while not untrue, the fact that it was just a little thing in the background is why it worked.

Isn’t that exactly what the Pattinson Batman movie was? He spent the whole movie playing detective (who strangely never actually solved anything or thwarted any part of the villain’s plan) and the villain was just trying to flood Gotham. I actually really liked The Batman since it was so much more grounded in reality…

for me, personally, the disney+ stuff just ruined the whole operation.

I think the fundamental aspect I disagree with here is the last point about indie filmmakers, at least to a degree. This has actually turned out to be a pet peeve for me over the past few years where it has felt there has been the blame casting on the directors in defense of MCU and especially Feige.

Yep. This. Rockets, a shield, a hammer, big green fists. Distinctive powers. Excitement around learning to use them and master them. A grade of power strength and weaknesses. When you remove a reference point (a human, earth) you remove the powers...power.  

If you don’t watch then you’ll maybe miss a few Easter eggs in whatever MCU movie you see next.

Are you crazy? Audiences don’t want relatable characters, they want energy beams! MOAR BEAMZ.

I’m incredibly bored watching characters shoot energy beams. I miss the early days when Iron Man’s suit had to make power compromises and fired rockets. I get that Marvel feels like they have to keep upping the stakes, but you’re right, all the universe destroying stuff somehow just feels so inconsequential.

It’s not hard. Audiences are bored with seeing the samw movie over and over again. We know how these movies will go. Lots of CGI punching and energy blasts, some quips, green screen sets, boring villains who want the same old boring villain things, reluctant heroes who either are weary of the responsibility of being a…

As a life long comic reader, this trend just mirrors what happens regularly in the comic industry. They build up to a major event and in the fallout of that event, is a soft-reboot. Some times it works(most notably with the X-Men titles, and a few of the solo superhero titles), some times it doesn’t and sales drop…

I mean, just look at the upcoming offerings. It’s one lackluster offering after another:

jesus christ who cares about the mcu anymore

Personally? It is the fatigue. I feel the same with Star Wars, I started watching the last season of Mandalorian and I was confused by a plot point and then a friend told me to watch the Boba Fett and I just decided I was done with all the franchises that so interconnected that it requires me to watch something I…

It’s like saying the Oscars couldn’t nominate Ben Hur because there was a silent film before it. The remake of West Side story was nominated for the Oscar. The Departed, a remake of Infernal Affairs, won the Oscar.

Microsoft literally described Starfield as one of the most important RPGs ever made, and then it barely even made the list of nominees.

Honestly the Oscar’s have a bit of integrity. Game Awards are more like the Golden Globes or the MTV movie awards.

I disagree, there are soooo many examples or terrible remasters and remakes. Games that dont know what things to streamline or improve and what should stay the same after so many years, or simply expecting the nostalgia to do all the work when many elements simply havent aged well

It seems pretty deserving of the hate. It looks like what Modern Warfare II was supposed to be. I foolishly bought Modern Warfare II believing that Activision was sticking to the plan for it to be a two-year game. It was the first Call of Duty I bought since Modern Warfare 2019. And honestly I loved it! And I couldn’t…

Thanos was first teased at the end of 2012’s The Avengers and finally appeared as a real character in 2018’s Infinity Wars. WandaVision aired in January 2021 nearly two years after the Fox deal had closed, so we’re about halfway through the tease cycle with no X-Men movie on the release calendar. And it feels like…

Fundamentally so, yes. I don’t even really understand the question here.