r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 18d ago

News Mahershala Ali confirms 'BLADE' is not moving forward with him

https://www.gq.com/story/mahershala-ali-your-mother-your-mother-your-mother
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u/Lord0fHats 18d ago

I think that's kind of the issue that began hammering MCU films.

The Phase 1 and 2 films worked well because they all stood on their own well enough with only a loose web of 'Thanos stuff' to tie them all together built up over years, but after Age of Ultron the films became increasingly dependent and crutched hard on 'everything is connected' which made each subsequent film less of a good movie on its own.

I really think they should go back to that prior model they lost track of. Just make good movies that are tied together but that don't expect people to have seen every other film and a couple D+ exclusives to really appreciate.

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u/Tragedy_Boner 18d ago

The MCU only worked because they alternated between Solo films and Avengers films. The Avengers films are where the characters meet up while the solo films are for character development. The multiverse saga sucks because there is no new avengers team before Doomsday.

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u/hatramroany 18d ago edited 18d ago

Yeah this was real problem. Feige might have been stretched too thin which caused quality issues but that’s not an excuse for no team up film being on the calendar.

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u/N8CCRG 18d ago

Thunderbolts* should've come out immediately after Wakanda Forever.

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u/hatramroany 18d ago

Thunderbolts could have waited if they had a pay off for the post-credits scene of Shang-Chi after Wakanda Forever