DazMR2 t1_jaejpa5 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:32 PM

Avengers Endgame was the peak of the MCU. All the A list superheroes literally saving the universe. Disney should have taken a break for a while to save the brand.

However they didn't. To totally understand the future MCU movies, you had to watch several shows on Disney+ for it all to make sense. And these are not the familiar A list superheroes that a non Marvel super fan would know.

Therefore Phase 4 and beyond are diminishing returns and you will see more disappointing movies and poorly performing box office going forward.

spinyfur t1_jaemr6s wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:51 PM

I feel like they need to do what the comics used to do, back in the 80’s.

They’d have a huge crossover event, usually during the summer when kids have tons of free time. Then the event would end and every comic would go back to their own characters doing their own thing for a while. Telling smaller, but more personal stories, some of which were good.

I think we’re in that “smaller stories” phase, but it’ll go more slowly because movies take much longer to make.

cbbuntz t1_jaet3vq wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:34 PM

The superhero genre wasn't nearly as big in the 80s. The Christopher Reeve Superman movies were big, but there wasn't anything comparable to the MCU today. Nobody took Batman seriously until the Tim Burton films

spinyfur t1_jaew49w wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:55 PM

Yes, I’m talking about the comic books from that period and how they managed a similar process to what the MCU is in now.

cbbuntz t1_jaex613 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:03 PM

Ah, that makes more sense