Marvel vs. Marvel

Marvel- Pros

Marvel has several different ways of portraying mental health and about 9/10 of the time it is very noticeable. In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark (Iron Man) has multiple anxiety attacks because he was triggered by any mention of “The Attack on New York '' (which was caused by Loki in the 2012 movie “Avengers”). We have multiple mentions of being suicidal, experiencing PTSD, and depression. If more people noticed that our favorite characters worked past their most difficult conflicts, maybe it could inspire other characters to do the same.

Next the characters are drastically different from each other. They might have the same mental health issues or somewhat of a close past, but they experience death or more traumatizing situations differently. Marvel has stayed as close as possible as they can to the comics. They are understandable characters; characters the audience can relate to. The characters' stories still add a reality that the audience can build in their own imagination. With these characters and story arcs it draws the audience into the fictional world, demanding more from the actors and directors.

Lastly the inspiration that this brand has given so many people to keep pushing, and that is alright to be yourself. Being yourself is the healthiest you will ever be. Also you’re worthy of Jonathan. https://youtu.be/p0mBj6J1LN8

Marvel- Cons

Even though there is so much good with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) there are also bad moments. Sometimes with directing a movie they want it to be received as a serious movie. There are multiple reasons why a movie isn’t as good as other movies; those directors get lazy, the screen-writing wasn’t going right, or the movie was portrayed too seriously from the comics. No one is to blame, it is just that the fans want fun and mysterious movies, like the third Thor Movie: Thor, Ragnarok. The comics are the comics, the movies are based off of the comics but should have a little fun with the inside jokes or what the actors are trying to portray. Then in other movies like Eternals the movie was too relaxed or in Iron Man 3.

Next would be the lack of details to characters and Norse mythology. In the beliefs of the Norse, Loki (God Of Mischief) came before any god that is represented in Marvel. In Marvel they also state that Odin gave Thor (God Of Thunder) Mjolner, his hammer. In Norse mythology, Loki went to the most talented dwarfs and got Thor’s hammer made because of a challenge.

Then, in the lacking department would be disabilities and ethnicities. Hawkeye or Clint Barton is 80% deaf which was introduced in the comic “Hawkeye Vol, 4 #19” published in 1983. This was first presented in the show Hawkeye that came out in 2021; Hawkeye has been present in the MCU since 2011 in the first Thor movie. Within that show as well we have Maya Lopez or Echo, she was born deaf, why was she only mentioned now? In Matthew Murdock's case, he was not born blind, he saved an elderly man from a toxic waste truck and then the acid made its way into his eyes. There are also more Caucasian superheroes than Black, Latina, or Asian hero's. Within the Marvel Cinematic Universe 61% of heroes are Caucasian proven by Forbes magazine. They also stated that, “ 20% of the heroes are Black, 8% are Multiracial, 4% are Latino, 5% are East Asian, 1% South Asian, and 1% are Middle Eastern/ Arab.”

Concluding these statements, you go over and read about the pros and cons of the DC Universe.