Feige's Announcement Proves MCU Learned Its Lesson – The Hard Way
Can Marvel rebuild its reputation?
As the amount of content Marvel produces grows, many MCU fans worry that the studio's golden age ended with Avengers: Endgame. Even though Phase Four following it started a new chapter, The Multiverse Saga, its run has become a huge disappointment for audiences due to the gradually declining quality of the movies and shows and the increasing focus on quantity.
All in all, Marvel released 18 new projects in the last two years!
As you might expect, among the hit and highly praised projects like Spider-Man: No Way Home, there were many that received negative reviews from viewers and critics.
Some of the shows released on the Disney+ platform were deemed by fans to be too soapy, lacking in effort, lazily written, or just plain boring. Only the most hardcore MCU fans have sat through them all.
At the same time, it seems that it would be difficult to pick up a new movie or series without having seen previous projects, which is too unfair to casual viewers who may not have the time or interest to dig deep. All of these factors have contributed to negative ratings and declining viewership.
Fortunately, Marvel executives seem to understand that they have backed themselves into a corner and are determined to remedy the situation. While speaking with EW, Marvel's top boss and mastermind Kevin Feige promised fans that in Phases Five and Six, starting with the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the studio will be cutting back on shows and spacing out projects in order to refocus on quality.
"We want Marvel Studios and the MCU projects to really stand out and stand above," Feige said. "The pace at which we're putting out the Disney+ shows will change so they can each get a chance to shine."
Now that Feige has addressed the giant elephant in the room, it looks like the lesson of Phase Four has been learned and Marvel is finally ready to drop the "quantity over quality" approach. But at what cost? Will the studio be able to restore its reputation, which has been battered over the past two years?
Fans feel that only quality, brilliantly written content can help the MCU regain its zeitgeist. Fortunately, the studio has a lot of exciting material in store, like the new Big Bad Kang the Conqueror and X-Men. Hopefully, they can make good use of it.