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Disclaimer: I've only seen like 3 of the Marvel movies
Disclaimer 2: I think the werewolves are sexy but honorable men can differ

Marvel movies fundamentally do not trust their audience. Like half of those movies are the origin stories of this superhero or that superhero and they are so fundamentally unnecessary and uninteresting.

In the first ten minutes of Van Helsing, we have fully established his character to the extent required to tell the story:

  • He has cool gadgets
  • He fights supernatural things, not always successfully
  • He is employed by the church and has a tenuous relationship with them
  • He has a nerdy sidekick
  • He has a smarmy attitude, but in a cool way
  • He's a steampunk, fairy tale, James Bond kinda dude and we're going to be stuck with him for the next 90 minutes, so let's strap in

With that done, we can now get to the action, which involves werewolves, draculas, a hot lady, and some kind of mystery. What happens in the first hour of a Marvel movie?

  • A guy is down on his luck
  • He gets superpowers
  • He spends a lot of time learning how to control his superpowers
  • He develops a moral compass

I'm totally fine with this happening once or twice but I'm pretty sure I just described the beginning of like 15 movies. This protracted origin story does not need to happen for every superhero. My time and my money are too valuable for that.

And then when the hero gets a sequel movie, the story is generally "I've become disillusioned with my superhero lifestyle, oh wait no it's fine."

Just trust your audience and do something creative with these characters


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