Movies: Marvel Cinematic Universe Discussion - Part 3

[Deadpool8812]

Iron Man was lame as hell.

There is a reason Marvel still had the rights to The Avengers and it isn't because they had the MCU planned out back in 1999.

Is there anywhere I can read about the original Marvel Comics movie Rights sale? Just curious to see how it all went down in the beginning and how Disney/Marvel ended up getting many rights back

 

[discostu]

Is there anywhere I can read about the original Marvel Comics movie Rights sale? Just curious to see how it all went down in the beginning and how Disney/Marvel ended up getting many rights back

I think there's bits and pieces in various articles, but I don't think I've comes across anything really substantive.

This article gets into some of the history, but more focuses on Feiges vision

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...ChAB&usg=AOvVaw2bZnITBItP_gzPm0fThUzj&ampcf=1

The way I understood it though is that Marvel was basically fighting off bankruptcy and selling off movies rights to stay afloat.

The decision to create their own studio and release their own films on the characters they had left was a hail Mary play that if it failed, would have been their end.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Avengers IP, Assemble: the wild, circuitous path to Marvel getting its own brands back

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Lionsgate should just come out with a Man-Thing film from nowhere.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Rumor going around is Sony offering Marvel 30% as long as Venom enters the MCU.

I’m good with this myself.

Sony reportedly offers Disney 30% of Spider-Man, wants Venom in MCU

 

[Deadpool8812]

Rumor going around is Sony offering Marvel 30% as long as Venom enters the MCU.

I’m good with this myself.

Sony reportedly offers Disney 30% of Spider-Man, wants Venom in MCU

Disney should be all over that. Tom Hardy in the MCU as Venom would be $$$$$

 

[Guardian17]

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Talking to people around the office and I was surprised every one agreed: we are done with Marvel. Great 10 year run but we need a break.

Obviously most people don't feel that way but it was nice to see a lot of people feel that way.

 

[Tawnos]

Talking to people around the office and I was surprised every one agreed: we are done with Marvel. Great 10 year run but we need a break.

Obviously most people don't feel that way but it was nice to see a lot of people feel that way.

The only reason I’m sticking with it right now is that it won’t be Iron Man and Captain America centric anymore. That gives them a chance to make it fresh.

 

[Neutrinos]

Talking to people around the office and I was surprised every one agreed: we are done with Marvel. Great 10 year run but we need a break.

Obviously most people don't feel that way but it was nice to see a lot of people feel that way.

It's a 2 hour investment every few months

Why would you need a break from that?

 

[Lempo]

Lionsgate should just come out with a Man-Thing film from nowhere.

Make a three-hour spectacle of it and call it Giant-Size Man-Thing to capture some of the comics magic.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

It's a 2 hour investment every few months

Why would you need a break from that?

Not to mention the next movie is still a ways away. Basically an entire year off.

What a laughable comment.

Also, why is it “nice to see” that from other people?

 

[shello]

Talking to people around the office and I was surprised every one agreed: we are done with Marvel. Great 10 year run but we need a break.

Obviously most people don't feel that way but it was nice to see a lot of people feel that way.

Although some disagree I get what you're saying and I'm nearly on the same page as you. It was a great 11 years and we were fortunate enough to get a satisfying ending, something not all franchises can say they have.

I'll definitely still catch the next installments of the MCU but I'm more than satisfied with Endgame as the end.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Not to mention the next movie is still a ways away. Basically an entire year off.

What a laughable comment.

Also, why is it “nice to see” that from other people?

It was nice to see I was not alone to think that it is ok for things to end or go away for a bit. With the internet everything is non-stop and it always leads to mediocrity.

Good for you if you are excited to see Marvel run out of steam.

 

[Jussi]

It was nice to see I was not alone to think that it is ok for things to end or go away for a bit. With the internet everything is non-stop and it always leads to mediocrity.

Good for you if you are excited to see Marvel run out of steam.

Well that's pretty much the childish thinking of "I don't like team X to succeed, I hope they suck!!!111!!" thinking. So you're an anti-fan, yay...

 

[Shockmaster]

Rumor going around is Sony offering Marvel 30% as long as Venom enters the MCU.

I’m good with this myself.

Sony reportedly offers Disney 30% of Spider-Man, wants Venom in MCU

There might be an even better reason for Marvel not to take that offer. If Sony gets bought by another company, than the rights to Spiderman go to Marvel.

 

[discostu]

That 30% deal seems poorly sourced, and the story has not been picked up by any other outlets from what I can tell. I've never heard of the site before either. I'm guessing there's zero legitimacy to it.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

It was nice to see I was not alone to think that it is ok for things to end or go away for a bit. With the internet everything is non-stop and it always leads to mediocrity.

Good for you if you are excited to see Marvel run out of steam.

Good for you rooting for something to fail. Seems very mature of you!!

 

[Neutrinos]

It was nice to see I was not alone to think that it is ok for things to end or go away for a bit. With the internet everything is non-stop and it always leads to mediocrity.

Good for you if you are excited to see Marvel run out of steam.

I'm not sure I follow your logic

For example, if I'm sick of eating at Subway, I don't hope for the temporary closure of franchises

I just stop eating there

 

[dr robbie]

That 30% deal seems poorly sourced, and the story has not been picked up by any other outlets from what I can tell. I've never heard of the site before either. I'm guessing there's zero legitimacy to it.

Same. Would be nice if they could work something out though. After the build-up they've done to basically make spiderman fill the role of ironman, it would be sad to see that story basically fade away.

honestly though, I feel like this is a crazy awesome spot we are currently in. Now that Marvel has Xmen and F4 on top of their current line ups, the potential is crazy.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

I'm not sure I follow your logic

For example, if I'm sick of eating at Subway, I don't hope for the temporary closure of franchises

I just stop eating there

That’s not how it works mate! If you don’t like it or are done with it, then it must fail!

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I'm not sure I follow your logic

For example, if I'm sick of eating at Subway, I don't hope for the temporary closure of franchises

I just stop eating there

Disney is not going out of business anytime soon. I just expect Marvel movies to start losing their allure.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Good for you rooting for something to fail. Seems very mature of you!!

I fail to see how me expecting Marvel to not be able to live up to the 10 year arc we just had is me rooting for them to fail.

I'd suggest re-evaluating having so much of your ego invested in a movie franchise.

 

[Jussi]

Disney is not going out of business anytime soon. I just expect Marvel movies to start losing their allure.

You are aware that they just got two of their biggest franchises back? There's a whole lot of stories to tell yet.

 

[RandV]

I'm not sure I follow your logic

For example, if I'm sick of eating at Subway, I don't hope for the temporary closure of franchises

I just stop eating there

I don't think you actually said you want Marvel to fail but the 'logic' that some people have a hard time understanding is how you can get 'sick' of something that demands 2-3 hours of your time only 2-3 times a year. Like how frequently do you have to eat at Subway to get sick of it? If you're only eating there a couple times a year, and they also have the option of burgers, tacos, and fried chicken, would you still get sick of it?

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion it's just kind of hard to understand, especially in the era of TV streaming where all the services are competing putting out tons of great shows that you can binge watch. And like I alluded to above it's one thing if they start losing their touch but Marvel so far not only have they always put out top quality movies but they continuously mix it up with new characters and themes. I guess some people could have a hard time keeping up with it all but generally all their movies work well enough as stand alones, or at least within their own collection (Iron Man 1-3, Guardians 1-2, etc).