After a year of no MCU movies - have they taken a much needed timeout or have they just lost momentum?
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It's been nice to actually miss it tbh. These movies feel like less of an event when there are 3-4 per year.
This poll omitted an option for, "I'm itching for more MCU as soon as the pandemic has died down," or something to that effect which I believe would be the number 1 chosen option if it had been included on it.
The MCU is only taking a backseat in discourse because there's not really much to talk about right now. The studio plans were deferred at a transition point just before they had began to start into the next 'phase' of Marvel content. I fully believe the momentum is going to pick right back up as soon as things get back on course.
The MCU is only taking a backseat in discourse because there's not really much to talk about right now. The studio plans were deferred at a transition point just before they had began to start into the next 'phase' of Marvel content. I fully believe the momentum is going to pick right back up as soon as things get back on course.
You are not allowed to like movies released on a 4 year schedule for entertainment if you already saw another movie within the last 18 months.
Oh crap, I saw Palm Springs just three days ago. Which poll option do I pick now?
The other weekend I rewatched a few Marvel movies and thoroughly enjoyed myself, even one I was initially disappointed by was better than I remember given a little time (Ant-Man and the Wasp).
I was disappointed Spider-Man FFM being the first post-Endgame movie didn't really add anything (even a tease) about where the overall story arc will go for the next batch of movies (unless they ARE going to do the multiverse more even after Mysterio faked it, I know Doctor Strange 2 will have some of it).
And I'm not super looking forward to Black Widow, but only because I'm not a big fan of prequels in general. I'm sure it'll still be a solid movie, but I'm worried it also won't move the overall series forward much beyond maybe giving us a replacement Black Widow.
All I need is a post credit stinger that gets me excited, like a passing reference to Doctor Doom, or something.
I was disappointed Spider-Man FFM being the first post-Endgame movie didn't really add anything (even a tease) about where the overall story arc will go for the next batch of movies (unless they ARE going to do the multiverse more even after Mysterio faked it, I know Doctor Strange 2 will have some of it).
And I'm not super looking forward to Black Widow, but only because I'm not a big fan of prequels in general. I'm sure it'll still be a solid movie, but I'm worried it also won't move the overall series forward much beyond maybe giving us a replacement Black Widow.
All I need is a post credit stinger that gets me excited, like a passing reference to Doctor Doom, or something.
The MCU is like fast food for me. It's kind of okay to eat once in a while, but if I don't have it for a year or two, I won't miss it or really think about it.
I'm more sad about not being able to see something like The Green Knight or Antebellum (in cinemas) than I am about missing Black Widow and The Eternals. Though I am kinda looking forward to seeing how bizarre ripped Kumail Nanjani looks in motion.
I'm more sad about not being able to see something like The Green Knight or Antebellum (in cinemas) than I am about missing Black Widow and The Eternals. Though I am kinda looking forward to seeing how bizarre ripped Kumail Nanjani looks in motion.
Yeah, I know it's obviously not in the short-term interest of the companies pumping out the movies but it's nice to have a breather, especially as you're laying the groundwork for the next Big Thing. Otherwise you can start running into the same issues as the comics, going from GREAT BIG EVENT to GREAT BIG EVENT without a pause to make those BIG EVENTS feel meaningful.
I'll watch them all because why not? But I don't really have much interest or hype in the "Phase 4" slate to be honest.
Thor will probably be good, but I have doubts that Black Panther 2 can recapture that lightning in a bottle magic the first one had, and the rest of the lineup... Eh...
I'm more intrigued about Marvel's plans for X-Men and Fantastic Four at this point, curious to see what they do there.
Thor will probably be good, but I have doubts that Black Panther 2 can recapture that lightning in a bottle magic the first one had, and the rest of the lineup... Eh...
I'm more intrigued about Marvel's plans for X-Men and Fantastic Four at this point, curious to see what they do there.
I'm not excited for MCU films anymore. Endgame kind of exposed a lot of flaws in the formula to me and I'm tired of it.
