One of the biggest arguments in favor of Marvel regaining all these properties has been that with them all, Marvel Studios could produce movies featuring the characters crossing over together. The argument is that crossovers like The Infinity Gauntlet featured characters from all over the Marvel Universe battling Thanos for the fate of reality. What this overlooks is that movies are not comics. You dont have the benefit of tie-in books to tell the stories of some of the side characters that can be released simultaneously as the main book. A Marvel Universe crossover film would still only focus on a few key characters. All the other characters would be nothing more than wallpaper in the background. Think back to X-Men: The Last Stand and how many characters were in that. How many of them were reduced to blink-and-youll-miss-it cameos? Even Colossus, who was part of the X-Mens strike team, was only given a single line of dialogue. Days of Future Past had similar problems, with Toad, Havok, Sunspot, Blink, Bishop, Warpath and even Storm reduced to non-entities. Even with a core team of only six characters, The Avengers movie still couldnt give adequate screen time to Hawkeye. A crossover movie would only exacerbate these problems. What good is a crossover movie when 90% of the characters will be little more than background special effects at best? What do you think? Do you agree that Disney and Marvel regaining their properties would be a bad idea, or do you still want to see the X-Men, Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Let us know in the comments!
Percival Constantine is the author of several novels and short stories, including the Vanguard superhero series, and regularly writes and comments on movies, comics, and other pop culture. More information can be found at his website, PercivalConstantine.com
