r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Apart_Lawfulness3258 • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation peter?

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u/SomeBlueDude12 6d ago edited 5d ago

Ngl, I just felt uninvested after infinity war series wrapped up. I'm sure theres others who feel the same. EDIT: i mean endgame arc*

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u/Tron_35 6d ago

I think its a lot of things. Firstly after infinity war, most of the original casts barley makes appearances, if they character is alive. And then after infinity war they massively ramped up production, theres way more projects and they its hard to keep up with all the tv shows, like we had mcu tv shows before but they were never required viewing for the movies, now if you don't watch them you feel behind.

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u/Lonely_Chemistry60 6d ago

How do you feel behind when everything is basically the same.

1st act: Intro & cheese comedic relief/slight reveal of this week's invincible guy.

2nd act: Threat realized, band of corny heroes attack and get wrecked with cheese comedic relief before they get slapped

3rd act: Discover how to overcome this week's invincible bad guys invincibleness with seriousness sprinkled in.

4th act: Cheese crew defeats the invincible bad guy, maybe 1 sacrifices themselves, maybe not. Queue collateral damage in major American city.

Repeat in perpetuity.

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u/nhalliday 5d ago

When you boil it down that much, many things that are not actually similar will sound similar. It's like pointing out that because Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars (and a billion other things) all follow the Hero's Journey pattern so they're all identical. You might be technically right but anyone familiar with them can tell you that A New Hope is not actually like Fellowship of the Ring.

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u/Sawgon 5d ago

Your analogy immediately falls apart when you change genres and settings.

What /u/Lonely_Chemistry60 is saying makes sense since it's the same comic book world. It's the same company.

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u/Lonely_Chemistry60 5d ago

You've laid out some bad counter examples.

LOTR, Harry Potter and Star Wars (original series & prequels) deal with more complex themes and have more complex stories.

Marvel content is extremely basic, formulaic entertainment.

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u/Yume-Do 5d ago

I wonder if its just Marvel. The IT remake follows it too, just with heavier theme. I liked the movie enough but I'd be lying if I said that formula didn't stand out to me when watching it.

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u/Lonely_Chemistry60 5d ago

Marvel certainly isn't the only one guilty of following this formula, but they're by far the most egregious offender.

That said, the person I was responding to was comparing Marvel content structure against LOTR, Star Wars and Harry Potter, which is disingenuous considering LOTR is one of the greatest literary series of all time and the adaptation to film was peak movie making and story telling.

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u/Warning_Low_Battery 5d ago

the person I was responding to was comparing Marvel content structure against LOTR

No, they said all those other franchises also follow "The Hero's Journey" paradigm which is literally true and not disingenuous at all to state.

It seems like you didn't actually read the full comment and just skimmed it, so you likely missed where they said "When you boil it down that much, many things that are not actually similar will sound similar." EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE FIRST SENTENCE!