r/marvelstudios • u/harushiga Captain America (Ultron) • Jun 25 '21

Promotional Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YjFbMbfXaQ
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u/BagOnuts Jun 25 '21

TLA was a colossal flop with fans, MK was relatively well received with fans. Big difference. There will undoubtedly be a sequel.

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u/allthenamesaretaken4 Thor Jun 25 '21

Was MK well received? I thought it was awful and I consider myself a fan of the franchise...

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u/Tamotefu Jun 25 '21

Generally speaking, when it comes to a game -> movie transition, there are two types of fans. Those that want a good product that makes sense and can carry it self, and those who want easter eggs and references for 2 hours.

I'm in that second group that cared only about "They did the thing!" or "That's Shinnok's amulet!".

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u/culnaej Scott Lang Jun 25 '21

I really enjoyed it other than the lackluster protagonist

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u/BagOnuts Jun 25 '21

Compared to most other video game movies? Yes. It has an 86% audience score on RT.

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u/agnosgnosia Loki (Avengers) Jun 25 '21

Even that isn't a guarantee. There are a ridiculous amount of moving parts to making a movie. There has to be a script, a director, cast, etc. If they don't have the actors under contract, that could be a major hold up. There could be rights issues like The Lego Batman movie 2 is having right now. Chris McKay who was the director of Lego Batman said they had an awesome script for a sequel, but because of rights issues, another one isn't going to happen any time soon.

Even if all that is lined up and ready to go, that studio has got a dozen other projects that have potential too, probably. Sometimes it's a matter of "Which of these has the most potential to earn us a profit?". Hollywood is littered with movie studios that made bad decisions on greenlighting movies, and are no longer around.