[TheBlueMarvel]

@BFingaz

Ha! You’re a funny dude. I’m starting to acknowledge that it isn’t so much about the inability of others to recognize maleficence within ‘poli-tricks’ (or without, for that matter), but me grossly underestimating the number of evil people within the body politic writ large. Somebody’s gotta wear the brownshirts…right?

It isn’t fatigue as much as it’s boredom. I get that these movies MUST be blockbusters with all of the accompanying monetized benchmarks requiring satisfaction in order to validate future ventures. That said, when you distill things down and focus on delivering only the most proven bits of previously successful films, you end up with a largely rote movie experience.

The movies are always done well and entertaining, but new ground is rarely broken. I often feel like I’m watching a well-crafted/reinterpreted heist/buddy/ensemble/teen-angst/rom com with a super-hero twist.

After ten years of success, where is the risk taking? I thought after the MCU had proven itself to be successful, which it has for some time, Marvel was going to start taking chances with more off the beaten path content and presentations. I’m still waiting…and wanting.

@Kylactus

Yes and no. Yes for many cliched heroes, no for supers that break traditional molds. Booster Gold, Moon Knight, Nova, and Dreadstar are just a few of the many heroes that have non-normative story vehicles. However, that’s not the ‘formula’ to which I’m referring.

What I mean is the “Hollywood” formula. The Tom Cruise/Will Smith/Dwayne Johnson/Vin Diesel formula. The “we don’t take chances and serve you up that shit we know you like” formula. Comics offer plenty of opportunities to deliver new experiences as seen with movies like A Quiet Place. Additionally, there is no shortage of surreal otherworldly environments to explore in the Marvel universe. One of my reasons for enjoying Panther, Dr. Strange, and Guardians of the Galaxy was because those were our first jaunts beyond the mundane, outside of Thor’s Asgard. Again, MCU movies are entertaining and I usually go to see them. However, “entertaining” is a MCU descriptor I’m hearing more often with an increasingly negative connotation, however subtle it may be.