Marvel Cinematic Universe - The Marvels [Spoilers]

[Darth Wagtaros]

I'm curious how a Loki Season 2 is going to work.


The first two series, WV and FatWS, told self-contained stories.  Kind of like a movie but longer.  That meshes very well with the MCU being a whole series of movies.

But Loki set up the big baddie as Kang (as I understand it).  Kang has already been announced as the villain of Dr Strange 2.

So I guess you'll be required to watch Dr Strange 2 before seeing the next season of Loki?  Funny way to run a tv series.

It kind of fits with the MCU model though. 

[Habbaku]

I don't see how that's weird. Who's watching these TV series without being caught up on at least the majority of the MCU (or is that the MCM now?)?

[Grey Fox]

Dr. Strange? Good one BB.

It is in 25 other properties release, including Black Widow.

[Barrister]

That's a lot of MCU content.

[HVC]

lol i like the guardians of the galaxy holiday special

[Josquius]

Loki so far in the future. Wow. Where's this from? That would surprise me.

[crazy canuck]

I don't see how that's weird. Who's watching these TV series without being caught up on at least the majority of the MCU (or is that the MCM now?)?

Me 

[The Minsky Moment]

I'm curious how a Loki Season 2 is going to work.


The first two series, WV and FatWS, told self-contained stories.  Kind of like a movie but longer.  That meshes very well with the MCU being a whole series of movies.

But Loki set up the big baddie as Kang (as I understand it).  Kang has already been announced as the villain of Dr Strange 2.

So I guess you'll be required to watch Dr Strange 2 before seeing the next season of Loki?  Funny way to run a tv series.

They (Disney) aren't running a TV series; they are running a premium content subscription service with merchandising links across a multi-media empire.  If people go the theatre to see a motion picture on a big screen, that's nice and brings in some incremental revenue.  But it isn't essential.

[crazy canuck]

I should note that as someone who has no idea who Kang is, I really enjoyed the season finale.

[The Minsky Moment]

For perspective, Disney's movie studio operations generated about $4.8 billion in revenue from theatrical releases in the last pre-COVID year, a record number driven by Avengers:Endgame.  (it obviously went way down in 2020).

But in 2020 direct-to-consumer revenue hit over 16 billion, including over $7.5 billion in subscription revenues.  That is probably around $1 billion per month by now. 

So whether the next Thor movie makes $400 m or $500m in theaters doesn't make that big a difference in the grand scheme.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I don't see how that's weird. Who's watching these TV series without being caught up on at least the majority of the MCU (or is that the MCM now?)?

Me 

Monster!

[garbon]

I still can't believe Moon Knight is getting a TV series. One of the few comics I had as a child.

[Barrister]

Anyone been watching "What if?"

[Habbaku]

Yep. Pretty fun fluff, but still fluff at the end of the day.

Not sure I cared for the T'Challa-Lord episode much, though.

[Barrister]

Yep. Pretty fun fluff, but still fluff at the end of the day.

Not sure I cared for the T'Challa-Lord episode much, though.

The "T'Challa talked Thanos out of universal genocide, but he still thinks it could have worked" bit was pretty funny.

With so many returning voices, the ones that didn't are pretty jarring though.