Marvel Movies have a problem

Marvel Movies are in a bad spot, and as someone who's been reading comics for over 2 decades, it all seems like an easy fix. Let's talk about it.
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[@GeekCultureExplained]

What do you guys think about this? I also have some thoughts about the X-Men.

[@Yodakaycool]

Not sure what Tom Holland thinks about being SpiderMan for so long. Wasn't there talks about handing Spider-Man over to the Miles Morales character? I really hope and secretly wishing that Marvel has already placed you as an advisor. Because these ideas are wonderful.

[@yoyomayne]

Finally back on this channel! How does Mariah like the new Avatar show on Netflix!?

[@GeeksandGrub]

For the Xmen, I want them to do a series of 4 shows, each focusing on one Xman. Each from a different genre. Heist movie for Gambit, Robin Hood type for Storm, High School Comedy for Jubilee, Musical for Dazzler, or what ever...go back to doing genre movies that happen to have Xmen... Each show will have a teaser at the end of that person being recruited (like just show a Wheel roll into frame with an X on it) Each will also have scenes where a news story is heard about the "They are taking our jobs, our homes..." to build up the mutant hate in the backgeound... Then have the movie be a "God Loves, Man Kills) retelling...

[@yoyomayne]

@GeeksandGrub really? Out of the 4 xmen you chose, only one is a really known and main charachter. I don't think the general audience would care about a dazzler or jubilee story at all. Storm, most def, Gambit can be cool too

[@officialdeonejr]

Please do tell… i have the next few days off and im all ears 👂🏾 😭

[@Channel-lj1zx]

*BRING BACK THIS CHANNEL!!!!*

[@thebaggytrouseredone]

Good to hear you on this channel Rob.

[@adrielgarza2996]

missed hearing you on this channel rob 🙏🏽

[@fa619]

I really hope people from Disney watch this channel for feedback. Also put Rob in the writers room. That's the crossover we need!

[@GeekCultureExplained]

I don't want to be a writer, but I would be an advisor, especially on the X-Men.

[@cotamarron]

Rob as an advisor might be the only way they can save this bs they been doing the last two years xD. and with X men 97 would be dope if it start with the aftermath of Xavier death by the scarlett witch On the multiverse of madness and then connected with the second season of Wandavision and start to Arc a live version of magneto , they could tied so many loose knots. or ? @@GeekCultureExplained

[@rashodmasters4299]

I honestly feel like they nerf the villains for the movies. Not power wise, but writing wise.

[@johnd4371]

I was so thrilled to see you back posting content, you’re one of my absolute favs for explaining this genre! You know so much, but don’t make me ever feel stupid for not knowing it…and make it so easy! I do have a special request? I kmow ZERO of the X-men history, backstory, etc…nothing except watching the movies in theaters. I’ve watched this new X-men 97 and I get ZERO from it, I don’t know what’s going on…who’s doing what to whom and why, all lost to me. But I watch the breakdowns on KZbin and they act like it’s the most amazing thing ever, the story lines/characters/etc…all perfection/chef’s kiss! Things like “this is exactly like the comic run from 1742 (exaggeration here) by Joe Schmoe and that was amazing…this is even better”,etc… I’ve sincerely tried, but all lost to me. Could you do a series wrap explainingWTH(eck) I watched?

[@brianokuliczki7879]

Marvel being in trouble is not even the word for it.

[@kwabenaamanfoh6675]

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve seen a video been posted here.

[@Mrjones1030]

Welcome back, pal!! In wrestling ratings, they don't look at the lowest rated segment as the worst one. Rather, the segment on right before, as it made everyone change channels. I think it's gonna take em a while to wash off the stink of Modok, Eternals, Marvels, She Hulk and such. Lol

[@Cobalt-Blue22.]

6:42 Oh goodness this would be EPIC. I wish Marvel would hire Rob to write/over see projects.

[@clydethaglyde]

Yeah this makes so much more sense than how things currently stand.

[@jaydotveetv]

It was a warm February morning. Rob uploads a video to to the GCE channel. Nature begins healing. Love you man, never stop ❤

[@fortsynn]

love to see this channel back, keep it up rob

[@benpage-mn1bd]

stop being mean about every single movie tv show or video game we can share our opinions about things we like unless they are nice

[@Yodakaycool]

Always glad to see a video from you. RIP phase 5

[@petertomshany]

It’s been so long!! Excellent ideas, man.

[@zebrion5793]

Marvel. Please, do yourself a favor and just hire Rob already. This is what we need.

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

Rob is not a woman so it's impossible. He needs to transition maybe.

