see this. I loved the movie. Not perfect. But this movie definitely made me overly hype about Kang showing up more. Definitely a great start to phase 5.
The credits did the movie and, more importantly, the Multiverse the most justice... looking forward to the next few movies... wanna see how they link everything together to Kang Dynasty
I know what you mean. I knew about those three Kang Variants long ago. A shame I can't remember their names off the top of my head, though. Update: I looked them up: the Egyptian Variant was Amun-Tut (his real name), the cyborg one was Scarlet Sentinel (I think) and the one who looked like Ayam Aghoul and sounded like he hadn't swallowed in 100 years was Immortus.
Dude, the end of the movie is so scary and threatening. We didn’t even have to have something happen, Scott is the Tony of the phases (in which I mean he knows that something bad is coming but he doesn’t think to put a suit of armor around the world). Excited to see how it’s all going to go down!!
Starting to sound like the Kang in the film we saw Kang prime. He wasn't killed ,but instead shrunk along with the energy source for his time travel ship. I feel like he'll return, and partner with some other Kangs to go against the council.
That's a very interesting and good theory but I don't think he'd team up with any of his variants. Remember in the mid credit scene when asked how many Kangs one of the Kang's brought to the council he said "all of them" so that means there's no Kang variant that would team up with the Kang in the quantum realm
@@yanceysemein1998 I was just thinking that too. Wherever he was sent to will probably result in him gaining the abilities of the Beyonders (which he will explain in a flashback), he will probably take over the Kang Dynasty by killing off the three main variants we saw in the post credits scene, and boom! There's your main antagonist for Secret Wars.
When we left the movies a friend said they didn't understand why Loki was terrified of the Kangs. I told him I believe when Loki saw the infinity stones being used as paper weights by the TVA it had really had an impact on him and his thoughts of what Power is. And with a Kang being the head of the TVA, his power could not be denied.
i loved your theory about He Who Remains = Ant-man's Kang. Their goals are very similar. And I can see that after destroying other Kang variants he wants to 'retire' and making sure that his mission didn't go to waste, hence he become HWR. Amazing!
The fact that Kang killed Thor before and didn’t know if Scott was Thor is crazy. For the fact that he killed Thor , the fact that Thor looked like someone else, and the fact that Antman is stronger than Thor since he killed Kang 😎
No lmao ant man needed wasp and stature and an army of ants to stop 1 variant. It doesn’t explain if he fought Thor alone or had him at a disadvantage. Kang probably murderer avengers again and again and Thor more times than once
12:08 In all fairness, most of Kang's badassness comes from his vastly superior tech, which had been wrecked when his fortress fell. But it's not like he was helpless, he still was putting a good whoopin' on Scott.
KANG is basically Majors. They are one. Its truly scary how he modeled Kang to his own Image .I don't care about antman and his pathetic family . Its all about Kang from when he entered in Loki
Me watching Loki in 2021: This He Who Remains guy is insane. He wears such a weird robe, and doesn't even care that Slyvie kills him. Me after the post credit scenes: omg He Who Remains was the sane one all along
I thought Kang referenced HWR indirectly when he showed how afraid he was of that circular timeline display he predicted before he got interrupted. This Kang is likely not dead but has learned that the Avengers are useful tools and will use that to dominate the rest. He has the motivation and the inspiration the others do not
The machine Victor Timely has on stage looks a lot like the portal Loki used to come to Earth in the first Avengers. And somewhat like the portal he put on Stark Tower... Kang's power blasts also look a lot like space stone energy Hydra used in the first Captain America.
In the Comics, Every lose of Kang was on purpose, It is part of his plan to conquer Earth so people don't get mad at Kang Losing yet cause this is part of his plan.
In Loki in the citadel with 3 statues & 1 broken statue, could it be the broken one is Kang The Conqueror & the other 3 are Immortus , Scarlet Centurion & Rama-Tut ?
