AVENGERS Star Mark Ruffalo Explains What Makes The MCU More Unique Than The STAR WARS Franchise

AVENGERS Star Mark Ruffalo Explains What Makes The MCU More Unique Than The STAR WARS Franchise

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law star Mark Ruffalo weighs in on how the MCU differs from the Star Wars franchise, explaining how Marvel Studios offer a greater variety of stories than those released by Lucasfilm.

By JoshWilding - Aug 14, 2022 06:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Hulk
Source: Metro (via SFFGazette.com)

Mark Ruffalo joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe way back in 2012 when he replaced Edward Norton as Bruce Banner in The Avengers. He's been playing The Hulk ever since, and next up for the actor is Disney+'s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. At this point, it's fair to say he's now a Marvel Studios veteran.

It's no wonder, then, that he's quick to defend the MCU when it comes under fire, and the actor did exactly that during a recent interview with Metro (via SFFGazette.com).

However, he did so by making some pointed remarks about the Star Wars franchise! "It’s not something I worry about," Ruffalo initially said when asked about the rapidly expanding MCU. "I understand that these things run their course and then something else comes along."

He'd go on to praise the studio for allowing filmmakers to put their spin on the comic books with "their own style [and] their likeness." To reinforce the point he was making, Ruffalo used Star Wars as an example of a franchise that doesn't necessarily evolve or differ as much as the MCU (for example, Moon Knight, Thor: Love and Thunder, and What If...? are all worlds apart). 

"If you watch a Star Wars, you’re pretty much going to get the same version of Star Wars each time," Ruffalo said, making a valid observation. "It might have a little bit of humor. It might have a little bit of different animation. But you’re always, really, in that same kind of world. But with Marvel you can have a whole different feeling, even within the Marvel Universe."

Some Star Wars fans might not appreciate the actor's viewpoint, but he's not wrong. There's a very specific approach that needs to be taken with that Galaxy Far, Far Away in order to maintain a certain feel to the franchise, and when someone veers away and attempts to put their own stamp on a project, they get fired (look at Phil Lord and Chris Miller with Solo: A Star Wars Story). The MCU, however, is a little more varied tonally.

What do you think about Ruffalo's take on Star Wars? Let us know down in the usual place.

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bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 8/14/2022, 6:57 AM
Well ofcourse it's always about lifting rocks and laser swords, but I think they can be just as different as Marvel too. The Clone Wars might be the best example of that.

The Clone Wars is not just different from something like The Last Jedi or The Phantom Menace (which are also very different from each other), but even within The Clone Wars there are wildly different story arcs being told.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/14/2022, 7:04 AM
He forgot add hood vs evil with coursed comedy add to everything nothing is taken serious
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/14/2022, 7:39 AM
Humperdoo
Humperdoo - 8/14/2022, 8:04 AM
No worries, Mark. Disney has screwed up Star Wars worse than they’ve screwed up Marvel. I know it’s always about making money instead of quality movies.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 8/14/2022, 8:38 AM
Ruffalo is right that Star Wars lacks the variety of Marvel but he seems to not recognize that many Star Wars fans are even less open minded than even the most narrow minded MCU fan, and are often twice as loud and angry. Star Wars lacks variety because the creative get botched at every time they step outside the box
Kyos
Kyos - 8/14/2022, 9:44 AM
@OmegaDaGrodd - step outside the box

The one time someone kinda sorta took some steps out of the box (but somehow convinced people he really left it) it produced the most divisive movie in franchise history. The one time someone probably actually tried to do it the studio panicked and remade it, producing a huge flop in the process.

I don't disagree that a close-minded fandom is a real part of the problem, but I also believe that the people in charge themselves don't have any kind of vision of what 'outside the box' might actually look like, and they also already spectacularly botched their one, big chance to get there and bring the fans with them.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 8/15/2022, 6:49 AM
@OmegaDaGrodd - SW is a sci-fantasy universe with it's own rules about the way it works and what's in it. Disney SW doesn't fit with Lucas SW, they aren't the same universe. Like a big one is that Disney doesn't know what a force user is, they think of them as more like Marvel mutants than people that have trained to perfect their craft, think broom boy in TLJ or the Force power levels now on screen. Would be like Kevin Costner as Wyatt Earp all of the sudden shooting lasers out of his eyes during the fight in that finale.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 8/15/2022, 10:57 AM
@WarMonkey -

"SW is a sci-fantasy universe with it's own rules about the way it works and what's in it"

No it is not. George Lucas made stuff up as he went along constantly. There was and has never been a strict set of rules for which every SW production must adhere to. More importantly, the scope of SW movies have been so narrow when talking about a property that has intergalactic travel, that it makes zero sense to assume the full totality of possibilities were explored in films that featured roughly 20-30 planets in total.

SW fans have to stop telling themselves this stuff about the OT, the prequels or the sequel trilogy.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 8/15/2022, 11:29 AM
@OmegaDaGrodd - Yes it is.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/14/2022, 8:40 AM
"But with Marvel you can have a whole different feeling, even within the Marvel Universe."







Coulda fooled me
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 8/14/2022, 10:00 AM
Phase Four has failed and Star Wars has been clubbed to near death, both by Disney. Glad I'm getting too old for this.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 8/14/2022, 10:29 AM
""If you watch a Star Wars, you’re pretty much going to get the same version of Star Wars each time," Ruffalo said, making a valid observation. "It might have a little bit of humor. It might have a little bit of different animation. But you’re always, really, in that same kind of world."

He pretty much actually summed up the MCU with that quote without even realizing it.


Also....There's nothing like Josh adding in opinion "a valid observation" into a news piece.
Stop inserting your opinion into these articles and just report the news. Save your opinion for editorials.
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