Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20160807010734

Every series that goes on for too long eventually gets stale. Pokemon, Family Guy, the Simpsons, Spongebob (never seen much of the last two but heard a lot about it). The original Batman film series lost its entire fanbase with its fourth installment, Batman and Robin.

By my count there's going to be 36 films in the MCU, and that's just to the end of Phase Four. That exceeds the original James Bond series by 16, and the full series by 12. It does not sound like they are planning to end the series ever.

So, at what point do you think it's going to stop being as awesome as it's been the whole way through, where they'll exhaust all their good ideas, scenarios, etc.? I thought all of them up to Ant-Man were good (Hulk was my least favorite but it was only the second), haven't seen Civil War but have heard it is the most popular of them all, also the tenth film, Guardians of the Galaxy, is my personal favorite (and the presence and death of The Other is only a small part of that, as it had lots of funny moments and awesome special effects to it).

Doctor Strange looks promising, with some unique (or, you know, strange) special effects, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. We don't know too much about the ones after that, but how long will they continue to be good? It is rare that any show is this popular among most and seems to have something for everyone, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems to be one of the most popular series ever, yet how long is this going to last?

I hope it at least retains its usual quality to the end of Phase Three.

On an unrelated note, do you think they've decided to stop killing the villains off or was Zemo's survival just because they planned to make him the third Loki/Thanos and use him again? I guess we'll find out in Doctor Strange, but all of the main villains of Phase 2 died (not counting Thanos), while half of the Phase 1 villains died (less than half if you count Thanos). I've heard someone speculate as to this before. 