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Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

What grade would you give the Marvel Cinematic Universe? (Ever-Changing Question)


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With the demise of Perlmutter's TV kingdom, it's all under the same administration. There's absolutely no justification for that.
 
Those are from people handpicked by Disney to get free tickets to generate positive publicity, so I'd take them with several handfuls of salt TBH.

Indeed.

I 100% think they shouldn't bring back Iron Man

Agreed. The Stark character ran his course, which was wearing thin before Endgame. Disney/Marvel should have the stones to build their new roster without digging graves to create a hook / fanservice.

Rotten Tomatoes scores mean as much as professional film reviews, and the site itself should be purged from the Internet.

RT is about as valuable a source of information as the Magic 8-Ball.

I choose to just dismiss its contents as irrelevant blather.

Agreed.
 
I was merely pointing out a historic example of Disney's trailer manipulation. Lighten up, Francis.
I was being perfectly light. You were the one bringing the drama by calling that one shot of the Infinity War trailer "infamous." ;)

Some of the rants I referred to were so offensive (with some videos long removed from YouTube and other platforms)...
Thanks for the citations, but I don't necessarily consider YT rants from Critical Drinker and his posse evidence of notable/significant fan discontent. Judging something as ambiguous as fan reactions is inevitably subjective, but discontent with making Sam the new Cap strikes me as a fringe opinion, whereas disinterest in the character of Captain Marvel strikes me as widespread.

I've seen to many trailers screw take scenes out of context, so that they look one way, but then in the final movie or show or game, it turns out it's the complete opposite of what the trailer made it look like.
Maybe, but in this case, I was specifically commenting on how the trailer presented the scene.

RT is about as valuable a source of information as the Magic 8-Ball.
Agreed; when it comes to representing critical opinion, Metacritic is far and away the more useful and reliable site, and they give the movie a fairly weak score of 51.
 
Feige dreams of having the power that a guy like Selznick had.

You are not kidding. Selznick would be Talos, while everyone else is the little bowler--

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Why is it that the people most insistent the no one else's opinions matter are the ones who shout the loudest about their own?

Not a flame, but your line reads so much like the "statements" from Alfred E. Neuman which appeared over MAD's table of contents.
 
My two cents for what it's worth and no one asked is that mainstream critics do sometimes seem to swayed by the general buzz and consensus going into a movie and that "professional film critics" probably don't have the same kind of qualifications they once did. I find it more useful to find some critics that jive with your own sensibilities and/or you know how to read and interpret and stick with those.

It's interesting how contentious this one is before most people have even had a chance to check it out.
 
Why is it that the people most insistent the no one else's opinions matter are the ones who shout the loudest about their own?
Probably because it's nice to say.

Afterall, one should dare to think for oneself, right? And not rely upon the tyranny of the majority to inform one's opinion, and to rely upon debate to invigorate one's own opinions.
 
Probably because it's nice to say.

Afterall, one should dare to think for oneself, right? And not rely upon the tyranny of the majority to inform one's opinion, and to rely upon debate to invigorate one's own opinions.

None of which the people in question do, so what's your point?
 
^ No one is saying anyone should believe the word of any particular critic, or even the prevailing critical opinion. But declaring all professional critics' reviews to be worthless isn't "questioning everything" or "thinking for one's self"; it's merely abrasive solipsism.
 
^ No one is saying anyone should believe the word of any particular critic, or even the prevailing critical opinion. But declaring all professional critics' reviews to be worthless isn't "questioning everything" or "thinking for one's self"; it's merely arrogant solipsism.
Not really.

It is very much within the human experience. "Man is the measure of all things."
 
^ And, in the context of one person saying all others' opinions are "worthless blather," that quote isn't solipsistic...how?
 
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