“The shared universe addiction really needs to go away.”
I like it with the MCU, not with the DCU and am, at best, lukewarm with the remakes of the old Universal horror films. I’m intrigued by Bride of Frankenstein (supposedly they’re trying to sign Jolie for the role) and whatever they come up with for Dracula (if you haven’t already read the original Stoker novel, I highly recommend it).
Ant-Man kind of sucked, but otherwise MAKE MINE MARVEL!!! GotG 2 just reached $800 M in world-wide box office. Spider-Man Homecoming will be Marvel/Sony big test of the summer. Does anyone really want to see a 3rd incarnation of the web-slinger? I have my doubts...
The MCU works because the MU works and that’s how the MU has always worked, it’s a tightly integrated universe. The DCU fails because that’s never been how DC worked, they were always very loosely integrated (it took almost a year for the death of Jason Todd to even be mentioned in another Batman title, it’s a siloed world).
I don’t mind the idea of getting the dust off the Universal monsters, that could be fun. Especially in this modern age of movie theaters that serve alcohol, it’s good to have wine with a cheesy movie. But don’t tie them together, they’ll just screw that up. The crossover movies of old were really just the sign that the well was running dry, starting off that way just screams to me the well is already dry.
I definitely want to see the new Spidey, I like the fact that they’re going with a young kid, and a smart move to skip the origin story. If he’s anything like he was in Civil War it’ll be fun, and I’m all for Marisa Tomei as his suspiciously hot aunt. Also it hits when I start my birthday vacation, and Planet of the Apes at the end, gonna be a good vacation.