The Marvels Is The MCU’s Most Disliked Trailer On YouTube Because Of Course It Is

In just a few days since its release, The Marvels trailer has become the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most disliked trailer on YouTube. In recent years, the MCU has struggled to meet the heights of Phase 3, which culminated in the wildly successful Avengers: Endgame. Some criticisms have addressed the oversaturation of Marvel content and weaker storytelling of certain projects, while other, more bad faith arguments attacked the MCU's increasingly diverse superhero leads. The first Captain Marvel movie faced those criticisms since it held the honor of being the first solo female-led superhero film in the MCU, and it seems the sequel will face more of the same.

The Marvels trailer was released earlier this week and, as of this writing, has amassed 468,000 dislikes, which surpasses its number of likes, currently totaling 444,000. That makes The Marvels the MCU's most disliked trailer on YouTube.

The Marvels Movie Trailer Likes vs Dislikes Screenshot

Based on numbers alone, the most disliked MCU trailer appears to be the official She-Hulk: Attorney At Law trailer that released in May 2022, which garnered 554,000 dislikes. However, it earned 786,000 likes, surpassing the number of dislikes by over 200,000. For comparison, the recent Secret Invasion trailer received 19,000 dislikes against 416,000 likes and the final Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer only got 5,500 dislikes vs 336,000 likes. Even the first Captain Marvel trailer only received 106,000 dislikes compared to its 1.1 million likes.

Why The Marvels Trailer Is The MCU's Most Disliked Trailer

Brie Larson As Carol Danvers With Her Hands On Her Hips in The Marvels Trailer

When Captain Marvel released in 2019, star Brie Larson was at the center of a particularly vitriolic hate campaign led by those who believed the MCU didn't need a female-led superhero movie. It was so pervasive that fellow MCU stars Don Cheadle and Clark Gregg stood up for Larson, defending her to the public against the hate she faced. But that vitriol hasn't necessarily gone away in the years since Captain Marvel's release, and with the MCU facing other, more valid criticisms, it's possible those that have campaigned against Marvel Studios' more diverse leads have felt emboldened—as if they're justified in their belief that there's a connection between the MCU's diversity and its dip in popularity.

In terms of how such hate campaigns can manifest, one part is rallying their supporters to dislike and review bomb the projects they wish to attack in an effort to prove their minority is actually in the majority. This was seen last year when She-Hulk was review bombed before it premiered on Disney+, meaning before anyone other that critics had even had a chance to watch it. Other shows and movies have faced review bombing in recent years, particularly those with non-white, non-straight, non-male leads.

It's possible these campaigns employ bots to help rack up the numbers of dislikes and negative reviews, or that some folks are doing it to be trolls. But, there are very real issues of racism and misogyny that pervade society. As such, it's incredibly likely there is a large number of people who take issue with The Marvels trailer simply because it's led by a white woman, a Black woman and a young Pakistani-Canadian woman.

It's disheartening to see the massive difference in reception to The Marvels trailer even compared to Captain Marvel's teaser, especially when the sequel's first footage showcases a number of fun moments that build on the MCU's Phase 4 projects. Teyonah Parris brings Monica Rambeau to the big screen after debuting in WandaVision, while Iman Vellani similarly makes the jump from TV after leading Ms. Marvel as Kamala Khan. Hopefully Disney and Marvel Studios have learned from what Larson went through during Captain Marvel's press tour and will be able to protect the sequels' stars from the hate that led to The Marvels trailer becoming the MCU's most disliked trailer on YouTube.

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