Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 8, 2019 20:05:34 GMT
When the MCU started, they were this small underdog company who's one redeeming quality over other superhero movies was that they cared about their characters and they cared about pleasing their fans.
Later on they became a money-making machine, yet they still cared about their characters and they cared about pleasing their fans (for the most part).
Then Captain Marvel came out, and it's the first MCU movie I can think of where the title character was given very little character/personality focus and development. Seemed like the MCU was less concerned about the character and more concerned about just making a movie. But hey, I thought maybe it was just a one-off thing.
But then Endgame came about and I was appalled at the treatment Hulk and Thor got. This is where I seriously started questioning whether the MCU was a money making machine that still respected its characters and wanted to please its fans... or did it become a pure money making machine?
Of course the ends of IM's and Cap's storylines doesn't help either.
I was initially excited for the Eternals, up until I saw that they changed some of the characters and saw their generic-looking costumes.
I was initially excited for Thor: Love and Thunder, and I guess this is still the movie that excites me the most, but the news of Portman becoming the new Thor worries me that the original Thor probably won't get the kind of focus in this movie as he deserves.
I guess what I'm really saying is that, majority of my love for the MCU stems from the fact that they seemed to care about their characters and fans more than other superhero studios (like Fox and DC) who seemed to make superhero movies as simple cash grabs. What I saw from Captain Marvel, Endgame and some of their future movie decisions have made me question that.


