Marvel’s Kevin Feige Doesn’t Think Audiences Will Ever Get Tired of Superhero Movies

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Will moviegoers ever get superhero fatigue? Marvel boss Kevin Feige doesn’t buy it.

doesn’t buy it, saying on a new podcast interview that there are 80 years of “groundbreaking” stories told in the Marvel comics that they can adapt into “different genres.”

Feige continued, “I didn’t really understand the question. Because to me, it was akin to saying after ‘Gone With the Wind,’ ‘Well, how many more movies can be made off of novels? Do you think the audience will sour on movies being adapted from books?’ You would never ask that because there’s an inherent understanding among most people that a book can be anything. A novel can have any type of story whatsoever. So it all depends on what story you’re translating.

 

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Honestly, I agree. But this would only work if they're willing to take risk and not try to make everything an interconnecting franchise

I mean as long as they continue to make money it's gonna keep going regardless of what people think

I was fully invested in the MCU, and then by the time Infinity War came out, I was bored to tears with it all. Didn't see that one in theaters, and I haven't cared enough to watch a single MCU film in theaters since.

Can't we just let capeshit die already? I'm so tired of movie theaters completely saturated with sub-par hero movies that are just the same recycled plot with different stupid jokes.

This is just silly. Westerns had their time in the sun for about 35 - 40 years, dominating movies and eventually TV. Superheros will wane eventually, and probably for the same reason; the public gets sick of the repetition of right-wing mythology.

Still loving it. Now Rom-Coms, slasher movies on the other hand ...

The issue is disney doesn't have the balls to fully commit to these different genres. There's lots of adults who want adult content we still haven't gotten

Unfortunately you need a good villain and better acting across the board. That's why Thanos and the avenger series was perfect and I don't think it can ever be topped.

Westerns. That’s all I have to say about that.

Not with the fast rates you’re spitting those medicocre movies. Maybe if the mcu was as good as it was, but now? Mix this with the mess that is DC. Ppl will always see event films but with other unique films coming out it seems superhero films will fade fast left only for kids

The reason superhero comics are able to survive for 80 years is because they actually made them distinct and unique from each other, Kevin. You made them all the same. I'll continue reading superhero comics for the next 80 years, but I'm done with the MCU because I'm bored.

Not if they are pushing woke propaganda

All those “groundbreaking” stories from the comics you either Skipped or can’t correctly adapt because You jumped the gun hard after after endgame. And let’s face it superhero fatigue has been setting in for years now.

Lots of repetition in those 80 years though.

I think they need to stop making essentially 4 sequels every year

Super hero movies are Boring as fuck..

I'd agree if we weren't getting the very same formula set on repeat and being told we have to enjoy a drop in character or writing quality. I've grown tired of it by the halfway point of 'stage 1' marvel movies. Not only that but Disney as a company can no longer be trusted.

Give X-Men & Fantastic 4. Everything else in the MCU can quietly vanish.

Yet Disney uses none of those stories, Disney uses either grooming or rainbow fascist stories. That is why none of their woke content succeeded. And that is why their stocks are in a gutter, losing over 50% in a year and now kept alive with government subsidies.

Yeah, no good Union Jack appearances or stories, lets Evans go, despite the third UJ needing him for his origins. No Capt. Britain (or family) past Fox Psylocke or just an MCU mention of the Braddock family name. So, yeah, I'm tired of the MCU and DCEU.

They skipped over the good stories and went for the modern crap!

VFX teams in tears hearing this.

those 80 years of stories, we want them. But that is not what has come off of the MarvelStudios Disney assembly line as of late. The MCU is now the Mass Consumption Universe. The care and attention to detail that we use to praise the MCU creative teams for is in short supply.

i can’t believe the boss of marvel would say this

I’m sick of them.

They gonna start getting tired if y’all keep producing the same formulaic shit y’all have been pumping for over a decade now. Step your game up

He's not wrong on the second half. But he needs to remember that pretty much every franchise had multiple reboots.

