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Topic	What's Kathleen's vision for Star Wars?
DarkBuster22904 03/30/23 12:37:31 PM #23:	Smashingpmkns posted... the Marvel formula is wearing down. It's really not; at least, not because the formula itself is bad. They lost the heart and soul of the franchise with Cap and Iron Man leaving. It really can't be understated how much they served as the glue holding the franchise together. And they have yet to find anyone else even remotely close to serving that role going forward. And with Scarlet Johanssen leaving, Chadwick Boswman dying, Hawkeye snowplowing himself out of the series for a while, and Hulk losing everything that made him, yknow, fun, they're basically starting over from zero. And that's NEVER a good idea. The team dynamic surrounding the Avengers was lost at basically the exact same time, and that was carrying the franchise since 2012. The Avengers even as a concept basically don't exist anymore. And Multiverse stories are intrinsically convoluted and stake-lowering, by their very nature, and it's altering the tone of every story it touches. Especially since it's basically being wasted as a Fanservice/Crossover gimmick, at present. And to cap it off... I'm sorry, but there's no way Kang is ever going to live up to Thanos, and I don't think there ever really was. Especially after the killer performance Brolin turned in. None of these are problems with the Marvel formula itself; these are problems with trying to reset an established universe back to zero after a decade of buildup. That doesn't really work. It also doesn't help that so much of the MCU is now shown in longer form TV series, which don't get as much publicity and draw in smaller audiences. Especially when many of them are about bit characters that nobody cares about yet. The problems plaguing Marvel right now feel very different to those hitting star wars. To me, at least --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 <cite>DarkBuster22904 posted [p:972516074] in What's Ka... [t:80396199]...</cite> <quote>Smashingpmkns posted... </cite><quote>the Marvel formula is wearing down.</quote>It's really not; at least, not because the formula itself is bad.They lost the heart and soul of the franchise with Cap and Iron Man leaving. It really can't be understated how much they served as the glue holding the franchise together. And they have yet to find anyone else even remotely close to serving that role going forward. And with Scarlet Johanssen leaving, Chadwick Boswman dying, Hawkeye snowplowing himself out of the series for a while, and Hulk losing everything that made him, yknow, fun, they're basically starting over from zero. And that's NEVER a good idea.The team dynamic surrounding the Avengers was lost at basically the exact same time, and that was carrying the franchise since 2012. The Avengers even as a concept basically don't exist anymore.And Multiverse stories are intrinsically convoluted and stake-lowering, by their very nature, and it's altering the tone of every story it touches. Especially since it's basically being wasted as a Fanservice/Crossover gimmick, at present.And to cap it off... I'm sorry, but there's no way Kang is ever going to live up to Thanos, and I don't think there ever really was. Especially after the killer performance Brolin turned in.None of these are problems with the Marvel formula itself; these are problems with trying to reset an established universe back to zero after a decade of buildup. That doesn't really work.It also doesn't help that so much of the MCU is now shown in longer form TV series, which don't get as much publicity and draw in smaller audiences. Especially when many of them are about bit characters that nobody cares about yet.The problems plaguing Marvel right now feel very different to those hitting star wars. To me, at least --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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