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Mr_Lasastryke posted...

i'd say shang-chi was bigger than the guardians of the galaxy before their respective movies came out tbqh. i personally was a lot more familiar with the former (though i was aware of the latter's existence).

I would actually agree with this, but much like Blade (who I don't think was a big enough name to get a film series either at the time) I feel like Guardians of the Galaxy as a title and how it was marketed doesn't immediately feel like a "Super-hero film" and sci-fi film with good effects and cool looking characters is marketable enough on its own-- it doesn't use MCU goodwill as a crutch because it doesn't have to.