The MCU is the largest and profitable mass on the planet. Since 2008, comic book fans were treated to two superhero flicks a year – which takes place in massive, shared world, inspired by the one that has existed forever. The appeal of this stems from the notion that Thor can pop in frames of a Captain America. Or Tony Stark can refer to something that happened in The Incredible Hulk. If there is one thing that can be said.
It is that it is expanding. And yet beneath the surface of this billion dollar universe, there is trouble brewing. With every added installment, we push MCU closer to its doom. Constructed like a cinematic Jenga tower, balancing MCU has become a game. Here are main reasons why ultimately Marvel Cinematic Universe is doomed to fail.
1. The Best Characters Have Been Utilised
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, Nick Fury are either exhausted or have been explored a lot. And they cannot shut down just because they have exhausted characters. The candidates for new movies are not so great. And remaining Marvel characters that are yet to be adapted to the big screen are not as well known.Marvel has made less familiar characters like Black Widow, but she alone can not entice fans. Another vexing problem is that other characters are licensed elsewhere: just imagine if the likes of Spider-Man or Wolverine can find their way into MCU.
2. The Movies Are Becoming More & More Factory Like
With every added installment films in MCU have become unrecognizable as delivered with their own styles and personalities. Thor had something of Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespearean weight, and Avengers felt Joss Whedon-like. Kevin Feige and team know that this is the best way for them to keep ahold of MCU: hiring directors who can take orders from the top without ego. Why else would they hire directors like Alan Taylor or Russo Brothers to helm billion-dollar blockbusters?
3. There Will Come A Point Where There Is Too Much Going On To Comprehend
MCU has many characters and plots, and now it is only going to get more confusing. There is a sense of narrative chaos, but the films try to dovetail together. They want to warrant another Avengers outing and the information it is necessary to convey will become ridiculous. To Marvel fans, continuity is an important thing that MCU offers. At the rate, they are moving now it is not unreasonable to imagine that in 3 or 4 movies’ time we will end up watching two and a half hours of catch-up.
4. The Avengers Problem
One of the most jarring aspects is what brand as the “The Avengers Problem.” Having established an unstoppable team of heroes in The Avengers save the planet, why have we had three solo MCU movies where the team failed to unite. Marvel needs to make solo movies and is ignoring the problem is their best bet. Why Thor can’t make it or why Captain America is tied up, would not be fun to watch. In a time of crisis with the world about to end would not Captain America go to see Tony Stark or give him a call?
5. The Impact Of Every Story Is Increasingly Numbed By Repetition
With MCU, rules are different – we know the world is not going to end and that the heroes will survive. With every added MCU film, the tension is lessened. There are many things that the MCU cannot do that other films can. But how many times can we watch heroes saving the world from something huge and unstoppable? There is a sense of the “big final battle” occurring for the sheer sake of it.
6. Each Character Can Only Have So Many Arcs
The reason that many sequels do not live up to originals purely is that we are dealing with a character who changed. To ask the character to arc again is a big deal because people do not change so often in real life. In Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones grows a moral conscious; in the Last Crusade, he rekindles with his father. And now asking the character to change twice is not the same as asking them to change 6 times. Tony Stark, the not so good guy to Tony Stark, a little better guy gave us something to root for. Sequels take characters to places that do not feel logical as they have to try; this is an issue that will doom the MCU.
7. If It Resets, Who Can Be Bothered To Start Again?
Marvel has the option to wipe the slate clean. Everything to this point should be wiped out. And a reboot of the MCU may seem like the best option. But given the work that fans have put into MCU by watching films but in constant discussions that have taken place around them, long waits between installments would anyone be bothered with starting the whole thing again? People will rush to cinemas to see a reboot of Iron Man or an incarnation of Hulk but would not any sort of reshuffling – be it an actor recast or whole franchise – be enough to prompt responses of: “I really cannot be bothered”?
