Part of the reason Forspoken sparked such a negative reaction might be due to the fact that the developers created a world that didn’t need to be mocked the game boasts beautiful landscapes, unique costumes and an intriguing story. There’s an argument to be made that the backlash can appear selective, and can seem racially motivated after all, Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool never sparked the same level of backlash as Mindy Kaling’s Velma, despite their near-identical shtick, constantly reminding the audience that they are in on the joke. Not everything has to be Rick and Morty hell, even Rick and Morty’s compulsive meta-commentary can be too much. Marvel still uses this style, despite the fact that the MCU audience happily accepts silly comic book tropes, and have for years now even the most recent Spider-Man movie, No Way Home, sees Peter Parker burst out laughing at the name “Otto Octavius."Īlthough, the negative reaction to the constant wisecracking of Thor: Love and Thunder shows that there’s a limit to how much self-awareness the audience can tolerate. None of this makes sense.”ĭisney’s Star Wars adopted it, to some degree ( they fly now!), and there’s a new Dungeons & Dragons movie coming out, that, from the trailer, looks far more obnoxious than Forspoken.
The city is flying, we’re fighting an army of robots and I have a bow and arrow.
For example, in the height of an intense battle during Age of Ultron, Hawkeye says: "Okay, look. It isn’t always horrible - this kind of humor works for a character like Iron Man - but the MCU has used this style excessively, often to its detriment.
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