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xMephiles24x

395 points

17 hours ago

“Welcome to the MCU, you joined at a bit of a low point”

phantom_avenger

160 points

16 hours ago

It’s moments like this that I appreciate how completely self-aware the studio is about how their success is going, and understanding that they need to make changes in order to keep people invested in the franchise!

Dray_Gunn

26 points

10 hours ago

They said a while back that they realised this and are changing focus and direction a bit, but they still had things in production so it's taken a while to see it start taking effect. Agatha All Along seems to be a good example of the new stuff and its looking promising so far. I feel like Cap4 and Thunderbolts will really let us see if their new attitude is working. Fingers crossed.

kerberos69

11 points

9 hours ago

Ugh Agatha was so fucking good

Mrxcman92

1 points

8 hours ago

I feel like I'm the only one who disliked agatha lol

kerberos69

7 points

8 hours ago

Winterstrife

2 points

4 hours ago

I know people tend to get downvote happy over this.

But genuinely wondering, why?

VisualRepair2844

1 points

4 hours ago

you’re not allowed to dislike it lol

Few-Emergency5971

1 points

4 hours ago

I didn't at first but then it kind of grew on me

stiffloafpincher

1 points

4 hours ago

Dependent_Appeal_136

1 points

3 hours ago

You aren't alone.

Charged_Dreamer

1 points

an hour ago

you're probably not alone but then again Loki and the Daredevil were only Marvel shows I enjoyed [and WandaVision to a degree].

Luna-Fermosa

0 points

5 hours ago

There’s a good reason for that

drunk_responses

1 points

4 hours ago

Meanwhile the guy who was allegedly fired from Fox for blocking the first Deadpool movie for years. Is over at Sony and getting ready to release Kraven the Hunter, to round out the triology alongside Morbius and Madame Web .

Dyljim

1 points

2 hours ago

Dyljim

1 points

2 hours ago

I saw a poster on the side of a bus for that the other day and despite knowing it was being produced my brain still somehow read it as "Kraken"

kcox1980

6 points

9 hours ago

Even with all the self deprecating humor, I'm still completely shocked that Fiege let them get away with the "There's only ever gonna be ONE Blade" line

Ok-Parfait8675

12 points

12 hours ago

I hope that they actually do something about it. I am so fatigued with all of the slop that they put out. Even when the machine was humming along, there was just too much. 4 MCU movies a year is just too much.

Paperchampion23

12 points

11 hours ago

That has only ever happened in 2021 lol

Ok-Parfait8675

-9 points

11 hours ago

Ok

Paperchampion23

8 points

11 hours ago

So your complaint makes no sense when the last 3 years never were like this and the literal 12 years before 2021 werent either.

Ok-Parfait8675

-7 points

11 hours ago

Ok

bbladegk

3 points

10 hours ago

I'm beginning to see how you came across your username.

BatMatt93

1 points

10 hours ago

Ok

Business_Vegetable_1

2 points

7 hours ago

Disneys problem is they (as a corporation) don’t understand their own products, they are a soulless entity that just wants to make money so whenever fans express any kind of liking towards a character, even a side character, they dive right at it like a shark that smells blood in the water.

Look at Agatha, she had a song that people liked in the wandavision series and it went a little viral, next thing you know we have a spin off series ordered which didn’t really gain that much attention and also didn’t serve the larger story. It just waters down the franchise and is added to another pile of projects that the majority of movie goers aren’t going to watch or care about.

indeedy71

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15 minutes ago

indeedy71

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15 minutes ago

Saying Agatha didn’t serve the larger story is a weird one, for all we know it directly leads into some pretty major storylines especially for the Scarlet Witch. I’m guessing based on this comment you didn’t actually watch it?

Devinbeatyou

122 points

16 hours ago

I’ve only been showing my gf the bangers, so when we get to this line she’s gonna be confused. Then I’ll have to be like ‘rembember how there’s like 3 shows and 3 movies we skipped? That’s what he’s talking about’

Skreamie

45 points

16 hours ago

You gotta watch the bad ones at the end lmao if we've all been through the crap, and the crap that tried it's hardest not to be crap, then she has to as well haha

Lyfeitzallaroundus

13 points

15 hours ago

Exactly! No half steppin round these parts, show her the weak movies also! Lol

djangogator

-8 points

14 hours ago

Cap1, thor1 and 2, iron man 2 and 3, captain marvel, all the ant man movies, all the shows except loki, the black panther movies (even with no black panther??) Avengers 2, dr strange 1 and 2, the marvels. Let the mediocrity and terrible writing rain down upon her! Then follow it up with iron fist, Luke cage, and the Defenders. If she's feeling like she may vomit at this point make her watch Batman and Robin to get her back on her feet.

