kurtsh
Curious what people think was the worst of Marvel's productions:
1️⃣ Secret Invasion
2️⃣ Inhumans
3️⃣ The Eternals
4️⃣ Ant Man & the Wasp: Quantumania
...or other?
#marvel #secretinvasion #Quantumania #theeternals #inhumans
Dec 20 at 7:12pmopenvibe
Show threadJeffDec 20

@kurtsh

Inhumans was so bad, I didn't finish the first episode.

Show threadkurtshDec 20

@cynical13 Everyone knew it was bad when they broadcast E1. I'm telling you, everyone KNEW. And yet they still had to run it. Every episode was painful & stupid. You can thank that loser, Ike Perlmutter.

I was at the end of my time as an IT advisor for Disney/ABC during broadcast & I remember just shaking my head, saying:
"What are we doing? What the hell are we doing?"

Only good to come of it was Anson Mount as Black Bolt who is a special actor & human. (Captain Pike on Star Trek SNW.)

Show threadJeffDec 20

@kurtsh

I knew it was going to be terrible while they scaled back the release from IMAX to tv. And I also watched Marvel pull back on X-Men to showcase the Inhumans in the comics because they were putting out their own movies and shows but didn't have movie control of their mutants. They burried the Fantastic Four about that time too for the same reason.

Show threadkurtshDec 20
Yeah, for me the MCU Inhumans was the #1 worst thing Marvel ever did, followed by Secret Invasion. After that there's a gap but The Eternals is probably 3rd with Quantumania a distant 4th, given it was at least good for a buck a laugh.
Show threadJeffDec 20
@kurtsh I'd put Love & Thunder at 2 and Quantum Mania at 3. Later seasons of Agents of SHIELD is at a 4 for me. That show dragged on and stopped being fun when they refused to let Coulson die. Started feeling more like a vanity project than a decent show after a while.
Show threadkurtshDec 21

Yeah, Love & Thunder is one of the reasons I said, "...or other" because I figured some people would mention L&T or Ms. Marvel or SheHulk.

Personally, I thought L&T was mildly entertaining. I died laughing at the screaming goats or the Zeus scenes. And I enjoyed Ms. Marvel & She Hulk.

Agents of Shield though... man, that was a mess & but I watched it religiously & got value out of it so...

Show threadAlexDec 20
@kurtsh secret invasion was really terrible 🤣
Show threadkurtshDec 20

@al_x_mq I wanted to sue for the time wasted watching that show.

It was a perfect storm of executive panic from Marvel with fading audience interest, terrible writing with no time to fix it, egos driving really poorly envisioned plots (and a total deviation from the comic), desperation for Disney+ content & simply a cheap-looking production despite $200M budget.

Man, that show is definitely in the bottom 2.

Show threadFinitumDec 20
@kurtsh I couldn't make it thru any of those & really tried with Secret Invasion & so that one gets my most derision. Just a waste of everyone's time.
Show threadGarethDec 20
@kurtsh I liked ant-man and eternals - they weren’t the best Marvel movies, but they were still fun. Secret Invasion I only managed to get through 2 episodes before losing interest, but Inhumans I lost interest in during the trailers.
Show threadkurtshDec 20

Yeah, Quantumania was fundamentally mediocre but it wasn't galactically atrocious like Secret Invasion & Inhumans were. The Eternals... man, it had such potential but the plot was just boring & dragged hard.

While I thought Quantumania was flawed but passable cinematic fun, Eternals was just sheer disappointment & yawns.