Comic Con, X-Men, & Trailers

Vy’s come back from San Diego Comic Con and he regales us with his adventures in nerd mecca. We discuss the latest trailers to come out and what we are most looking forward to. We talk about how we with Avengers: Endgame we felt a sense of completion and were ready to take a break from superhero movies, but the new trailers rekindled our interest. We talk about the plan for phase 4 MCU and break down Marvel’s plan for Spider Man, Doctor Strange, Thor, Black Panther, Shang Chi, and the Eternals. We link the current line up with Marvel’s power to promote smaller story arcs and characters into blockbusters. We talk about representation and Marvel’s decision to expand into new area with the first Asian American lead. When then discuss Marvel’s plan for rebooting the X-Men franchise and what this could mean story-wise.