MCU Phase 4

Loki and What if? Sound awesome.

 

I am mainly interested in Blade, but I wouldn't mind checking out Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness and What if...?

 

This whole list has a bit of randomness feeling to it. What sort of big event do you think they're setting up for?

 

Feige and the Marvel team have been absolutely crushing it for 10 years ... I'm okay with giving them a year to relax a bit.

 

Yeah, i agree, i'm dissapointed too. I would have liked to see something for xmen or fantastic four, but even if not, its still fairly lame. I'm also bummed that jane is turning into thor.

 

I'm over superhero movies. Time for a new genre to be king I reckon.

 

Got anything in mind? I wouldnt mind seeing more period epics myself, stuff like Gladiator, its been awhile since they've made anything good like that

 

The new genre is the musical biopic. We had Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, next year we'll have Elvis, I Still Believe (a biopic about Christian artist Jeremy Camp), and a bunch of others are in the works.

Basically, Hollywood is scared of original ideas. The reason there are so many sequels, remakes, and spinoffs is because studios need as much guarantee of a built-in fan base as possible who will show up on opening weekend and drive ticket sales and buzz (if the movie is good, a strong opening weekend helps boost the motivation for others to go see the movie ... and it's even a bigger necessity if the movie is bad. That way, they can sell as many tickets as possible before bad word-of-mouth kills its theatrical run).

I miss the 80's for a number of reasons ... but think about the original ideas that were hatched in that era: The Breakfast Club (all the John Hughes movies, for that matter), Back To The Future, Indiana Jones, Star Wars (ok, that was 1977, but close enough), The Last Starfighter, Conan, First Blood, Terminator, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ghostbusters, Goonies, ET, Karate Kid, Top Gun, Die Hard, Predator ... these were all original for their time. What a great time to grow up.

 

I’d say Endgame was something of the end for the MCU. While phases 1-3 had buildup towards Avengers films and the Black Order unveiling, there is nothing here on that level of scale. And Blade may not be rated R like the Wesley Snipes flicks, since compared to 20th Century Fox with Logan & Deadpool, Disney is more family friendly, so that would be disappointing. I’m also surprised Thor L&T is a thing, because the comics sold terribly (due to third wave feminism being implemented, as well as jane foster just simply being a gender swapped thor rather then more of her own deep character).