Do you count Marvel movies as homework yet?
A few years in, though, it seems like everyone is getting exhausted with the concept.
For good reason, too.
And yet, multiverse movies keep winning awards.
So what makes one multiverse tick and another fall apart?
What gives one meaning and makes the other meaningless?
Once, many years ago, the MCU was an experiment.
They might not have all been great, but they were almost allfunand they mostly looked really good.
Nowadays, it’s easier to see the gears of the Marvel Studios machine.
Baron Mordo is still planning to kill all of the sorcerers, like an MCU John Wick post-Doctor Strange.
But for many people, it looks like squandered potential and broken promises fueling a monstrous profit machine.
DC, meanwhile, is doing something quite different.
And there’s no Superman, but there is a Supergirl (Sasha Calle).
It doesn’t give a shot to make it make sense, either.
None of these stories make a run at weave intricate narratives out of the multiverse.
The Arrowverse also included the 1966 Batman and 1990s Flash TV series.
None of these properties were created with connecting to a multiverse in mind.
It’s fan service in the most literal and warmhearted sense, without also being pandering.
By acknowledging the multiverse, DC is having its cake and eating it too.
While it’s inclusive, this also means that it introduces tons of confusion.
Despite how different they are, they have similar goals in mind.
You don’t need to know a thing about either of them going in–no homework required.
Their multiverses are purely for telling a heartfelt and often silly character-driven story.
The glamorous kung-fu star Evelyn regrets leaving Waymond behind.
A multiverse isn’t just one thing with one purpose.
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