Fans have been wondering for a long time as to when a Marvel film will venture down the dark path. Well, it seems there might never be a dark-toned movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as long as Kevin Feige is at the helm.
Kevin Feige participated in a Q&A session at the University of Southern California not too long ago, and he answered a variety of questions that all have to do with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. From what we can tell from a Reddit post, the questions were solid, but one in particular caught our attention.
Someone wanted to know if Marvel would ever explore the dark themes with its movies, and from what Feige had to say, this might never happen in a thousand years. Apparently, humor is in the DNA of all films in the MCU, and nothing can change that.
"There is no dark turn in the MCU. He says every year fans come up to him and ask him if this movie is when the MCU goes "dark" or takes a "dark" turn. He said while the trailers may seem ominous or have a sense of impending doom, the movies do not have that feel, and will not. He said he "Hoped people would catch on by now" — there will be no giant dark turns in the MCU where it then continues to head in that direction. The humor is in the DNA of the movies; there are no plans to change that."
We're glad Marvel has no plans to move away from the humor in all its films, but we feel this could come around to hurt.
Avengers: Age of Ultron and several other films in the MCU had humor that seemed completely out of place. A lot of these films give off the feeling of the fun being primary over telling a great story. Furthermore, to say the trailers might give a sense of impending doom but the full movie will not, speaks volumes about the future of Marvel movies.
Avengers: Infinity War 1 and 2 will see the rise of Thanos, the most badass villain in the Marvel Universe. How can such a villain approach Earth without giving the audience a sense of impending doom?
In all honesty, things need to change at Marvel Studios, because almost all the films in the past couple of years feel the same. They all feel like Feige, and that's the problem of having a single person overseeing such an enormous franchise.
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