I went from loving superhero movies to resenting and dreading them because the market is so over-saturated. One a year? Yeah okay maybe. Four a year that are all interconnected and if you miss one, you lose the plot? No, no thank you.

the last 5 flops beg to differ

That’s exactly what I pictured as “Marvel Boss”

Yeah but I don't every comedy or horror or period piece having to involve Marvel characters where you already know the outcome at the end and there's no risks in the storytelling

Variety 60 years ago… “Studio boss doesn't think audiences will ever tire of western movies…”

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I’m already getting sick of them do you think I can take 80 more years of this shit only things I’m excited for is Batman and Spider-Man

I’m just waiting for fantasy to make a come back!

Audiences have already tired of Feige's brand of superhero movie though.

'differente genres' And the only genre they tap into most of the time is comedy.

Poor Kevin

80 years of the majority of the stories being long drawn out found-family dramas set against a backdrop of explosions where it looks like the good guys might not win but then the music swells. I quite like the MCU stuff but I don't think there's 80 years worth of it.

People this pressed over him speaking the truth, outside of hateful twitter ppl enjoy these movies hints why they still perform so yall can rant all you want but it won't change

I'm tired of MCU movies that's for sure

Comic movies will be done in the near future. Then they move to video game adaptations and over do/kill off that too.

oh please god no

I lost all interest after Infinity War. I’ve seen made three movies, tried to watch Falcon but dropped it and watched Loki. I’m not sure how anyone continues to watch these anymore

It started to get boring by Ironman 2. Age of Ultron was okay, Ironman 3 had no point, same as Thor 2. Now you have to watch the Disney+ show to keep up with the movies. I graduated from college; I don't need to do any more homework.

Good luck with that…

I was tired if them like 4 years ago

I’ve been tired of superhero movies s for at least 5 years. I’m not the only one I know who feels the same.

here's hoping that whenever this bubble finally bursts, it takes Hollywood with it.

Yeah. All the stories D+ Marvel skipped, because M-She-Lost Money was more importanter.

It’s ok to enjoy things 🤷🏾‍♂️

This is always the shit people say right before the bubble bursts

ITT: Film hipsters ironically have no grasp of film history.

Except that's not what we're getting. We're getting propaganda masked by superheroes.

They will everything expires. Your job is too diversify what superhero movies can be and not everything has to be a movie.

Then why don't they start adapting those stories to any different genres soon?

Doesn't matter, especially because they adapt any of it properly

“Banks are too big to fail” ass mindset

Personally have been sick of them for years, last one I watched was no way home and not even in a cinema.

'The people are morons, they'll watch whatever we tell them to' vibes.

'We will never die!' Says Marvel head at the end of the worst received Phase ever.

'that they can adapt into different genres' But they won't.

Love the irony of 'groundbreaking' adaptations

'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look at my works, ye Mighty, and dispair!'

Audiences are already getting tired.

not__vee

He's wrong, they're already tired by the MCU formula.

Does he not know that comic audiences grew tired of superhero stories within those 80 years

Been reading comics since I was 12. I know what the ups and downs are. Phase 4 was 🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮

Yeah, nobody ever tires of a genre. It's why we still have blockbuster westerns coming out constantly, boner comedies out the ass, and massively successful slasher franchises that aren't just Halloween reboot-sequels.

Kevin, you may start doing the 'groundbreaking stories' now, we've seen enough of the generic but good and generic but bad ones.

Cowboy films Disco Hair Metal ...

sell signal

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we’re tired

TBH we need 'rest' for a franchise. Use that time to make sure what is being made is quality.

Blackpill of the day

The sweet release of death is starting to look might tempting these days.

It’s not that superhero movies exist it’s that there is too much quantity and not quality

Was tired before I even started

But yall seem to recycle the same stories though.

This phase has been shit 🤷‍♂️

they're making a show called 'daredevil: born again' despite daredevil season 3 being an adaptive take on born again

There isn’t 80 years left in the world so…🤷‍♂️

he’s right

Folks have been predicting the irrelevance of super hero films for decades while they’ve continue to thrive. Anyone still expecting the bubble to burst is gonna look stupid.

