Stephen King defends The Marvels, blames the low box office on "adolescent fanboy hate"
Nov. 14, 2023The horror legend has tweeted in defense of the newest MCU movie
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Stephen King took to Twitter to defendThe Marvels, which now holds the record forMarvel’s lowest opening weekend at the box office.
“I don’t go to MCU movies, don’t care for them, but I find this barely masked gloating over the low box office for The Marvels very unpleasant. Why gloat over failure?” Kingtweeted.
He then added, “Some of the rejection of The Marvels may be adolescent fanboy hate. You know, ‘Yuck! GIRLS!'”
Directed by Nia DaCosta, the newest Marvel movie sees Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) team up with Kamala Khan akaMs. Marvel(Iman Vellani), and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Paris) after they suddenly start swapping places with each other every time they use their powers.
In order to combat superhero fatigue,Marvel has released a special Spotlight bannerthat aims to produce shows that require zero knowledge of MCU history in order to understand and enjoy.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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