Marvel announced “Phase 4” of their never-ending parade of middling superhero movies at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. Ten more projects over the next few years. It makes me proud knowing I won’t be going to see any of them. It’s gotten to the point where I’m going out of my way to not see Marvel’s colorful mediocrity, and am looking for movies to see that Disney and Marvel have nothing to do with.

Also, still no Incredible Hulk 2, or any Hulk film, made the cut. They’re not quite done emasculating his character yet in the other Marvel films. I suppose it’s hard to make a movie out of what is essentially a comic relief character and a stage prop, which is what Marvel has turned the Hulk into.

I wonder if Thor: Love And Thunder (awful name) will go all the way with being a comedy this time. Thor: Ragnarok was a joke, a bad joke, masquerading as a serious action film. You have one of the most awe-inspiring superhero characters ever (The Hulk) in Asgard, ready to team up with Thor. What should we do? How should we use him?

I know, let’s use him as a running punchline throughout the whole film and give his sidekick status to a new character (Valkyrie) that no one knows or cares about! Great idea!

The Hulk in glasses in The Avengers.
The Hulk looks like he should be working at Google. He ain’t no Lou Ferrigno.

What a waste.

Part of me is curious how long Marvel can keep this up. They’ve been at this for about ten years now. How many phases are there to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? When they’re done, are they just going to reboot everything and start over? That makes me want to cry just thinking about it.

Superhero movies could drop off the face of the planet for the next ten years, and I wouldn’t miss them. Enough already. It’s obnoxious.

What is sad is that no movie Marvel has yet made is better than the 1989 Batman film with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Not one. Yeah, I said it. Fight me.