So how bad was Morbius?

If you’ve made it to the theaters in the past week or two, you know there has been quite a bit of buzz about how Morbius performed and, well, just how it was in general. And honestly, if you haven’t seen it yet, I’m sure you have been seeing it all over social media and probably trying to figure out if it’s worth going to see. I will never be an advocate of not seeing a Marvel or Marvel-adjacent film, but I will just say that maybe consider saving your money for MoM and waiting for Morbius to come out on streaming platforms. Just a small piece of advice if you haven’t seen it yet. But of course, we have watched it and are here to give you all our thoughts and feelings about the film and its’ bigger repercussions. You can catch the full podcast episode by clicking the link below, or clicking the button to find your preferred listening platform.

I think the first thing that desperately needs to be talked about is the end credit scenes. After the film’s release, it came out that Kevin Feige had not been talked to about the end credit scenes, which I think was pretty obvious. Sony has, for better or worse (but aiming towards worse) screwed with the continuity of Marvel’s films, as they have created holes that we didn’t have until right this moment. Going into this film, we knew it would be interesting since the Vulture from Tom’s universe was already seen in the trailer. Which then became the whole of two end credit scenes, so that was already sort of annoying. But the concept that somehow Vulture came over from Tom’s universe makes no sense when Marvel explicitly said that everyone who knew Peter Parker was Spider-Man came over to Tom’s universe, not the other way around. And as Morbius showed, it seems that he is the only one that came into that universe from elsewhere. To make matters worse, Morbius confirmed that he is in the Venom-verse, which means that Venom went over to Tom’s universe too and STILL somehow Vulture came over to Morbius’. Then there’s the whole factor that when the spell was reversed Vulture didn’t return like everyone else did (or at least that we know of).

The last big issue with this is we have no confirmation that there is a Spider-Man in this universe either at the moment or coming in the future. This means Vulture teaming up with Morbius to fight Spider-Man makes nearly zero sense when Morbius has absolutely no beef with someone who he doesn’t even know. Now, of course, this means Spider-Man may make an appearance later, as either Tom’s, which would somehow mean Vulture and Morbius come to him or vice versa, or through another Spider-Man, such as Andrew or Miles Morales. The biggest reason Tom’s universe doesn’t make sense is solely because we did the Multiverse with him, and the Multiverse isn’t going to stay open forever. If anybody is going to travel anywhere, it needs to be ASAP. Could this be Andrew finally getting his third film? I literally have no clue I’m just throwing it out there for everyone. And lastly for Miles, once again, I have no clue what could happen, but like I said, this universe doesn’t have a Spidey yet (to our knowledge) so it could be really cool to introduce him here.

Another personal issue for me was the messy CGI. The worst of the CGI could be seen in the super awkward slow-mo shots that maybe could’ve been cool if the CGI was based in 2022 and not the early 2000s. It just was strange and made an already ‘meh’ movie just hard to get through. I will say that I thought it was cool how they went about showing some of Morbius’ powers, such as the echolocation and his flight abilities. It allowed the audience to really jump into the powers with him and know when they were being used. But like I said, had the CGI been better, I think it could have pulled the audience in more.

The plot was a typical Sony plot, which I predicted from the get-go in our predictions episode. The best part was prior to the newest trailer release, you actually didn’t fully know the plot. Sony, in the heat of trying to give this movie additional hype, actually spoiled the plot completely, making it so there were near to no surprise moments. His best friend is the bad guy, easy to see coming, and him becoming a vampire too? Done. You weren’t going to have a Sony anti-hero movie where the hero didn’t fight a foe that was him just evil (now is the moment to think about Venom and Venom 2). Then the whole girlfriend bit? Ah, let me get to that in one second. Regardless, everything about the film was like checking plot boxes, it didn’t give anything new and certainly didn’t take the audience on a ride with it. Instead, I sat there checking my watch, praying the film would end.

I said I would get to it and I keep my word. So the girlfriend (and no I didn’t pay enough attention to remember her name) becomes a vampire. Whoopeedoo. The issue is how they introduced it as if the people behind this film really looked at it and were like, yup we need to make another. Not to mention, it was introduced the exact same way they introduced the next foe at the end of Venom 2. Once again, we love the uniqueness of the film. I’m not sure we should be looking towards a sequel, as this film didn’t do great enough on its own to warrant a second one.

