Quote from: Kradan on Mar 20, 2019, 10:06:15 PM
Well, i meant that (at least IMO) a lot more money and creative effort will be spent on Marvel stuff than on A/P because it is considered as more profitable.
Are you a Marvel fan by the way? Just curious
They
are more profitable. That's not an opinion, it's just a fact. A/P are R-rated science-fiction horror films with major sequel-itus issues and a bleak tone. "Good-looking super hero wins the day in spectacular action sequence while saying funny shit" is naturally gonna sell more tickets than "metrosexual android kills everyone with dick monsters
because the gods are dead and the universe hates you."
I mean, I know which
I prefer...
... But for a general audience, the latter is a tougher sell than the former. And the thing is, that's true regardless of whether Disney owns Fox - you'll never see an Alien movie with a $400 million budget (plus advertising blitz) because no Alien movie will ever pull in $2 billion at the box office. That was true pre-buyout, and it'll still be true going forward.
So, like... what's changed, really?
As for Marvel movies? Eh, they're fine. The formula is getting pretty stale, and there are definite problems with how over-produced they feel (also,
Christ is the color palette ugly), but in general they're well-made superhero movies. My objections to 'the MCU' are more about Disney's monopoly on entertainment than the movies themselves. I don't like the 'movies-by-assembly-line' aesthetic they've come to represent, and I don't want one company holding all the cards in entertainment.
But again, I don't think Alien or Predator are going to be in worse shape than they already are as a consequence of being indirectly owned by said company.