[@4pace]

Hire Rob, hire comicstoryin, Jonathan Hickman, Brian Michael Bendis, just hire comic book, writers and comic book fans for once, instead of people who know absolutely nothing about the IP.

[@ActionHankBeard]

Prioritizing quantity over quality. Terrible writing, fast tracking characters that general audiences don't care about and constant pandering to the vocal minority on social media. At this point a hard reset is the only viable option in my opinion.

[@thewayofthebeard3680]

They should rehire (or keep) Jonathan Majors. He received universal acclaim. Crazy to drop him for unintentionally injuring her finger (for anyone that doesn't know, intentional assault charges were dropped, so even the court believes he accidentally hurt her while trying to get away, literally running away for blocks)

[@theangelispro]

Kathleen Kennedy.

[@Sabios33]

Good to see a new video!

[@powerfulstaraptor3906]

We need Rob as THE writer for the MCU.

[@rbtorelli1994]

I really do love the idea of the Fantastic Four leading all the heroes against Dr. Doom after he's taken out the Kang Dynasty... But it also opens up the door for Fiege and other Marvel executives to push rewrites and script changes into the movie just so that they can backtrack and fix their multiverse /tva/ Kang issues just because they didn't entirely think everything through. So many movies have had massive changes made to them due to studios trying to put in their own input to the director's vision, thus, changing the entire tone and plot of some of these movies. I would really love to see a 1963 fantastic four movie done in its own unique style and plot without having to piece together every little thing that Marvel studios has dropped the ball on. I honestly think at this point it might just be better for Kevin feige himself to create an hour long, MANDATORY VIEWING, special presentation laying out what his original plan was, all of the reworks they had to do, and most importantly, how they want to move forward, why they want to move in that direction, and how they're going to do it. It. Have it be its own thing that maps everything together and ties it all back into itself without weighing down any other movies or projects with the unnecessary mess. It doesn't even have to be feige, he could be joined by Deadpool who is literally calling him out for everything with a whiteboard and marker and eraser. Make it something fun and interesting of course, but don't weigh down other movies by having them be the maid that cleans everything up

[@jonathan__g]

Glad to see this channel getting some love.

[@cbo0824]

Dope vid big dawg.......good shyt!!

[@kwilcox417]

Wow, I thought this channel was gone.... Welcome back Rob!

[@NFOMemoire]

That would be stupid, how would any casual viewer understand this lol

[@kickinit313131]

And you think casual viewers can follow what is going on now? Lol. The multiverse saga so far is definitely not casual friendly. Elevating some movies importance leaving others as tie-ins to help untangle this mess would make it more casual friendly. How would you make the current multiverse saga casual friendly?

[@Zenestro08]

Glad you're back

[@shmokemastaflex]

Hey I miss y'all input on the MCU and I'd like to hear what y'all think abouth XMEN 97

[@ANCMovers]

Hopefully you will be posting more on this channel, PLEASE BRING THIS CHANNEL BACK TO LIFE!!!!!

[@jusres]

Nailed it again Rob. I think the only problem is we will probably lose Tom Holland Spider-Man 4 films from now. Looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the X-Men.

[@jtpowelll]

Missed this channel

[@Omegaroth666]

Yay, a new Geek Culture video! 0:30

[@anthonymerighi3032]

Would have been a really interesting route to go in and would have been nice to get that collaborative aspect that turns into something even bigger and more avengers level

[@elijahross2009]

😔 That's too bad. Have you been keeping up with any other cool comic book series lately? 📚👀

[@MrRagingAntibody]

