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So I get what they are trying to actually express, the idea of not having a movie experience that a lot of pop culture and people in general are connected by.
I think this is kind of both right and wrong at the same time. https://twitter.com/verge/status/1338853836228845568
I think this is kind of both right and wrong at the same time. https://twitter.com/verge/status/1338853836228845568
I think we can all agree that the reason The MCU worked so well is that people got invested in the overarching story.
That people who started with iron man and slowly but into The Avengers were hooked through those movies since they wanted the payoff of the team up.
That people who started with iron man and slowly but into The Avengers were hooked through those movies since they wanted the payoff of the team up.
Which then teased Thanos at the end and spend phase 2 dancing around the infinity stones, which was all building towards infinity war and eventually endgame.
It's the same way we were all chomping at the bit with stuff like breaking bad, GOT, etc.
It's the same way we were all chomping at the bit with stuff like breaking bad, GOT, etc.
It became fantastic "water-cooler" talk and going to people's houses to watch new episodes became a thing.
Which the Marvel movies were the same thing, which I'd argue the sequel trilogies for star wars and the prequel ones before them were also like that.
Which the Marvel movies were the same thing, which I'd argue the sequel trilogies for star wars and the prequel ones before them were also like that.
But the absence of MCU movies isn't the actual cause for what they are talking about.
That absence of connection is the pandemic itself.
For cinema it's actually watching what could very well be the death of the theater in how we see movies now.
That absence of connection is the pandemic itself.
For cinema it's actually watching what could very well be the death of the theater in how we see movies now.
My brother is plugged into the movie and film industry/culture much more than I am. His main activity of enjoyment is going to new movies at the theater every Sunday. He's worried that after the pandemic he might not get that experience back, or at least not the same as he had it
Because we've been having experiences in the theater for longer than I've been alive. Seriously look at some of the ESB and ROTJ Star wars screenings or Rocky Horror Picture show screenings.
We have been making movie theaters into social experiences for ages.
We have been making movie theaters into social experiences for ages.
However, yes this year we have less of the very broadly appealing movies like the MCU stuff.
But in my opinion, it's a good thing.
But in my opinion, it's a good thing.
I loved the MCU for what it brought us and the entire run has been great, but I'm done. Idk I feel like outside of spiderman, there isn't anything in the MCU to get me as excited as it got me before.
Maybe that's just a sign of loosing the thing it was building towards.
Maybe that's just a sign of loosing the thing it was building towards.
Maybe we are in the sequel territory of the MCU, maybe that's a good thing and people can start expanding what media they consume?
Maybe at least move away from the mouse a bit?
But no matter what it's alright to miss that experience and how this year robbed us of it.
Maybe at least move away from the mouse a bit?
But no matter what it's alright to miss that experience and how this year robbed us of it.
I just don't think we should be lamenting not having an MCU film this year as much.
With how much this year has taken from a lot of people, even from just a pop culture standpoint, it's a bit if a small thing.
With how much this year has taken from a lot of people, even from just a pop culture standpoint, it's a bit if a small thing.
