DeeCee Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nobody dies.As much as I love what Marvel has achieved it's about time somebody died. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nobody dies.As much as I love what Marvel has achieved it's about time somebody died. Assuming we're not counting villains, military mooks or bystanders, Yinsen, Frigga and most of the cast of The First Avenger (including Erskine onscreen). And possibly Odin. Oh, and this isn't even getting into Agents of SHIELD. Also, why is 'not having major characters die' a problem? Many of my favourite films don't have any major characters dying in them. And while it's certainly true that a well done death scene can to add to a film, a poorly done and unnecessary death can equally subtract, as well as throwing away any potential for more stories to be told about that character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Playing it safe. Structurally the same shit over and over. Lack of personality. Imo. The Marvel project as a whole is a very ambitious undertaking, but individually the movies feel too much alike. It's like every time I watch a Marvel movie (this also applies to comic book movies in general), I know exactly what to expect. To some that's enough, provided it's a good time at the movies. To me it's not. Edited April 25, 2014 by The Stingray 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorWho Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 My only problem is that there are only two movies a year. I want more, dammit!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Nobody dies.As much as I love what Marvel has achieved it's about time somebody died. It's not that big a problem. Star Trek got away with killing and resurrecting Spock and the result is one of the best final five minutes to any franchise. I think the problem is having everything tie into The Avengers. It makes things be more constrictive and narrowly tailored. Edited April 25, 2014 by Numbers of House Stark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nobody dies.As much as I love what Marvel has achieved it's about time somebody died. Did you catch the last statement by Feige on this? Said that sometimes characters will die and not comeback but other times they will come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Did you catch the last statement by Feige on this? Said that sometimes characters will die and not comeback but other times they will come back. How are they going to come back to life? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted April 25, 2014 Founder / Operator Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Hammy villains. I enjoy them in appropriate doses as much as the next guy, and they come with the territory in comic book movies. But aside from Loki and Winter Soldier, Marvel has a serious lack of character-driven, believable threats to our heroes. I think that's one of the main reasons Coulson's death in Avengers had as much as impact as it did. Stane gets an honorable mention, but once the armor goes in the third act of IM1... Edited April 25, 2014 by ShawnMR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 How are they going to come back to life? Ask him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulder Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 That Iron Man 3 isn't retconned out of continuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 The lack of any memorable superhero themes (apart from TA theme). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitik Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 My only problem is that there are only two movies a year. I want more, dammit!!! This is by far the biggest problem with the MCU right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Number one problem? Lack of any leads besides white dudes. The lack of continuity in the music is probably #2, and pedestrian direction is #3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Needs more Chrises. I'm partial to Chris Tucker. In seriousness, I want more diversity on many fronts: races, genders, and controversial I know, but would be cool to see diversity in sexual orientations as well. Basically what Marvel comics have been demonstrating for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 No Janet van Dyne Wasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Well, one-liners and childish humor, lack of any serious, deep moments, beyond awful and weak villains (like Loki has the power of that scepter and an army and he still gets his ass kicked; the Hulk beating scene at the end made me roll my eyes; the villains are de-powered and there's no serious threat). Zero memorable soundtrack pieces. Transformers has a memorable theme, Pirates has, Lotr, MOS have etc. Also, maybe the biggest problem are the one-dimensional main characters. IM aside, they are so perfectly good and honourable it's laughable.They have no personaliy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Well, one-liners and childish humor, lack of any serious, deep moments, beyond awful and weak villains (like Loki has the power of that scepter and an army and he still gets his ass kicked; the Hulk beating scene at the end made me roll my eyes; the villains are de-powered and there's no serious threat). Zero memorable soundtrack pieces. Transformers has a memorable theme, Pirates has, Lotr, MOS have etc.Also, maybe the biggest problem are the one-dimensional main characters. IM aside, they are so perfectly good and honourable it's laughable.They have no personaliy. Squaremaster, is that you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Everything has to tie in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 It's not that big a problem. Star Trek got away with killing and resurrecting Spock and the result is one of the best final five minutes to any franchise.I think the problem is having everything tie into The Avengers. It makes things be more constrictive and narrowly tailored.But in Star Trek the second movie ends with him dead. We go 2 years until he is alive again, not only that it takes the whole 3rd movie to get him back.... They also kill Kirks son in the 3rd movie. Star Trek had some balls. Agreed on everything having to tie into the Avengers. IM2, Thor, Cap 2 all suffered this greatly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Playing it safe. Structurally the same shit over and over. Lack of personality. Imo.The Marvel project as a whole is a very ambitious undertaking, but individually the movies feel too much alike. It's like every time I watch a Marvel movie (this also applies to comic book movies in general), I know exactly what to expect. To some that's enough, provided it's a good time at the movies. To me it's not.This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
