It is never that cut-and-dried.
Disney took the correct approach from a public relations standpoint but there are monetary consequences that may occur as a result. Guardians Of The Galaxy is not only a widely successful franchise for Disney. The title is a vital component of Disney’s entire Marvel Cinematic Universe series of films that has netted the studio billions.
On-screen chemistry has been the primary strength of MCU’s success in my opinion. Each film, from Iron Man to Black Panther, has benefitted from darn good casting and (what few are voicing about this topic anywhere in society) directing. Directors are storytellers and are not usually cookie cutter items that can be subtracted and added without damaging good working formulas.
That is the central issue. Cast members have voiced their dislike about Gunn’s dismissal in varying degrees. All will do their jobs when called upon because they are professionals but there may be a lesser quality in their work as a result. Additionally, Dave Bautista may take a real stand and boycott the third installment. I doubt it seriously but it is a possibility. He is not the strongest cast member BUT he has played his character extremely well. Drax is essential to GOTG. Getting another actor to play the role or exorcising it from the next movie would potentially diminish its final product too.
Damaging one part of the MCU affects the entire machine. Important questions are not being asked during this latest Twitter outcry. For example, how will post Avengers Infinity War 2 be impacted by what is currently happening to GOTG 3? Disney is considering that ramification for certain.
All-in-all, Disney has made the ‘safe move’ cutting Gunn but doing so move its near future profitability bottom line for its MCU closer to the edge of the cliff than away from it.
Well sadly for the guardian movies it is that cut and dried. I hope they use the script he wrote for 3, which I think they will.
But he wont be directing any more Guardian movies, or any movies for disney, and probably not for any other studios.
The thing is firing him doesnt change anything, he is still out there , he will suffer due to this, whether they fire him or not.
Financially he loses out, but he is already a millionaire, and will get residual income from the movies.
The ones that lose out are the fans of the Guardian Movies, and possible the actors and those that made a living making the movies,
Disney profits may go down for Guardian # 4 but not # 3.
Disney will take the loss, a few hundred million is nothing to them. lol that is peanuts to them.
Abc canceled Roseanne , which was a hit show and a show they needed, but they didnt hesitate, it is a PC world now.
What she said wasnt as bad as what this guy said, so no way disney will let him direct another movie for them.
He may be able to ghost write # 4 lol but I doubt it.
I will add that I just saw the 2nd movie for first time last nite, and it was good, I was thinking
the same writers must have written this one, and hope they write the next one.
They I saw this thread and thought oh no is this guy the director ?
They I find out he wrote and directed, and then the tweets, then fired, so it was a bummer
to find all this out after just having seen # 2.
I didnt know who wrote and directed # 1, but I had thought when I saw it that is was
good, different, and one of the better marvel movies. It had good humour and stories,
and character development, which is something the other movies lack.
I liked iron man 1, and 2 was still good, but 3 was awful.
Thor is kinda boring, loki was the fav character for me.
Avengers is just way too complicated. I watch one and then wonder
what it was about lol. I think I like black widow the best.
Antman is another movie that is similar to the guardian movies, good humor
and fun simple movie, but they will screw it up probably. I havent seen the 2nd
one yet.
