The Fall of MARVEL - A Video Essay

Marvel Studios has lost the magic - but is it for good?

[Antrodemus]

The last few minutes of this video deserves a Nobel prize for literature.

[brianburton]

Your analogy of junk food consumption is spot on. It's because they don't see the audience as fans. They see them as consumers. Make a Marvel movie with Easter eggs to make people see the next Marvel movie. With Star Wars it's. Make a Star Wars show that mentions better Star Wars stuff.

[A-Man]

The same thing has happened to Marvel that happened to Disney: founded by a genius and inherited by morons.

[trafalgerdavis]

That... was... brilliant! Highly incisive and dead-on point. Nice work here.

[VicMonado]

Oh god those analogies at the end were amazing. As hilarious as they were tragic.

[Tai_Fung]

If anyone is interested, the music bed starting around 9:52 is “Con te partirò.” It’s a beautiful piece.

[Njabs]

I remember the first time I used a necromancy spell in Skyrim. I thought I'd feel more accomplished, but hearing my victim beg for death just made me feel pathetic. I'm not sure what kind of person you'd have to be to snuff the life out of something just so you can bend it to your will.

[cavejelly]

The concluding monologue would make Hunter Thompson weep with joy. Nice work.

[pierrepaul]

No wonder Feige has been working double time to NOT get blame for any of this.

[Irys]

The biggest problem for the studios is that they have nothing in its place. They allowed these kinds of films to suck up all the energy and money on the table for 15 years, and now there are no small or medium sized budget films and little if anything that is not tied to this kind of schlock. You might occasionally get a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but it can't compensate for all *this*. And heaven help you if you think a new Tarantino could arise in today's entertainment landscape. They literally have no choice but to continue pumping out this stuff because it's all they have in the cupboard

[VincitOmniaVeritas]

M-She-U: I’ve reached my lowest point.

Sony: Quick! “Female Superheroes” is trending! Release the Madame Web trailer!!

[atlanta]

That obituary towards the end with the girlfriend and the Orios... Priceless. You're a true poet, EC! ♥

[FUh_Que_-]

Echo Chamberlain should win some kind of an award for this video.

[Nartanek]

'Female powered entertainment is enjoying extraordinary success right now, but audiences are not embracing these stories'

Ah yes, how to say something and its opposite in one sentence.

[JonasGrumby-OO]

Marvel(and Star Wars) are sharply declining because Disney refuses to accept that they are male-centric franchises.

[nadilenebudski]

Just watched Drinker's new video about the failing MCU. Love seeing videos like this.

[British_Rogue]

Powerful similes towards the end there.

The Chinese reviews made me chuckle.

[deeesher]

Nailed it once again. It boggles my mind every time I hear anyone say we must be misogynistic if we don't like these movies. I LOVED Alita Battle Angel from 2019. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my favorite shows of all time. Even from the 1970s, The Bionic Woman had some amazing episodes. Doomsday is Tomorrow where she has to battle an AI trying to destroy the world is just as good today as it was then. And obviously from Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, there's a very good reason why those characters are still popular today. And for what it's worth, yeah Ms Marvel was actually a pretty decent show. It was absolutely not made for me, but I watched out of curiosity, and it has a good story with decent heart. The end is a bit Home Alone-ish, and her powers are kind of lame, but it was written pretty well. And I think overall, people are eager for these movies to be a success. But it's like being in an abusive relationship. We keep getting disappointed. Badly. I enjoyed Blue Beetle recently. It wasn't great, but better than what MCU has been giving us. And... This is a very low bar, but The Marvels is better than Quantumania, Thor Love & Thunder, and Eternals. Oh Marvels has a LOT of cringe. But there's threads of a decent idea somewhere in it. And IF they started hiring people that respect the source material and know what they're doing without trying to force an agenda, I think we could go back to the fantastic box office returns they once had. But nobody wants a multiverse story or Kang story. And nobody wants our heroes dragged through the mud.

[TheVagolfer]

One of the reason's I read comic books as a young boy in the early 60's was the limitless possibilities of the fictional world. It fueled my imagination and had identifiable characters. Marvel has truncated their horizons by pandering to the limiting and constricted PC culture that has only one narrative and a gynocentric universe that leaves nothing to the imagination. When you know what the plot, story line and outcome are and have shallow thinly veiled characters with which you can't identify or are likeable, there's little to enjoy. It's like trying to squeeze mercury in your hands, there is nothing to grasp onto.

[CharlieHepp]

The biggest problem for the studios is that they have nothing in their place. They allowed these kinds of films to suck up all the energy and money on the table for 15 years, and now there are no small or medium-sized budget films and little if anything that is not tied to this kind of schlock. You might occasionally get a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but it can't compensate for all *this*. And heaven help you if you think a new Tarantino could arise in today's entertainment landscape. They literally have no choice but to continue pumping out this stuff because it's all they have in the cupboard Your analogy of junk food consumption is spot on. It's because they don't see the audience as fans. They see them as consumers. Make a Marvel movie with Easter eggs to make people see the next Marvel movie. With Star Wars it's. Make a Star Wars show that mentions better Star Wars stuff. Nailed it once again. It boggles my mind every time I hear anyone say we must be misogynistic if we don't like these movies. I LOVED Alita Battle Angel from 2019. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my favorite shows of all time. Even from the 1970s, The Bionic Woman had some amazing episodes. Doomsday is Tomorrow where she has to battle an AI trying to destroy the world is just as good today as it was then. And obviously from Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, there's a very good reason why those characters are still popular today. And for what it's worth, yeah Ms Marvel was actually a pretty decent show. It was absolutely not made for me, but I watched it out of curiosity, and it has a good story with a decent heart. The end is a bit Home Alone-ish, and her powers are kind of lame, but it was written pretty well. And I think overall, people are eager for these movies to be a success. But it's like being in an abusive relationship. We keep getting disappointed. Badly. I enjoyed Blue Beetle recently. It wasn't great, but better than what MCU has been giving us. And... This is a very low bar, but The Marvels is better than Quantumania, Thor Love & Thunder, and Eternals. Oh, Marvel has a LOT of cringe. But there are threads of a decent idea somewhere in it. If they started hiring people who respect the source material and know what they're doing without trying to force an agenda, I think we could go back to the fantastic box office returns they once had. But nobody wants a multiverse story or Kang's story. And nobody wants our heroes dragged through the mud. One of the reasons I read comic books as a young boy in the early '60s was the limitless possibilities of the fictional world. It fueled my imagination and had identifiable characters. Marvel has truncated their horizons by pandering to the limiting and constricted PC culture that has only one narrative and a gynocentric universe that leaves nothing to the imagination. When you know what the plot, storyline, and outcome are and have shallow thinly veiled characters with which you can't identify or are likable, there's little to enjoy. It's like trying to squeeze mercury in your hands, there is nothing to grasp onto.6 M-She-U: I’ve reached my lowest point. Sony: Quick! “Female Superheroes” is trending! Release the Madame Web trailer!!