The "nobody asked for this" argument is dehydrated rock-hard stupid. Perhaps "arrogant" is the better description. The arguer thinks so highly of himself and his fandom that he requires consultation.

Heard that non-stop about Solo, one of my all-time favorite characters. I didn't ask for the film but I'm damned glad they made it. (Why I liked it is another post.)

"Nobody asked how Solo got his name! Or his blaster!"

STFU. I thought both origins fit nicely in the movie's flow and didn't break any established lore. Both items were amusing asides, not major plot points.

It is only natural:

a project that fans have asked for for years doesn't have a single creative direction, but already planted ideas in so many different heads of fans. Expectations are various, everyone wants to see his/her version realized, while the studio struggles to understand what those versions are.

A project no one has asked for does not have any expectations yet. It has a single creative vision by the creator and can't really disappoint.

I'm so burnt out on both universes that it is only the raving reviews of a few entries that will bring me back now. Prior to ~2019 I would literally see every entry in both.

The need for new ideas is paramount.

"Nobody asked for this" is such a stupid argument. As if people are only allowed to do something if they were asked for it

THEREFORE, I'M HERE BY ASKING ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING

There, the next time somebody asks "Who asked for this?" send them here and tell them I did

a creative actually had a really good idea they pitched to the executives

They is delusional. Do they think Disney is some indie company and not a corporate machine?

Everything they do is for profit, not giving fans what they want. It just so happens that the two sometimes line up and we get a good movie out of it.

For years, Disney's intent was to saturate the market with Marvel. They didn't want a single month to go by without SOME Marvel movie or TV show. Them not thinking fans would get fatigued like they did is evidence enough that fans were never their priority.

Apparently it's an unpopular opinion, but I liked Thor 4. Could they have done more with the source material and premise? Definitely. But "what might have been" doesn't take away from the movie that actually got made, IMO. And that movie was better than pretty much any of the contemporary MCU movies post End Game (maybe even going back to Black Panther, or at least Ragnorak)

Huh. When I say nobody asked for this, it's Thor 4 or the latest in a long line of sequels. And I would argue that "Agatha All Along" and its ilk are not "creatives coming up with new ideas" but executives trying to cash in on a popular character because they recognize the flagship characters are declining in popularity.