When Forbes disagrees with that assessment, I don't think it's valid. Many people just want it to be so, and many are saying idiotic things about The Marvels to also drive word of mouth down. When someone says that it's worse than Quantumania, MOM, and Love and Thunder in their review, IMO it's biased. Those had major problems, where this was just a serviceable, safe entry.
That would be a big middle finger to the fans especially with Deadpool coming next year. Slow down? Sure but to stop and essentially reboot would repeat the mistakes we have seen DC do over and over.
I think its way too early. What are you going to do, tell the same stories over again ad infinitum? There's been years of stories done in comics and what they've done is a miniscule amount compared to what they have to work with. Consequences need to be long lasting and explored. They've done a piss poor job with doing that so far and I think that's why moving on has been difficult. The themes explored have been interesting but the execution has been lacking because they won't commit.
The X-Men were their best selling series until about 2000 bar none. When Spider-Man picked up with JMS and Romita Jr on the title and then the Ultimate Spider-Man sales was good. Sales have remained fairly good since then. You could say it’s a wash. Civil War and Secret Invasion were popular but those have already been plucked for use.
"This series has become too silly to continue."
Belatedly weighing in on this. I think when it comes to mainstream audiences, superhero fatigue is real. And at the same time, Marvel lost sight of what most comic fans wanted from them. That meant they even lost their core, guaranteed audience, leaving them with nothing.
And I think that's what helped the first lot of films from Iron Man to Endgame. The callbacks to other films, the stingers hinting at what was to come. We weren't watching films, we were watching the worlds most expensive ongoing series.
Barely. Something has been lost in the chemistry between them, and I'm not sure what it is.
I think the reduction in the lag time is one of the best things to hit the industry. It's just that, like music, they'll have to adjust and figure out a way into this new future. The consumer shouldn't have to suffer inconvenience just because they are stuck in the past.
I’m not advocating for an artificial six month time lag in going from the big screen to your home, I’m just saying the faster turn around, or even worse a concurrent release, definitely impacts ticket sales at traditional theaters.
100% plus with Alamo for about the same price as soda and popcorn I can have a burger and beer.
Like
chuckdee said, there isn't any chemistry there. I feel like the the Wasp is vaguely contemptuous of Ant-Man, and I can't think of any reason she is with him other than the script saying she is. In the Iron Man movies, Pepper Potts was frequently critical of Tony Stark, but her criticisms seemed to come from her genuinely caring about him. I agree that earlier streaming is an issue for theaters, but it shouldn't be for Marvel movies. If we had early streaming back when Endgame came out, can you imagine many people saying, "Nah, I'll watch it on TV in a few months"?
On that note, this just came up in my Youtube recommendations.
I think 3 months is perfectly fine for a wait with a well made movie that doesn't blow its budget- even 45 days. Barbie and Oppenheimer should have proved that. They made bank, and got no longer a lag in the movie.
You realize she’s in the movie and
I wish they had gotten Tatiana Maslany to play Crazy Jane in the Doom Patrol series. The actress they got was the weakest link in an otherwise great cast. And to be fair to her, it was a very challenging role, so it doesn't mean she can't act. She just wasn't up this particular challenge.
