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Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe will 'go on forever', says Disney CEO
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Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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There have been quite a few mediocre star wars movies (and a few bad ones!) and they all made money
A.D. Skinner
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Just make KOTOR. Finish this at 9, make other stuff. Obi-Wan trilogy, Mandalore wars, KOTOR.
Omegasquash
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Keep 'em both going, forever I say. I have fun with the vast majority of it.
The people want something familiar. Not something a couple of videogamer like.
Face it, we will see Skywalkers forever.
Oh, totally agreed. I can't stand the vast majority of the Ultimate Universe myself. But those people denying that the MCU hasn't borrowed a large amount from the Ultimate Universe (both in terms of its visual elements and narrative throughlines) are kidding themselves.
BadAss2961
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Nah, it's just about to get good.
Davey Cakes
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I feel like I only watch one of these big Marvel movies once a year. I can only handle so much.
Just imagine kids in 40 years when they want to catch up with the MCU films.
lol @ Emma Frost poking Matty in the eye.
That they haven't had any A-Babies shorts playing before the films in theaters is a huge dropping of the ball.
That will be the first Pixar Marvel Movie
Some GAFfer
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(08/14/2039)
"This is total BS. I can't believe Disney is announcing that they're done making Star Wars movies for the time being. Iger literally said back in 2016 that they would go on forever. I can't take Disney seriously anymore, contradictory people make me so mad."
Future Member
(08/14/2039)
"This is total BS. I can't believe Disney is announcing that they're done making Star Wars movies for the time being. Iger literally said back in 2016 that they would go on forever. I can't take Disney seriously anymore, contradictory people make me so mad."
MrRudiMentary
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Yeah that's kinda shit. I hate when franchises forget that every good story has to have an ending. Hopefully after Avengers 3 they'll retire the original Avengers for good. Give those characters a proud ending. Star Wars is less of a problem because I imagine they'll keep going the trilogy and standalone route, and each of those will follow the three act structure of the original Star Wars trilogy.
The black guy isn't cyborg
MHWilliams
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As long as it makes money, of course.
Strike that. When it no longer makes money, they're give it a few years off and reboot.
Strike that. When it no longer makes money, they're give it a few years off and reboot.
dragonyeuw
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LTTP: MCU #1-#123 AKA Spidey #13 sucked
Tl;dr: two thirds through the marathon now and my family couldn't crack it. They've left me. #%&Worthit
davepoobond
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There are always two cinematic universes, a master and an apprentice.
Marvel has been so smart by producing SH films with noticeably different moods from each other. I hope they find a way to produce an MCU Micronauts. Likely Spider-Man will return to films with a vengeance now that he's in the MCU. But even though there is an inexhaustible selection of Marvel characters and the MCU rosters will change (keeping things fresh), I expect Marvel character fatigue to set in eventually.
DC will have the opportunity to lead the market for several years. Not only the JL titles and Batman films, but also how long until Legion of Super-Heroes, or Plastic Man? But personally, I'm not sure DC has figured out how. Other than the Nolan Batman films, I've not enjoyed any DC-based film. I see similar criticisms in reviews so I'm not alone there. So I hope this year's DC films are awesome and not disappointing.
Speaking of Plastic-Man, or Elongated Man, the stretching thing has not been done correctly yet. Mr. Fantastic's limited film stretch powers were just mild teases, so far. Ant-Man did a very entertaining film with fun shrinking and growing, so the shrinking precedent has been set. But c'mon DC, give us a great stretching character soon.
DC will have the opportunity to lead the market for several years. Not only the JL titles and Batman films, but also how long until Legion of Super-Heroes, or Plastic Man? But personally, I'm not sure DC has figured out how. Other than the Nolan Batman films, I've not enjoyed any DC-based film. I see similar criticisms in reviews so I'm not alone there. So I hope this year's DC films are awesome and not disappointing.
Speaking of Plastic-Man, or Elongated Man, the stretching thing has not been done correctly yet. Mr. Fantastic's limited film stretch powers were just mild teases, so far. Ant-Man did a very entertaining film with fun shrinking and growing, so the shrinking precedent has been set. But c'mon DC, give us a great stretching character soon.
