Although it took some time for Marvel to spread the MCU onto different formats, the rise of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the company's Netflix Originals has served them well.
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and now the Punisher have all debuted to remarkable success over the years, and while DC haven't experienced comparable success in that medium, they do have a formidable small-screen presence to boast. The Arrowverse, for its faults and shortcomings, is still very popular, and yet there's little sign that the DCEU will be venturing to TV anytime soon.
That's a major problem, and although it's true that the majority of people who go out and watch the MCU on the big-screen will rarely checkout their small-screen counterparts, it's another revenue stream DC are neglecting. If they were to turn their attention to Netflix, what with Disney shifting their wears to their own streaming service, their universe would be so much better.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
