When Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with Hope’s parents, Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, and Scott’s daughter, Cassie, are accidentally sent to the Quantum Realm, they soon find themselves exploring the Realm, interacting with strange new creatures—wellsnoah-89768
Jeff Loveness, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
I think they named it wrong; the film title should have been Kang: The Caged Conqueror, The King of Multiverse, or something like that. Why am I saying that? Well, for starters, the story’s been written and narrated like a prologue, more like an introduction to the freshest super villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe than a movie that is solely based on Ant-Man and his heroic adventures.
I would go as far as to say that the entire family of Lang was treated like supporting members of the cast, that too in their own franchise, as the narrative was too invested in giving Kang all the limelight; he has got more cool scenes to act in, he’s been lent stronger dialogues, and because of all that in the end he turned out to be a character with maturity and a certain level of depth with a clear goal and purpose unlike Ant-Man or any of his kith and kin.
Now, is that good or bad? Actually, it’s both.
On one hand, Ant-Man has been treated like a trivial addition rather than lead protagonist, but on the other hand, we’ve got ourselves a great new villain who stands firm and could hold his own. Suffice to say, Jonathan Majors played his part with enough conviction, and I hope and I wish the writers will give his character a fitting resolution by the time he gets his closure and his chapter comes to an end.