The cover above was the first appearance of Morbius in
Amazing Spider-Man #101, dated October 1971. Don't be put off by Spider-Man having six arms. It was
a silly idea that Marvel had which only lasted a few issues.
Today I'm visiting my son Benjamin in Obersontheim. The weather is freezing!
It's -8C up here on the hill, three degrees colder than where I live in
Münchingen. He's more of a gamer than a film fan, so he relies on streaming
services. I picked "Morbius" on Netflix as a film he hasn't watched before.
"Morbius" didn't do as well as expected at the box office, but at least it
made a slight profit. It's a dark film, which is probably the reason not as
many fans went to see it. How big is the overlap between Marvel fans and
horror movie fans? I can't judge by myself, because I'll watch anything.
The post credit scenes tie in with the multiverse. As far as I know, Morbius
lives in the same universe as Venom, Earth-TRN688. In the mid-credits
scenes – there are two of them – the Vulture jumps from
Earth-199999 and proposes teaming up with Morbius to fight with Spider-Man.
Does that make sense? We've never seen Earth-TRN688's version of Spider-Man.
It would make more sense for Morbius to jump into Earth-199999. I have the
impression that Marvel Studios doesn't know what it's doing. Apart from that,
it currently seems unlikely that "Morbius" will have a sequel, so we can
safely ignore the mid-credits scenes. They never happened.
Overall, Marvel is in a state of turmoil.
"The Marvels"
was a big flop, due to a few factors.
1. There's a general slump in cinema visitors.
2. There's a super-hero fatigue after too many Marvel films.
3. Disney, which now owns Marvel Studios, is being mismanaged by Bob Iger.
What's the future of Marvel in the movies? Nobody knows. If "Deadpool 3" isn't
a success this year, there's no hope for Marvel.
Success Rate: + 0.2
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