Kind of funny that I'm asking this considering just a couple of years ago, I was all into the idea of hugely interconnected cinematic universes. But starting mid to late last year, I wasn't thinking about them as much as I used to. This is probably because some of Marvel's more recent films haven't done it for me, DC having issues running their universe, and several other ones falling apart after the first planned film (Ghostbusters, King Arthur, The Mummy, Amazing Spider-Man 2, etc).
I'm not saying that I'm against cinematic universes or that there can't be great films from them (Looking forward to Godzilla Vs Kong in 2020). But I think the extremely connected shared universe concept has hurt some franchises because the director won't have as much creative control compared to other films and because so many cooks can get in the kitchen and want the film to be 17 different things.
Look at something like the X-Men franchise. Yes it's a big comic book series with spin offs, but they aren't really that concerned with continuity and because of that we are able to get very different film like Deadpool, Logan, and X-Men DOFP (Those wouldn't fit together if they were concerned with continuity). I think some other franchises like the DCEU, Sony's Marvel/Venom Universe, and a possible reboot of Universal Monsters should take this path were they can have a big long franchise, but not have to worry about how every film ties to each other or how one film sets up a totally separate spin off.
But this is just my opinion. What do you think? Comment and let me know. And thanks for reading. :0)
Submitted May 17, 2018 at 06:58AM by Spidey10 https://ift.tt/2wMGcdc