Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24467536-20140705121253/@comment-24467536-20140707012047

@TomasDerksen - one needs to keep in mind Marvel Studios is not making movies to please ONLY Marvel comic book fans. They make movies to appeal to a broad audience, i.e., people that are not into comics as well. Not everyone lives for Comic Con or lives to get the latest comic book that comes out, and that's the demographic Marvel has to reach too. Marvel is out to make money, just like every other movie studio. That's why it's doing the pre-screens, the interviews, and other heavy promoting on a risky project. Comic book movies tanked at the box office over the years:  Howard the Duck, Green Latern, Superman IV, Sucker Punch, Batman and Robin. Kevin Feige co-produced Darevil and Elektra and they bombed on his watch. Comic book movies are crap shoots and they are not guaranteed successes, no matter how "important to the universe" it sells itself to be. Marvel is not perfect; it can still knock out a bad movie. If the critics and word of mouth from movie goers eviserate GotG Marvel will need to re-think its strategy.