Nothing can save The Marvels from pandering pitfalls

There was a recent South Park episode that lampooned the last decade of Disney’s output as a hackneyed string of remakes and derivatives comprising the Panderverse. Its films recycle the same stream of plots, interchanging the roles and characters to appeal and pander to different audiences. The media conglomerate’s latest addendum to the behemoth Marvel franchise, The Marvels, is as affirming a testament to this as anything Disney has put out in recent years.