This is such a cynical maneuver by Marvel. They're just doing this to cash in on a big name. It's an obvious marketing ploy to get us to like them more.
It's one thing to use the "Strings on Me" song in the A: AoU trailer, but this?
Look, this is just the beginning folks. Soon Marvel is going to go and crossover with whatever hot property that will happen to make them the most money at the time.
I mourn for the people who will end up supporting this because... it's basically "The End" of all creativity, here.
Instead of coming up with a new story that has clever characters and is unbound by the restrictions of its various "inspirations" that created it, we just have crossovers that take two big name franchises and put them together just for the sake of it -- and also because they know that it will sell.
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AoT is a very mature story; the content itself will be tamed down, and thus have its quality diluted as a result.
The same goes for the Marvel universe, only in reverse: the marvel universe is...
mostly kid-friendly (yes, I know there's tons of mature content, but remember folks, I very much doubt that they're
not going to market this stuff to the younger audience in general).
It's like what Yahtzee said about the Prince of Persia 2008 trailer:
"All the kids are into anime these days, so let's jump around the ceiling and dress up like twats."
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It
reeks of corporate manipulation. Like I've said (many times) before on this very thread, if they had done their own story that was
inspired by AoT, they wouldn't
have to worry about being censorship or being "too mature for their intended audience."
Because then, they could just set their own limitations within the context of their own story.
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And therein lies the rub: if they had done this (their own original IP) in the first place, people would've just accused them of "copying" AoT.
So, seeing as how Marvel had probably already seen this scenario coming, they said, "screw it, we'll just crossover everything," instead of making something that could've been potentially memorable.
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Whatever. I'm not even that big of an Attack on Titan fan -- I should be grateful that they did a crossover with
this instead of some other series that actually
does mean something to me.
Shadow of the Colossus, for instance.
If Marvel ever even gets
close to getting their grubby hands on that particular franchise, I would've already hunted down those responsible and put them in various Saw traps and watch gleefully as their panic ends up being the cause of their own (well-deserved) demise.
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This whole thing is pointless. I'm sure Spider-Man or Deadpool or whoever will fight the Titans and save the day or whatever, thus changing the entire tone of the story from "desolate and bleak" to
"just believe in yourself."
Yes, I'm sure it'll have clever writing and a well-structured plot... but sometimes, the tone itself is what makes or breaks a story.
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Or, maybe they'll find a good balance between tone and not being too mature, all while still being able to portray the
rampant violence that this series is known for.
... And maybe I'll be a millionaire before the years out (or hey, even
before I die).
That would be nice, wouldn't it???
DON'T. STOP. BELIEEEEEVIN'.
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I mean sure, they could just take the easy way out and plaster all this on a Punisher comic or something, but then it wouldn't marketed towards their intended (younger) audience, now would it? And the Punisher (or Deadpool, for that matter) isn't exactly known for being subtle, so there's that whole "tone" thing that the writers would have to worry about, wouldn't there?
Witty writing and a well-paced and directed story does not equal being on the same level quality-wise as your predecessors. Without the right tone... you're done. :/
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Welp, all I can do now is pretend that this was all just a horrible nightmare, and that this isn't a harbinger of even worse marketing gimmicks yet to come.
It's all just a prank. Yeah, that's all it is. I'm going to wake up to the sounds of being Rick Roll'd and just have a good laugh about all this, knowing that Marvel isn't going to consume everything in its path and the quality of my favorite stories will remain unsullied.
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Please God, don't let this happen to Persona 4 I'M BEGGING YOU.
If they combine Tomorrowland with Phantasy Star, then I swear I will boycott Disney/Marvel from here on out.
What's next? Crossing over Fifty Shades of Grey with Frozen?
Welp, I'm done here. Goodbye Disney.
I know that this is a joke trailer, but I wouldn't put it past these guys to pull something like this.
OH I'M SORRY. I FORGOT THAT RICK ROLL ISN'T COOL ANYMORE.
SO PASSE. DARUDE IS NOW T3H NEW TROLL COOL LOL.
GOTTA KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES LIKE MARVEL IS TRYING TO DO, RIGHT?
