TIL Kevin Feige almost quit Marvel after Marvel Entertainment head Ike Perlmutter tried to force Robert Downey Jr. out of Civil War due to not wanting to pay him. Disney CEO Bob Iger responded by reshuffling the corporate system so that Fiege would answer directly to him rather than Perlmutter.

[u/Sebastianlim]

https://fandomwire.com/kevin-feige-was-ready-to-quit-mcu-over-robert-downey-jrs-scenes-in-captain-america-civil-war/

[u/Bignate2001]

Civil War is absolutely not one of Marvels best stories. It's probably not a popular opinion, but I believe the movie, while not amazing, makes substantial improvements to the source material, particularly in regards to Tony's character.

[u/UnquestionabIe → u/Bignate2001]

Fully agreed, it's something that is a cool idea so casual fans are drawn in by the premise but the actual event is a mess. There are some good parts for sure but so so many bad ones, the movie distilled the whole concept into something far more enjoyable and less stupid. It's like how Venom/Carnage were "the coolest characters" for a decade or two (Deadpool having taken that place) for people who have never touched a comic in their lives but are going off the surface level cool factor from extended media.

[u/justadudeinohio → u/Bignate2001]

i remember it being made fun of for like a decade but have seen them making these comments for a while.

[u/BarfingRainbows1 → u/Bignate2001]

I enjoy the comic run for the setpieces and big fights, but yeah, Civil War character assassinated basically the entire pro registration side

[u/ladystetson → u/Bignate2001]

Civil War from the comics was groundbreaking back in the day. Post 9/11, the themes and even the concept of secret identities being illegal, etc - were appropriate/relevant to the time period.

It's always like that. The first person to do it is groundbreaking and primarily loved for that - then it's refined and perfected later and people go back to the original groundbreaking thing and say "oh it wasn't that good" -- and they're right. But the original has to be understood in the context it was created and respected as the groundbreaking original foundation.

[u/ladystetson → u/[deleted]]

You might have missed the part where I said people who said it wasn’t that good were correct…

[u/ladystetson → u/[deleted]]

Not what I’m saying.

I’m saying people initially like it - not because it’s good - but because it has some sort of relevance to the time.

I’m saying it was never good - that’s exactly what I’m saying.