Disney learning what Marvel learned in the 90s: people fuck with Spider-man. they enjoy the storytelling of a man who doesn’t view a cataclysmic galactic event or a shooting in his neighborhood as fundamentally different, but both as fundamental threats to people like his ability to live, thrive, and enjoy the spaces they exist.
“Popular superheroes are popular” isn’t a deep revelation. People will still flock to see the next Batman movie, too. Deadpool & Wolverine did gangbusters. So did GOTG3. If Tony Stark hadn’t died, an Iron Man 4 right about now would do insane business. And I suspect that if Marvel had successfully rebooted Blade, that movie would do insane business too.
The main thing I’m surprised by is how Marvel has never attempted to make an MCU Daredevil movie, as it seems to me that it’d be an easy sell. He’s their most currently popular character that they’ve never done a movie for (in the MCU at least).
The deep revelation is “relatively unknown superheroes can be popular if done well.” Most of us had never heard of Iron Man or GotG before the MCU. Seems they’ve gotten scared to invest in similarly obscure properties.
Disney learning what Marvel learned in the 90s: people fuck with Spider-man. they enjoy the storytelling of a man who doesn’t view a cataclysmic galactic event or a shooting in his neighborhood as fundamentally different, but both as fundamental threats to people like his ability to live, thrive, and enjoy the spaces they exist.
“Popular superheroes are popular” isn’t a deep revelation. People will still flock to see the next Batman movie, too. Deadpool & Wolverine did gangbusters. So did GOTG3. If Tony Stark hadn’t died, an Iron Man 4 right about now would do insane business. And I suspect that if Marvel had successfully rebooted Blade, that movie would do insane business too.
The main thing I’m surprised by is how Marvel has never attempted to make an MCU Daredevil movie, as it seems to me that it’d be an easy sell. He’s their most currently popular character that they’ve never done a movie for (in the MCU at least).
The deep revelation is “relatively unknown superheroes can be popular if done well.” Most of us had never heard of Iron Man or GotG before the MCU. Seems they’ve gotten scared to invest in similarly obscure properties.