Randy Flynn 🔜 Gen ConAug 8, 2023
I'm just realizing that I have zero desire to watch another live action superhero movie anytime soon. None at all. I'm tapped out.
Show threadManuel Correia
@rf_seattle
I've felt that way for years. There are too many and they're not very good, I don't want to encourage them.
Aug 8, 2023 at 10:19pmWeb
Show threadRandy Flynn 🔜 Gen ConAug 8, 2023
@gamesbymanuel A very fair assessment! I was thinking about this, and my desire started lagging 7 years ago when I saw X-Men Apocalypse.
Show threadManuel CorreiaAug 8, 2023
@rf_seattle
I didn't watch that! The Marvel ones were light fun at first, but eventually became so interconnected that it started to feel like homework. You couldn't skip one or you'd miss references, and all were ads for each other.
Show threadRandy Flynn 🔜 Gen ConAug 8, 2023
@gamesbymanuel Yeah, I'm not a fan of all the interconnectedness either. Other franchises seem to do it without putting such a burden on viewers (Trek does this well).
My other thing is CGI. The CGI has become so overblown and obvious that it just annoys me. Films with a lighter touch or maybe just better quality of it stand out to me. Black Panter felt really good in this area while the Thor movies are unwatchable for me.
Show threadManuel CorreiaAug 8, 2023
@rf_seattle
Agreed! I studied VFX so I can't help but notice it everywhere too. It's best used as seasoning, not the meal!
Show threadGrayson PageAug 9, 2023

@rf_seattle @gamesbymanuel yes on both accounts. In hindsight, it's like binge eating ice cream to me. It felt (note, an emotional reaction, not a logical one) like a good idea at the time, but I wake up and feel bad later...

Maybe a few years away will restore that, maybe this is just the natural end of that chapter.

Show threadManuel CorreiaAug 9, 2023
@gpage @rf_seattle "Avengers: Endgame" felt like such a great chance to hop off the Marvel train since so many stories ended there and they started new ones right after.
This is where the interconnectivity bites them back, because now anything they do looks like it would take a lot of catching up to be able to follow. When I saw the poster for The Marvels, my immediate reaction was "This looks like a lot of homework".
Plus, having most of it on a streaming service I don't subscribe to makes them so much easier to ignore.