Fans Brutally Call Out Marvel for Inefficiency and Lack of Grit, All Thanks to Ryan Coogler

Published 07/05/2025, 9:47 PM EDT

In a whirlwind of cinematic fervor, Sinners stormed the silver screen with such ferocity, $364.7 million to be exact, that it redefined audience expectations. Ryan Coogler’s nuanced character arcs and razor‑sharp dialogue elevated Sinners beyond a film into a cultural landmark. The result was a global phenomenon that inspired imitations and analysis. But the true shock came when fans discovered how quickly Ryan Coogler had crafted that triumph.

As soon as fans found out that Ryan Coogler had penned Sinners in a mere two months, Marvel devotees, who have yet to make it across the Blade roadblock, erupted in a frenzy of social media proclamations and demand letters. No longer content with superhero sequels alone, they wielded their keyboards like stakes, insisting that Marvel Studios sink its teeth into the vampire release that was promised to them in 2019. The fervent clamor underscored their conviction that speed and bite go hand in hand.

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Marvel Studios could satiate that thirst by reviving Eric Brooks as Blade in a gritty noir saga, adapting Michael Morbius for a living vampire origin story, or delving into the shadowy annals of The Legion of Monsters with Ghost Rider crossovers. Fans might also clamor for a Coven of Vampires anthology featuring Deacon Frost and Varnae. Each option drips with blood-soaked potential, perfectly suited to Marvel’s sprawling mythology, provided Kevin Feige’s recent confession of Marvel fatigue has not sent fans into permanent hibernation.

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As if the mere confession that Ryan Coogler cooked up Sinners' script in two months was not enough, the Sinners movie actually purchased costumes from Marvel's stagnant Blade reboot, ultimately making way for the fan wrath that Marvel now faces.

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Marvel fans are once again raising their pitchforks, or rather, their garlic garlands, as the long-delayed Blade reboot vanishes from the release calendar. With no firm updates and a future shrouded in uncertainty, many have declared it is about time Marvel Studios stops treating the Daywalker like a ghost. The demand is clear: give us Blade now, and make it faster than Ryan Coogler finished Sinners.

After all, Sinners shares more than just a pulse-pounding pace. The brooding costuming, shadowy aesthetic, and vampiric undertones have led fans to joke that Coogler simply make Blade himself.

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Perhaps it is fitting that a two-month script has managed to ignite what three years of development meetings could not. Whether Marvel Studios answers the call with swords and shades remains to be seen, but for now, Ryan Coogler may have accidentally, and effortlessly, set a new standard for supernatural storytelling in superhero cinema.

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Iffat Siddiqui

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Iffat is an Entertainment Journalist at Netflix Junkie. A word wizard, she had the sorting hat smoke at the seams owing to her excellence in everything Hollywood and cinema until it finally declared that she belonged to the Royals, specifically Meghan Markle. Boasting over 300 articles (and counting), each one tastefully infused with the right mix of facts, wit, opinion, and essentially everything to make a perfect pop culture piece, she is the epitome of a trustworthy entertainment journalist.

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