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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The shows so far seem liable to allow lower-stake things (as previously Netflix Marvel was still the strongest they ever were with low stakes) and that's a good sign, but that's more sidestepping the problem than actually fixing it (as the mainline movies run the same laps).
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Well Thor 4 is next and going by the comics Gorr's grand plan might be about to create the Godbomb which will allow him to reshape the universe to his will or something to that effect.
After that Black Panther 2 which we know nothing about but considering the previous movie's setting will prolly be international in scale.
And after that Ant-Man 3 which will introduce Kang the Conqueror for real.
So scale is definitely not going lowkey for the movies any time soon.
Edited by slimcoder on May 8th 2022 at 12:02:23 PM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."Yeah, they absolutely need to turn the stakes down occasionally. Even for specific characters, and especially for the franchise as a whole. After we got literally half of all life in the universe dying, and then the real risk of all life dying, it seemed silly to try and turn things up higher. The multiverse stuff technically can go bigger, but probably shouldn't.
The multiverse opens up some interesting possibilities for stories, but yeah, there are plenty of potential problems. Something like the Flash's first movie being Flastpoint feels wrong.
Why do i have the feeling that Black Panther might get delayed?
Is it still allegedly a Troubled Production?
Uni catThe DCEU has produced several highly successful films, though.
This is part of the reason nobody's ever approached the MCU in their shared-universe models: Too eager to jettison the whole thing at the first signs of trouble. Imagine if Marvel had given up on making these movies because Incredible Hulk sucked.
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My feeling of multiversal stuff is the same as the general interconnectedness in that it works better A) in small dosages B) with certain characters and situations only. Past a certain point there's a high risk of everything collapsing into mush as you mix too many elements and none of them have time to settle. It becomes just a slideshow of things you may or may not recognize.
With multiversal stories I also feel like the stakes go straight to Hell fairly easily if you don't take care, as it might end up in just going too big too fast. You have to always anchor in some human drama.
Personally I really miss standalone and small scale stuff. "Street-level" (i.e. superheroes fighting super mobsters and super serial killers for rather than for the fate of the human race) stories are really missing in the MCU and sort of always have. The Serial Escalation feels like it's reaching a boiling point and they need some fresh blood. Think laterally rather than horizontally.
Films like Raimi's very own Darkman for example are really missing. The recent Batman was the closest, but Marvel could really do with more of those.
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