Yeah because I don't follow AoS
Wow... that seems really emotional. Most people wouldn't even know she had been on AoS, they'd just enjoy her appearance as a new character.
Not only is Civil War happening,it is happening within 2 years and it is getting shoehorned into a Captain America film
Marvel has wasted a great opportunity of widening their universe by the same old Tony Stark Vs Steve Rogers when they could have added and involved a whole new rooster of superheroes
LOL! Yes, there was a very big announcement since I posted, wasn't there? They went with the comics instead of your take on Civil War (did you even pitch it to them?) That's not surprising. What's really telling is that even though they are rapidly expanding the MCU with three new properties and four netflix shows, you view it as they wasted the opportunity to expand their universe. You don't even see what's happening, you just keep hanging on what's not happening... even though exactly what you want is happening on Netflix. Incredible.
I am looking at Daredevil the same way I looked at Iron Man 1 when it was being made in 2008,the start of a bigger universe and everything depends on the success of the first one,had Iron Man 1 failed,there would have been no MCU
And for all practical purposes Daredevil is separate from the movie universe,the creative team is different(Feige isn't involved in his own words),they have announced movies till 2020 and that makes sure that a Daredevil movie won't be done till then,and it pisses me off since he is supposed to be Marvel's biggest character and while everybody and their mother gets a movie and Daredevil gets a TV Show(Being budget friendly isn't an excuse for me,even Batman is budget friendly).They can do a lot with a bigger budget,Daredevil is an acrobatic genius(like Mystique)
And no,I am not really the 'TV smaller than cinema guy',It just beats me that why do they see the need to make a mini-universe when these guys have the potential to be movie material.It works with AoS and Agent Carter since they are the lower down guys and work on TV.
Plus they are beginning things from square one on TV and the same creative team isn't involved.
I'm still looking forward to DD that way, that's the way he's being used to expand the universe and audience in a way the movies cannot. Why you aren't also is kinda funny in a way. You like the character so much you can't look forward to the awesomeness. I believe that's actual irony.
For the most practical of purposes: continuity and marketing, DD is absolutely connected to the MCU. Feige while not directly involved is very excited about how they're doing things behind the scenes. Perhaps most importantly to you, the red tape that prevents AoS crossovers is not present with the Netflix serieses. The creative team for each film is different, actually. Several of them worked alongside Whedon on TV, proving that they, like him, are lower down guys? Also they do movies now, and they decided this TV project was worth their time. One of them is from Spartacus, which And lets be honest, if you weren't a TV is smaller guy, you wouldn't call the Netflix a mini-universe.
At the core of your discontent seems to be this idea that Daredevil is supposed to be Marvel's biggest character. I don't know where this idea could possibly come from, but if it leads you to call popular beloved clamored for characters like Black Panther, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans "everybody and their mother" then it's extremely wrong-headed. Daredevil is one of about 20 really really awesome characters that Marvel has that could all be Marvel's greatest character if they stopped promoting the others. He's not the clear number 1 by any means. At his point, that's clearly Tony Stark, and he has not, in any way, taken Daredevil's "rightful place."
And what you really are missing here, what's really ironically tragic is that what we're looking at is a Spartacus series instead of a Gladiator movie. Yes, you can have a bigger action sequence in a big budget movie. But you have deeper characters in a high quality premium TV show. Maximus is awesome, we all love him, and remember that one line, but Spartacus... and Crixus... and Gannicus and so many others, their world is just bigger and deeper, and the fight scenes are still incredibly awesome. And if it comes down to a fight between Spartacus and Maximus, Spartacus would absolutely feed Maximus his entrails... on a lower budget too!
And so you want to rob the MCU of a wider audience (Netflix folks), you want to rob the MCU of a wider universe (Kree, Wakanda, Inhumans) for what? A few extra fans of DD, if that? I empathize with you, but that doesn't mean that what you're saying makes sense, it's just I know what it's like to want what you want at all costs.
Can we please lock this thread? Because I'm getting a little tired of spiderdevil bumping it every week just so he can whine about problems that he imagines in his brain.
I enjoy the debate personally.
What's funny to me is that if this series can drive up netflix subscriptions. Then they'll be willing to spend more and more money on the show. After a while it will end up looking like a blockbuster on the small screen. Just look at Game of Thrones.
That's what's so brilliant about this movie, and why Marvel put so much into it. This is almost certainly guaranteed to drive Netflix subscriptions.
I never wanted the Civil War storyline to be shoehorned into Captain America's movie.I wanted it to be a separate movie after Thanos's defeat maybe coming out in 2021 or 2022,that would give adequate time to develop the street heroes in their own movies.
I wanted Cap3 to be about The Winter Soldier,his story is still incomplete.I also didn't want Downey to get attention in another movie when it is supposed to Captain America's individual movie
I don't think they need to spend another movie on Winter Soldier. They set up his redemption quite well. He needs a couple scenes and then he'll be Cap's Sixth Ranger type guy, which will be cool, and very useful to have for a Civil War. Another movie where Cap fights Bucky would be repetitive. I too am worried about Iron Man taking over Cap's film... but if he is the antagonist, sympathetic as he may be, I think it'll be good. That's howI can empathize by the way, even though IM getting a bunch of screen time seems unjust to my fave Cap, it also can make for a great movie, and I see both sides of that.
I think having the street level heroes involved in Infinity War is a bit cooler than having them fight against the beloved long standing at that point Avengers. That's just me personally. Besides, none of this precludes a Defenders vs Avengers film later. And honestly, isn't that what you want? You don't actually want Civil War, because they're pretty much doing that, but you want something different.