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Even though I honestly think self-publishing and independent filmmaking are the future, I was recently reading up on what Marvel's planning to with Phase 4 and 5, because I know comic book publishers and Hollywood are dying a slow and painful death, and I'm enjoying watching it happen while eating a bag of popcorn. Being that Marvel cares more about the MCU than anything else (because it makes the most money), and the films have gradually become cookie-cutter in the way they're made, now they're at the point where Marvel wants to use them as platforms for pandering (because that's what they're doing with the comics), and the inevitable backlash when it's all over is going to be the final nail in the company's coffin. Don't get me wrong, I grew up watching the Marvel animated shows on Fox Kids back in the 90s and loved them (I still have X-Men on my external SSD), and I even torrented and read a number of the comics, but now it's clear the company has become nothing but corporate, greedy, and near-monopolistic (which I'm sure has something to do with them being owned by Disney). As a well-known company, you'd think that whenever they've caused backlash for taking the characters in a different direction, they wouldn't belittle or bully the fans, or accuse them of being things that they're not, but they've actually done that. You'd think they wouldn't rely on clickbait or the Streisand Effect to popularize new characters or movies, but they've actually done that. You'd think that they would consistently produce quality-made and entertaining content, instead of gradually making it to where pandering to non-comic book readers is the "new normal", but they've actually done that. The only thing they haven't done in recent years was come down on the cast or crew members of the movies or TV shows, or anyone working on the comics, whenever those people have belittled or bullied the fans. Granted, DC and even a few Image creators have done this as well, but not nearly as much as Marvel has (that still doesn't mean DC or Image are better publishing companies though). Because of this, it should come at no surprise that self-published comics and independent filmmaking is been gradually taking off and will no doubt succeed at delivering quality-made entertainment. The only thing that's holding it back is not having a retail presence due to being drowned out by the big publishers and studios.