MCU Discussion Thread (General News)

[Legion]

Sorry guys, ganging up on me isn't going to stop the way I think. Great that some of you love this, but the extreme cases of grown males obsessing over this stuff really does weird me out. Sorry.

I also think attempting to compare Japanese monster fandom (in any extreme) to My Little Pony really doesn't work. To me, that's night and day.

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[MouthForWar]

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[O.Supreme]

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[Benjamin Haines]

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[mr.negativity]

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[quote=" Adam Rogers"]
In the midst of the massive geek Mecca that is San Diego Comic-Con, the big Marvel Studios movie panel had all the theater of a presidential campaign rally. Tom Hiddleston appeared in costume as Loki, the bad guy from Thor, and rallied the crowd in character. Then: so many movie stars, including the full casts of the upcoming Captain America sequel and Guardians of the Galaxy. And just when it seemed like it was over, Joss Whedon, patron saint of nerds, walked out for a Steve Jobsian one-more-thing and introduced the first teaser for The Avengers sequel. Eight thousand fans, some of whom had been waiting in line since the night before, shrieked like their souls were being ripped from their bodies.

Back in 2006, the very first Marvel Studios panel didn’t have quite the same swagger. Iron Man director Jon Favreau was there, and it was like, the Swingers guy? Louis Letterier was insisting his version of the Hulk would wash away the arty taste of Ang Lee’s earlier version, while Edgar Wright promised Ant-Man, like he always does. In the middle of it all was the stalwart, relaxed studio president Kevin Feige, the man with a production credit on just about every movie and TV show with a Marvel character for the last 13 years.

Inevitably, a fan stood up and asked whether any of the Marvel characters might cross over into each others’ movies, the way they often do in the comic books. “Who knows?â€

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Kevin Feige explains the situation where Marvel could break out of their two-per-year plan.

[jellydonut25]

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[MekaGojira3k]

[jellydonut25]

Well. what I was saying is that rather than get three a year, two sequels and maybe one new one, I'd rather get 2 a year at most, with them introducing more minor characters and launching more of those secondary/tertiary heroes.

I mean, if my options are:
2 a year between Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk in an endless loop.
or
3 to 4 a year, with 2 being the long-running staples and 1 or 2 being an intro film for Dr Strange or Ant-Man or Black Panther or whomever.

Then I obviously choose the latter. But, I'm already DONE with solo Iron Man movies, I only want one more solo Thor film (to finish the Loki on the throne idea) and I dunno if I'll want another Cap film after this new one.

My ideal choice would be 2 films a year. MAYBE one sequel to Thor/Hulk/Cap/Avengers if that's what they feel they need to do to be able to give us one solo outing for Strange/Panther/AntMan etc.

[MekaGojira3k]

Okay, yeah yeah I get ya. One or 2 sequels a year max seems good. I just feel like there's a lot of places the MCU could go and I'm more excited to see what happens when they have more than just the Avengers running around.

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Variety:

That said, Marvel’s movies are hardly cheap, often costing around $200 million to produce.

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Collider:

[jellydonut25]

are The Inhumans the ones with Black Bolt who can like...explode an entire world just by whispering?

After Guardians of the Galaxy, we can't be dismissive or skeptical of these lower-tier characters getting their own films. I'm in.

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