Anyone thinks Marvel Studios is the best thing to happen to Marvel in a long time?

[JakeSully]

mean did they had this plan for a long time for a MCU and a MTU? anyone glad they stopped licencing their comic products to major studios and decided to make their own studio to be in control of their properties?

I sure as hell am! i mean because of X-Men 3, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four, Elektra, Hulk etc. getting flack, Marvel decided to be in control of their stuff and be free of executive meddling, even be their own executives and hire comic book fans and writers for their projects even on TV

[Candy Kappa]

It is a very pleasant surprise how well Marvel Studios have been going, sure, there's some drama behind the scenes. But the movies have been pretty good.

[CyberCubed]

You do have to admire how they took relatively unknown and unpopular superheroes outside of comic book geeks and made them household names.

Before this wave the only popular superheroes to the general public were Superman, Batman, Robin and Spiderman. Even the X-men were unknown to people who didn't follow the cartoons or comics.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

It is a very pleasant surprise how well Marvel Studios have been going, sure, there's some drama behind the scenes. But the movies have been pretty good.

A lot of the movies have dated pretty badly.

[TigerClaw]

Of course it is, And they been on fire with every movie they released.

[Cure]

In the grand scheme of things, they have changed the game. Shared universes are the hot thing right now. Now we just need to see if it's all for better or worse.

I also wish Marvel movies weren't all tonally similar. Not everyone needs to be a jokey sarcastic wise ass. Now that Daredevil has come out it's like, "Why can't the movies be this serious?".

[turtlefanforever]

Hulks one of their biggest stars and they're pushing so Capt. America, iron man, & thor sooo hard. Thor is still relatively knew to the movie limelight, but capt america and iron man already feel over done. Hulk is just sitting on the back burner as a complimentary piece. The incredible hulk was a really good movie. The one before it sucked but that one certainly demanded a sequel now we have to wait until AT LEAST 2021 to get a Hulk film. Considering that one was in 2008 that's a 13 year dry spell for the gamma beast.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

Hulks one of their biggest stars and they're pushing so Capt. America, iron man, & thor sooo hard. Thor is still relatively knew to the movie limelight, but capt america and iron man already feel over done. Hulk is just sitting on the back burner as a complimentary piece. The incredible hulk was a really good movie. The one before it sucked but that one certainly demanded a sequel now we have to wait until AT LEAST 2021 to get a Hulk film. Considering that one was in 2008 that's a 13 year dry spell for the gamma beast.

They need to work better on what they have. So far, the only good sequel (Age of Ultron pending, of course) has been Captain America 2. Everything else has been downhill... and some, like Thor 1 and 2, have just been awful.

Their marketing skills far outweigh their writing skills in my opinion.

[Shred Head]

Right now sure but comic book movies wont always be the ticket item its going to go south one day and sad to say they don't really have a long term game plan. I find that the movies have ruined the comics there going out of there way to cater to the movie fan despite the fact that there well there not buying the comics. Actively trying to either get rid of or make the product complete **** for franchises they don't own movie rights to. I think this is a bad idea and in the long run will hurt the company as a whole.

[JakeSully]

Who is glad they stopped licensing their stuff to other studios and made their own? and was it cause of those screwup movies i mentioned including Ang Lee's Hulk to Ghost Rider and that Marvel now makes their own decisions, be in control and stuff like that?

[Amaranthus]

Most of their movies are pretty generic, yet people are mad about them.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by JakeSully

Who is glad they stopped licensing their stuff to other studios and made their own? and was it cause of those screwup movies i mentioned including Ang Lee's Hulk to Ghost Rider and that Marvel now makes their own decisions, be in control and stuff like that?

I'd say for all it's faults, Ang Lee's Hulk was more interesting and unique than most of Marvel's movies

Originally Posted by Shred Head

I find that the movies have ruined the comics there going out of there way to cater to the movie fan despite the fact that there well there not buying the comics.

Marvel were ruining their comics long before the MCU kick started. (Disassembled, Civil War, OMD etc)

[JakeSully]

I thought Ang Lee's Hulk sucked, just a boring and joyless daddy issues film. Give me 2008's Hulk movie with Edward Norton, far better and it's because it's a Marvel Studios film while the other is not.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Marvel were ruining their comics long before the MCU kick started. (Disassembled, Civil War, OMD etc)

I'll give you OMD, but personally, I loved Disassembled and (most of) Civil War.

[ZariusTwo]

Fair enough, but for me, the only good bits of Civil War were anything with Jen, Julia Carpenter and Carol Danvers trying to reconcile, Thor kicking Tony's ass, and Matt Fraction writing the last decent 616 Spider-Man story ever (at least until Waid's Family Buisness)