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Secret Invasion director brushes off mixed reviews
Secret Invasion director brushes off mixed reviews Disney and Marvel’s TV series strategy is an attempt to reduce profits. Even mogul Bob Iger believes the influx of series has “diluted” the focus and attention of the brand.
Secret Invasion director brushes off mixed reviews
Disney and Marvel’s TV series strategy is an attempt to reduce profits. Even mogul Bob Iger believes the influx of series has “diluted” the focus and attention of the brand. But the program must continue, and those who run it must face the consequences. The same goes for Ali Selim, director and executive producer of Secret Invasion. He is one of the few people who can speak about the film in the face of the one-two punch of writers and actors. Selim’s usual response to bad press in general is, “Oh, I don’t read reviews.” “It’s a tribute,” he told Variety. “For me, my whole job as a storyteller is a dialogue with the audience. Once the show is over and it’s on the screen, that’s half the conversation I’m having, and then the audience starts to have half a reaction to it. I think it’s worth it, but I don’t know.”
Selim has the usual response to bad press: “Oh, I don’t read reviews, out of respect,” he told Variety. “For me, my whole job as a storyteller is a dialogue with the audience. Once the show is finished and it’s on the screen, that’s half the conversation I’m having. And the audience starts to have half a reaction to it.” I think it’s worth it, but I don’t know.”
But what about the Marvel Cinematic Universe specifically? “[Projects] resonate with different people at different times for different reasons. Marvel has a fanbase with very committed, even passionate, expectations, and when expectations are raised, they approach it differently. They agreed to step down if their expectations were not met,” Selim said. “I don’t know, but is it our job to meet their expectations? Or is it to tell the stories that we tell?” So, that’s a tricky one. Finding a balance between serving the fans and serving the story can be hard, but it’s entirely doable. Take WandaVision, for example. No one can deny that this project lives up to fan expectations. Of course, no fan is expecting the genre of sci-fi exploration and heartbreak as precisely as WandaVision. But the show satisfied both die-hard MCU fans and TV critics.
As Selim said in the interview, not every project is a winner, but Secret Invasion set a new low for the MCU. According to Rotten Tomatoes, it is the lowest-rated film in the Marvel canon (via NME). Maybe it’s time for a course correction (especially if Bob Iger takes on the studio), but that’s someone who is not Ali Selim. He is fully satisfied with what he achieved with Secret Invasion. “There’s a big fight in Episode 6, but there’s also an incredibly vulnerable conversation between a broken Glavik and a really broken Fury. We finally see that he’s a gear. “But when you watch the film, you see two men saying, ‘I’m sorry,’ which is groundbreaking in a way,” he argued in a separate interview with Deadline. “I mean, have you ever seen Biden and Putin in a room saying, ‘I’m sorry’? I don’t think so, but maybe everyone didn’t realize how groundbreaking this series is? Absolutely: “I hope people like it, but I don’t have those expectations myself,” Selim told Variety, “so I’m happy to see the reaction.”
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