Harrison Ford joined the crew of Captain America: New World Order, where he could play General Ross. The original actor of the role, William Hurt, has died, Kevin Feige has no intention of canceling the role, Ford is preparing to replace William Hurt, and THR film critic Gallop talks about the topic. Gallop expects Ford to improve Marvel's sense of belonging, after all, Ford is a veteran actor and he has a lot of experience. Gallop believes that Marvel's sense of belonging is not strong, Disney Channel has become the main carrier of Marvel's works, the Marvel working group focuses on the breakthrough of movies, and he forgets the sense of belonging of the MCU superhero series. Gallop hopes that Ford can improve his sense of belonging, because Ford has a strong control, he has participated in traditional sci-fi films such as "Star Wars" and "Blade Runner", and such works have a strong sense of belonging, which is the main reason Kevin Feige used Ford.
"Star Wars" is also Ford's masterpiece, Captain Han Solo has become synonymous with Ford, and if Disney wants to shoot a Star Wars film spin-off, Ford will return to this series. Gallop commented on the film: "Star Wars" was less professional, and when George Lucas wrote "A New Hope," he read a lot of expertise about the universe, spaceships, and high-tech weapons, and he also brought in scientists who specialize in the galaxy to guide him. In Gallop's view, the props of the main trilogy are very professional, and the professionalism of "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" is also very strong. However, when the prequel trilogy was filmed, everyone found that the professionalism of "Star Wars" had weakened. Of course, Lucas arguably prefers the integrity of the content, after all, the prequel needs to explain the origin of the character structure in the main story.
However, in the sequel trilogy, viewers find that professionalism continues to wane, which Gallop believes should not happen. After all, "Skywalker Rising" is relatively backward in both the era of filming and the corresponding timeline of the movie itself, and the scientific content of props, equipment and sci-fi films at that time has been improved, but unfortunately, the professionalism of the "Star Wars" series has gradually faded. In the spin-offs of "Obi-Wan" and "Amdo", fans have found little professionalism, even if these spin-offs only need to fill the gap between the canons, but after Disney took over the filming rights of "Star Wars", the gaiden also lost its professionalism. Aside from the background of the later "Star Wars" series and some fixed props, many people feel that this series can be regarded as a reasoning film or even a literary film, which is the embodiment of the weakening of professionalism.
Some fans disagree with Gallop's rhetoric, because Evans' version of the "Captain America" trilogy has a strong sense of belonging, and when the first phase of Marvel was planned, most of the MCU works were in the typical style of Marvel. Why, in Gallop's view, is this sense of belonging waning, and Ford needs to raise it? In addition to the natural development of the times, which makes the audience of such movies more impetuous, there is also a reason that Hollywood has encountered a special period, the global pandemic has caused theaters to begin mass closures, and Hollywood has accelerated its entry into the streaming era. As a work at the forefront of the times, the MCU superhero series adapted to the layout of online platforms earlier, and Disney Channel is also in the leading position on so many streaming platforms.
Gallop talked about Kevin Feige as a person who can quickly adapt to new things, which has led to the improvement and deletion of most of Marvel's fourth phase productions, whether movies or series, to cater to the requirements of the streaming era, and "WandaVision" and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" are very evident in this regard. As we all know, the fourth series of "Captain America" is not a sequel to "Civil War", but a sequel to "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", and since the previous series has lost its sense of belonging, it is clear that Ford, a new veteran actor, has the ability to return this sense of belonging to Marvel works. So Gallop expects Ford to improve Marvel's sense of belonging. And the character of Captain Ross itself has a sense of belonging, and he carries the development of many Marvel movies, which is also something that Gallop emphasizes.
Regarding the professionalism of "Star Wars", the author (smugly watching the movie) remembers that when "Obi-Wan" was still in the promotion period, many film critics said that this series mainly sells feelings, and if you remove the character settings and those things associated with the prequel, no one will treat this work as a Star Wars film. In fact, Disney's post-filmed "Star Wars" derivative products are basically unprofessional, this feeling is gradually weakening, and the technical attributes of sci-fi films are no longer prominent, which may also be the trend of the development of the film era. So Gallop stressed that the professionalism of "Star Wars" has weakened.