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Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Says Internet Can be a 'Hell Pit'


The Marvel Cinematic Universe might be enjoying the love of the Marvel fanbase, but despite the franchise's undeniable success among fans and critics, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige still thinks that the internet can be a "hell pit."

The Marvel producer just recently spoke with film students in a question and answer segment for the New York Film Academy's Directory of Industry Lecture Series (via ComicBook.com), and during the event, the host, Tova Laiter, opened up about the movie-making process. Laiter mentioned reshoots during the segment, noting how director Woody Allen would reshoot his film and redo elements of his projects as part of his filmmaking process.

This little point of discussion encouraged Feige to talk about reshoots as well, and somehow the conversation changed into how movie talk has changed these days. During the segue, Feige couldn't help but note that digital space isn't always pleasant.

"It's great and that always used to be, there used to be stories of reshoots in the press when I started in the building right over there it was literally the dawn of the internet and the dawn of film blogging and Ain't It Cool News and people talking back and now we live in the hell pit we live in today, but at the time it was like 'wow, people have opinions on movies' and on X-Men 1 they didn't like anything about it and there was the quote 'well it's a Marvel movies so you know it's going to be bad,'" Feige said.

A "hell pit" might seem rather harsh, but readers have to admit, fandoms can become pretty savage, especially when major franchises don't turn out the way they want them too. Some Star Wars fans have been taking to the internet to attack the cast and crew of the films they don't really like, the clearest example of which is Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Marvel fans don't seem as intense because they've been getting what they want, but really, there are times when the internet can get pretty nasty.

What do you think of overly zealous fandoms? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.

Phase 4 of the MCU begins when Black Widow premieres on May 1, 2020.

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