I am honestly disgusted with Phase 4's questionable morals - A terrorist who blows hostages up is sympathetic, while a grieving soldier killing the enemy is a monster - Superpowered witch enslaves people and traps children but she did "the right thing" in the end by letting her fake children and dead boyfriend go - Black Widow's constantly trying to wipe out the "red in her ledger" but never bats an eye when a whole Russian prison complex is buried in an avalanche Feel free to add to this list

As someone who has staunchly defended the MCU, having literally grown up with the films, it's safe to say that on a creative spectrum, Marvel peaked with the Infinity Saga. Phase 4 is making money but there is no ingenuity anymore. I also think that the spam of Disney Plus shows is harming people's investment in the movie's long-term. I mean, how many people can name the characters in the Eternal movie or remember Shang Chi's sister's name? Marvel has become a conveyor belt of content and have prioritized quantity over quality.

They should have made Loki about him stealing a time machine from the TVA and creating as much mischief as possible throughout history

What i really hate about the MCU right now is how the blip didn't affect everyone's lives at all as if it never happened. Five years got by and that's enough to make people go crazy about what happened but when everyone reappeared it's like it was all good. One would imagine the amount of problems it would cause but we don't feel the repercussions of it. What i'd love to see is a bad guy that rose during the 5 year gap making us feel that some have snapped.

The problem I have with the MCU is that too much is happening all at once. Moon Knight is bringing in all these Gods from other pantheons, but in Thor, Thor clearly stated that he was the sole protector of Earth. Eternals were there all along, but came into zero conflict with other godlike entities. Wenwu (The Mandarin) has been fighting in wars for a thousand years, but yet no other movies ever mention him. In Loki, they say Kang's death led to multiverse problems. In No Way Home, spells were the cause of multiverse problems. In Dr. Strange, it was America Chavez. If you look at the timeline, literally ten different world altering events are happening at the same time. The MCU is just too lazy to have them connect. Each movie is trying to do it's own thing in a world that's too small to handle all these events.

The thing is Endgame ended phase 3 well enough and it actually felt like a true ending. Continuing from that as things get even bigger is too much to juggle.

What you said about Loki really changed the way I think about him, Why would he kill a mass amount of people with a smile on his face then like 2 days later say "Oh yeah I don't enjoy hurting people" Like wtf that completely changed the entire narrative of the character

to be fair about Bucky willingness to give up a civilian life over going back to heroism even after immense trauma. As a soldier myself, it's difficult to adjust to a civilian life, it's hard to change from that, which is why I find both Captain America and Bucky very relatable in that sense. you can't just stop away from that, you just want to keep fighting cause that's all you know. it's difficult to transition. from a place of war to a place of peace. Even I haven't seen a real battle, and every time I go home I can't seem to think of anything else but going back to being a soldier and going through all that training all over again.

There was a time when I was excited for every MCU movie. Now I pick and choose because the quality can vary quite a bit. Plus most of my favourite characters are dead or boring now.

To be fair, Scarlet Witch's powers are all over the place in the comic too. She is a lot like Superman, her powers are whatever the need to be for the current story.

If you hate Wanda's character in WandaVision, then you're gonna hate her character more in Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness.

I actually like walker’s character. Not because he kills people but because his reactions to his circumstances are kinda realistic, like its how a real human with his personality would react. Which makes him the most consistent character in phase 4 right now.

"Wandas gonna look dumb if she ever uses her powers in a fight" this aged incredibly well

for those who say that "Oh, look, MCU is making billions, so it can't be bad.", yes it can. Making money does not mean good storytelling. Good storytelling can be seen in earlier works of marvel with consistent characters, fantastic world-building, and solid plots. ngl, now MCU movies seem more like youtube videos to me :(

What also bothers me is how Sharon Carter is treated in the last episode she is shot and sam doesn't carry her out she has to tend to her wounds herself but sam carries the unalive karli body really. And the fact that it has taken years for Sharon to be forgiven by the government for helping captain America while bucky barely got a slap on the wrists.

The series has gotten too big imo. There’s been wayyy too many characters introduced in phase four. Phase four is similar to phase one in the fact that both phases are supposed to kick off a huge arc and introduce new characters. Phase one only introduced like four or five. Phase four has introduced like 10-15 new characters. Also they haven’t finished any of the old characters storylines with the exception of a few like captain America and iron man. Seems way too cluttered at this point with like thirty main characters now

I think the problem is they are trying to start three different sagas at once: - Young Avengers with Yelena, Kate Bishop and Stature. - Multiverse with Antman, Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange - New heroes being centered around almost mythic threats like Black Knight, Moon Knight, Blade, and Shang chi. A fourth possible saga is with Eternals exploring more cosmic threats. Edit: Holy crap thanks for the likes, guys! I appreciate it!

I remember all the hate for Walker and it got kinda stupid. I remember reading Twitter post arguing that the character symbolizes racism in America. Which I find odd to claim considering his best friend is black and he killed a dude to avenge his friends death. I remember watching it with my family and my mom and my sisters would go on about how they hate Walker because he isn’t Steve and he is trying to be Steve. My response to all this is… Walker was actually my favorite character from the show… I understood his conflicts and they didn’t feel forced or preachy. He is a very well done Anti-Hero. He is a man who wants to do good for his country, like Steve, and he was given this mantel, simply because the government wanted a face to gain better public option and poor Walker is manipulated by the people in power and HE pays for it. Then when he is tempted with the serum he feels he has no choice but to take it in order to stand a chance.