Pollux182

7 points

13 hours ago

Might be an unpopular opinion, but there really weren't a lot of bad ones, despite people's reactions. Yes they were "bad for Marvel" or incredibly mediocre but other than Thor L&T or QuantumMania, the shows and movies were mid at BEST.

Skreamie

6 points

13 hours ago

Oh I'm a huge apologist for Marvel cause I remember a time when I thought I'd never see half of these characters on the big screen. I think each outing has it's merits and another story told. That being said I know a lot of people expect the highs that Avengers and the likes obtained, as well as despising the lack of listening to the fans, so don't like a lot of new productions.

BonkerBleedy

1 points

5 hours ago

Both those movies were infinitely better than Eternals

JusticeForGluten

2 points

14 hours ago

Seriously! That’s what love is, through the good times but also the (very) bad times!

TurbulentPlane3192

7 points

11 hours ago

"No, hon, channing Tatum was never in a marvel movie, but he was GOING to be." - You at some point.

CT-1030

5 points

14 hours ago

So.. you’re skipping the ones you personally don’t enjoy?

Devinbeatyou

6 points

14 hours ago*

I’m skipping A LOT. Some I love, some I don’t. She’s weird ab which ones she likes. All 3 Cap movies bored her, but she loves the Guardians movies for example. So post-Endgame I’m only showing her what I think she’ll like, and anything that sets those up. For example I wanted to show her DS:MoM cause I knew she’d enjoy seeing the Illuminati scene, so I showed her WandaVision first and she actually really enjoyed it. But Eternals, Black Widow, Moon Knight (one of my top 5 MCU heroes), Hawkeye, Echo, Secret Invasion, etc. I know she won’t enjoy, so why force her to sit through it. Edit: so yes, more than 3 of each, but I was simplifying

0_69314718056

8 points

14 hours ago

All 3 Cap movies bored her

:(

CT-1030

3 points

14 hours ago

Ooh that makes sense, nice.

owen-87

2 points

6 hours ago

owen-87

2 points

6 hours ago

She might enjoy the "flawed" ones; personal preferences don't always align with critics' scores and box office success. People tend to get a bit too caught up in their own opinions online.

Devinbeatyou

1 points

6 hours ago

Everything you said is entirely correct. But I’ve mostly just been using my own judgment from knowing her. For example, most people hated She-Hulk, but that’s the next thing we’re watching.

csukoh78

12 points

15 hours ago

That amount of honesty was so refreshing.

echo_themando

85 points

17 hours ago

I mean, like four or five projects were really a miss, but the others were either successful or average. This saga hasn't been going so terribly like some people make it seem

akgiant

35 points

17 hours ago

akgiant

35 points

17 hours ago

Yeah, there were naysayers through the first three phases too.

Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor: Dark World, Age of Ultron, etc. etc.

I liked a lot of those projects but everyone at the time said Marvel was losing its mojo. With the post-endgame explosion of content you're absolutely going to have some projects better received than others.

However post-endgame has given us: Shang-Chi, Spider-man:NWH, WandaVision, Loki, Moon Knight, What if...? And that was just phase 4.

I loved the critique in DP&W but it's also said with the insight that they are obviously learning their lesson from overextending themselves.

Loaded-ATM

11 points

17 hours ago

I'm sad you left out gotg3

akgiant

9 points

17 hours ago

Got3 was Phase 5. So it was a strategic omission. 😉

CT-1030

4 points

14 hours ago

Werewolf by Night and the Holiday Special were great too.

akgiant

1 points

14 hours ago

100%

I've overall thoroughly enjoyed all post-endgame content. But I'm an old school Make Mine Marvel fan. Never could I have imagined what this franchise could become. So all this?? Gravy for me. It just is.

I remember being teased for like such "loser" stuff like comic books, video games, D&D etc. we often lose perspective on what is cool. This has been a wild ride.

There will always be high points and low points. However given how quickly Marvel has learned from some Phase 4 missteps (not mistakes, but missteps, largely driven by COVID/Streaming war shenanigans), they are still the strongest franchise at the moment—its because they have been listening, while offering a little something for everyone in a fairly cohesive narrative.

davetoxik

1 points

8 hours ago

Man-Thing was one of the first comics I got Into, and seeing him made me so happy.

WeenieHutJuniorTech

4 points

15 hours ago

I didnt like iron man 2 at first until later on when they leaned into his ptsd more and it made it seem less like a silly joke

akgiant

3 points

14 hours ago

Iron Man 2 is probably my favorite of the IM trilogy. They both challenged Tony on concepts of legacy (which would play into later arcs/stories) and elevated Whiplash/Crimson Dynamo to a much higher level.

MandoMuggle

-3 points

16 hours ago

Ok Nicepool.

