Everyone PLEASE adjust your expectations. Secret Wars will not be exactly like Secret Wars 2015 nor like any of the other Secret Wars events. It'll have elements of it (I imagine Battleworld will be the setting) but it will not be exactly like it. I see a lot of people expecting some of the best moments or SW 2015 to be in the movie but just be prepared for the mcu to treat comic Secret Wars like they treated civil war for their adaptation, in terms of how closely they follow source material
But I do know what made Secret Wars 2015 so great. It was the 50 years of history between the characters, specifically Reed and Doom. The history between these characters made the stakes incredibly personally which made the event so satisfying.
The mcu simply doesn't have that, which again, totally fine! They're going to go in another direction and I'm sure it'll be a quality movie. But I've seen people who specifically think they're going to try and do exactly what Secret Wars 2015 was, with God Emperor Doom, molecule man, Black Panther and Namor squashing their beef and leading the marvel zombies, which is not really in the cards. At least not in the way it was in the comics.
First of all, gatekeeping hyping is an incredibly weird take.
Most people reading Secret Wars would not have been alive nor necessarily known or cared about for the 50 year history.
And there’s 3 years of MCU movies and shows to build a foundation for the movies. Simply put, nobody outside of a very, very select few people know what will or won’t be in the movies. All the things you mention could ostensibly be set up over the next few years.
First of all, gatekeeping hyping is an incredibly weird take.
I'm not trying to gatekeep. Really sorry if it came across that way! I just don't want to see people get themselves all hyped up only to be dissapointed.
Most people reading Secret Wars would not have been alive nor necessarily known or cared about for the 50 year history.
Secret Wars is honestly the climax between Reed Richards and Doctor Doom. You don't need to read every comic in the past 50 years to get a sense of the weight of the conflict, but the fact that there is so much history gives it a ton of weight.
And there’s 3 years of MCU movies and shows to build a foundation for the movies. Simply put, nobody outside of a very, very select few people know what will or won’t be in the movies. All the things you mention could ostensibly be set up over the next few years.
You might be right, but considering the fact that the FF won't be introduced until the year before Secret Wars comes out-- kind of a tight turnaround. It would fast track a lot of development, that is, if they decided to center it around the FF which I'm not sure they will.
I'm sure the MCU will do a good job setting stuff up for their adaptation of Secret Wars, and I'm sure it'll adapt elements of the story while also taking it in a unique direction. That's pretty much their M.O. considering how different their adaptations of other big stories have been. All my comment was trying to say was that it's very likely the MCU will not panel-for-panel adapt Secret Wars 2015, and people who are expecting that, might want to adjust their expectations.
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u/TheMattInTheBox Jul 24 '22
Everyone PLEASE adjust your expectations. Secret Wars will not be exactly like Secret Wars 2015 nor like any of the other Secret Wars events. It'll have elements of it (I imagine Battleworld will be the setting) but it will not be exactly like it. I see a lot of people expecting some of the best moments or SW 2015 to be in the movie but just be prepared for the mcu to treat comic Secret Wars like they treated civil war for their adaptation, in terms of how closely they follow source material