ChiliBeans said:
JuliusCaesarAggie said:
Who wanted an Inhumans TV show??? Or movie for that matter. Can anyone honestly say that the Inhumans are their favorite? I mean Lockjaw is a novelty, but after that.........
My gut feeling is that Marvel knows they face lower expectations with more obscure characters. There may be more room for artistic license when a smaller portion of the audience has defined ideas about the characters. The Guardians of the Galaxy weren't a huge comics brand, but they made a great movie without many fans griping about how it compared to the comics they read as kids. Doesn't mean the Inhumans will be good, but I wonder if there's a little strategy here.
The other consideration is, if they're going to keep expanding the TV/cinematic universe, how many unused marquee properties do they have left? I mean, there are even internet rumors about a Ka-Zar movie, which seems ridiculous to me.
What I think is interesting there, as you've already alluded to, is that they can take those more obscure characters and turn them into stars. Even Iron Man wasn't THE character until the first film and RDJ turned him into an icon.
They've got a massive universe to pull from, though they certainly are starting to have to move away from their marquee characters a bit at this point.
I'm really curious to see where they go for the next phase, I have a feeling we'll see an MCU with Spidey, Black Panther, and probably Sam Wilson as Cap as key players, but I'm not sure where else they might go if they start to phase older characters out.