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So far, Marvel is on a roll, like Pixar was for a time, racking up a string of successes. Guardians of the Galaxy seems to be another home run. But how long can

So far, Marvel is on a roll, like Pixar was for a time, racking up a string of successes. Guardians of the Galaxy seems to be another home run. But how long can they keep it up, and will hype and fan expectations make Avengers 2 an inevitable let-down?

Zelphyr 12y ago
I felt like the first Avengers was a let-down and now I realize why. Joss Whedon is amazing and not someone you put the kinds of restrictions on that Marvel apparently does. I'm kind-of surprised he took the gig but I guess its success worked out for him, so that's good at least.
- Avshalom 12y ago
  Joss whedon had written for marvel several times before the avengers, it was probably a part of why they tapped him.
  - talmand 12y ago
    That almost everything he's done involves an ensemble cast.
bane 12y ago
I'm predicting an entire X-men reboot done more in the style of the Avengers movies. To date, the effects, casting and story for the X-men movies, while fine for the time, have been a big downgrade from the entire Avengers line-up. > hype and fan expectations make Avengers 2 an inevitable let-down I'm hoping it isn't. The second Captain America movie was a huge upgrade over the first IMHO, and I thought Thor 2 was at least as good as the first one. The Iron Man movies have been relatively good as well (sure they're going down a bit, but they're at least entertaining). If the 80s were the action star decade, the 2010s are the Marvel movie decade.
- ender7 12y ago
  Marvel sold the X-Men rights to Fox, who retains them as long as they continue to make X-Men movies (the same is true for Sony with Spiderman). It's unlikely that Fox will relinquish those rights within the next 10 years.
GuiA 12y ago
> like Pixar was for a time I don't follow the CGI movie industry as close as I used to- is Pixar unanimously considered not to be on a roll anymore?
- cromwellian 12y ago
  I think Wall-E was the pinnacle, and was apparently the last of the original ideas they brainstormed up in the beginning. After that was Cars 2 and Brave, which I think were perceived as ok, but not at the level of their previous films.

Zelphyr 12y ago

I felt like the first Avengers was a let-down and now I realize why. Joss Whedon is amazing and not someone you put the kinds of restrictions on that Marvel apparently does. I'm kind-of surprised he took the gig but I guess its success worked out for him, so that's good at least.

Avshalom 12y ago
Joss whedon had written for marvel several times before the avengers, it was probably a part of why they tapped him.
- talmand 12y ago
  That almost everything he's done involves an ensemble cast.

bane 12y ago

I'm predicting an entire X-men reboot done more in the style of the Avengers movies. To date, the effects, casting and story for the X-men movies, while fine for the time, have been a big downgrade from the entire Avengers line-up. > hype and fan expectations make Avengers 2 an inevitable let-down I'm hoping it isn't. The second Captain America movie was a huge upgrade over the first IMHO, and I thought Thor 2 was at least as good as the first one. The Iron Man movies have been relatively good as well (sure they're going down a bit, but they're at least entertaining). If the 80s were the action star decade, the 2010s are the Marvel movie decade.

ender7 12y ago
Marvel sold the X-Men rights to Fox, who retains them as long as they continue to make X-Men movies (the same is true for Sony with Spiderman). It's unlikely that Fox will relinquish those rights within the next 10 years.

GuiA 12y ago

> like Pixar was for a time I don't follow the CGI movie industry as close as I used to- is Pixar unanimously considered not to be on a roll anymore?

cromwellian 12y ago
I think Wall-E was the pinnacle, and was apparently the last of the original ideas they brainstormed up in the beginning. After that was Cars 2 and Brave, which I think were perceived as ok, but not at the level of their previous films.