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When people complain about having to do "homework" to watch a Marvel movie (lemmy.ca)
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That word "homework" gets on my nerves and I don't think I can fully articulate why. I guess in a way that's what a pet peeve is, when you can't quite explain why it annoys you. I think there are reasons I have yet to articulate, even to myself, but I will try to articulate it at least a bit.

They're referring to watching TV and movies as work they're being forced to do in order to watch more movies and shows. They're upset that a group of movies and shows are connected and build on one another. I think they're fundamentally viewing the MCU in a different way than I do, they're viewing each movie and show as a seperate entity while I view it as one long series. To me it sounds as silly as complaining "I want to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows but it requires me to read six other books for homework". Obviously each book in the series builds on the previous ones. Maybe watching a long franchise consisting of movies and shows isn't for everyone, if it's a problem for you to watch every entry in the series, maybe just don't watch this franchise.

I sort of get where some of these people are coming from. They want to see Marvel movies in theatres but some of the movies are connected to series they can only watch if they subscribe to Disney+, which they don't want to do. But watching movies has never been free. Even if the movies weren't connected to Disney+ shows, they're still connected to movies you have to pay to watch somehow.

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think my primarily complaint is that they aren't really that connected. It feels like homework because you're watching a 2+ hour movie (or like 10 hours of a show) for what is likely a single scene of relevant context.

It's a similar reason that some people got fatigued by Game of Thrones - there are too many characters and plotlines that simply don't matter all that much. It's not "filler," per se, but it's not content that moves the overarching story in any way, either.

Add on the fact that we've gotten like 3 AAA superhero movies per year for the past two decades, and the fatigue is definitely relatable.

[–] running_ragged@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is a good pet peeve.

I think the big difference between MCU and your Harry Potter example is that the whole series is “Harry Potter and…”

MCU movies are all titled and focused on different heroes. You might not care about the guardians, but you read every Ironman comic and thats all you are interested in watching.

Having to keep up with every arc so the next Ironman makes sense can be a bit much.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Personally, I'm not a comic fan but I am a fan superhero movies and series. I'm personally enjoying watching movies or series about one hero that then introduce me to other heroes that then get me interested in that hero.

I wasn't into the MCU from the beginning, I initially wasn't interested in Iron Man or Captain America. But I was interested in Dr Strange, Spiderman, and Black Panther so then I had to watch Infinity War because all those heroes were in it and then I was kind of lost during Infinity War and Endgame. So I guess I do see where people are coming from on some level, I just had a different reaction than they did, I got excited when Disney+ launched and I could then watch the MCU over from the beginning. I embrace it being one big long series. I think some people just still cognitively view it as a bunch of interconnected series instead of one big series.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think it’s just superhero/marvel fatigue truth be told.

Movies are a lot easier to keep up with than TV shows in my opinion. Plus a lot of the TV shows I’ve tried just didn’t hook me in the way a movie would.

Wandavision is really the only one that hooked me of the several I tried, and I feel like Wanda’s character was VASTLY changed between that show and Dr Strange, so it really felt like nothing matters.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I've personally enjoyed every entry in the MCU. maybe some more than others, but there are none I've disliked. I guess I just need to try to empathize with those that don't enjoy every series. But for me, if the series doesn't appeal to you, the movie that follows it probably won't either

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Post endgame I have found that Marvel movies just haven’t really been as enjoyable as they used to be. I’m sure some of it is nostalgia, but I feel like there has been a quality dip.

Guardians 3 was the best one that I’ve seen out of:

Spider-Man: No Way Home Shang-Chi Doctor Strange MoM Thor Love and Thunder Guardians 3

I probably would have watched the Black Panther sequel and Antman, since I liked their other movies a lot.

And really I wouldn’t say any of these movies are bad or anything like that. Just not as enjoyable.

I have only seen WandaVision to completion and none of these movies TV shows outside of Moon Knight look even interesting to me. But that’s cause I like Poe Dameron/Jason Isaacs.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

WandaVision is the best. In my opinion, the only series that's come close to topping WandaVision is Agatha All Along, which is a direct spinoff of WandaVision

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh I forgot about Agatha All Along. My wife watched that while I was reading a book, so I caught bits and pieces of it. Seemed solid.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I just don't think most of them are required viewing. Is Civil War really that confusing if you skipped Ant-Man? He shrinks to the size of an ant. It's not hard to figure out.

A person who saw Ant-Man will probably enjoy that scene a little more, but how is that any different from literally any other movie? Context always adds depth. Not every part of every movie makes sense to every viewer, and that has always been the case for all movies.

Can you enjoy Lord of the Rings without reading the books? Can you enjoy Airplane! without having seen the disaster movies it parodies? Can you enjoy the Godfather if you don't catch the Citizen Kane references? Can you enjoy a comic book movie without reading the comics it's based on?

Yes, the answer is always yes.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The idea you need background to understand that fart sequence of lowest-common-denominator entertainment is honestly ridiculous.

Marvel is the movie equivalent of a pacifier.

[–] remon@ani.social -2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They’re referring to watching TV and movies as work they’re being forced to do in order to watch more movies and shows.

I don't think that's what is implied when using it in that context and wouldn't understand it that way. The very reason the term "homework" is used is because it's not really work and you're not actually forced to do. That's just the lighthearted implication because that's how children perceive it.

[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've never really heard "homework" used like that. To me, it's always been something annoying that you have to do in addition to the main work.

[–] remon@ani.social 3 points 3 days ago

I just had someone use it like that a few days ago. Basically we skipped a show on our group watch night so the admin wrote that he'll assign watching Ep1 as individual homework, because we'll be picking up on Ep2 next week.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What homework in school were you NOT required to do?

People use this phrase to refer to things you have to do on your own in preparation for the next group meeting/other thing you actually want to do.

[–] remon@ani.social -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What homework in school were you NOT required to do?

All of it, really. Nobody actually cares that the work itself gets done but that the subject is understood by the student.

People use this phrase to refer to things you have to do on your own in preparation for the next group meeting/other thing you actually want to do.

Exactly. You're voluntarily preparing for something you like.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We just have gone to school in different eras. All my homework was graded, not optional.

And feeling like something is necessary to do in order to do something else doesn't make it voluntary if you feel like you're missing by not doing it.

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

We just have gone to school in different eras. All my homework was graded, not optional.

And maybe even different areas. But thinking back to it, I think we had very good teachers. Like in elementary maths class there were two major ways of checking for homework:

The first one (and I think the best one), is that you get assigned a problem at home and then you're called up and have to do it in front of the class. Now, if you did your homework, you could just copy your calculation to the whiteboard and if you did it correctly, that was it. If you did it wrong, the teacher would have you re-do it on the whiteboard. In that case you never actually had to do the homework, you could just do it at the whiteboard in the first place.

The 2nd one was more like the quick-check. They would just pick random students and ask for the final answer. If you got it right, they move on and if you're wrong they either check your work or have you do it on the whiteboard. So you either copied the final answer from someone else to get a "move on" or you get it deliberately wrong so you have to do it on the whiteboard.

I think I stopped doing maths homework by 2nd grade.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

maths

Oh, you're British[or other non American former colony]? That would explain a difference.

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago

German.