“It’s become really convenient to pick on [Marvel films],” Sebastian Stan said. “And that’s fine. Everyone’s got an opinion. But they’re a big part of what contributes to this business and allows us to have smaller movies as well. This is an artery traveling through the system of this entire machinery that’s Hollywood. It feeds in so many more ways than people acknowledge.”
“Sometimes I get protective of it because the intention is really fucking good,” Stan added at the time. “It’s just fucking hard to make a good movie over and over again.”
Stan’s Bucky/Winter Soldier will be front and center in next year’s Marvel tentpole “Thunderbolts,” and he hopes the character stays around long enough to meet Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom on the big screen.
“I hope I’m in a scene with him,” Stan says. “Is there any other guy that could pull that off? I don’t know, probably not. After ‘Tropic Thunder,’ is there anything that guy can’t do?”
Most criticism I’ve seen of Marvel is vs their previous stuff. They really set a high bar for excitement. Even though they haven’t been trying for the same sort of excitement, that’s what audiences have to compare with
I do like what they’ve done with some of their short series stuff.
But my favorites since the big blockbusters have been Ms Marvel and Moon Night. Ms Marvel was a really compelling story with the cultural connection, teen angst, discovering and growing into powers, but unfortunately I don’t see how you continue that formula. On the other hand, Moon Night seems open ended - I want more