You continue to labor under the misguided notion, perpetuated by other studios, that a slash-and-burn, trilogy-n-reboot approach is what the Avengers, and the MCU, needs.
Can you quote me where I advocated a trilogy-n-reboot? I would say I'll wait, but I won't, because you can't. Don't quote my posts and then respond to something I've never said. It's rude, and it takes time away from the discussion for me to re-state my clearly stated opinion that you simply decline to respond to.
Now, what leads you to believe that studios have taken this strategy? Batman Begins/TDK/TDKR is the only thing we know of planned as a trilogy from beginning to end, with a reboot shortly after. Others became trilogies because they failed to keep their success long enough to make a fourth movie.
The reason that shouldn't apply to The Avengers at all or even looked at is because you're talking about a SHARED UNIVERSE, *not* a single story. It's not "Star Wars, Part I, II, III" or "Spider-Man, Part I, II, III" --- it's Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Ms. Marvel, Dr. Strange, Inhumans, Runaways, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and whatever else Marvel Studios has on the drawing board. There is simply no way in hell that ALL of these properties are inter-related, or that they're all telling a single over-arching story.
You, like others, have been thrown off by the whole "Phase II" monicker, and you naturally assume it means "Phase I, Phase II, Phase III" trilogy-style. There is NOTHING to indicate that was ever the intent. And you make the mistake of thinking that there is some story thread that unites each Phase; but the simple fact is that we don't have any indication what the common thread to each Phase is. At best, the only thing I could say united Phase I is "Avengers assemble"....i.e., Phase I is loosely "about" the four core Avengers teaming up for the first time. We have NO indication what --- if anything --- will be shared between Cap 2, Thor 2, IM3, Avengers 2, Ant-Man, GOTG and whatever else is on the agenda for Phase II.
But a shared storyline, or a single over-arching story, doesn't even *remotely* seem to be in the forecast for Phase II. I challenge you to try to find one.
Hmmm... SHIELD, Tesseract, Loki... you didn't notice any of these things that were part of the same overarching story? The story isn't linear, sure, but it certainly is one story, otherwise, it couldn't all culminate in one film. Now, I guess you could hope that these next films will be as disconnected as comics properties used to be before they realized that building up to big events was more profitable. But based on Phase I, that's a pipe dream.
And again, the only reason I'd ever suspect Avengers as a trilogy is because the actors are signed on for an Avengers trilogy. This means anything after that, (which can only happen if Avengers 3 is wildly successful unlike X-Men/Spider-Man/Batman/Superman 3) would be new actors and a new direction, meaning the previous actors would want to finish a story and give an apex to their characters. Otherwise, you have someone trying to play RDJ's IM and Hemsworth's Thor. Not a good look. Perhaps you remember that and thought, because I acknowledge reality, that I think that's the way it 'should' be. I mean, I love comics (or else why would I be here?) but I accept the reality of the situation. Movies aren't comic books, and there's a host of reasons - from media to timing to money to actors to directors - why not. That doesn't mean we can't capture the spirit of the characters, but it does mean that we can't come out with monthly installments of varying quality indefinitely. Comics can. Film cannot.
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Never played WOW in my life, nor do I have any intention to. I just want to see the MCU develop the same way the comic universe did. And Feige has given every indication that's his intent, too.
For those of us who actually read the comics, this is easy. This is a no-brainer. This is the way it's always worked. Those of you who *don't* read the comics don't understand it at all, and you're coming up with limitations that DON'T need to be there.
Remember when I posted that really dumb comment about your son? That's where you are now. I read New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Invincible Iron Man, Captain America, Mighty Thor, Avengers Academy, Ms. Marvel, Adjectiveless X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men First class, Black Panther, Fantastic Four, Future Foundation, every single scrap of the Ultimate Universe, and the endless events, Avengers vs X-Men, Secret Invasion, Civil War, Dark Reign, Seige, World War Hulk, Spider Island, Schism, Operation Zero Tolerance, Age of Apocalypse, Days of Future Past, The Clones Saga, the Dark Phoenix Saga, God Loves Man Kills, The Twelve, Search for Cyclops and that's just the Marvel Stuff. I'm a lot more into DC. Why the heck do you think we're here?
Feige has given no such indication. He's made movies that have explicitly not developed the MCU the way the comic universe has.
Just because we love comics, doesn't mean we aren't connected to reality. You're disconnected man. You're seeing things that aren't there, and not seeing things that are. If your main defense is "you guys just don't understand" as opposed to "this is why that limitation is irrelevant" then you either need to do a self check, or be self-satisfied feeling you are right since you can't communicate your logic effectively.
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just teasing y'all
