John Murdoch
Senior Member
The MCU went from pretty good to my favorite fictional franchise from Phase 2-3 onward. The quality on the movies has kept improving to the point where I like many really look forward to each of their titles, with the big dogs (Avengers 1, Infinity War, Endgame, Cap: Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, GotG 1 & 2) being amongst my favorite films in their respective genre as well as hitting historical filmmaking milestones. Only James Bond is in the same ballpark at this point for me personally, but that's a combo of quality, nostalgia, and Roger Moore's dapperness talking there.
Ready to see how Thrones ends, but I'm just not the biggest fan of these "wow" blockbuster moments taking precedence over character development and a good slow build-up to a massive moment. Last season when they traded a wight for a dragon (the same dragon which was REQUIRED to get through the wall for the Whitewalkers), I just threw in the towel and said I'll just enjoy the ride till it ends. The suspense is about all gone, but I'll see it through.
The Star Wars sequel trilogy is either a love it or hate it thing now after The Last Jedi, but I really like some things about it and loathe things about it more than anything else in the Star Wars franchise. Like Force Awakens, loved Rogue One, was 50/50 on TLJ, but I'm meh on Rise of Skywalker. Cool to have more Star Wars lore, really really really disappointed in the narrative choices Disney and co made.
I was extremely satisfied with Endgame and even DC's Shazam!, so yes, it's a very good year for franchise fiction so far.