Disney bought Marvel a decade ago and people were pretty worried how they may or may not change these characters and stories going forward. Do you approve or not approve of how the Marvel brand has progressed over time?
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Are you satisfied with Disney's handling of the Marvel franchise so far?
- Thread starter I Am Captain America
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It's kinda crazy what they've managed to pull off. An interconnected web of movies and shows that crossover with each other and reference events that occurred elsewhere, creating the illusion of a cohesive world that people actually live in. This is especially true since they started putting material on Disney+. Far From Home kinda brushed over the whole Blip thing but, thanks to the shows on Disney+, we know just how much that affected everything.
I didn't like having Spiderman' story revolve around Iron Man and other paternal figures. He now is "Tony Stark's lil bitch". I think that in 4 movies + Endgame he says "mr. Stark" almost a hundred times.
I always saw him as an indipendent strongwilled kid/man... now he is a petulant appendix.
I always saw him as an indipendent strongwilled kid/man... now he is a petulant appendix.
Yeah extremely, I don't remember when the deal happened but I doubt I would've been pissed. Knowing in the internet I'm sure there was a loud crowd that though Mickey would show up and beat up The Punisher or something.
The maniacs made Rocket Raccoon and Groot household names. I'm a huge nerd and even I didn't know who Rocket was when he was announced as a character for Marvel vs Capcom 3.
Now there's a Guardians of the Galaxy ride in Disneyland and another different GOTG ride opening at Walt Disney World.
So yeah, small quibbles aside, Disney has been pretty damn good for Marvel.
Now there's a Guardians of the Galaxy ride in Disneyland and another different GOTG ride opening at Walt Disney World.
So yeah, small quibbles aside, Disney has been pretty damn good for Marvel.
It somehow keeps getting better and better. I hope this next phase continues that trend, but the MCU has to peak at some point, right?
I don't either, but I wonder how much of that was tied up in the Fox license. ie: Disney wanted to make Spidey their "bitch". They probably don't treat Spidey that way if they had the license from the start.
There's enough people crowing for this to happen every single new movie/show that gets released... Hasn't happened yet.
Only because it was a thing before FOX acquisition but after that?
The Punisher movie? Daredevil? Blade R-rated? Not gonna happen.
I want to be wrong but since they want to have everything in the MCU they are going to drop the ball and tone down everyone.
I'm fine with a peak of Infinity War and epilogue of EndGame, if it gets even better with the next phase - awesome - if it gets worse, I'll have a fantastic collection of 22 movies, of which at least 10 are eminently rewatchable to be happy with forever.
Its definitely destroyed a big chunk of the Hollywood machine, between the need for cinematic universes/franchises, Superhero movies taking over theaters, the creep into merchandising/streaming/theme parks/etc, but its not like Hollywood was cranking out 10/10 amazing movies before MCU so forcing creative people who hate superhero movies to respond with something better (or different) is fine with me.
The only minor blip I'm sad about is probably the death of mid budget comedy movies, they sorta vanished and almost always do poorly if released to theaters, unlike say horror movies.
Its definitely destroyed a big chunk of the Hollywood machine, between the need for cinematic universes/franchises, Superhero movies taking over theaters, the creep into merchandising/streaming/theme parks/etc, but its not like Hollywood was cranking out 10/10 amazing movies before MCU so forcing creative people who hate superhero movies to respond with something better (or different) is fine with me.
The only minor blip I'm sad about is probably the death of mid budget comedy movies, they sorta vanished and almost always do poorly if released to theaters, unlike say horror movies.
I've never really cared for Marvel until the MCU and I only got into it around Ragnarok/Infinity War. I've now seen these films like 5 times or more each, watched the shows and will watch all of them as they release. Between me and my wife we've ended up with a pretty big collection of merch and can't wait for Avengers Campus in Paris and will be going as soon as its safely viable and open.
Before my exposure was that I'd played a Mega Drive game that had Cap, Silver Surfer and a couple other characters. It went from being a non presence to one of me and my wifes fav things together.
Before my exposure was that I'd played a Mega Drive game that had Cap, Silver Surfer and a couple other characters. It went from being a non presence to one of me and my wifes fav things together.
Yeah, the Marvel Studios team has constantly proved they get the comics. I don't think it's necessarily due to Disney though, but they have steered away enough.