Now, we go a lot more in-depth with all of these ideas in the full podcast episode, so please make sure to listen to it to really understand our thoughts and feelings. After reading this, I’m sure you’re sitting there thinking Morbius is the worst film to ever exist. And honestly, it isn’t, but as an MCU-adjacent film, it certainly falls around Incredible Hulk. But it’s okay, as we will move forward from it to an actual MCU film and probably one of the most hyped films ever: MoM. I hope everyone has gotten their tickets since it premieres in less than three weeks! Also, continue to keep up with MoonKnight as it premieres every Wednesday. With all this content, Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Morbius”, Molly Freeman, ScreenRant

So…vampires in the MCU, huh?

It may be one of the weirder films and characters that we are seeing in recent superhero films. And I guess, to be fair, it isn’t exactly Marvel making the film, so that definitely has an impact on what the heck we are going to get. But, as the film is right around the corner, of course, that means that our Morbius predictions episode has hit the platforms for all your beautiful (or ugly if you feel this way about your) ears to listen to. Check it out below or hit the button to find your preferred listening platform.

I want to start off by addressing some things about this film. For one, I know the hype for it (was there hype?) died when it was postponed to April 1 from its’ original date in January. I also know that with bigger things coming from Marvel itself, this is likely to fade into the background. Lastly, I know that the first round of reviews has not exactly been kind to this film. Putting all this aside, however, I urge you to watch this film, if not for the film, then for whatever it could possibly set up. Now that we have seen the connection with Venom, we know that these films produced by Sony are MCU-adjacent and can bleed into what we see produced by Marvel.

Now, much of the footage for Morbius has been a little weird and it wasn’t until recently that we finally got something that showed a possible villain. Morbius seems to have a childhood best friend with whom he shared possibly a hospital room and who he promised he would find a cure for them. Well, we obviously see that, to some degree, he does find a cure, but it seems poop hits the fan too quickly for him to help anyone else. This makes for finally the perfect villain, as the cops being the villain, which the first few trailers alluded to, was definitely not going to cut it. It will help to give depth to the character, fighting someone who he clearly cares so deeply about, although the question of how his best friend is cured (if he is, but fighting a chronically ill person seems a little off) is still up for debate. My bet, and since this is a Sony film, we are likely going to get a very similar face-off to that in Venom, where the foe matches their power but is using it for evil. That makes TWO vampires and they do say two is better than one.

As for Morbius’ powers, I think we have seen most of them exhibited throughout the trailers. It seems that he has the typical powers of a vampire, being able to fly, use sonar, and have a great love for bats. As I opened this blog post, I think you could all tell having vampires in the MCU is definitely a little strange, although to be fair, we do have witches so. In the comics, Morbius enters as a villain turned anti-hero, and I think we might see the opposite take place in the film. There has been a lot of speculation about who is the Spider-Man in the universe he is in, so I would not be shocked to see him become the villain later. If my thoughts about his villain holds true, fighting and possibly having to kill someone you love doesn’t make you feel very hero-like, helping a villain arc move along. Of course, if you have been on any social media recently, word of the end-credit scenes may be enough confirmation for us now, but I of course won’t say anything at the moment until the film comes out this Friday.

Since we are on this topic, I will say it has been confirmed that Morbius is in the same universe as Venom, which I think isn’t very surprising to hear. The biggest thing will be seeing if this is Andrew, Tom, or Tobey’s universe, as a Spider-Man is confirmed due to the trailers. There are hints to all three Spider-Mans, meaning anything is possible, but I think we are probably going to see it be Andrews’. For one, if it is the Venom universe, we know the Snap and Blip didn’t take place, meaning it can’t be Toms’. And for two, and this is just for the sake of the actors, Tobey’s Spider-Man has received his trilogy and has had his moment (as Tobey is now in his 40s). However, Andrew’s Spider-Man has been getting called by fans to return for a third film, which would work well if we have Venom and Morbius in this universe. But do I know at all what’s going to happen? No, not at all.

As I finish this blog post, I want to remind everyone that predictions episodes can definitely be difficult, as we only get little clips arranged in ways that show a whole story or none at all. This movie is also in a weird spot due to its’ delay, but that doesn’t mean us fans shouldn’t turn out! Make sure you’re heading to the theaters this Friday (or this weekend) to see it and return to us to hear our reactions. We also have MoonKnight premiering this week, so it’s a busy week with Marvel content and ours as well. Make sure to keep up with all of it, since Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Morbius”, Shayne Kempton, The Nerd is the Word