Marvel: How Feige Lost His Fastball!
Robservations with Rob Liefeld
Robservations with Rob Liefeld
4.8 • 743 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
We examine the current state of diminished returns on the recent slate of Marvel films. Poor CinemaScores and a disconnect with general audiences have tarnished a brand once regarded as the gold standard of cinematic comic book storytelling. Studio Chief, Kevin Feige is struggling to find his fastball, can the former “Ace” regain his championship form or is it time to retire him to the bullpen?
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| 0:00.0 | Today we take a deep dive into the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, commonly known as the MCU. |
| 0:20.0 | What happened? |
| 0:21.6 | Once a crown jewel of comic book cinematic storytelling, |
| 0:25.4 | the MCU routinely underperforms. |
| 0:28.5 | Diminished box office returns are the norm now |
| 0:32.0 | in a disappointed fan base, |
| 0:34.5 | as well as a disconnect with general audiences |
| 0:36.7 | that used to power these films. |
| 0:39.6 | Their former Ace Studio Chief, Kevin Feige, is no longer throwing the fastball. |
| 0:45.9 | Is it time to pull him off the mound? |
| 0:49.7 | Is it time to retire the former Ace? |
| 0:52.9 | Get ready for more sports and comic book analogies that I could |
| 0:57.3 | possibly fit into just one show how Kevin Feige lost his fastball is the subject of an all-new |
| 1:05.9 | episode of Robeservations. |
| 1:17.9 | Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Robeservations. |
| 1:20.5 | I am your host, Rob Leifeld. |
| 1:23.8 | This is a show that celebrates all things comic books, |
| 1:29.4 | all things comic book related, movies, streaming shows, toys, video games. We cover it all. |
| 1:36.5 | Mostly, we cover the brilliant comic book creators that have inspired me since I was a kid, since I was seven years old, that made comic books that were just so irresistible to me that I eventually |
| 1:43.0 | had to become part of making them and I got hired |
| 1:45.5 | as a teenager, 18 years old, welcomed into the comic book business and never looked back. I have been |
| 1:51.1 | in the comic book business for 40 years and I've been buying them for over 50 and comic book creators |
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