CapNBritain
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Launched with the Sleepwalker Netflix series
It's not a collector's item
God bless you for posting an image of Sleepwalker.
BKatastrophe
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You don't expect it by now? I expect it in literally every thread.
"I will bathe the star ways in your blood."
No you don't. No one does.
Blizzard's dead, home boy.
I didn't realize there was a full version of that. Holy shit.
Everyone should read this book!That's not even the best Daredevil joke.
HammerOfThor
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I'm sure Star Wars will go on for a long, long time. But I hope they give it a 5-10 year break after this trilogy. Part of the magic was not milking the films every year.
The Lone Courier
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Why would they ever stop using their big money makers.
Hey-stop being reasonable!
Black-Wind
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I have such a love-hate opinion of Disney.
I love so much of what they create! I fucking HATE that at this rate (if Disney has their way at least) ANYTHING created after or around the time Mickey Mouse was made will simply never become public domain.
I love so much of what they create! I fucking HATE that at this rate (if Disney has their way at least) ANYTHING created after or around the time Mickey Mouse was made will simply never become public domain.
Green Mamba
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I'm struggling to think of where they could even go for main MCU villains after Thanos. Like, if we had Fantastic Four characters it'd be absolutely no problem, but... what's after Thanos? The High Evolutionary? Or use Dormammu? Maybe make that Spider-man deal work and do Dark Reign with Norman Osborn? Can they use the Skrulls?
EDIT: Kang's considered a Fantastic Four character right?
EDIT: Kang's considered a Fantastic Four character right?
Interfectum
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I'm hoping after Thanos they stop with the world/universe ending stuff and get more personal with some new characters. Maybe after a couple years, and after Disney buys Galactus rights, then we can see another throw down.
Beer Monkey
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Do you disagree that big studio funding for non-sequel/franchise movies is basically toast at this point?
Dark days ahead.
A Link to the Past
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Yeah, no reason to expect otherwise. Even if MCU nosedives, it's nosediving from "explosive to success" to "pretty good success" at worst.
But yeah, to me this probably means that we pretty much need to have a separate industry at this point for new stories and ideas. At least with Star Wars we're going to see new stories, but MCU is just logically going to be one adaptation after the next.
But yeah, to me this probably means that we pretty much need to have a separate industry at this point for new stories and ideas. At least with Star Wars we're going to see new stories, but MCU is just logically going to be one adaptation after the next.
The Broken Ska Record
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It's no surprise, and as much of a Marvel Mark as I am, I'm probably done with Marvel movies after Infinity War. Just need to take a breather.
Chezzymann
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"Forever" as in for the next 10 years maybe. But trends change so nothings guaranteed after that.
Beer Monkey
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I'm quitting drinking after these next two drinks.
Please fix the title, the "go on forever" is about the "future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe" only, not about Star Wars.
But yeah we already have/had an expanded universe for Star Wars that proved the infinity of myth extensions that it could have. They won't be able to maintain quality over that many movies and likely TV shows for obvious reasons, even if they keep 10-15 years between the main movies.
But yeah we already have/had an expanded universe for Star Wars that proved the infinity of myth extensions that it could have. They won't be able to maintain quality over that many movies and likely TV shows for obvious reasons, even if they keep 10-15 years between the main movies.
Well I guess with Marvel they can be going on forever as long as they're still doing comics. With Star Wars I get people being concerned but I think it has to do with the prequel trilogy souring people of getting more movies, if the VII-IX trilogy ends up being good people will likely want more, regardless it might take several years for Episode X to come out.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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They can still pick and choose the good stuff with Marvel. Can't wait until they get down the the...ahem...lesser thought of stuff.
Spider-Man: The Clone Saga coming in 2030.
Oh God, they are re-releasing Age of Ultron?!
Is this really going to become the new metric to measure whether or not a movie is good? Stupidest fucking thing ever.
Is this really going to become the new metric to measure whether or not a movie is good? Stupidest fucking thing ever.
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