It's the Marvel Phase 3 Slate!

[Kramodlog]

Boo-ya! Avenger: Infinity War teaser trailer. We've seen a few a of the infinity gems as we thought.

[video=youtube;Uv2NRpG76Pg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv2NRpG76Pg[/video]

 

[Umbran]

I think after Infinity War, if you're smart you let those characters retire and bring in a new crop of heroes, with (gasp!) new plots, perhaps even ones that haven't already been in the comics.

Hm. Maybe by that point, they'll be looking to moving the Netflix Defenders line off to the movies?

I guess they are going to introduce a lot more character fast or else Civil War is not going to be that exciting with the relatively few super power persons we have seen.

Well, if they are thinking overall - they have Agents of Shield and their Netflix shows to establish that.

In addition, there's nothing but negotiation to keep, say, Spider Man from appearing in Civil War.

 

[RangerWickett]

Actually, they'll probably just soft reboot the universe with Infinity Gauntlet magic or something.

 

[Kramodlog]

Actually, they'll probably just soft reboot the universe with Infinity Gauntlet magic or something.

I imagine Tony Stark putting on the gauntlet and sacrificing himself to get the universe back to a pristine state. This way you can cast a new Tony Stark at some point.

 

[Umbran]

I imagine Tony Stark putting on the gauntlet and sacrificing himself to get the universe back to a pristine state.

If you're going to do that, just go for broke and have the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe be a dream sequence of a young boy who fell off a ladder and hit his head. Audiences *hate* the, "erase the established history" resolutions.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Dr. Strange has been cast.

 

[trappedslider]

If you're going to do that, just go for broke and have the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe be a dream sequence of a young boy who fell off a ladder and hit his head. Audiences *hate* the, "erase the established history" resolutions.

Don't you mean zoom out of a window revealing a snow globe with a boy looking at it?

 

[Morrus]

My hope is that Marvel alters it's formula now; the movies are starting to feel very formulaic to me. I started noticing it during that final battle in IM3, and by GotG I was really noticing it.

For me, Marvel's had about a 50% hit rate with the combined universe slate - Cap1, Thor1, IM 2 & 3, the first Hulk were all misses for me. IM1, Cap2, Thor2, Avengers, were all hits. GotG would have been a hit in isolation, but I'd reached peak formula by that point.

The two latest Spidey flicks were both misses, as were the two F4 flicks. Wolverine bores me senseless now, but there's most recent X Men movies were excellent.

So 50/50ish in all. I can live with that, but they do see to change things up a bit to retain my enthusiasm.

I kinda liked the mystery of what they would do next, the after credits hints, the speculation, the slow reveals, etc. I'm
Not sure I like this big public fanfare announcement event approach. Takes some of the fun out of it. Plus we know exactly who's going to be sticking around for the next 10 years or so.

 

[Jhaelen]

I'm actually most excited about the 'Inhumans' movie. A whole slate of 'new' super heroes, several of which I actually know from the comics!

 

[delericho]

My hope is that Marvel alters it's formula now; the movies are starting to feel very formulaic to me. I started noticing it during that final battle in IM3, and by GotG I was really noticing it.

For me, Marvel's had about a 50% hit rate with the combined universe slate - Cap1, Thor1, IM 2 & 3, the first Hulk were all misses for me. IM1, Cap2, Thor2, Avengers, were all hits. GotG would have been a hit in isolation, but I'd reached peak formula by that point.

The two latest Spidey flicks were both misses, as were the two F4 flicks. Wolverine bores me senseless now, but there's most recent X Men movies were excellent.

So 50/50ish in all. I can live with that, but they do see to change things up a bit to retain my enthusiasm.

I kinda liked the mystery of what they would do next, the after credits hints, the speculation, the slow reveals, etc. I'm
Not sure I like this big public fanfare announcement event approach. Takes some of the fun out of it. Plus we know exactly who's going to be sticking around for the next 10 years or so.

Agreed. My specific set of 'hits' and 'misses' is a bit different, but you're right about the formula, and you're right about both the 'fanfare' and the "10 year plan".

Incidentally, I count the first Thor as a 'hit', but perhaps for a very specific reason: my wife and I watched it for the first time in the morning before we went to see Avengers, and they dovetail really well. So Thor gets pulled up in my estimation because of this, and Avengers gets even more of a boost as well.