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This is what I’ve heard as well from multiple reliable scoopers.

Entirely possible as he is the one that pushed on the Star Wars brakes after Solo was released.

 

Obviously they're both in it for the profit, but at least from the information we have, it seems very clear that Iger is prioritizing quality, while Chapek just wanted as much content as possible.

 

Yeah, one is obviously better at product rollout than the other. Lol

 

If it was anyone but Anthony Mackie (maybe Sebastian Stan as well) I would put more weight into it. Can never tell when he is 100% being serious or just joking when it comes to Marvel interviews.

 

Seems like he’s speaking to his experience to me, even if casually

 

I don’t agree with spoilers encouraging people to see a film opening weekend. The majority of movie goers do not care about spoilers. They probably aren’t even aware if spoilers do or don’t exist for the films they see.

 

I’m sure he isn’t allowed to take his time while reading the script and is probably a bit rushed. The being told “I don’t care” seems to be in line with his humor of exaggeration that he plays in many Marvel interviews.

Without being able to hear how he delivered the quote I can’t really tell.

Edit: found the video. 5:30 mark. Def sounds like he isn’t being very serious with the whole ‘Cheetos’ and “I don’t care” bit

sounds like the Twitter user is just trying to store the pot and is using Mackie to do it, imo.

 

I don't really get what takeaway the Tweeter wants people to have from this.

I mean, Mackie, or anyone for that matter, shouldn't be treated like shit, but "evil" seems like a strong word to use about the situation, and I don't feel like that's his point anyway.

 

Looks like the tweeter believes the existence of Captain America 4 as a film is evil, probably because it’s a continuation of the cultural stagnation of our cinematic landscape and, like I think every Captain America film, it will be partially funded by the US armed forces. I wouldn’t expect an MCU thread to agree, that’s your right, but I see his point. Mackie was giving a light talk show anecdote and I don’t have much of an opinion on it except that whatever extent of it is true is hilariously silly on Marvel’s part

 

Yeah I took the "evil" part to be talking about Cap 4 itself, not the script thing

 

I mean… they do, though. Which is a big part of why official social media channels will make posts about “spoilers.” It’s marketing. It’s part of building hype and momentum, and creating that feeling of “you gotta see this!”

It’s not the primary driver of opening weekends, sure, and not all normal people care. But, it’s 100% used as an additional driver to get people in seats, and then getting those exciting headlines (which drives further ticket sales) and satisfying shareholders.

 

With the spoiler sub gone I don’t think I’ll be as invested into spoilers as I once was. If there’s no community that allows everyone to go tinfoil over the way a marvel actor scratched their own ass then I don’t care as much.

Back to going in blind.

 

Oh.

I don't want to dunk on anyone's opinions, but things like this just suck all the fun out of anything and everything for me.

I feel like being this serious about this shit is contributing to the erosion of humanity just as much as anything else.

 

Enjoy what you like but serious critique is important and isn’t an attempt to take away anyone’s joy (for most people at least, I hope)

 

Serious critique is fine but calling a superhero movie being made that helps people unwind from their shitty lives "evil" is the kind of hyperbole that just makes me want to disconnect from humanity and go find an island somewhere.

 

I would just say that plenty of things that help people unwind can be harmful or bad, even entertainment, and dispute word choice all you like but from my perspective, I can see how a hypercorporate media monopoly who collaborates with the United States military on movies for kids could warrant the “evil” tag.

I do not mind if people enjoy superhero movies, but I find their part in a larger cultural context troubling. That doesn’t mean it’s immoral to enjoy the movies, you do you. Seeing the Winter Soldier and Black Panther were very fun theatrical experiences for me, funding from institutions I despise and all. But these critiques aren’t coming from nowhere and I think some of them should be considered necessary parts of the conversation around our current entertainment landscape, even beyond the MCU, and I don’t think people pointing that out and talking about the implications contributes equally to any erosion of humanity when compared to something like Disney’s contribution. That’s more or less how I see it, anyway, and it’s a lens that I find I can’t remove from superhero cinema anymore, though I don’t begrudge anyone who just wants to go to a theater and see Anthony Mackie as Captain America.

 

Fine.

 

I’m not sure you can say something is evil and then say “go ahead and enjoy it” without some stank on it.

 

My bad for sharing!

 

I got no beef with you. You're cool.

 

Cap 4 is evil but only because it’s yet another attempt by Marvel to make Incredible Hulk relevant

 

Listen I love Marvel comics as much as the next person in here but it’s hard to call the hold Disney has on the film industry and the ways in which they use CG for everything down to the chairs people are sitting in to avoid union labor anything but “evil.”

 

I feel like there's a difference between saying Disney is evil and Cap 4/any of the MCU movies themselves are evil

 

Maybe we just skip the back and forth over semantics for a change?