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to get a feel Marvel Studios amount of content Considering that in the last two years, almost every month from January 2021 to November 2022 has included a new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During that period, the superhero storytelling giant debuted 18 of his works spanning feature films, streaming his series, and special presentations, rolling out what he considered Phase 4 of content.
It’s easy to see why. From 2008 to her 2019, Marvel famously trained hardcore fans and casual viewers alike to think of feature films as part of a single, interconnected reality. To truly understand the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you had to consume it all. The climax of his 23-title Infinity saga, 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, rewarded an unprecedented $2.8 billion commitment.
If you’re doing 2-3 movies a year, it’s easy.But following “Endgame,” at the height of the pandemic, Marvel essentially told fans I never have stop looking Its contents. “WandaVision” led to “Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, which led to “Loki”, “Black Widow”, “What if…?”, and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”. and ‘The Eternals’, ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’. It was just 2021. People have lives!
By the time “Moon Knight” debuts in Spring 2022, many Marvel observers have begun to notice the multidimensional common threads that connect this endless line of Marvel titles. was quite small More than the ever-enhancing super-narrative of the Infinity Saga.after credits scene “Eternals” “Moon Knight” “Doctor Strange in a Mad Multiverse” “Thor: Love and Thunder” When “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Rather than revealing how these franchises connect with the rest of the cinematic universe, all introduced new characters within their individual franchises.Even if Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff from the grief-stricken hero of ‘WandaVision’ angry villain Much of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” felt like the dots were barely connecting or completely contradicting each other.
Chief of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige She took the stage at San Diego Comic-Con last July. In fact, he assures fans that he’s creating a brand new central storyline he’s dubbed the Multiverse Saga. A monumental finale is planned.
However, if phase 4 is “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” – especially No A team-up “Avengers” movie or something similar. So the Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming like Marvel Comics. Always an expansive storytelling coalition, with unique entry his points for different fans punctuated by the occasional omnibus title that tries to tie it all together. Prefer dark character studies that showcase high-wire acting?Watch Oscar his Isaac split his personality in “Moon Knight.” Love a freshly choreographed martial arts spectacle?Dip into Simu Liu and Michelle Yeoh’s kick ass in “Shang-Chi.” Love legal comedy? “Watch Tatiana Maslany twerk with Megan Thee Stallion”She-Hulk: Lawyer”
Of course, superfans always see everything. But “She-Hulk” contains a ton of eye-blinking references to the MCU, but only until the finale, where Maslany’s She-Hulk appears. break the fourth wall When Meet with a sentient robot stand-in For Feige — To get a taste of the show’s heat, audiences watched Thor: Love and Thunder, Hawkeye, The Eternals, Black Widow, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and WandaVision. Meta-comedy, even if you’ve never done it before. “Shang-Chi” contains a throwback to 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” — a cut that’s as deep as you can get in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but that movie takes prior knowledge of We’re spinning our own elaborate mythology that we don’t need at all. And even if you haven’t seen a single second of him in the Marvel movies, chances are you understand everything that goes on in “Moon Knight.”
It is in the plot of “Loki”. What was once a single, unified timeline has, by the end of season 1, been shattered into a multiverse of infinitely branching possibilities, the whole of which cannot be comprehended. We want everyone to see everything in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but whether by design, coincidence, or a combination of both, Marvel Studios is using Phase 4 to ensure fans It gently suggests that you don’t have to. No longer a perfectionist, or something close to it.