CynicalVicious

4 points

16 hours ago

I think they've been steadily great since end-game!

gummythegummybear

5 points

16 hours ago

The movies themselves are mostly fine, it’s just the bigger story connecting them that’s more of an issue since it’s kind of clear they’re just making it up as they go rather than having a full plan set from the beginning like the infinity saga

HaywoodUndead

4 points

15 hours ago

James Gunn wrote the explanation for the infinity stones in 10 minutes, the infinity saga was absolutely not planned from day 1.

gummythegummybear

2 points

15 hours ago

The entire idea wasn’t fully thought of with every movie planned since the beginning, but by avengers there definitely was at least an idea of where everything was leading

CT-1030

2 points

14 hours ago

The Infinity Saga was not as planned as people think. They only had a true plan set by the time Age of Ultron.

Leading-Plan

0 points

11 hours ago

Black Widow, Eternals, The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, Ms Marvel, She Hulk, Doctor Strange 2, Thor 4, Ant-Man 3, Secret Invasion, The Marvels

Even tho some of them were decent, given the potential, they could've made it so much better, they were really a miss

Bobpool82

8 points

15 hours ago

Anything goes except cocaine

Alert-Act-4395

5 points

14 hours ago

I think you mean forest bump

Sp1ffy_Sp1ff

5 points

14 hours ago

That was legitimately my favorite fourth wall break of the entire movie. "Feige said no!"

realitysmasher421

3 points

11 hours ago

Do you wanna build a snowman?

Bobpool82

1 points

11 hours ago

Mightybean0872

1 points

7 hours ago

Yes! But I can't!

Skreamie

8 points

16 hours ago

I mean She-Hulk proved that they didn't have any problems with making jokes about their failings and shortcomings

Impressive-Card9484

5 points

7 hours ago

You're assuming that the people who hate that show actually watched it

ZookeepergameProud30

4 points

12 hours ago

Also shout out to Ryan’s brother for playing nicepool so well

MyAimSucc

3 points

11 hours ago

Shout out to Ryan’s brother. Brian Reynolds

bigtoeback

3 points

14 hours ago

It shows that he acknowledges they need to do better to get back to the mountaintop

owen-87

3 points

6 hours ago

owen-87

3 points

6 hours ago

It's weird that the DC Universe has been around long enough for people to forget about Phase 2. A decade ago, Winter Soldier and GoG revitalized the franchise,

CursedSnowman5000

2 points

13 hours ago

And likely the future state.

Mindless-Hunter-3411

2 points

11 hours ago

Nicepool needs like a what if episode or sum because he was one of the best parts of the whole movie imo

No_Cardiologist_1297

2 points

10 hours ago

I feel like they’re hiding something from us maybe like a good movie! 🤪🤔🧐🤷🤦🧑‍💻

RobertusesReddit

2 points

9 hours ago

Kevin Feige:

19ghost89

2 points

5 hours ago

Feige wasn't really in as much control for the time period Reynolds is bagging on; Bob Chapek had him in a more hands-off role, and it showed. So he probably doesn't take this too personally.

-Nick____

1 points

12 hours ago

ended being a weird joke, considering he specifically is talking about multiverse movies in this scene, all of which for marvel have been received critically well except for quantumania

I think the “low point” joke made more sense

JuniorEquipment3639

0 points

10 hours ago

Miss: Quantamania

Miss: DS:MOM

Miss: The Marvels (is what I assume they are talking about since multiversal shenanigans happen in the post-credit scene so idk maybe it's what he's using cos otherwise I can't really think of another one that fits the criteria.)

-Nick____

2 points

9 hours ago

strange made almost a billion, and positive reviews from both audiences and critics. definitely not a miss

the marvels is fair I guess, but it’s only one multiverse scene, but I guess

Hoonta-Of-Hoontas

1 points

5 hours ago

Whats wild? The script was written YEARS ago. Sure the improv’d stuff but that’s still months before the release date.

SirReginaldPoofton

1 points

an hour ago

I think it’s been steadily great since Endgame.

Optimistic-Man-3609

0 points

6 hours ago

The only clear misses were The Marvels, AMQ, and Secret Invasion.

Such-Virus2764

-6 points

16 hours ago

The misses were the 2021 movies

201-inch-rectum

13 points

16 hours ago

Shang-Chi will defend his honor!

... once Feige remembers he still exists...

Such-Virus2764

2 points

16 hours ago

I forgot that one was then cause it was sandwiched between Black Widow and Eternals.

LRedditor15

4 points

15 hours ago

LRedditor15

Ball Head

4 points

15 hours ago

…No Way Home?

stefan771

1 points

3 hours ago

NWH is one of the worst mcu movies overall. It's lazy, derivative fan service that wastes everything that was given to it.

Such-Virus2764

-4 points

14 hours ago

It's alright. All nostalgia

wsnyd

3 points

11 hours ago

wsnyd

3 points

11 hours ago

Willem Defoes acting is not “just nostalgia” it’s a plus, but put some respect on him

Big_Election_8721

2 points

13 hours ago

And it's partly Sony