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TheEvilDog:
To be honest, I was wary of the idea from when they announced the attempt and yet tentatively excited.

From what I understand, the whole affair felt like a mish-mash of idea that they were flinging at the walls and seeing what would stick. Which wasn't much.

The MCU worked because Marvel weren't setting out to make a unified universe per se, more of a couple of in-jokes that grew very quickly. Bear in mind that 10 years ago, Marvel was still limited in what they could do with characters, Fox still owns the X-men and Fantastic Four rights, Sony the Spider-man, Universal had the Hulk and I think New Line Cinema still owned Blade back then.

As it was, Marvel took a gamble and it paid off big time, but I think it was the right time and more than a bit of luck that helped them. Following the leader hasn't worked out well for the DCEU (Well, not yet anyway, that might change with Justice League) and it looks like the gamble the Dark Universe failed before it began.

Actually, this makes me think that Marvel's cinematic franchise rival might not be the DCEU, but Warner Bros/Legendary's Monsterverse. Just a shame about the Dark Universe, but that's the way the film crumbles.

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