I’m glad you mentioned Quantumania’s Kang and he who remains being the same person. I thought that and then felt solid about it when in the movie Kang holds up the hologram of the one timeline in a circle saying, “he knows how this ends” in addition to quoting he who remains by saying his variants are worse than him. Plus it would make sense the council of kangs who love to branch timelines would exile the one Kang who wants to create a solid timeline that “prunes” branching timelines.
Have we thought that maybe Kang wanted to be defeated by Antman and Wasp? He basically knows what's going to happen so being defeated was just part of his plan. Think Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow. Reliving alternate timelines in order to get his revenge. Also remember as someone who controls time he's the master of the waiting game.
@Havoksdeadly in the comics it's said that Kang is a descendant of Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic. But a theory is going around that Kang might be a descendant of Tony Stark because Tony invented time travel. They may have changed his origins for the MCU
I enjoyed watching the film. I did have some things I didn’t like but at the end of the day it was fun and honestly that’s all I cared about. Kang is one of my favorites and Majors absolutely crushed it. The Council of Kangs is something I never thought I’d see live action and I loved seeing it.
Biggest plot hole I noticed was Kang straight up DELETING people in the final battle, only to use blasts that knock the heroes away instead. Like why not delete them? At least Cassie.
Hey Ryan. Great video. I have this theory, hear me out. The TVA, the void and that stadium/castle all exist in a place called The Nexus of time (shown in the 90’s X-men animated series) the 3 main Kangs exiled (instead of kill) the conqueror to avoid having him come back from a different time. Instead they sent him to “A place outside time and space” where he would not be able to come back from. Also, I highly suspect that Victor Timely, Kang the Conqueror and ‘He Who Remains’ are the exact same person (Kang Prime) seen at different moments in time. I bet on it for a prediction!
Fun fact it took me until the final title card after the credits for me to realize the words "ant man" are actually in the word "quANTuMANia" 😭 I've been wondering why it was called that for years lmao
Kang is TERRIFYING and I am SO EXCITED to see where this goes. I felt, too, that Kang the Conqueror is not actually gone. Also Ryan, the one hair strand hanging on your forehead is giving 1950s, Grease realness and I give it an A+
This was a great movie! It had nice action, laughed a lot and the worldbuilding was amazing! Definitly makes me excited for the future of the MCU! Ant man 3 gets a solid 8 in my book
Thanks for getting to that at the end. I'm also on the "He who remains is a future version of Kang the Conquerer" theory. Their monologues in Loki and this movie were basically the same, and in my eyes, with how he said, "Conquerer..." in the last episode of Loki, it feels like a self-deprecating joke about how he used to be.
Pretty enjoyable movie that both my son and wife liked too. MCU had been pushing them away. So I’m glad this one came through. Not getting why it’s been panned by the critics. Post credits? I can see that being a tough concept to accept. The film proper was fun, moved at good pace and was pretty cool to watch in 3D. Would be up for checking it out again in a few weeks.
Kangs eyes (well Majors eyes) made me almost feel sorry for him. Then he goes and does something crazy and then back to those sad eyes. Kang is the future.
I think the one thing we learned from Loki is that time is happening at all times. There is no true present, except for maybe places outside time. This is how variants keep popping up throughout time. Because of this, it is possible to have a different outcome to the multiversal war than before. If it was predetermined that he who remains always wins he wouldn't need his gambit with Loki.
I don't think The Conqueror and He Who Remains are the same Kang. He Who Remains must be Kang from 616 Universe, since our MCU IS The Sacred Timeline, where He Who Remains said he isolated his timeline (Loki eps 6). The Conqueror must be the most powerful so that the council exiled him to Quantum Realm, and He Who Remains is the most clever so that he can isolated 616 timeline, prune some timelines and maybe freezing others, until he died in Sylvie's hand. Than, in my opinion, The Conqueror must be the baddest of them all, has most compelling story to be the next "Thanos". He will against Council and Avengers.