while i do agree that if they have to replace kang with a new character comepletely, Doom is the logical choice, and having him come from another reality with a fully established back story, i mean then he's basically Thanos, right? Like the way you explain it, basically Reed takes on the Hulk's role by warning everyone he is coming, then boom he shows up in secret wars, he battles and beats people while monologuing expository backstory and well.. it just feels like been there done that. I wish Marvel had the balls to go for the like the tripple fake out or so, you set up Kang as this big bad, the avengers and such have never faced anyone who has these powers, we need to think outside the box and -bam, Doom or whoever comes along, squashes Kang as easily as stepping on an ant, however he's no friend, he plans to rule the universe. If he was able to beat Kang so easily, what chance do the avengers have against- oh wait, now the Beyonder or Annihilus or whoever shows up and bitch slaps doom back down the ladder. Long ago, during the celestial war, the celestials and some other cosmic entities placed some bets or whatever on how things would turn out and etc. Each opposing side couldn't intervene directly, but they could manipulate things for certain outcomes or whatever. these are forces even people with cosmic level powers cant comprehend, some kind of lovecraftian crazy gods shit. They don't care about the lives of the living beings and whatnot throughout the mutliverse, they can just reform countless new universes by snapping their fingers, no one stands a chance. thats it, the end, its over for everyone. THEN you bring in Doom or Onslaught or whoever your fav choice is for big bad, and they manage to syphon that power from one of these cosmic entities, hell it could even be Galactus, like give him a new origin. He starts off as Quasar or some shit, pulls a rogue and absorbs all the abilities and transforms into Galactus, an all powerful being with an insatiable hunger for more power and so forth, like some kind of living blackhole at the center of his body or something, but the trick is, even with all this power, its now trapped inside the body of a mortal being, and that being can be killed, so the avengers and so forth stand an actual chance of winning again, if slim at best. So reed and Doom gotta team up, maybe create the ultimate nullifier or whatever, they get one shot to take him down, or maybe thanos teams upo with some good guys like the Guardians, the Marvels and the Nova Corps to track down the Heart of the Universe, whatever. Thats how i think it would really make a big come back. As far as the spiderverse stuff, I dont think thats gonna happen. I like the animated films, but i hope they stay in their own universe, and sonys spin off movies are part of a universe that gets pruned or destroyed by incursion. Im ok with garfield and mcguire showing up, but beyond that, no ties to anything Sony has been working on. Id much rather them lean heavier into the cosmic stuff now, which admittedly has always been Marvel's weakest stories, but it opens up way more possibilities in the future to tell more personal grounded stories as well as going into the more paranormal and dimensional (hel, heaven, etc) if they are gonna push characters like Blade and the Midnight Suns to the limelight.

[@GeekCulture101]

My thought is they are over saturating the market with comic book movies period. I love comic movies(especially marvel) but there can be to much and quality starts to waiver due to it

[@drerook2706]

Glad to see you back over here

[@KryyssTV]

With so many big events that are X-Men related on Disney+, in the games industry, in the comics and within the MCU itself I suspect they're going to switch from their original trajectory to bring the X-Men into the MCU sooner rather than waiting until after Secret War.

[@sonic1675]

You finally remembered your password

[@PeaceKeeper-md2tr]

They should've just did great stand alone projects. Then Loki season 2, The Multiverse Of Madness with a Multiverse villain & not the The Scarlet Witch, & Secret Wars with The Beyonder (Pre-Retcon) as the villain would've tied it all together. The future leaders of The MCU should be Doctor Strange, Loki, & The Fantastic Four.

[@ajbeasley2771]

I do think that having the spiderverse join mcu stuff would be a problem because of how the mcu would handle the spiderverse after beyond plus it would just be cool if the spiderverse movies were their own thing and you introduce a similar albeit different spiderverse that you could play around with without worrying about breaking the spiderverse movies

[@Agentshadowolf]

I really think they should have started the multiverse saga off with movies like Spider-Man no way home and Ant-Man 3 followed with shows like Loki and what if. Those pieces of content would have been good to start phase four with and really build up the multiverse events and then just have phase 5 be a cool down to let things build up so that by the time phase six arrives you know everything will start to be set in place for Kang dynasty and secret wars

[@ozzoldoshadda2993]

The fact that Disney hasn't hired Rob to be the story writer for the on going MCU is both a tragedy and a blessing for us.

[@jessemillan1385]

We need Doctor Doom as the main villain who's killed the council of Kang. With Spider-Man leading the Spider-Society in the battle against Doom while the Fantastic Four are recruiting Heroes to join the fight. Excellent theory, Rob.

[@pikeyMcBarkin]

Rob I think you have some great ideas here. TY

[@laderricpiner2748]

I know alot wouldn't agree I personally don't think it may work but Iman Vellani is the funniest young face she genuinely loves playing her character she alone made the Marvels good. I know she don't have the clout to hold her own movie but I'm asking keep her in the fold she remind me of Tom Holland

[@user-tk4ji8ft2t]

Let's goo geek culture is back

[@rubin831]

This would be the best time to bring live back into this channel with just an episode breakdown of X-Men 97, if it wouldn’t burn you out

[@BoomerCosmo]

I feel the same about secrets wars. Everyone wants it to be a big thing in the MCU. the new big build-up. Idk. I think it best just to go into Deadpool thinking it's going to be its own thing.

[@willh3530]

Leave it to Rob to fix this mess of a universe in one 8 mins video Disney hasn’t been able to do in last 10 years.

