MCU: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Official Discussion - Part 2

[The_Manhunter]

My intense loathing for CW makes me not all that excited for Cap 3. As does the prospect that Tony's name will be dragged through the mud YET AGAIN (and on film this time) to boost Saint Cap's rep.

I will definitely be rooting for Tony in CW. I don't even care what side he's on.

 

[StarLord]

I'm not a huge Marvel guy but isn't Thanos like the big guy? I believe Whedon described him as the final boss in a video game.

Where do you go after him?

I'm thinking that once Infinity Wars are done, they might give Thor, Cap, Iron Man a rest and try a few other characters, much like the introduction of Strange, Panther and Marvel today. I mean, in the cinematic universe, obviously.

As the movies progress, so will the audience and they'll learn to love the new characters that are introduced.

Who knows? Maybe in ten years time we'll be waiting on the release of Black Panther 2 and Doctor Strange 3...

 

[Erzengel]

I'd be rooting for Cap.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I'm thinking once Infinity War is over, they'll stop making Marvel movies. In fact, they'll just stop making movies. It'll be like, "cinema can now officially go no further, everyone go home."

 

[kedrell]

The Marvel films forum is gonna turn into a ghost town once they get all the sub-forums for these new films up and running. BP, DS and CM account for the bulk of the discussion that goes on here.

 

[LEVITIKUZ]

I'm thinking once Infinity War is over, they'll stop making Marvel movies. In fact, they'll just stop making movies. It'll be like, "cinema can now officially go no further, everyone go home."

Then take about 16 years off and do an alternative universe that everyone hate.

Please someone get this.

 

[Shikamaru]

They should take a small break after Infinity War. Not necessarily too big, but I wouldn't mind if we got no Marvel movies for two or three years after it. It's essentially the ultimate culmination to everything built up in the MCU since Iron Man, the audience should be given some room to breathe after it.

Then with Phase 4, if I was Feige I'd make legacy a huge prevailing theme for the next few phases. By then superheroes would have existed for a while in the MCU, with most of the bigshots established. It would be the perfect time to introduce some younger characters and see where they stand in the new status quo. Potential options could be Young Avengers, Miss Marvel (Kamala Khan), Runaways or even Spider-Man (if the rights revert by then). Even someone like Bucky or Falcon taking over the Cap mantle would still be in line with the legacy theme.

I'm not suggesting they should get rid of the current characters altogether; just throwing a suggestion to which direction they could potentially take.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I'm not a huge Marvel guy but isn't Thanos like the big guy? I believe Whedon described him as the final boss in a video game.

Where do you go after him?

They didn't stop printing comics after Infinity Gauntlet.

 

[jmc]

You know what this feels like which has just dawned on me? A trilogy of phases with Infinity War 2 being the finale.

 

[Keyser Soze]

They should take a small break after Infinity War. Not necessarily too big, but I wouldn't mind if we got no Marvel movies for two or three years after it. It's essentially the ultimate culmination to everything built up in the MCU since Iron Man, the audience should be given some room to breathe after it.

Yeah, I do feel like there should at least be a break once this is done. Otherwise I fear it could be like if they just kept on churning out more Star Wars films showing what happened next immediately after The Return of the Jedi wrapped.

 

[LEVITIKUZ]

They didn't stop printing comics after Infinity Gauntlet.

Comics and films are 2 complete different mediums.

 

[Lilbaz]

They should take a small break after Infinity War. Not necessarily too big, but I wouldn't mind if we got no Marvel movies for two or three years after it. It's essentially the ultimate culmination to everything built up in the MCU since Iron Man, the audience should be given some room to breathe after it.

So you wouldn't want a new Blade or Ghost Rider film? Guardians 3? Strange 2?

You have your break. I want my 3 films a year.

 

[flickchick85]

You know what this feels like which has just dawned on me? A trilogy of phases with Infinity War 2 being the finale.

