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The author starts off a bit immature in their commentary, but I pushed through and they touch on a simple point that I relate to:
All of this stuff feels like homework now and Disney and Marvel have pumped out far too much minor stuff that all intertwines in one way or another. I want to like it and I do make exceptions (Loki), but I’m too casual of a comic reader to bother with the remainder of what we have now. Endgame was the cliff where I drove off and lost interest (and to be fair, that’s a pretty big void to fill).
This movie in particular interests me but mostly because of the cast. I couldn’t tell you much about any of the characters. The reality is that it’s going to be a really hard sell to get surface-level comic enthusiasts and general-superhero-movie-lovers to buy into stories about minor characters they’ve never heard of.
Not replying directly to your comment, just in general.
I think it's silly to have discussions about a movie without seeing said movie. Spend the $20 and two hours (or just wait to catch it on streaming) and then talk about it.
I want to see this one. I understand the author’s fatigue after Endgame though and how things meandered. Sunday matinees!
but that’s exactly what they did with Iron Man, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy… they just need to make quality films. if you build it they will come.
I feel like those ones, with the exception of Guardians, had enough of a surface level fanbase to garner attention, but those examples also had stellar casting and production. Guardians has a unique enough cast of characters to pull in even folks that weren’t familiar with the comics.
Iron Man and Thor are two of Marvel's biggest heroes even before the movies came out. They're kind of like Marvel's "Big Three" (DC has Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman) along with Spider-Man.
Guardians is where they started bringing in more "obscure" heroes and characters.