User blog comment:HombreHormiga/Avengers-Phase 3/@comment-1895174-20130209052705/@comment-3317214-20130210010315

Yeah, there's no reason. Unless they want to make a really decent film out of it. Then there's every reason. Tone's not a problem, and that's the great thing about the MCU. It brings all of these things that even feel kinda different on their own, under the one roof. Compare The Incredible Hulk to Captain America: The First Avenger. Even compare Iron Man to Iron Man 2, and I reckon the tone will change even more with Shane Black taking over for Iron Man 3. All of the properties Marvel Studios are releasing in their MCU they want to give a different feel, which is why they are looking for properties that are fairly different to things that we've seen time and time again in a superhero movie. Guardians, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, etc. There's a lot of scope for different feels and tones within the MCU. So it CAN work, logistically and stylistically, but only if it's a good story. Otherwise, it doesn't work.

Yeah, but not a lot of franchises make it to 6 films. And Marvel's done that in 5 years. It doesn't seem right to assume that "oversaturation" and "exhaustion" will happen just yet, because there's absolutely no sign of it. I say, the train's moving, let's go full steam ahead until we can see the station is in reach. Then put on the brakes to end the series in style. Then after that, we can wait at the station for a while to see if enough people get back on, and see if we have enough fuel to continue the journey or go somewhere else.