I thought it was said somewhere that this film was in a separate universe from not only the MCU, but also all the other Spidey-verses.
Whether it was said or not, it has to be. Peter's a fetus in 2003 in this movie. Even Holland's Parker is too old for that.I thought it was said somewhere that this film was in a separate universe from not only the MCU, but also all the other Spidey-verses.
They're still making that?Um, to support Kraven?
They're still making that?
Only way I'll watch it is if he's hunting Sony execs in the style of the Most Dangerous Game.
Oh... alrighty, then.Um, to support Kraven?
If they tie in Vulture, Morbius, Venom, Madame Web and Kraven with whichever Spider-Man to make a Stickier Six. Or something. Hehe
I mean you aren't wrong. At least Kraven and Morbius have a bit of clout to their name, but no one gives a damn about a no name character like Madame Web or El Muerto. Web has got at least some of the fanbase of the old 90's series to actually make her known a little bit, but it's not like she was ever that big in the comics either. Heck her title is taken over by the second Spider-Woman these days.
El Muerto though..... who even knows who he was before they announced the movie? Honestly feels like Sony flushing money down the toilet.
tbf to Sony, they didn't choose El Muerto; they wanted to do a movie with Bad Bunny or whatever his name is; and that was the character he said he wanted to do.
Plus, using your same logic: Marvel should have never made Guardians of the Galaxy or Shang-Chi, or hell probably even Iron Man becuase who the **** was Iron Man before the first movie?
Guardians of the Galaxy was a competently-written, competently-directed movie with a compelling story, one which we knew was part of an established universe. Shang-Chi wasn't all that different. As for Iron Man, well, he had an animated series as well as guest spots in the Spider-Man series that was produced at around the same time (complete with the same voice actor!), plus comic fans at least knew that he was a founding member of the Avengers. I'd argue he had more name recognition than the latter two...though I'll concede that most people were probably more familiar with the Black Sabbath song.
Anyway, I think that Madame Web has the same problem that most of Sony's other Spidey-adjacent films have - they're taking a character associated with Spider-Man and trying to tell a movie about them, minus any obvious Spider-Man connections. Venom has been the best and most successful example of this, but I suspect that's less to do with the quality of the films - which I cannot speak to as I haven't seen them - and more to do with name recognition.
Venom was surprisingly good. I credit the actors involved and some really good writing.
Madam Webb does not appear to have either.
I ask this not to be an ass, but because I'm genuinely curious. Has Dakota Johnson been good in anything? Like, I have never, ever, heard anyone with a good thing to say about her acting ability. I've heard plenty say that she's not good at all.
It's not just that this is one of those 'movies that no one asked for'. It's not just that it's a whole bunch of C and D list characters that few people outside the hardcore know about. It's all that and it's a female led movie when we're in a time where there's a bunch of hate aimed at comic movies and especially female led or driven comic media. Look at the Marvels. Well written, well acted, yet its box office performance was not great. This is not the Marvels.
I think the best Madame Webb could have hoped for was to be around Mobius tier. A decent, but not spectacular, run of the mill comic movie. Perfectly acceptable around the 2000s, but we expect better and more now.
I always laugh when people act like Iron Man was an unknown character before the movie. Going by that logic the entire Marvel Universe is full of unknowns. Iron Man has been a Marvel constant since his introduction. Nearly the same for Doctor Strange. Both are prominent established Marvel characters that have carried their own for decades.
I still don't feel like such a thing existed for Shang-Chi, which still ended up being on of the best recent movies; or Echo who again ended up being on of the best recent TV Series. The two major missteps from Marvel (in new properties, not sequels) seems to be the Inhumans, who even in comics never do well; as mostly only Black Bolt and Lockjaw are the only ones people really care about, if that. And Eternals, which similarly is a group pretty much no one cares about despite whatever importantance they have to the actual Marvel Univese.But you got to focus on the initial fan base of comic fans to at least focus on something first.