Yeah I'm satisfied
Never expected guardians of the galaxy, any man, captain marvel and black panther to make it onto the big screen and we have Feige to thank for that because if he wasn't there we probably wouldn't
plus Iron man, Thor, Captain America were considered like C list heroes before the MCU
Never expected guardians of the galaxy, any man, captain marvel and black panther to make it onto the big screen and we have Feige to thank for that because if he wasn't there we probably wouldn't
plus Iron man, Thor, Captain America were considered like C list heroes before the MCU
Absolutely, they've been blowing away my expectations since the beginning. The MCU while not actually a product of Disney from the beginning has only gotten better as the years go on. It's crazy how Marvel is still undoubtedly Marvel, it seems like they have a lot of autonomy
I'm happy ish but Daredevil my favorite character and they put him in a side u inverse that may or may not even exist in the mainline mcu. They at least did his show well, but I don't know if he will show up again other than a lawyer from time to time in Spiderman or black widow movies.notethat is not a spoiler just a total guess because marvel does not seem interested in street level movies... Maybe a Disney plus show
We're getting an R rated Deadpool 3. It's already been announced
Yeah, but a lot of those were things before the Fox acquisition too. The different is they ranged in quality. We've yet to see how they handle Daredevil, but I could actually see that having a chance of being R rated or a strictly TV-MA show like the Netflix one
They have been crushing it.
I'd like to see better games outside of Spider-Man, which again, they fucking smashed with Insomniac. Both OG and Miles are so so good.
But as far as the Feige stuff? And even a few outside that like AoS, DD, etc?
10/10 couldn't ask for more. As someone said, in fifteen years we've gone from a quite grounded a Iron Man to Ironheart, a THIRD Guardians of the friggin Galaxy, a Thanos that people recognize, multiverses with what seems will be multiple versions of the same hero including the crown jewel of Marvel, and the rarest gem of them all: a sure-to-be-solid Fantastic Four.
Couple missteps along the way but that infinity saga (especially 2017-19) is undefeated. Jordan shit.
I'd like to see better games outside of Spider-Man, which again, they fucking smashed with Insomniac. Both OG and Miles are so so good.
But as far as the Feige stuff? And even a few outside that like AoS, DD, etc?
10/10 couldn't ask for more. As someone said, in fifteen years we've gone from a quite grounded a Iron Man to Ironheart, a THIRD Guardians of the friggin Galaxy, a Thanos that people recognize, multiverses with what seems will be multiple versions of the same hero including the crown jewel of Marvel, and the rarest gem of them all: a sure-to-be-solid Fantastic Four.
Couple missteps along the way but that infinity saga (especially 2017-19) is undefeated. Jordan shit.
Extremely happy. They have treated Marvel very well when it comes to movies and TV shows, the MCU is awesome.
Great characters, great actor's, big budget action, massive connected universe that is still evolving after 23 movies and multiple TV shows. I never expected it to get so big and popular but they definitely deserve all the success they've had so far.
Great characters, great actor's, big budget action, massive connected universe that is still evolving after 23 movies and multiple TV shows. I never expected it to get so big and popular but they definitely deserve all the success they've had so far.
Yup. I would make an argument that Fox and Sony owning more of the recognizable characters helped them immensely as opposed to Star Wars, they could do things creatively without having to deal with the extra bullshit of that property. No one was going to organize an online mob of manbabies with torches over the characterization of Drax ("He was my fav character in my childhood and you ruined him, I hope your daughter dies"), or have high expectations of selling 3 million drax toys.
They have a universe runner with passion for the project, use talented writers/directors from the indie world, and really no built in audience expectation as far as storylines and characterization is concerned.
They have a universe runner with passion for the project, use talented writers/directors from the indie world, and really no built in audience expectation as far as storylines and characterization is concerned.
Apparently the folks that deem it necessary for Marvel to produce R rated movies for characters that are traditionally in T rated comics and below
No question about movies. It's a phenomenal success and its really because they left control to Feige.
Marvel TV was a bit of a mistake though, they've rectified it by handing control to Feige and there were some good spots here and there but most of it was forgettable and ultimately inconsequential.
Their Marvel animation output is probably the biggest disaster from a Marvel perspective. Disney interference in that space for both Marvel and Star Wars definitely made those extremely weak.
Though with Disney+ it seems like things will get better.
Marvel TV was a bit of a mistake though, they've rectified it by handing control to Feige and there were some good spots here and there but most of it was forgettable and ultimately inconsequential.
Their Marvel animation output is probably the biggest disaster from a Marvel perspective. Disney interference in that space for both Marvel and Star Wars definitely made those extremely weak.
Though with Disney+ it seems like things will get better.
I like some of them and will continue watching, but they're like McDonald's: tasty, but empty and ultimately not good for you. They are safe and unchallenging, factory-made. Feige doesn't have an eye for visual storytelling, but he does know how to cast a movie. WandaVision was an insult, an incredibly intriguing premise kneecapped by formula. Let's solve this woman's grief by....shooting laser beams?
Giving Feige the reins to the whole of Marvel Entertainment will hopefully fix their non movie output.
Yeah this is s massive issue for me. It takes away so much of his autonomy.
I just finished WandaVision, and what should have be a simple, down-to-earth show about dealing with loss turned instead turned into....I don't even know what the fuck I would call what it turned into.
It's a shame too because Holland is the best Peter Parker we've ever gotten on screen, and then some.