MCU is something they can milk forever and keep up the mediocre quality that they have so far and the fans will be happy. Star Wars is just a very different property, how many spin offs can they make. main series surely can't go on forever before completely jumping the shark again.
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Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe will 'go on forever', says Disney CEO
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Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Exactly.
"Superhero" movies don't have to be these gigantic, world-ending affairs. I'd argue like many others have that the term "superhero movie" is a gross generalisation in many cases.
There are like six thousand Marvel characters. Fox has movie rights for like maybe a couple hundred and they've only used three properly.
PeskyToaster
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I can't wait to see what we get when they start getting more inventive. I already like what I'm hearing out of Star Wars where they are going for different genres with the anthology series.
A film can have a mediocre script and still be a good film, if it's a film that's more focused on visual storytelling. Gravity's script was pretty miserable in parts but so much of the story was told through the brilliant cinematography.
You are on a forum that posts that "Who?" Gif 10x a day.
Feige's words in interviews suggest they're going to be expanding each corner of the MCU (street level, cosmic, technology, magical, etc.) into their own franchises. So cosmic with Guardians as a centerpiece will form its own thing, Inhumans will probably expand like they have in the comics, Thor will probably expand with Loki, Sif, etc., Avengers into something like New, Mighty, Ultimates. At least, that's how I interpret it. And they're probably adding more "categories", like they've done with the cosmic realm and doing with the magical.
Interfectum
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Sure but I'm just saying, some movies have really good scripts with natural dialogue that doesn't lend itself to being quotable. In fact I think movies with bad scripts and cheesy dialogue are usually far more quotable.
So using the barometer "how many quotes can you remember from movie X" as being any sort of gauge of movie quality seems weird to me.
Subpar Spatula
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It's strange how the imagery from this is a cow slowly having its life drained.
Sony played out the Goblin they might as well.
What about Prowler and his evil twin Nightcreeper?
PeskyToaster
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This is what we get when dreams come true. Surprised there was no avatar quote.That is some Amadeus Cho level math
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
Star Wars gained cult status from "less is more". That was a bit squandered with the prequel trilogy. I think Star Wars will lose a lot of its shine with these movies but it's stupid not to continue building. It's a fun universe to explore.
half a moon
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Meanwhile TV shows can have 100+ 40-50 minute long episodes and you guys get fatigued by a dozen or so movies? Y'all are softcore.
Slide in Sam Nova, and 650 mill domestic easy.
I save my horse jokes
The actual core fanbase for Star Wars has never been the less is more type. There are hundreds of novels, thousands of comics, thousands of toys, dozens of games, etc. Someone is buying all of that. Bobby Roberts posted a stat saying that The Force Awakening's third weekend was something like 60-70% repeated viewings. That level of dedication will carry the franchise for a long time. Fans might start going 1-2 times instead of 5, but they will still see the films.
Soapbox Killer
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This is how I feel. I don't need Star Wars to be Call of Duty if that makes sense. We're getting a new movie every year for the next 5 years after that, lets take a break and see how thing go. Maybe by episode IX some fatigue will have set in and they may take a slower approach.
Marvel can go on forever.
Schweinehund
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Didn't expect anything else. So long as it is profitable they'll keep making them. I'm curious ihow they'll handle replacing Ironman.
I do think there is a thing as too much too often. They're going to burn themselves out like video game studios that annualize their franchises.
I do think there is a thing as too much too often. They're going to burn themselves out like video game studios that annualize their franchises.
Depends on whether they go backwards or forwards in time...forward seems like they'll run out of creative ideas real fast, but going backwards they have a ton of EU they can draw inspiration from or even adapt loosely if they felt compelled to "canonize" any of it.
It was wishful thinking.
We could also get movies for The Champions and Lady Liberators. Replace Angel with Falcon and Iceman with Blizzard.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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awesome, after watching Age of Ultron i want more
i do hope they try to make a good Iron Man game, rpg/open world action adventure/simulator
i do hope they try to make a good Iron Man game, rpg/open world action adventure/simulator
Fox will counter with a Fallen Angels movie
Oh you don't know the Fallen Angels? They are the Force Works of mutant teams
You'll wait forever. Superheroes have been in film since the almost the very beginning, and there really aren't all that many superhero films released each year. Last year there were three. This year there are five. That's nothing compared to how many movies come out in a year. Fatigue will not set in until Marvel starts really dropping the ball on several movies in a row, which hasn't happened yet.
Hell, the mass audience generally liked Man of Steel, so clearly these movies don't have to particularly good to entertain people. I can't even imagine how badly Marvel or Warner Bros. would have to screw these things up multiple times in a row to actually stop audiences from coming back again.
Also we get super bombs like Fantastic Four and no one seems to care. People understand that there are going to be some bad with the good.
Duane Cunningham
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I remember Rocket saying of Drax "Metaphors go right over his head" and Drax replying "NOTHING goes over my head, my reflexes are too quick!" Haha.
Also, "What do you want to do next... a little good? a little bad? a little bit of both?"
and the whole "Who?" "Star Lord, man! You know... Star Lord?"
and the "I see a bunch of losers" speech. And the flip off the camera with "aw jeez, sorry, I don't know how this machine works." and "Why would you want to save the galaxy" "because I'm one of the idiots who live there"?
Actually, GotG is like the most quotable movie in years.
It's a much larger issue than that.
http://grantland.com/features/2014-hollywood-blockbusters-franchises-box-office/
Sibersk Esto
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What did people honestly expect to happen?
"Hey guys, this marvel thing prints us a boatload of money on a consistent basis. But I guess we should just drop it now."
"Hey guys, this marvel thing prints us a boatload of money on a consistent basis. But I guess we should just drop it now."
That makes no sense. They have over 50 years of characters, stories and history to pull from. This well will last a while.
Yep, and they really would have to bring constant FF4 quality to burst the bubble.
Dance-of, Bro!
Bear Force One
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Lol yeah ok. People will dictate what gets made by what they pay for.
Namor was created in 1939, more like almost a hundred years
Same argument every year
It was posted literally two hours ago.
Interfectum
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Hollywood has been doomed for as long as I've been reading blogs on the internet.
Skellig Gra
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It's not the content that will dry up its the consumer interest.
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