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Headline: Brian Cox blames Marvel for poor state of cinema
Caption: The Scottish actor, 78, starred as William Stryker in the X-Men film X2 back in 2003, a scientist who helped create the X-Man Wolverine. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday, Cox said that TV has now taken cinemas role as the primary storytelling medium, in part because of Hollywood's preoccupation with continuing blockbuster superhero franchises. "Television is doing what cinema used to do. Cinema has lost its place partly because of all the grandiose elements like Marvel and DC. It's beginning to implode, so you're kind of losing the plot....
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