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Old 07-18-2023, 08:00 PM   #5536
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
The problem with Marvel right now is that after Infinity War, they keep pushing out content on Disney Plus and on movie screens with 3rd rate characters that people don't care about and cannot carry their own show. Yes there are going to be outliers like GoTG which created its own energy and stars and Ant Man was passable in the beginning but overall there's nobody audiences are really buzzed to see like Robert Downey Jr. etc.

Tom Holland's Spider-Man is the closest thing they got but I snoozed through the last two movies as they were post-infinity war and just felt like they were tacked onto the universe. where all the greats had already passed on.

If I was Feige, I would stop pumping out mediocrity, give the audiences time to rest, and find his next Robert Downey Jr. and a strong cast that can stand up to that main character. without being drowned out. I would then focus those actors around the few household name franchises they have left - that being X-Men and Fantastic 4 which they only just re-aquired. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman can make the X-Men universe work by their sheer charisma but I highly doubt that John Krasinski as Mr. Fantastic is going to drive audiences into a new phase of MCU.
This is sort of what lost me from Comic Books initially. Too many re-boots, re-brands, taking characters and making them different people, different universes, adding chaff to dilute the wheat, etc.
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