@Rivaille:
I honestly don't see anymore One Piece Movie without G4.
I think that last Episode Special was the last one without it.
I wouldn't get my hopes up about that if I were you. Gear 4 is a newly introduced fighting technique that might not have yet been used even on anime, much less the movie. (I said this because I don't watch anime.) Usually movies adopt fighting techniques that have been shown in anime, not in manga.
Another reason why I am telling you this is that when Z movie was released, Red Hawk was not used in the movie even though (possibly) it had already been used in anime. (correct me if I am wrong in this one.) I would love to see Gear 4 as much as you do, but I am also expecting to not see Gear 4 on the movie. In my opinion, it would be a major disappointment to not see Gear 4 in a movie after years of wait for another movie. I am tired of Luffy's G2 & G3 attacks(I'm talking about movies here): Red Hawk, Grisly Magnum, Elephant Gun etc.
This villain already emanates vibes similar to Doflamingo. It would be major disappointment to see another villain of Doflamingo's caliber (I am assuming), but not a Gear 4 to deal with him.
@Jabberwok:
Nah, Gildo is obviously a bad guy but I don't get that same feeling of depravity from him. If Doflamingo is the Joker, Gildo is the Penguin.
I agree, but that is only because more information about him has not yet been revealed. Once we see his schemes in action, we will know for sure whether or not he emanates the same feeling of depravity as Doflamingo.
Oda makes sure to make us feel some some anger/dislike/ hate toward the main antagonist(in most cases, at least) before having him pummeled by Luffy's fists; otherwise, his moments of defeat at Luffy's hands would be merely scenes of cruelty.
From a design facet, I get the feeling he resembles Doflamingo a lot.
@Jabberwok:
Big guy has that Pica body structure but for some reason he's reminding me of an evil Tom.
Size, beard, & bandana?
In any case, this isn't the first time that we see in One-Piece movies vilains that are founded on villains from the original story. For instance, remember that in One Piece movie 4 Gasparde was founded on Crocodile.
He resembles crocodile in many things: He is a logia just like Crocodile, and he was paralleling Luffy and Crocodile's fight in many ways:
I. It was a fight of 30,000,000 B vs more than 80 million B.
II. Luffy needed flour against his ability just as he needed water against Crocodile.
III. Luffy 'ate' his upper half just as he ate Crocodile's upper half during their battle.
IV. He even showed behaviour similar to Crocodiles. (For instance, he displayed a reaction similar, if not identical, to crocodile's when Luffy called him 'idiot'.)
There were some other parallels I believe. I can't remember them all because it's been many years that I last saw the movie.