[@GeekCultureExplained]

lol

[@ImpossibleRyan55]

Couldn't disagree more. We don't need another "verse". Just tell a superhero story. One at a time and if there are multiple good movies, then try to tie them in. They're trying way too hard to forecast out five to ten years of fan reactions. Too many variables. Just tell a good superhero story. Just one.

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

That's not the problem. That didn't make them tone down Gorr the god Butcher and make him a human painted white. That was on the directors and Kevin himself. Marval can't fix themselves because they hired cultists and people with little to no talent who never read a comic in their lives and openly Brag about not knowing about the source material in multiple interviews. The reality is everyone that made good MCU movies were the producers and showrunners and paramount studios, not the directors. Marvel and Disney lacks talent, and they purposefully didn't want talent, they want Check boxes (Identity) and big names. They didn't learn their lesson I.E> Pedro Pascal as Reed despite fans wanting John.

[@WallyBChamp]

@ryan, I would love that too. Each movie/show should be someones passion project. With the approach it'll be the last thing you ever make. Not with the idea a cliff hanger has to be shoved in at the end.

[@edwardjones282]

Good luck with that.

[@godspeed7192]

I agree

[@chonkeboi]

I would agree, but they’ve put in so much already to set this up, so they may as well try to make it good. Once they’re done with this, they should maybe take a step back and go back to making actual normal superhero movies on a smaller scale.

[@DavidHanniganJr]

Concur.

[@charlesdreves9284]

Yes rob, I want that doom intro it would be so awesome man!!

[@omanjackson17]

I would have Kang or Doom to approach the Inheritors and give them a taste in what Spider-Man taste like. It get them hooked like a drug, and they give them a device to travel the multiverse in hunting spider people. They could serve a the main antagonist in the next Into the Spider Verse movie, which can connect to MCU.

[@rosslimbach5230]

Marvel would benefit to hire you to write their movie plots Rob. May not be the responsibility you want but you’re the one mega nerd we need. Salute good sir.

[@Indeed3_]

It’s not convoluted at all, multiverse will clash, secret wars and then a full reboot, simple.

[@josepalacios1363]

It's been a long time on this channel

[@toxin7883]

Thank goodness for bringing this channel back

[@Viper6332]

Welcome back rob you have been missed

[@sammyd8570]

But what about Avengers 5? Would the threat still be the army of Kang variants? If they’re taken out by Doom at the end of FF movie, then they would already be off the table..

[@Jake-dm4rk]

Dude I love the idea of doom ending kang

[@editsbybrycet186]

In terms of the title, not necessarily. The Kang stuff obviously because there’s no more Kang that we know of. But the X Men and mutants are going to pull through for sure and I think Secret Wars will succeed. Sony is its own thing and they’ve sucked/ kneecapped their own stuff probably since Venom 1.

[@MOH_AL_K]

Disney ain’t better than sony at this point. At least they have the spiderverse movies and the older Spider-Man movies, which is more than what several other companies have now.

[@theodore9668]

Marvel just needs to hire Rob to fix everything

[@justahologram2230]

I think their one shot for anything logical would be to pivot into Avengers vs X-Men as the next big crossover and use it as a multiversal reset and let everyone miss the comic book movies for s few years so theyre welcomed back

[@dangelioscott3376]

This makes so much sense….that Marvel Studios will not use it.

[@ajbeasley2771]

I would also say instead of doctor doom why not introduce the marque of death and tie it into x men by showing just how powerful mutants can be revealing the concept of omega level and alpha level before we get the X-men movie with the marque’s motivation being he just doesn’t like how the multiverse is structured and wants to change it to his whims and the kang dynasty was trying to find a way to kill the marque by wiping out heroes on different universes in order to kill a past version of the marque but unsure which universe is the right one

[@vergilrules1616]

I like this idea. You can even take it one step further and say that Dr Doom, in his quest to destroy the kang dynasty, was actually the one who started the incursions from Doctor strange 2. And you further proceed to tie everything together

[@akada00]

Yo I don’t understand how marvel isn’t watching videos like this. It’s such a great alley oop. Half the work already done

[@JayUchiha17]

At this point, anyone can tell a better story than the writers at Sony and Marvel. It's so tiresome watching them do to their best to subvert most expectations by true fans.

[@someguy6369]

Ye

[@warlock7760]

Love the idea! You're hired! :D

[@QueenDeeTV]

At this point they need Rob in the writers room!

[@piercelee1097]

Hey, Rob finally remembered the channel password.

[@thizzuchiha]

Omg he’s back!!

[@connerfarrell]

Goddam. Rob’s a fucking G. Doom merks the kangs and he found a way to redeem Madam Web!

