Rumor: Alleged Insider Claims Marvel Studios’ Diversity Push Meant To Recoup Financial Losses From Brand’s Death In China
According to an alleged insider, Marvel's recent diversity push is meant to help them recoup their losses from being locked out of China.
I was a huge comics fan growing up- I could rattle off the issue numbers for major events or first appearances of my favorite characters all day long. But, I've pretty much stopped watching these movies for several reasons:
Saturation. We went from superhero movies being a rare treat to the majority of what's in the box office. Trying to see them all and keep the storylines straight wears me out.
Quality. Iron Man was groundbreaking as a quality origin story and the beginning of a shared universe. Now the movies are pretty sucky and they can't even keep the plot threads coherent. Bringing back everyone that has played Spider-Man and Patrick Stewart to plus up audience numbers in new films reeks of desperation to me.
"Diversity". The constant race swapping, girl power, and focus on tertiary non-white characters annoys the hell out of me. Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury? Rock on; he's a phenomenal actor and the Ultimates version of the character was modeled on him already. This year's "must see" series being about a frumpy Indian teen and a femenist twerking lawyer? Pass.
At this point, I'd rather remember comics as what they were to me when I was a kid. If I want to revisit them I'll just download a torrent of the original comics.
Well said.