By Chris Snellgrove | Published
right now, X-Men '97 Season 2 is complete to kill it, maintaining the almost impossible high level created by Season 1. Understandably, fans are wondering how much of this animated revival we will get. The direct answer to that question is an emotional one. Previously, executive producer Larry Houston said that Marvel Animation is currently working on Seasons 3 and 4 and that the goal is to hit at least five seasons, which will be the same as the first. IX-Men: The Animated Series. While that's already an ambitious goal, one Marvel power player is dreaming bigger.
In a recent interview no POC CultureHouston confirmed that Brad Winderbaum, Head of Broadcast, Television and Animation at Marvel Studios, would like to 10 seasons. Unsurprisingly, the writers, producers, and voice actors support this goal, as it means we'll be getting more of this hit series for the better part. a decade. However, there's another potential downside that none of Marvel's movers and shakers have considered. If X-Men '97 could maintain this same level of quality for 10 seasons, it could kill the MCU by forcing fans to ask the obvious question about Marvel's live-action movies: “why can't it be as good as the cartoon?”
Comparing The Thief of Joy
It is an open secret that, behind Avengers: EndgameMarvel really fell apart, artistically and commercially. At one time, this franchise used to release multi-billion dollar films; Well, that was rare (last year, anyway Thunder Lights or Fantastic Four: First Steps came anywhere near). Big warning bells started ringing there Miraclesa direct sequel to one of those multi-billion dollar movies, actually is lost studio fee. Because of this, MCU master Kevin Feige created a bold strategy. With Avengers: Doomsday and the return of Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., he hopes to go The end of the game. And with Avengers: Secret Warshe was going to reboot the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.
That reboot will allow for the return of popular characters like Captain America and Iron Man while adding some major players (like the X-Men) to the MCU. Because the converters are on the big screen, you can imagine that X-Men '97 which lasts for ten years can be a good thing because it creates interaction across multiple platforms and media. However, knocking this cartoon out of the park year after year can be problematic because it naturally invites fan comparisons to the MCU. It doesn't matter How well the X-Men movie says, its two hours will be compared to the seasons X-Men '97. If the movie is bad, fans may clamor for another cinematic reboot.
It's Not Just In Our Heads
The decline of the MCU had already happened long before the premiere X-Men '97 Season 1. The media started throwing around the term “superhero fatigue” to make it seem like this decline was beyond Marvel's control and that millions of people had just lost their appetite for slow-moving movies overnight. In fact, these films stopped making a lot of money because most of them were not as good as the previous films. All it took was a handful of lukewarm Marvel movies to nearly destroy the franchise because we all remembered how, not so many years ago (there were only four years between The end of the game again Miracles!), the studio knew how to make good movies.
Now, maybe Kevin Feige's dream is coming true for both Avengers: Doomsday again Avengers: Secret Wars provide The end of the game-the level of quality and renew the great public interest in the franchise. But what happens if the follow-up movies experience a huge dip in quality like most post-Endgame movies? We're just about to enter “hero fatigue” 2.0, which will be accelerated because X-Men '97 he will always remind us how good these movies are he can be. It was bad enough when we were comparing new, mediocre and great old movies. How bad will the flops be in the future when we know that Marvel has killer writers and are working on another project?
When You Are Destined to Die
Obviously, this is not a crime X-Men '97; the show is completeand if we get eight more seasons after this, this '80s kid's heart will be filled with joy. But since Season 1, fans have been comparing the show to live-action movies and wondering why Marvel can create such a great series but keep dropping the ball with feature films. If the MCU encounters a similar post-Secret Wars decrease in film quality during X-Men '97 keeps knocking it out of the park, the box office for these movies will shrivel to death. Why spend so much money to see a mediocre movie when the best superhero stories are streaming on demand?
Ultimately, the perfect cartoon could kill the most ambitious cinematic franchise ever created. If the MCU dies, however, it can always take over X-Men '97: just wait for almost three decades and pick up where they left off!