Oh? When are we going to see some of them?

you know i actually thought this too to some degree right after endgame with so many people saying marvel was gonna die. wandavision killed that hope almost immediately. unless they stop making the same movie over and over again, we’ll move on from this shit.

Hey remember the massive cultural shift starting in the early 00s against comics to the point where singular foreign comics were outselling the entire annual anerican comic industry. Fun pointless thing to bring up.

Oh dear God. Please end the MCU

we’ve been telling the same stories over and over as humans for centuries lol it’s all just repackaged mythology

Psycopath

It's been a decade and a half since he captured Millenial hearts with Iron Man and he is just now learning that producers need to be good at more than one thing

But the movies aren't as good as other movies or the source material, so what's the point?

As a grown up none of the Marvel movies appeal to me Especially as it Yankees all the way

consoomers will consoom

How about one where they all do motocross

You've burned thru a lot of good ones, botched several great ones, and have made it impossible for a lot to be done well.

Even the comic portions of Marvel and DC had periods where they were hanging on for dear life. The whole reason Spider-Man was ever sold to Sony is directly because of this. Even genres as nebulous as 'action films' have periods where they aren't very popular

Do the one where Mary Jane dies from Peter spunking too many loads up her.

Please fucking no

Superhero movies go back to black and white film serials. We've gotten to the point where movies and TV are far more profitable than comic books, which is kind of weird. Movies haven't scratched the surface of comic stories, like DC's Dark Nights Death Metal, imagine that movie.

Superman came out 45 years ago. Batman came out 30+ years ago. Spider-Man came out 20+ years ago. The MCU is 15 years old. Why do people think this will suddenly go away?

I mean, ppl still spend their money on mcu films even they they are some of THE WORST in the genre.... Tells u all u need to kno.

And 7 good ones

Then why do they all feel the same?

He's quite literally paid to say that.

I was a huge Marvel movie addict and even I'm tired of it. End Game was exactly that.

Sounds like hell

If y’all don’t like these movies, you can….stop watching them. Twitter is an echo chamber full of adults, young adults and teens will keep these movies afloat for a long time. There will always be fresh eyes for these flicks, and one day they won’t appeal to you. 🤷🏾‍♂️

either way he's going to make sure we do get sick of them

I'm already tired of it.

“Groundbreaking story”: it’s 2050 and the 30th version of spider man is released

Ah yes, the “groundbreaking” stories of black dikes and paraplegic trans taking on the system with the powers of “being an ally” and intersectionality. Truly Homer-esque

I've been sick of superhero garbage movies with early 2000s cheap Spy Kids special effects for at least 8 years.

He's not wrong, the superhero genre was great teenager entertainment 80 years ago, and was definitely groundbreaking at the time. 80 years ago.

If you think your audience will NEVER tire of something, they definitely will.

Man I wonder what this marvel movie will be about. Oh wait I bet the hero beats the Gillian in front of a green screen. Garbage. Not real cinema.

I got bored 80 months ago

“80 years of ‘groundbreaking’ stories” Whoa, let me stop you right there

Make something fun with it then

what different genre

kevin feige please take it back my friend rory is gonna kill himself

We tired now

So why does he keep doing mediocre movies in one genre which is a classic super hero story ?

And then drive into the ground with terrible writing.

This line of thinking will fail miserably

Except the only genre they've been sticking to are family action/adventure/comedies. Maybe actually dip into a different genre for once like the comics do and focus on quality over quantity. When every single movie feels the exact same, it's a problem.

Well, at least it's not Avatar, where they literally use the exact same story, just replacing 'Saving the rainforests' with 'Saving the whales'

He’s not wrong if referring to the hardcore fans but they will grow less profitable over time.

I've been sick of it for over a decade.

Just stop destroying things with their 'modern audience' crap. Create production teams that are fans not haters. They're catering to a crowd of whiney children that aren't their customers in the first place. Injecting woke talking points where it doesn't belong.

