• Pronell@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    It’s saturation, Disney+, and the inflation/recession combo.

    All it takes is a few misses and people will wait for streaming.

    Me, I’ll watch everything Marvel but I can wait, so when I was ready to go see a movie and it came down to Superman or Fantastic Four, the choice was easy. Superman delivered exactly what I wanted and needed.

    I don’t think this is superhero fatigue, or at least that’s a lower issue on the list. It’s Marvel (formula) fatigue especially, and I think they will right that ship soon.

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      14 days ago

      People who make shitty movies like to blame fatigue or wokeness or racism instead of the root cause of poorly written stories.

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        14 days ago

        Simplification that is not true. Thunderbolts was a better written superhero movie but no one went to see it.

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          Thunderbolts wasn’t very good. Stupid Deus ex machinas and 60s timer on a burner what? The characters weren’t really interesting and just cheaper versions of characters that have been churned to death by Marvel for years.

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      James Gunn is good at what he does because he’s passionate about the stories and characters. Disney uses characters and stories as profit inducers. That’s the difference. James Gunn is going to end the MCU unintentionally by just being better at character development.