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Originally Posted by blankall

Was watching some YouTube videos on this, and the initial MCU plan was to lean into the Eternals and the Celestials for the next phase, but they pivoted away from that once they got the X-men license and instead dove deeper into the multiverse stuff to usher in the X-men. Just as well, as the Eternals was wildly uninteresting.

As for your main point, to add, it wasn't just the strengths of the characters that made them interesting but also their flaws. Tony Stark is a great example of a very flawed person, and casting RDJ, with his past, was great casting for that. I don't know why we need a younger version of Iron Man who not only has no character flaws, but is capable of upgrading Stark's work...in her bedroom, during her spare time....even though she's still in high school....and doesn't have access to Stark Industries and all of its factories, resources, employees, tech, etc...

I don't know why they can't just write it better. I'm all for the diversity aspect, but just write better.

And why does every new hero have to be a child? When the characters were all initially introduced in the 30s-60s, many were already middle aged and most were adults. Personally, after I turned about 10 I stopped needing characters my age to live vicariously through and quickly realized how silly those action/hero kids were.

At the end of the day, I blame the Marvel Fanboys. They supported the MCU, and attempted to suppress all criticism, when Marvel started to turn in their current path...now here we are.

Thats a great way to put it. It is otherwise an okay film, but you just dont care about any of it. Nobody is terrible and nobody is excellent.

I watched it. I could not tell you what it was about. It was essentially 'white noise.'

It was a thing. And it happened. And thats about all I can say about that.