![]() As much as the film teases the idea that she feels guilt over unleashing a monster, we eventually learn she turned against Kang as soon as she discovered his true nature. We’re still not sure why Janet was so dead-set against telling her family about what happened with Kang. That’s what happens in Quantumania, as Janet fails to warn her family about Kang until it’s too late and everyone is trapped in the Quantum Realm with a genocidal time traveler. It can be frustrating when a movie’s conflict stems from the fact that one character is sitting on knowledge they elect not to share with the rest of the group. Why not at least give them one of the post-credits scenes? Why Didn’t Janet Talk About Kang? There had to have been some way to squeeze Kurt and Luis into the picture somehow. Even so, there’s an argument to be made that Quantumania would have been a better film if there were more scenes set outside of the Quantum Realm. The obvious answer is that these characters were mostly left out because Quantumania spends so little time in the real world. The same goes for Judy Greer’s Maggie and Bobby Canavale’s Jim. Luis’ partners-in-crime Kurt and Dave are nowhere to be found. We don’t get a hilarious recap of past movies courtesy of Michael Pena’s Luis. But that leaves so many wonderful characters out of the picture. Randall Park’s Jimmy Woo appears in a split-second cameo, and David Dastmalchian plays a completely different character here, voicing the Quantum Realm resident Veb. So many of the supporting characters we’ve come to know and love are just MIA this time. ![]() In some ways, Quantumania makes for an odd follow-up to the previous two Ant-Man movies. But as advanced as Pym Particle tech is, shouldn’t it be child’s play to a guy from the 31st Century? Why was Kang lost until Janet lent her Pym Particle expertise to the problem? Shouldn’t he have had the benefit of a thousand extra years of scientific progress and knowledge? Is the issue that he’s spent too much of his life conquering and not enough actually understanding the science behind his incredible ship? Where the Heck Are Kurt, Luis and the Others? Why exactly did Kang have such a difficult time repairing his ship? We learn Pym Particles were the key to recharging the engine and allowing Kang to escape the Quantum Realm. But apparently, all that needs to be done to stop Kang in his tracks is to steal his fuel source. If left to his own devices, the Conqueror would enslave all of existence. He’s so dangerous, in fact, that his other selves in the Council of Cross-Time Kangs exiled him to the Quantum Realm. Quantumania introduces Kang as the greatest threat to the multiverse. Why Couldn’t Kang Figure Out Pym Particles? At some point, we have to question why Marvel even made a third Ant-Man movie when clearly what they were going for was more of a Kang origin story. Said latter half then becomes almost wholly preoccupied with Kang. Janet almost feels like the true main protagonist in the first half of the movie, before being relegated to the background in the latter half. This is a sequel far more interested in characters like Kang and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Janet Van Dyne. Heck, the Wasp barely does anything in the film, and even Scott only experiences a loose approximation of a character arc. The title may read “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” but neither character really feels like the main protagonist. In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Shuri’s story is often upstaged by the likes of Queen Ramonda and Namor. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is basically a Scarlet Witch movie in all but name. It’s becoming a frustrating hallmark of many recent Marvel movies that they don’t seem to know which character should be the main focus.
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