I'm wondering how the franchise will feel after Endgame. It's going to be a reboot of sorts.

did nothing?

it broke up the Avengers they're still broken up

They're referencing a larger conflict that would be its own film series

Cap and Tony haven't spoken since

Yeah it impacted things on a cosmic scale haha

For a handful of people having a spat

honestly compared to the comic event, the movie one was better

They're clearly not opposed to scaling down and rewriting

the movies didn't have to deus ex machina out a bunch of decisions made for that event weeks later

They'll have to asspull for the next Avengers though

When you have a franchise that is on rails by design, there's not too much flexibility

also when you're missing a good chunk of the Marvel characters too

they don't even have Nitro who was the catalyst for the entire comic event

It's a pointless choice to make because you know they'll have everyone, or nearly everyone come back

Marvel ain't losing that Spiderman or Chris Hemsworth Cheesecake money

the question isn't always do they win, but how they win

and at what cost

the stakes have always been about Cap and Tony

The cost will be nothing that will harm future movie options. How they win will be an asspull

Can you really imagine having all of the heroes from the MCU and X-men series in one movie? It would turn into a plot that would necessitate having the highest paid actors be in the spotlight, and everyone else would be so stretched thin

Would not be worth it at all

You wouldn't make it one movie

it was damn impressive how they pulled off Civil War and Infinity War

the Russos are damn good at what they do

I assume end game is going to kill off the expensive actors

Everything being wrapped up in one film is a terrible formula for a long running series

RDJ was expensive because he made them all that money in the first place

Even if it was 2-3 movies, I don't think they'd like the cost vs. just telling the story

MCU has the advantage of playing the long game to the extreme

You could split it up into different parts, like how they handle Avengers already

they can take some time but it's not infinite, the actors can only look the part for so long

so more MCU movies?

More MCU movies that serve a larger creative purpose

which they do

Rather than being another origin story or "guardians made money, what can we do with that?"

the movies to date have all been about putting the pieces in place for the 3rd and 4th Avengers movie

for Thanos

Let's be real here. If those movies had failed those characters wouldn't have absolutely 100% been needed in muh Thanos arc. The C list characters exist to see if they can make money off of those too

Disney is not in this to craft storylines. That happens as a byproduct of an investment they have made

Guardians set up Thanos, Gamora and Nebula in the first place who are essential for the Infinity Wars storyline