God, not 80 more years.

God, not 80 more years.

'Westerns will be popular forever!'

As long as they're all about ugly girlsbosses of color getting insta-wins over evil white men, the stories will never stop being amazing and original!

Certain toxic Marvel fans must be thrilled to obey and overrsupport and shill and partake in Hypocrisy in order to support the MCU

Kevin we all saw what you guys did with the Eternals.

I’m tired of just about any form of media that involves superheroes at this point

he's right because superheroes can exist in any genre but I kind of doubt that's what he meant

Not for me.

the mcu millennia

Same energy

I would rather see a few top notch and unique comic book movies per year than a dozen average ones. Quantity has become an issue.

“Normies are stupid as fuck,” Feige would go on to say. “Just make the same fucking movie as the last time and give the guy a different colored cape. Bam! I just made 100 mil at the box office. It doesn’t matter if the movie sucks. It’s better if it does.”

Tired 5 years ago….

Yeah, a lot of people will eat slop. Could be any slop though.

He's wrong. They thought this about cowboy/western movies as well. Then it was buddy cop movies. Then it was slashers etc. Sure, there will always be superhero movies being made. But they won't be as prevalent as they are now. Trends come and go.

cool so how long did westerns last

Prove it. Let's see a different genre within MCU

*looking at the MCU and the comics that inspired them* But you aren't interested in telling those exact stories, are you Kev?

Hasn't been a movie worth a damn since Endgame and the way its all structured I have zero desire to rewatch any of the old shit

Everyone complaining wasn’t around when Cowboys were the dominant genre: dozens of movies every year; & ~80 hours of TV when there were only 3 national networks in an era when every channel went off the air after midnight. Why not whine about Cooking, Alien, Home Repair networks?

Aaaaaaaand!:

The only thing that matters in this conversation is box office returns. Your personal opinion is irrelevant. Most people on twitter seem to hate the new Thor and Dr strange movies but both of them still made money. That’s all that matters

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boy i hate this guy

I'm tired of them.

Except they skipped decades of quality for M-She-U woke crap.

Anyone remember westerns?

This guys the fucking worst

Yeah, they did such a bang up job with the female Thor and Gor storylines.

I'll have whatever he's smoking.

Superheroes are boring.

80 years of groundbreaking stories, but let's ignore those and pump out crap based on the revisionism of the 2010s.

Glad I’ll be dead by then

When has the industry ever been interested in adapting to different genres

They’ll get tired of the laziness and lowering of standards though

There is no franchise that has avoided franchise fatigue in cinema, people interest always twiddles, especially at the rate Disney is pumping out content. Whilst it's difficult to compare pre-covid sales, post covid has indicated these films don't have legs. With large drops

then stop making the same movie over and over again; stop over stuffing these things so that there is no heart or soul; start allowing visual effects to rise to the heights of avatar. this franchise should be the benchmark not the punchline.

we’re getting tired already just after 15 years

despite the movies making more money, they look worse and worse and have even worse writing.

I mean, it's hard to measure since pre-covid had the Chinese market to boost ticket sales, post covid Marvel films (minus NWH) have all had a significant second week drop in ticket sales, especially strange since summer months were dead and thor had no legs. It has to everyone

It helps that the losers who despise these movies still show up to see every single one because they have 0 self control.

The world, in reality, needs superheroes, but sadly it won’t happen.

That’s intentionally vague. Are superhero fans going to get tired of these movies? No. Probably not. Are general audiences going to get tired of them? Yeah, probably. Especially when one movie relies on watching a TV series, and additional movies.

Moviegoers aka 45 year old children.

If you have superhero fatigue, there’s this one simple trick, don’t watch them. And if you have a problem with things other people enjoy, it’s probably time to stop worrying about others.

People got tired of crappy story telling. Not super heroes

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I was tired of it years ago. It’s so much worse now

you are gonna post this story 10 times arent you

I’ll never get tired of Marvel.

I’m in for life !

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