User blog comment:HombreHormiga/Avengers-Phase 3/@comment-1895174-20130209052705/@comment-3317214-20130210082945

1. I've spent a fair while explaining to you that he works both stylistically and logistically, so to sum it up:

Well, why wouldn't a crime boss masquerading as a legit businessman fit into the MCU? Who's gonna stop him? Thor can't at the moment, and the Hulk is practically on the run. And it's not necessarily something that Cap or Iron Man would concern themselves with, or perhaps, even know about. And let's say SHIELD's been pretty busy at the moment, so he could be potentially doing this, for the most part at least, under their radar. Those criminals would still be around. Daredevil's character itself is plausible as well, so, I don't see a problem. Sometimes it's nice to focus on the little guy for a change. And if superhero movies with crime bosses are (financially) fraught with danger, then it's all the more reason to handle it carefully, and make sure there's a really good script.

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.

2. They can be just as threatening in their own way. I'm not talking take-over-the-world threatening, but neither was Lotso from Toy Story 3, and that's a really great (and really tense towards the end) story. I'm not saying Toy Story would fit in the MCU, but do you get what I'm saying? If there's a certain cut-off point, below which villains just become boring, because we've already seen bigger and badder things, doesn't that mean that when we're going back to terrorists in Iron Man 3, it'll be boring because they're not as interesting as a Norse God leading an alien army? (for the record Lotso is a really interesting villain)

3. Just because there are no secret identities in the MCU yet, it doesn't mean that they don't fit. The need for them for certain characters that have them is still valid. And I haven't seen Die Hard...

4. So you're saying that smaller, less powerful guys aren't important to the story, because there are bigger things out there?

5. Yes. That is correct. But it doesn't disprove my point in relation to the "MCU" franchise having 6 films. In a way, it further proves it. By saying that none of the franchises within the MCU have many films, you're saying that it keeps things interesting. By having roughly 20 films, for the most part, about different people, by Phase 4, you'd probably only have 3 Iron Man movies, 3 Thor movies, etc. So, that's really more reason to make the MCU go on for longer than 3 phases... So what are you trying to prove here?

6. But it's nowhere near immediate at the moment. Sure, have a plan in place if it starts to fall apart, but it's not showing any sign of falling apart just yet.

7. They may be the worst genre of film to be taking risks with because of the large budget, but it's not that big a risk, because they have indeed been fairly steadily increasing the number of superhero movies per year. And all of the MCU films so far have made a fair bit more than $150 million.

8. Look at the bigger picture, dude. It's not a perfect steady inclination. That's why I used the word "fairly". There's going to be increases and decreases from year to year, but the general trend is increasing. I'll let the graph do the talking

9. Well, if one film suddenly tanks, at the moment the other successes would kinda make up for that. So, if the general trend was that the success of Superhero films was decreasing, I'm sure the studios would take notice of this and plan a lesser number of movies for the future, allowing it to slow down. The risk of a full-scale shutdown exists, but at the moment, it's not really a concern. The concern is making quality movies.

10. And I'm sure Disney is considering that as well. They don't have all of their eggs in Marvel's train... Yeah, that doesn't work.

11. Oh okay. Well, it does look a little crowded, but we'll see...