Marvel Cinematic Universe general stuff

I know little about the FF apart from their middling movies. And, as I have stated, I'm beginning to suffer from MCU fatigue. However, given the very fact that I do know so little about FF, I would be interested to see a movie. I think bringing in FF and X-Men would be a good shot in the arm.

I think it would be interesting to see new directors into the MCU fold but there are inherent risks involved in committing to such a franchise (of franchises): Tying yourself to a HUGE budget, tentpole movie that could soak up 2-3 years of your career; pigeon-holing yourself; potential toxic backlash etc. So, while it would be interesting to see new directorial blood in the MCU, I think the Russos would do a very good job on a FF movie or an X-men movie. They have shown they can handle large ensembles (And Winter Soldier is one of my favourite MCU movies)

Really should be seeing stuff soon about Black Panther. I suppose they just wanted to get Thor out of the way. But they really need to the publicity train given the loss of Chadwick Boseman. God, he was impressive. I know NOTHING about the character so I won't compare to the comics but, as a movie character, he absolutely NAILED it. To have SUCH an audience impact in Civil War.... A movie that had all the top tier MCU characters bar Hulk and Thor. AND bringing in (the also fantastic) Spidey???!!! And then Black Panther movie? Sure, the world fixated at the time about it being the first black superhero movie (I know, I know. Don't go there 😀 ) But looking back now, after the hysteria, it is still one of the strongest of the MCU movies. Of course it bungles the ending with shonky CGI and yet another CGI large scale battle scene. Standard MCU. But it had the most interesting bad guy (Remember that it's a young Killmonger asking his dad about the wonders of Wakanda in the opening). It had strong female characters without that eye-gougingly awful Endgame sequence. They were bad-asses who just happened to be women. BFD. They had characters that actually FELT human. It had the best soundtrack (The music in the casino scene is awesome).The Soundtrack to Into The Spiderverse was superb too but not MCU. Check out the "What Up Danger" scene on YouTube if you've already seen the movie to remind yourself). As a middle-aged white Irishman, I could give a flying f* about it being The First Black Superhero Movie(tm) - Again, I know.... It was simply one of MCU's best: (For me, in no particular order, top 5: Iron Man 3, Winter Soldier, Ragnarok, Black Panther, Civil War).

So they potentially have a tough time ahead. They have lost an extremely charismatic lead actor. There have been rumblings about a troubled shoot and troublesome actors. While it was only 4 years since the first one, it seems like so much longer for so many reasons. So I expect them to start a major campaign starting with Comic-Con shortly. They need to get it on people's radar sharpish.