[@mic3815]

I've always thought trailers and KZbin shorts would be great for origin stories

[@nukagloo]

It's hard being a fan of things these days :(

[@GirSlay3r179]

Put this man in the writing room

[@that_jason_black]

You know you messed up(Marvel/Mousehouse} when Rob gotta come out of retirement to set everything straight with their Universe.

[@Purple-Prince]

Yeah, if Disney could just hire Rob already that'd be great

[@VanillaGorilla7]

Personally I feel like the downfall began with Larson and Captain Marvel, the second thing was She Hulk happened and it was just complete nonsense between it being more about fashion dating finding love and A pathetic scene with Megan the stallion, Antman 3 was the 3rd major mistake and dropping the ball with Kang adding to that stupidity with Majors and his crazier than A bag of cats girlfriend single handedly destroying any chance of redeeming Kang, unfortunately I really don't think the MCU will recover from this it will either end up being one of 2 outcomes , the first will be just random movies involving certain story lines from the comics with no real outcome just basically cannon fodder, the second will be the complete end of the MCU. I do like Rob's idea though I just don't think it will happen unfortunately with Sony still owning Spider man and the utter trash that Sony puts out, I think A good place to look as well would be the Hulk World War Hulk story and also the Knull story but once again with Knull Sony has the rights to Venom so it mosst likely wont happen. It really just feels like since Tony Stark died the MCU took a dirt nap as well.🤷🤦

[@oteris2924]

They really should not have wasted Planet Hulk. Phase 4 could have be building up The Illuminati and the new cast of heroes, ending with a Planet Hulk movie. Phase 5 would build up to a World War Hulk movie. This would be a good send off Hulk and set up The Void as the next big threat.

[@luthorcorp0]

Better plot than Hollywood will come up with.

[@CheckersMcGavern]

See, I've been sayin this shit for a long time now. Dooms needs to eliminate Kang, and I think this would be the perfect excuse to bring in one of the biggest McGuffins in Marvel Comics: The Ultimate Nullifier lol Kang: "Oh what's that cute little gun you've got?" *[blam]* *[All Kangs just vanish like it's The fuckin Snap]*

[@thecrimsongem7954]

Superhero fatigue? No. Shitty movie fatigue is more like it 👍 I’m actually happy the thunderbolts changed writers- means they’re starting to see it takes good writers to make good stories (Loki for instance was phenomenal)

[@alejandrocerezo8399]

People feel overdosed of interconnected superhero media, which is why some of us don't want to enter the Comicbook Sphere in the first place . Marvel need to close the multiverse (at least for a while) and focus on sparse, good standalone movies that eventually can culminate in crossovers. P.D.: I love Huge Jackman, but bringing him back is a mistake and I'll die on that hill.

[@KevinMartinez-ct3wx]

That fantastic 4 movie sounds like the plot for lost in space. I can go for it

[@mrTjstephens1]

I just remember watching you explain Marvel's timelines and Kang to people and people being confused even after it was explained.

[@anishnaidu2621]

That’s why Waze Wilson aka Deadpool aka Marvel Jesus and Wolverine are there to fix it this coming July that’s going to be wild as anything

[@jambo12324]

I like the idea. It would definitely fix alot of problems the MCU is having with continuity

[@TerraEmperor1]

Madame Web would have a been a good set up for an Inhertors chapter within the multiverse saga

[@MeanJoeGrizzly]

Completely disagree. They need to use Loki season 2’s ending to get rid of Kang for good. He is now the God of Stories and they can finish up Kang’s story with a 1 min dialogue scene when ever it needs to happen. DP 3 can kill the Fox universe. FF can be a simple and GOOD superhero movie that puts them on the path to adapting Hickman’s Avengers and New Avengers. Multiverse of Madness did all the work to set that up already.. it’s a very easy fix. Completely scrap Kang and his storyline and move forward with the Incursions

[@TrappyJenkins]

Rob remembers one of his 30 side channels

[@0Regie]

The issue with this idea is that Sony is as greedy as it is dumb. They'd never let the MCU borrow Spiderman for that long and Disney wouldn't tolerate SOny's greedy demands. Never gonna happen.

[@Maakimaaku]

100%

[@Atomysk]

I wish they would just hire Rob already. Its getting frustrating.

[@chewyateyoda4208]

They can also drop in Agatha harkness that she had a child years ago and that child becomes Victor Doom

[@AjaxOutlaw]

Yea I thought this would the big twist but no. Sony isn’t interested in good story telling

[@caldervanegas240]

The only thing don’t agree with is killing off spider society and Miguel I just don’t want spiderverse movies involved with the mcu