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MICHALECOLE posted...

Youre all gonna see all the movies

Ehh.

When the MCU started, I saw every movie in theaters. But I skipped Spider-Man Homecoming (and I still haven't gotten around to watching it, in spite of the fact that I bought it on DVD like two years ago), and I skipped Ragnarok and Black Panther in theaters (though I bought both on DVD and watched them right after). And then I skipped Captain Marvel entirely. I can literally chart my interest in the films slowly dying off.

I'm probably going to buy Far From Home on DVD when it comes out, but unless I motivate myself to watch Homecoming first, I almost certainly won't bother to watch that one either.

After that, future announced MCU movies include Black Widow (which I don't care about), The Eternals (which I don't care about), and Shang-Chi (who I didn't even give a shit about in the comics, and who I don't really care about in film form). So I can easily pass on all of those pretty much forever.

The only other films in the pipeline that we know about are a Doctor Strange sequel (which I would be interested in, except everything they've said about it so far makes me think it won't be worth my time), another Thor sequel (which I would be interested in, except everything they've said about it so far makes me think it's going to be adapting one of the worst Thor storylines ever written, so I'll absolutely be disinterested in it), and an eventual Guardians of the Galaxy sequel (which I would definitely be interested in, but all the shenanigans with James Gunn and plot points in Infinity War/Endgame makes me wonder if it will be as good as the previous two, or if I should just give it a pass).

Even as a huge comic geek, I have almost no interest in anything they're planning for at least the next three years. Sure, I might go see (or buy the DVD of) one or more of the new movies if reviews (from people whose opinions I trust) say they're really great, or if they reveal a concept I'm super-into, but at the moment, I could drop the MCU entirely and not really miss anything. Mainstream audiences may be even more disinterested, especially if burnout has set in from having to watch 22 movies over the span of 10 years to culminate in Endgame. It's a perfect jumping off point - a lot of people are going to, you know, jump off.

A lot of people are likely to stop watching the films soon, whether due to burnout, or because everything from Iron Man to Endgame feels like a complete story and they don't care about the new characters, or because they were younger when they watched them and feel like they've "grown out" of the franchise now, or because media in general just keeps demanding more and more of our time and we all have to prioritize what's most important to us. I'm sure the new movies will do extremely well regardless (even if older viewers age out, newer ones will likely age in, and China keeps growing as a market), and I'm sure tons of people will keep seeing them, and they'll probably remain cultural touchstones for a while to come.

But that doesn't mean I'll be watching them. Nor would I necessarily assume all the other geeks and nerds I know will bother watching them either.


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