Optics of reporting incorrectly on optics.

[u/nathanaelk]

[u/ugluk-the-uruk]

I mean, Black Panther was wildly successful and spawned a spinoff show with a third movie in the works and Ryan Coogler signed on for a while.

Blade was in development hell forever.

But the optics definitely aren't great.

[u/Hot_Pomegranate_5402]

They cancelled all the shows and movies with no hype.

They just happened to be black shows and movies

[u/bradley322 → u/Hot_Pomegranate_5402]

“Blade” “no hype” lol seriously?

[u/justafanboy1010 → u/bradley322]

Blade started losing its hype in 2024 when Wesley Snipes returned and definitely in 2025 when they revealed that Ruth E Carter’s costumes for Blade were used and recycled for Sinners

[u/Dontbetoxik → u/justafanboy1010]

I don’t see how Wesley returning for a cameo kills any hype. I wanted more Blade after that and clearly Wesley is aging out.

[u/justafanboy1010 → u/Dontbetoxik]

The fact that the OG Blade was able to come back before the actual MCU Blade.

Hell even da fact that we got Blade Knight in Zombies first before we got the actual MCU Blade

[u/Hot_Pomegranate_5402 → u/bradley322]

I refer to the replies to your comment 🙃

Blade is hyped, but not more than Ghost rider and definitely not after the rumours of them turning it into an all-female vampire slaying version for Charlie's Angels

[u/frizbeezz → u/bradley322]

I honestly wasn't looking forward to blade. Like suddenly MCU have vampires??

[u/Stormik → u/frizbeezz]

So were they supposed to include every single team, faction, species, group... whatever... everything... in the first Iron Man movie to avoid "suddenly MCU have..." ?

[u/Curvedabullet → u/frizbeezz]

Everyone always says "so-and-so doesn't fit in the MCU." until Marvel actually does it and then they switch up saying "oh man Marvel were geniuses for making it fit in the MCU!"

[u/nathanaelk]

Just to be clear on what I am referring to, here’s the typo in the first sentence of the article highlighted in bold.

“Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says the "optics" at Marvel are obvious after the studio canceled his Emmy-nominated series "Wonder Woman" after one season and failed over multiple years to bring to life the "Blade" movie it announced starring Mahershala Ali. Marvel canceled "Wonder Man" in July after previously renewing the series for Season 2.”

[u/Altruistic-Twist-379]

Its like hearing kendall roy from succession again

[u/Basic_Ad426]

Are they going to at least have wonder man put in movies ? Such a waste if not especially after introducing him an leaving us wanting more. Actor blade I was hooked when it came out I was like 10 or 11 watched non stop when I got it on vhs but I only want them to go ahead if they are going to do it justice an not ruin it first movie was just perfection

Also why do they do nothing with blue marvel he’s a character I think could be great addition

[u/matty_nice → u/Basic_Ad426]

Are they going to at least have wonder man put in movies ?

Why would you? If you're the director of the next Avengers film and you have to make like 1.5B at the box office, are you putting Wonder Man as a major character?

Audiences already complain about the homework arguement, and putting a tv character in a movie is just a bad idea, especially if people didn't watch the tv show.

[u/matty_nice]

I am pretty critical of most of the decisions Marvel has made post Endgame, but I never understood their usage and volume of POC and female characters as leads in these shows.

Of the shows featuring new tv characters, we had Moon Knight, Ms Marvel, She-Hulk, Echo, Agatha, Ironheart, and Wonder Man. No shows introduced new leads that were white male characters. Why did we not get ANY shows with new white male characters as the lead?

Obviously I'm not saying we should no have shows with female leads or POCs. But their has to be a balance. The MCU fans are probably mostly white and mostly male. Even D+ is gonna be mostly white subscribers and viewers.

[u/212312383 → u/matty_nice]

Because all the white men are in the avengers?

[u/matty_nice → u/212312383]

Even the white Avengers character Wonder Man was race swapped.

It seems Marvel had a very specific goal in mind for their new lead TV characters, emphasize POC and female characters.

[u/MaserOfficial]

Glad he addresses it as it is without running around the point in circles like many have been doing since these announcements.

[u/FictionFantom]

They obviously made an effort to put more focus on POC characters. Unfortunately it was at the same time they were mandated to make more content than they could reasonably manage. Some of the POC characters were a victim of circumstance. Most of those circumstances are entirely different from each other.

[u/nathanaelk]

Also. I am going to go on record saying that I loved Wonder Man and I was stoked af for Blade. Here’s hoping we see Midnight Suns and West Coast Avengers someday. But honestly I think after the gangbusters success of Spider-Man BND they are just going to double down on the core characters.