Yeah, I think Phase 4 is really gonna feel like a new beginning.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Comics and films are 2 complete different mediums.

Whoa!

 

[venom892]

There is no way that Marvel takes a break after Infinity War. If they keep on being successful it just wouldn't make sense to take a break.

 

[kedrell]

I'd be ok with a break for the participants of the Infinity War, all of them. But by that time I hope some smaller players in the universe have come forward from Netflix or elsewhere to keep the universe going in other perpendicular ways. The MCU shouldn't be a straight line like a road but rather branching out like a tree. A tree grows in multiple directions: up in the air, out from it's center, down further into it's soil via the root system. There's no reason to stop it completely if one direction happens to come to an end.

 

[StarLord]

That Age of Ultron clip after AoS tho...

What a day!

 

[Whiskey Tango]

There is no way that Marvel takes a break after Infinity War. If they keep on being successful it just wouldn't make sense to take a break.

It makes sense if they suddenly decide they hate money.

 

[jmc]

Yeah, I think Phase 4 is really gonna feel like a new beginning.

I think it has to be, because it's clearly going to be this epic crossover of crossovers. You can only go so big with the characters you have. A clean slate rather than a reboot.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I don't think it's likely that Marvel Studios will take a break, because it's true, movie studios like making money. Standard practice is to take what's making money and just milk it and milk it relentlessly until all creatively is sucked dry and audiences are absolutely sick of it, lose interest, and start spending their money on something else. I'm just saying that's not necessarily the most creatively beneficial approach. If Marvel Studios can find a way to keep their cinematic universe fresh and vital post-Infinity War, of course I'll still be onboard.

But hey, let's not look to far ahead and wish away what's set to be the most exciting era ever for superhero cinema. The next 6 years are gonna be nerdvana, an age of movies that young me could only have dreamed about.

 

[SpideyFan866]

 

[Shikamaru]

You know what this feels like which has just dawned on me? A trilogy of phases with Infinity War 2 being the finale.

Yep, it seems to be exactly that. It's essentially still the trilogy format of previous franchises like Star Wars and TDKT, only now with stretched (in a good way) to a set of films.

My only nitpick is that we're 5 years away and I feel as if I already see the skeleton. To be fair, I suspected a lot of what they announced prior to today, but now that it's confirmed it does feel that way to me.

So you wouldn't want a new Blade or Ghost Rider film? Guardians 3? Strange 2?

You have your break. I want my 3 films a year.

When did I say I don't want those films?

There is no way that Marvel takes a break after Infinity War. If they keep on being successful it just wouldn't make sense to take a break.

I suggested a break of 2 or 3 years, not a decade. A such small break to let the audience breathe and digest the film wouldn't do any harm. It's no ordinary film, it is the crossover of all crossovers. The one event the entire universe's been building up to for over 10 years at that point.

And it arguably isn't even a break, since most direct sequels are released 2 or 3 years apart.

 

[jmc]

I don't think it's likely that Marvel Studios will take a break, because it's true, movie studios like making money. Standard practice is to take what's making money and just milk it and milk it relentlessly until all creatively is sucked dry and audiences are absolutely sick of it, lose interest, and start spending their money on something else. I'm just saying that's not necessarily the most creatively beneficial approach. If Marvel Studios can find a way to keep their cinematic universe fresh and vital post-Infinity War, of course I'll still be onboard.

But hey, let's not look to far ahead and wish away what's set to be the most exciting era ever for superhero cinema. The next 6 years are gonna be nerdvana, an age of movies that young me could only have dreamed about.

Contractually I don't think they can take a break. Disney requires 2 films a year, when (or if) that term expires is anyone's guess.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

C'mon dudes, shareholders aren't going to be happy sitting around not making money. I guarantee you they aren't going to not put out movies for even a few years, barring some awful catastrophe.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Also, brace yourselves, Hypers... the sneering editorials about all these superhero movies representing the death of quality cinema are most likely coming....