What do you think of Marvel post-Endgame?

[Morrus]

Do you think part of of the problem might be that you're suffering from comic book movie fatigue?

Oh, for sure! That set in after about 8 movies, and now we're, what, 30 or so in? And that's just Marvel.

 

[Ixal]

I think the only one I didn't care for was Eternals because I didn't care one whit about any of the characters and it felt completely disconnected from the rest of the MCU. I quite liked Black Widow and Shang-Chi, though I was bit bored by the CGI fest fight between Shaun and the big monster at the end.

Do you think part of of the problem might be that you're suffering from comic book movie fatigue? I think I first felt some fatigue when I saw Captain Marvel. I thought it was fine enough movie, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I think I would have had I not spent the better part of a decade watching so many comic book movies. I liked the Dr. Strange movie, but I couldn't be bothered to see it in the theater instead opting for Disney+. I'd like to see Thor, but I don't know if I'm going to bother going to the theater.

Hopefully.
Comic movies dominated the screen for more than a decade now. Time for something different.

 

[Reynard]

In a word: extraneous.

Some of it i have liked, some I have loved, and some I don't care for. But none of it is necessary, and I don't have any confidence whatever the "next Endgame" is will even compare.

But, it could be worse. It could be Star Wars.

 

[eyeheartawk]

If there is some overall metaplot to build up like before I sure would like to see Kang before, I don't know, the decade is out.

That'd be nice.

Like, get going already.

 

[wicked cool]

I think the only one I didn't care for was Eternals because I didn't care one whit about any of the characters and it felt completely disconnected from the rest of the MCU. I quite liked Black Widow and Shang-Chi, though I was bit bored by the CGI fest fight between Shaun and the big monster at the end.

Do you think part of of the problem might be that you're suffering from comic book movie fatigue? I think I first felt some fatigue when I saw Captain Marvel. I thought it was fine enough movie, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I think I would have had I not spent the better part of a decade watching so many comic book movies. I liked the Dr. Strange movie, but I couldn't be bothered to see it in the theater instead opting for Disney+. I'd like to see Thor, but I don't know if I'm going to bother going to the theater.

there definitely some over saturation but have you seen the boys or umbrella academy . Doom patrol and the other dc stuff is a little silly on hbo but the characters themselves are in my opinion a little more interesting.

the villians on these shows are boring 2.
Loki-the agency
spiderman-a terrible version of mysterio
hawkeye-We have a great villian but not the same from netflix.
eternals-awful
widow-mind controlled sisters
wanda-Its funny how people dont like the fact that shes the villian
falcon and soldier-bunch of no names . maybe human society
chi-his dad plus a boring demon

latest spiderman-great villains. Almost 2 many but on the edge of your seat action

 

[ART!]

I think Eternals could have been better if:
a) they let Chloe Zhao use the core concepts and characters, but make a full-on Chloe Zhao movie, i.e. without trying to feel like an MCU movie and the story, action, and pacing beats required therein.
b) they had hired a director more in line with their usual directors, to make a "normal"-feeling MCU movie.
c) they had made it a Disney+ series, with 6 (or whatever) episodes to explore the characters and flesh things out.

 

[Reynard]

I think Eternals could have been better if:
a) they let Chloe Zhao use the core concepts and characters, but make a full-on Chloe Zhao movie, i.e. without trying to feel like an MCU movie and the story, action, and pacing beats required therein.
b) they had hired a director more in line with their usual directors, to make a "normal" MCU movie.
c) they had made it a Disney+ series, with 6 (or whatever) episodes to explore the characters and flesh things out.

d) if theyhad hired more than 2 decent actors for the whole thing
e) they hadn't stolen the whole end fight from Justice League.

 

[Ixal]

the villians on these shows are boring

Marvel always had a problem with villians.

Thanos was good because of the long build up and because his motivation kinda made sense for him and he was not a generic megalomaniac.

And I liked Ronan because his one-dimension character fit what he was supposed to be.

But which other Marvel throwaway villian was done well?

 

[ART!]

d) if theyhad hired more than 2 decent actors for the whole thing

I think all the people cast are good to very good actors in general, but Chloe Zhao's style seems to involve having the actors suppress or tamp things down, so that things aren't so spelled out for the audience. In Eternals, that approach did not work for a lot of the audience.

 

[Blue]

the covid excuse is pure crap! The boys, peaky blinders, stranger things were all filmed under the same covid extremes and are excellent shows with some potentially becoming movies. Top Gun nailed it and the marvel movies didnt.

I hadn't realized that The Boys, Peaky Blinders, and Stranger Things shared cast between the three series that needed to be written out because they could not attend filmings, like Dr. Strange was with WandaVision. Or that those three series had interlocking story arcs that were redone because release order changed fairly drastically because of differing country Covid requirements.

Sorry, none of your examples address the impact of Covid on the Marvel movies.