Hey all, PCR here.<\/p>\n
For a while now, people have been talking about, or discussing Superhero Movie Burnout.\u00a0 This likely more pertains to the MCU as they have the bulk of Superhero Movies out and.. I think there’s something to it and there’s blame to lay.. but.. just like the Y in Madisynn.. it’s not where you think.<\/p>\n
When the MCU first started, there was nothing else like it.\u00a0 It was new… fresh…\u00a0 one couldn’t really compare it to anything because.. well, there was nothing like it to compare to.\u00a0 10 years later, with the culmination of the Infinity Saga in Endgame.. MCU 1.0 came to an end in my opinion.\u00a0 The issue now is a lack of evolution.\u00a0 Folks loved RDJ as Iron Man, Hemsworth as Thor, Boseman as Black Panther, Johansson as Black Widow, Evans as Cap.. etc, etc.\u00a0 Now however, the next ‘phase’ of the MCU will need to lean on new people.\u00a0 Doctor Strange is solid and in good hands with Bibblebop Thundergun, but Marvel seems intent on forging forward in a similar fashion as the first 10 years and.. the question is… will audiences be into Ironheart replacing Iron Man?\u00a0 Shuri as Black Panther?\u00a0 Sam as Cap?\u00a0 It’s a huge ask and, while it’s done in comics on a semi regular basis… comics don’t pull in *nearly* the money for a brand that movies do.\u00a0 Might it be time to change the MCU formula?<\/p>\n
I don’t know what the right answer is, but what I DO know, as someone who saw 95% of the run up to Endgame in theaters…\u00a0 I just have no urge to see a Cap movie with Sam (you can listen to our “Bottom 5 : Actors” episode if you haven’t to hear why), nor do I care to watch a movie with Kate as Hawkeye, or Ironheart and on and on.\u00a0 It was the original actors who created the interest, and the casting was impeccable.\u00a0 These actors?\u00a0 While I might power through a 4-6 episode series on a streaming service from the comfort of my own home.. they sure don’t have the pull to put my ass in a movie theater seat.<\/p>\n
So I think Marvel in general has some considering to do, and I honestly think they’ll come to realize that when the next Captain America movie comes out.<\/p>\n
What are your thoughts?\u00a0 Hit us on the socials and let us know!<\/p>\n
-PCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey all, PCR here.<\/p>\n
For a while now, people have been talking about, or discussing Superhero Movie Burnout.\u00a0 This likely more pertains to the MCU as they have the bulk of Superhero Movies out and.. I think there’s something to it and there’s blame to lay.. but.. just like the Y in Madisynn.. it’s not where you think.<\/p>\n
When the MCU first started, there was nothing else like it.\u00a0 It was new… fresh…\u00a0 one couldn’t really compare it to anything because.. well, there was nothing like it to compare to.\u00a0 10 years later, with the culmination of the Infinity Saga in Endgame.. MCU 1.0 came to an end in my opinion.\u00a0 The issue now is a lack of evolution.\u00a0 Folks loved RDJ as Iron Man, Hemsworth as Thor, Boseman as Black Panther, Johansson as Black Widow, Evans as Cap.. etc, etc.\u00a0 Now however, the next ‘phase’ of the MCU will need to lean on new people.\u00a0 Doctor Strange is solid and in good hands with Bibblebop Thundergun, but Marvel seems intent on forging forward in a similar fashion as the first 10 years and.. the question is… will audiences be into Ironheart replacing Iron Man?\u00a0 Shuri as Black Panther?\u00a0 Sam as Cap?\u00a0 It’s a huge ask and, while it’s done in comics on a semi regular basis… comics don’t pull in *nearly* the money for a brand that movies do.\u00a0 Might it be time to change the MCU formula?<\/p>\n
I don’t know what the right answer is, but what I DO know, as someone who saw 95% of the run up to Endgame in theaters…\u00a0 I just have no urge to see a Cap movie with Sam (you can listen to our “Bottom 5 : Actors” episode if you haven’t to hear why), nor do I care to watch a movie with Kate as Hawkeye, or Ironheart and on and on.\u00a0 It was the original actors who created the interest, and the casting was impeccable.\u00a0 These actors?\u00a0 While I might power through a 4-6 episode series on a streaming service from the comfort of my own home.. they sure don’t have the pull to put my ass in a movie theater seat.<\/p>\n
So I think Marvel in general has some considering to do, and I honestly think they’ll come to realize that when the next Captain America movie comes out.<\/p>\n
What are your thoughts?\u00a0 Hit us on the socials and let us know!<\/p>\n
-PCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[215,1],"tags":[238,216,209],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4141,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140\/revisions\/4141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}