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.
We’re done with MCU. Why? The actors all are horrible liberals, from Evans, Ruffalo, johanssen, etc. We aren’t going to pay these bozos another dime. Yes, we saw Guardians 2 and laughed our butts off. We loved Russell and Pratt, both of whom are not liberal know it alls.
Not bothering with Spider-Man either.
We read the original comics, we still own them, but politics and the awful Captain America 3, just have ruined it for us. Ultron was not a good movie either. Shield was also a bad tv show. Gave up on it after a few episodes.
I don’t think we will be the only ones walking away from the next avengers flick.
“The MCU works because the MU works and that’s how the MU has always worked, it’s a tightly integrated universe.”
Marvel had a vision (no pun intended) starting with the first Iron Man movie with Nick Fury talking to Tony Stark about The Avengers. They’ve been building a plot toward Infinity Wars at least since the first Captain America movie with the introduction of the Cosmic Cube. Feige has done a masterful job in building a franchise. I can’t think of another movie franchise that comes even close.
I also agree with you about the DCU movies. Besides making a lot of mediocre movies (Dark Knight being the exception, only because of Heath Ledger) their attempts at integration seem forced and their movies pretty lousy. I can’t even think of one that had good action scenes. The two Russo brothers’ Captain America movies, in my opinion, are among the best action movies of all time.
We’ll see about Spider-Man. In the first trailer I saw, he looked too much like Gumby in the action scenes. The latest trailer I saw made the movie seem more appealing.
Didn’t you like the Abbot and Costello Universal monster movies? As I kid, I thought they were great.