It was utter garbage for a while, like such bad writing and so obviously formulaic that I’d get pissed off about it. Especially the Dr strange one…I was pissed because i was excited for another dr strange one and it wasn’t even enjoyable. It’s makes no sense, they did nothing with the characters, it was like a whirlwind trailer to set up new overarching plot lines
Part of it might be that my expectations dropped to the floor after that, but I’ve found that after they cancelled everything and course corrected they’ve gradually gotten better. If doomsday is good I’ll probably get invested again, I am excited to see the mutants get involved in the main plot
The spider man series are still good though, aside from lady web…I don’t know what was going on with that
It’s makes no sense, they did nothing with the characters, it was like a whirlwind trailer to set up new overarching plot lines
That’s exactly it. The vast majority of later MCU stuff stopped focusing on how to tell a good standalone story. It all became a cycle of tying in earlier plot threads and then setting up new ones for later works to use.
Basically, this became the identity of the entire MCU:
It was utter garbage for a while, like such bad writing and so obviously formulaic that I’d get pissed off about it. Especially the Dr strange one…I was pissed because i was excited for another dr strange one and it wasn’t even enjoyable. It’s makes no sense, they did nothing with the characters, it was like a whirlwind trailer to set up new overarching plot lines
Part of it might be that my expectations dropped to the floor after that, but I’ve found that after they cancelled everything and course corrected they’ve gradually gotten better. If doomsday is good I’ll probably get invested again, I am excited to see the mutants get involved in the main plot
The spider man series are still good though, aside from lady web…I don’t know what was going on with that
That’s exactly it. The vast majority of later MCU stuff stopped focusing on how to tell a good standalone story. It all became a cycle of tying in earlier plot threads and then setting up new ones for later works to use.
Basically, this became the identity of the entire MCU: