*nods* True. I assume you've seen it? Otherwise the following is spoilery.
The thing for me is that emotionally, I care about two, perhaps two and a half characters. Loki, Tony (and Pepper -- being the half, since she was never really that well fleshed out in the movies). And I think both actors have their contracts running out and may just want out? All the other death - well, they would impact me while watching, but not long-term,
It would make even storytelling sense for Tony to be the one sacrificing himself in the end. I also totally see how keeping Loki as a perma-death or a "reborn as kid-Loki" would make storytelling sense (no that the franchise cared about that a lot) - but I doubt I'd be able to get into the character played by someone else, I did not manage with any of the comic version and I tried hard ... And yes, he is a fan favorite. But honestly, he is still not one of the main players or main money bringing machines as far as I understand ...
Plus I guess it's my general bitterness about franchises that are ruled not by storytelling necessity (there are death in books that hurt like hell, but I can accept them) but by other stuff ... Marketing and actor contracts and different people's interpretation of the same characters (and whether they care about them or not).
Whooops, too much text ... We'll see. I may revise my reaction in a bit, but I still know that sitting out Civil War was a good decision. I will revisit at some point in the future. When I have less emotions about it XD
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Date: 2018-05-01 11:40 am (UTC)The thing for me is that emotionally, I care about two, perhaps two and a half characters. Loki, Tony (and Pepper -- being the half, since she was never really that well fleshed out in the movies). And I think both actors have their contracts running out and may just want out? All the other death - well, they would impact me while watching, but not long-term,
It would make even storytelling sense for Tony to be the one sacrificing himself in the end. I also totally see how keeping Loki as a perma-death or a "reborn as kid-Loki" would make storytelling sense (no that the franchise cared about that a lot) - but I doubt I'd be able to get into the character played by someone else, I did not manage with any of the comic version and I tried hard ... And yes, he is a fan favorite. But honestly, he is still not one of the main players or main money bringing machines as far as I understand ...
Plus I guess it's my general bitterness about franchises that are ruled not by storytelling necessity (there are death in books that hurt like hell, but I can accept them) but by other stuff ... Marketing and actor contracts and different people's interpretation of the same characters (and whether they care about them or not).
Whooops, too much text ... We'll see. I may revise my reaction in a bit, but I still know that sitting out Civil War was a good decision. I will revisit at some point in the future. When I have less emotions about it XD