If there's something creative with the next films or a director I love associated with it (Edgar Wright, please) I'm in but can't really be interested in adaptations. X-Men or FF being in the MCU isn't enough of a draw.
If there's something creative with the next films or a director I love associated with it (Edgar Wright, please) I'm in but can't really be interested in adaptations. X-Men or FF being in the MCU isn't enough of a draw.
Personally I can't wait to see what's next and never really thought there was too much and that it needed a break. I really wanna know what happens next and reeaally want to see X-men. I love super heroes, and it helps that my dad and brothers do too. It's always a good time for us.
Indeed, pre trailer, you could count the number of Guardians fans with an Arrested Development gif. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d96cjJhvlMA
I'm done with the MCU when they finally gave me a proper F4 run. I dont mind if it's three or four movies like Avengers but the quality must be on the same level if not even above. Show the world that Mr. Fantastic can work in a real-life Film... after that I've no desire left for the comic book cinema
I'd keep watching them even if they had one every month but nothing wrong with a bit of a break either.
Thankfully they got End Game and Spider-Man Far From Home out before the virus hit, because that really would have killed momentum but having a break at the end of the Infinity Saga feels like a natural place to have a break.
Thankfully they got End Game and Spider-Man Far From Home out before the virus hit, because that really would have killed momentum but having a break at the end of the Infinity Saga feels like a natural place to have a break.
why the poll isn't better
Hahaha.
The Disney+ series are going to crank the hype machine back up, big time.
I believe the MCU has at least 2 more "Infinity Saga" left in it. They can do the Fantastic 4, Dr. Doom, Wolverine, X-Men/Mutants, Silver Surfer, Galactus.. not to mention, Spiderman alone has a treasure trove of characters and villains to explore. If they can keep playing ball with Sony and keep Tom Holland on board, the Spiderman films will always be a huge success.
I'm not the most well versed in Marvel knowledge, but if they can take something like Guardians of the Galaxy and make it a knockout success, they can take any obscure Marvel property and run with it.
Me personally, I'd love to see more off-Earth, cosmic Marvel films.
I haven't seen this sheet in a while - there's so much on there that I'm interested in. Did we get any update on the release schedule? Will they simply push stuff from 2020 into 2021 and condense their releases for that year or will they stretch stuff from 2021 to 2022 and so on?
Fair enough - English isn't my first language. What I wanted to say with "can't wait for the next one (and they should have kept on going)" was that you didn't need a break. "they" was in this case intended to relate to the movies and not to Marvel as the one going on with releasing movies. That should have not read like Marvel should have gone on pushing movies into cinemas during a pandemic.
Anyways - that poll doesn't hold any empiric value. I just included it for fun.
OK - I get the issue with English not being your first language. But it definitely skews the poll and thus the conversation. Which leads to my second point...
The poll is the first thing people see when they click on the thread. If your poll is wonky, it will absolutely influence how the thread goes.
From the last few movies and from what they have announced for the Eternals and Tessa Thompson it seems like they are making progress on that end. The fact that they have announced Ms Marvel in itself gives me hope that Feige and his team know what they are doing in that regard.
From what I read, besides some legitimate criticism and discussion about the poll itself, most people are talking about how they are feeling about the MCU right now - the latter part being exactly what I intended for this thread.
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Then I'm probably over reacting, so apologies for that.
The poll could still be better though. :P
Thread feels weird and more like a lighthouse for people to go "finally, a place where I can shit on it".
There's a massive gulf between "can't wait" and "don't care", which the poll is clearly missing.
Plus "should have kept going", we're in the middle of a goddamn pandemic.
There's a massive gulf between "can't wait" and "don't care", which the poll is clearly missing.
Plus "should have kept going", we're in the middle of a goddamn pandemic.
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I love the MCU. It's by far the most exciting coolest "pop culture" thing for me personally of the past decade.
BUT I think this long timeout, coming right on the end of Endgame, puts them in danger somewhat. Feels hard for them to recapture that zeitgeist and momentum, whereas I think they could have just kept cruising to $1B box office receipts with Black Widow and Shang-Chi if there wouldn't have been a break.
