Summary

Do you recall what Marvel movies were like before Disney took over?

Let’s look at it this way.

Before Disney, Marvel movies varied radically in quality.

The cast of 2005’s Fantastic Four in front of a Marvel Banner

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The actors are game,especiallyMichael Chiklisas Thingand a pre-Captain AmericaChris Evansas the Human Torch.

And never forget the even uglier version, the 1994Roger Corman-producedThe Fantastic Fourfilm that never even got released.

But the look of the character is flat-out ugly.

Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man fights Doc Ock on a moving train in Spider-Man 2

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It makes him look like a member of the world’s lamest motorcycle gang.

A total of eight MCU movies fail the metric for female representation.

First, there is nothing that connects one to the other.

Howard looking confused while facing the camera in ‘Howard the Duck’

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What this means is that whatever was done with these characters beforehand becomes moot.

The Fantastic Four walk down a street together

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The Avengers assemble in New York City in 2012 Avengers

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