MCU Villains: Why so controversial when criticised?

MCU Villains: Why so controversial when criticised? Dec 1, 2017 15:25:21 GMT charzhino, coldenhaulfield, and 1 more like this

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Post by scabab on Dec 1, 2017 15:25:21 GMT

Dec 1, 2017 15:11:13 GMT formersamhmd said:

Let's be fair here and look at other series that are popular. Die Hard and Indiana Jones.

Are the villains in either of those terribly deep? No. In fact, Hans Gruber is a lot like a typical MCU villain but no one complains about him.

Hans Gruber is nothing like a typical MCU villain. Hans Gruber is considered one of the best villains of all time, especially in just action movies. He's even in the AFI list of best villains ever and he has articles like this

www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/hans-gruber/45752/why-hans-gruber-remains-the-greatest-action-movie-villain-of-all-time

There's no comparison to him and any MCU villain. Hans Gruber is an iconic character.

Still this isn't really the same. They were original characters, they are not characters that have been around in different forms of media for perhaps several decades. Characters who may have a rich background with an interesting personality.

Just for example, look at all this information they have here on Ronan.

marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Ronan_(Earth-616)

All the stuff about his early life, his affiliations, his different powers etc. All of it just crammed down to a forgettable 8 minutes of screen time where he just wants to destroy something and is just shown to be super strong. He is as generic and forgettable as they come and he didn't need to be.