Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Marvel - No More Origin Stories?

The story making the rounds of the Interwebs is that Ant Man will be the last Marvel film with an origin story (see Latino Review). Which. Is. Awesome. I mean, how many times do we need a Spider-Man origins movie? I would say, "none times."

Guardians showed you can introduce new characters with minimal "origins" material and, as long as the story, acting, and visuals are good, the movie will work. Marvel has also set the stage with their first 10 films, creating a universe teaming with superhumans, aliens, guys wearing powered armor, etc. Viewers will have no problem just accepting someone like a Doctor Strange (the first "new character without an origin film") as the magic-using Sorcerer Supreme without needing 45 minutes being told how this happened.

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