Mercurius
Legend
So I hear The Flash bombed hard. And I've heard superhero films in generally have been on decline, probably since the MCU Thanos arc wrapped up in 2019 and it lost the most popular actors (including Boseman), oh and plus Covid. Plus, the general aimlessness and over-saturation of MCU and the continued unevenness of DCEU, and the weird splintering of alternate versions (Joker, the Batman movie with the Twilight guy, etc).
I personally ran out of MCU steam a few years ago. I really enjoyed most of the arc leading up to Avengers: Endgame, but even by then I was sort of running on fumes; there are only so many CGI-spectastulistic scenes and quippy jokes a man can take. And then it seemed like they shotgunned all the secondary characters into starring roles and made all kinds of shows and I thought, "OK, I'm out." So I don't want to conflate my at-best tepid interest (or really, curiosity) with overall popularity, but the numbers don't lie.
I must say I'm curious about Secret Wars, the Fantastic Four, and how they'll do the new X-Men. But that's all still 2-3 years away, and that will be more than half a decade since I regularly watched MCU films. Or to put it another way, through Phase 3 (2008-09) I watched 21 of 23 films (91%) and only 2 of 9 (22%) since--nor any of the Phase 4 shows, except for the disappointing Moon Knight--and I don't plan on watching any of the next four or five films until the Fantastic Four comes out in 2025. A finger to the nerd-dom wind paints a clear picture: while my loss of interest may be on the extreme end, it isn't entirely divorced from what a lot of folks feel.
Anyhow, what say you all? Poll included.
I personally ran out of MCU steam a few years ago. I really enjoyed most of the arc leading up to Avengers: Endgame, but even by then I was sort of running on fumes; there are only so many CGI-spectastulistic scenes and quippy jokes a man can take. And then it seemed like they shotgunned all the secondary characters into starring roles and made all kinds of shows and I thought, "OK, I'm out." So I don't want to conflate my at-best tepid interest (or really, curiosity) with overall popularity, but the numbers don't lie.
I must say I'm curious about Secret Wars, the Fantastic Four, and how they'll do the new X-Men. But that's all still 2-3 years away, and that will be more than half a decade since I regularly watched MCU films. Or to put it another way, through Phase 3 (2008-09) I watched 21 of 23 films (91%) and only 2 of 9 (22%) since--nor any of the Phase 4 shows, except for the disappointing Moon Knight--and I don't plan on watching any of the next four or five films until the Fantastic Four comes out in 2025. A finger to the nerd-dom wind paints a clear picture: while my loss of interest may be on the extreme end, it isn't entirely divorced from what a lot of folks feel.
Anyhow, what say you all? Poll included.