I think the break clearly hurts them. It's serialized storytelling. It NEEDS that drip drip drip to keep people hooked in.
BUT I think this long timeout, coming right on the end of Endgame, puts them in danger somewhat. Feels hard for them to recapture that zeitgeist and momentum, whereas I think they could have just kept cruising to $1B box office receipts with Black Widow and Shang-Chi if there wouldn't have been a break.
I think the break clearly hurts them. It's serialized storytelling. It NEEDS that drip drip drip to keep people hooked in.
is this thread intended and used as a "the MCU is shit" echo chamber?
No worries - it shows that you feel pretty passionate about the MCU.
I checked, but there's nothing I can do anymore. I could only add more options at this point.
Not what's going on at all. I haven't seen one person shitting on the MCU in here so far. Plenty indicating that this was my intention with this thread though.
And I guess that's that. Don't wanna go justify this thread all the time. If you feel that the poll isn't right, I've explained why above. If you feel like the thread was made with malice intent - it was not. I won't reply to these posts anymore.
I was really looking forward to BW, and the delay has just made me sad I won't be seeing that or Eternals this year, and can't wait when I can see it next year.
Really the option that says
can't wait for the next one (and they should have kept on going)
should have just said
can't wait for the next one
There is an inherent irresponsibility in agreeing with the first wording, and no other option really coves the bases of someone who is still fully excited for the MCU. The rest show at least some semblance of being tired of it whether entirely or temporarily.
can't wait for the next one (and they should have kept on going)
should have just said
can't wait for the next one
There is an inherent irresponsibility in agreeing with the first wording, and no other option really coves the bases of someone who is still fully excited for the MCU. The rest show at least some semblance of being tired of it whether entirely or temporarily.
Can y'all imagine if Endgame had been stuck being postponed until it was safe to go to theaters?
Endgame and FFH's prologue were a good stopping point for me. Not that I'm not excited for more movies, but the only movie I'm anxiously waiting for is GotG 3. It's going to feel more like a reset having this long gap between phases, which is a good thing. I think it'll give people time to move on from Cap and IM and be more welcome to new teams and characters.
Endgame and FFH's prologue were a good stopping point for me. Not that I'm not excited for more movies, but the only movie I'm anxiously waiting for is GotG 3. It's going to feel more like a reset having this long gap between phases, which is a good thing. I think it'll give people time to move on from Cap and IM and be more welcome to new teams and characters.
Potentially, I feel like the delay might even push a smaller movie by MCU standards like BW to have an event character. It kinda feels like a comeback story due to the break and it might even help that this one might feel like a classic MCU origin story again where it's not intertwined with everything going on in the other movies.
No idea if Marvel is expecting Ant Man or Captain Marvel money for BW though.
Seeing how they handled everything up until now, I can't wait for more.
I'm sure a lot of people saw Endgame as the perfect cap to 10 years, but there are some comic runs and characters I just can not wait to see on screen. I need the likes of Doom, Kang, Galactus, the Thunderbolts, Magneto, Annihilus or who knows what else they might decide to go with. I eagerly await the day I sit in the theater and cry tears over a scene something like this
I can see how a lot of people are attached to the first guard of the MCU and thus to them EndGame seems like, well, the end. But if they managed to make all of those characters household names, I bet they can do the same for an even wider range of characters and stories in the years to come.
I'm sure a lot of people saw Endgame as the perfect cap to 10 years, but there are some comic runs and characters I just can not wait to see on screen. I need the likes of Doom, Kang, Galactus, the Thunderbolts, Magneto, Annihilus or who knows what else they might decide to go with. I eagerly await the day I sit in the theater and cry tears over a scene something like this
I can see how a lot of people are attached to the first guard of the MCU and thus to them EndGame seems like, well, the end. But if they managed to make all of those characters household names, I bet they can do the same for an even wider range of characters and stories in the years to come.
I doubt any of the stuff that happened in the Fox X Men movies will be acknowledged so expect logan to be alive in the MCU