Marvel Cinematic Universe general stuff

Yeah I was thinking that. They did it in the comics a few years ago. Just not sure how good that would be if you have RDJ as Doctor Doom at the same time. Feels sort of redundant.

Making RDJ bad isn’t really creative at all. The point of going back to these actors is that they are desperate and don’t seem to have a decent strategy.

They really are threatening to undermine the potential goodies. You just know Mackie will have to fight Evans, in what world does he beat an actual super serum CA? Are they gonna kryptonite the bad CA?

And who honestly cares about the current marvel superhero’s? None of them really have the charisma and leadership feels of Cap/IM. Part of the reason CW worked was because it felt right that the two leads of each group were indeed leaders.

When Thor, CA and Ironman fight Thanos, it had serious gravitas. When CA uses mlolnir, I mean that was just superb. There’s not one superhero (thors a bit of a joke) who has that sort of symmetry that stark and cap had so they better start figuring out who is gonna be the lead hero’s if it’s not Evans.

Potentially who can be the Lead hero ? Reed Richard’s ? Some x men ? Not really much time to build up from current stable and something tells me the new CA movie won’t make Mackie that guy. He’s not got the same charm and leader like feeling that Evans had. I actually like Mackie but don’t see the role he plays as strong as Original CA.

I'd be surprised if they do Hydra Cap given how badly recieved that plot was. But Marvel have kept the character knocking about so maybe.

Is Peter Parker, Spidy leading?

Does he have the feel of a leader though? I mean maybe multi verse Spider-Men ? I just feel like a young Peter Parker leading the entire hero group might not work.

You have to have somebody with more experience. Maybe even wolverine or somebody with an alpha male feel.

Yes I can't really see Peter as a leader, no matter which Peter or how many Peters 😄

yeah - they had killmonger as BP in WhatIf, so they have the precedent set.

I really do think this is the best way to elevate the newer heroes while creating a story that will pull in people that may have lost interest.

Well, I would have thought she would have been a great Black Panther in the sequel too. I thought the film was…. fine. Not nearly as enjoyable as the first one. The first one, for me, was one of the best MCU movies (Apart from the typical rushed end battles): An awesome soundtrack. A fantastic antagonist (Who happened to be right). fun action sequences (Apart from the end, as said above. That casino fight and chase is pure hi-action fun). I know the sequel of course HAD TO have a more somber note than the first given the loss of Boseman and had to deal with trauma. But I just never warmed to Letitia Wright as Black Panther. Thought she was always too slight whereas Lupita Nyong'o was just badass.

I also never warmed to the "What If" series. I LOVE alternative timelines in Sci-Fi if they are planned/described well. If they make sense: This little thing didn't happen so the universe went off in that tangent. But I saw no logic in any of the "What If" stories. Much like Deadpool and Boimler, I am done with the Multiverse unless it's done interestingly.

Needless to say, this does NOT include Spiderverse

Regarding Letitia Wright/Black Panther. Agreed. Nothing personal. Fine actor and played her character's loss very well. But just purely physically, she seemed too slight. I never read the comics so I suppose her being Black Panther is probably in-line alright. But, with so many comics and variants out there, I assume many of the main characters have been versions of BP over the years. Like every other comic. I mean, how many people have become Batman over the years? Even if only for an issue or two.

And yeah, alternative timelines have to make sense (IMHO of course). I mean, one of the most famous of course is Star Trek's City at The Edge of Forever:

Kirk saves Joan Collins. She leads a pacifist movement. This delays the US entry into WW2. Leading to Germany takeover of Europe. Rise in fascism etc. Leading, eventually to shift in space exploration goals and no Federation.

Not: Hey, Thor and Loki are best bros throwing a party with, I don't know, Korg and Howard The Duck.

So, if they do an alternative eeeeeeevil version of the Phase 1 & 2 Avengers they need to do more than just give them goatees.

Eyepatches too. Obvs.

Watching the new episodes of What If, being released daily.

First episode was

Looking at episode titles and cast for upcoming episodes the season is also

Atwell and Evans have been cast in Doomsday so I wouldn't be surprised to see a Captain double act.

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I used to devour with passion the MCU but tapped out totally after phase three. Haven't bothered with any of the TV stuff but am tempted to check out Daredevil and Punisher. Are they as good as people make out?