There is one possibility for the variant of Kang's fate from Quantumania: he did die, but we will still see an earlier version of him in later movies. Time is fluid in these stories now, so just because we see an event happen in one character's timeline doesn't mean every other character they're interacting with has followed the same path.
I really hope the kang from quantamania movie does not come back, lets just move on to the next powerful villain kang and see where this all takes us! At this very point it's 2 kangs down already & the rest should be a lot more evil and interesting 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I didn't get to see the post credit, but I love the ending. Everything is great, and then he starts doubting whether he defeated Kang. Edit: I remembered in the beginning of your video that Janet touched his ship. He asked her what she saw. She saw a conqueror, so he said, "Then that's what I am." Think about this. How would He Who Remains create the sacred timeline to begin with? He would have to prune all the timelines, correct? Then it's understandable why Janet saw his future as a conqueror.
What if In Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars the villains in those two movies are Not only Dr. Doom but also Kang himself but also Kang Loki, Spider-Man, and Mr Fantastic restore the multiverse (aka the sacred timeline)
I just saw this with my son, he explained the mustached variant and I wanted to see if his explanation jived with his :). Okay, just finished this clip, looking forward to your further Kang explanation. My son also said Victor Timely was the one who made the original Human Torch, and a suit was in Captain America First Avenger of that original Human Torch suit
So the strongest of all the kangs, the one it took an army of other kangs to imprison in the quantum realm. is so powerful that he is going to change hierarchy of power in the marvel universe. yet was defeated by antman... ok
Not gonna lie, I really loved how Kang was portrayed in the movie. - My Theory is, he didn’t die. But simply was transported to a place where he’ll find the Goliath, therefore, has the ultimate weapon to wipe his variant out of existence and become “He Who Remains”. But he’s entry is definitely gonna be epic.
Awe inspiring explanation in this video analysis. Kang the conqueror by far my favorite villain. He still has quite a bit to do in order to pass Thanos in the Mad Titan. His performance was beyond my expectations. I love it!!! Can’t wait to see what happens next!!!
I think that the council of kang exciled kang so that if he was killed another variant of him wouldn't respawn and that there not would be another kang the conqueror.
These post credits overshadowed whole phase 4 🤯🔥💯❤️😵.They were so insane in the theatre that everyone was shouting like they are going to hell🤯.I lost my control by watching this post credits too 😵😵.
Ant man was quite annoying, "Kang the conqueror" should've been more of a CONQUEROR. But not taken down so easily by Ant man marvel did not do KANG THE CONQUEROR "JUSTICE" At all. This film could very well be the start to a dying age of good marvel movies. It used to be about true build up, story line and true villains who had strength and reign and POWER. Now the movies Marvel are producing aren't giving what their supposed to give. My suggestion to the producers give Another look at THE FOUNDATION of Marvel "the comics" and make the movies what people manna see. A well though out story line, action and epic bloody fights with villains who actually made the hero's Think twice about why they decided their path. Give me a hero who's been through something and suffered loss only to realize in their inner strength and wisdom for their success. I cant take marvel seriously right now.
Take away the overused, stale "jokes" only funny to 12 yr olds ("Your mom"), SC is the best channel OVERALL in this subject. Individually, though, Voss at New Rockstars is currently destroying Ryan in backgrounds, explanations & theories. Plus, a bonus is that he's not a lazy joke writer. You don't have to hear the same exact ones over & over & over.
Guess there’s a good chance they’re keeping Kang’s comic origin as a descendant of Reed Richards. When Kangs pop in the arena, they do so using similar teleport tech as Reed
I also think Kang and He Who Remains are one in the same. I think it's possible whatever Scott did in defeating him sent him to the place he ends up when Sylvie and Loki meet him.
THIS was a good breakdown. Some other review/breakdowns ive seen are ludicrously bad at understanding how a good story is written and set up. I like your theories and agree with them. Thank you! I look forward to watching more of your vids on our way through the rest of Phases 5 and 6.
