These studios have perfected the "high-risk, high-budget, franchise-first" model. The deep critique here is risk aversion masquerading as spectacle. Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) productions, for instance, are marvels of logistical coordination but often suffer from "cinematic universe bloat"—where individual films sacrifice narrative coherence for cross-title synergy. The deep cost is a homogenization of aesthetic (the infamous "gray Marvel wash") and a suppression of directorial voice. Productions like Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness visibly show the seams where studio mandates overruled auteur vision (Sam Raimi).
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