Phase 4 is what happens when you tell a good story over 10 years and never thought about how you would follow it up after sticking the landing. It all feels very rushed, while also expecting you to watch everything so you'll get the references and know what's going on. It's become more exhausting than entertaining.

If I were an MCU writer, I would've made a Phase centered around the Blip and its consequences throughout the universe.

Here's my main problem with Phase 4. It doesn't feel like it's leading up to anything. It introduced Kang in Loki and we haven't seen him since. Meanwhile with Thanos you just FELT his shadow LOOMING over the MCU like a dark cloud rolling in. Even when he wasn't on screen you felt his presence. The movies seem disjointed as well, and if they went from "must connect" to "solo movies" I wouldn't mind. I think that's honestly what they should've done post Endgame. Endgame felt just as it's titled. THE ENDGAME. You can't go bigger, but you can focus on smaller scale stories going forward. Shang-Chi did this very well. No Way Home did this very well. They had other MCU characters in them, but it focused up and was centered on personal stories. WandaVision did this as well with Wanda only for Multiverse of Madness to completely destroy Wanda's character. Marvel really needs to do a hard stop, and hard left into just really focusing up and getting a hold of quality control. Cause She-Hulk looks BAD and there's no excuse for it.

Man, Loki losing to 3 humans with no powers aside from some stupid slowtime weapon was hilarious but not in the way the show wanted me to feel. It was embarassing.

The thing with Loki is that his character development in his show relies on his growth throughout the MCU until Infinity war. But it doesn't work because he came straight outta Avengers.

Couldn't agree more. The humor really got outta hand with Phase 2. They thought Avengers was the way every movie should be and they just leaned into those elements without understanding the reason Avengers worked. It worked because of how genuine and serious a lot of Phase 1 was. Also, Phase 1 had serious characters and comedic characters. Tony was a douche, Cap was funny but more in a dad way, Thor was funny because he's a fish outta water, and Black Widow, Hawkeye and Hulk were more serious characters. After Phase 1, everyone became a comedian. By the time Phase 2 was over (with the exception of Winter Soldier), we had a comedy universe. The moment where the MCU jumped the shark in terms of comedy for me was Iron Man 3 when they had Mandarin be an actor and at one point I think the main bad guy breathes fire. Oh and Pepper ends up dying but immediately coming back to save Tony. This was really the beginning of the female empowerment for no reason other than to shoehorn female empowerment. Then Thor 2, my god. I remember Thor just saw his mom get killed, then he sees Loki "die" and immediately in the next scene, we see Thor having a comedic scene where he's jealous of a phone call Jane makes. It's straight up silly and it undermines what just happened in the previous scene.

I hate how they butchered task master

''Why bring a badass villain back from the dead only to take out the villain and the badass parts in his own show.'' sums up Book of Boba Fett to a tee.

Well said, sir. The deterioration of the MCU, though it took wayyy too long, is finally being acknowledged by general audiences. Phase 4's legacy will not be a fondly remembered one... if, of course, anybody can remember it... at all. Very well made video. Hope to see more from ya in the future.

IMO, I think Marvel and DC take turns to peak and slump. Around the time we had the Dark Knight movies, the MCU was pretty much down. Marvel's revival began with Iron Man, and then it was DC's turn to sort of take a back seat. Now that the MCU has lost its flavor, I think its now time for DC movies to pick back up

Probably should have just restarted after endgame. The MCU could do a few epilogue movies like Spider-Man, wait a few years to gain hype, then restart. Begin with the unused characters and slowly add the characters we like, how the original MCU did that.

Thats the problem when you expand your brand and have: - No clear route/plan on how to develop your products. - Overused tropes and humour, no new tone or direction. - And lastly, socio-political ideals/messages shoved straight into the new pruducts to the point that the ACTUAL PLOT becomes something secondary. Also they did Walker, Taskmaster, Agatha, Natasha and Loki as characters fucking DIRTY. Nobody can change my mind on that.

"you just read from left to right like every other book." Manga readers:"What?"

I loved the fact that the movies before endgame took time to flesh characters out, and let people come up with their own conclusions. Recently characters haven't felt like themselves, I know I didn't like how hulk was portrayed in Thor 2. Its really sad because these characters have a lot of history and conflicts that made us invested in their stories, watching all that source material not matter so much has been hard to watch, even on movies I sort of enjoyed. Dr strange wasn't like Dr Strange in the spiderman movie, felt like he was nefted just to be in that movie. The multiverse of madness had holes I mentally had to not bring up so as to enjoy the movie. Glad I sat through your video, my hope is that the people making these decisions really see how bad its gotten and right the course for the next phase.

I've only watched one Marvel film since Endgame, and that was No Way Home. I just don't follow Marvel like I used to, but I'm always there for Spider-Man.

I agree, Phase 3 ended things perfectly and phase 4 feels like it exists just to make money. While I do think some of the Phase 4 projects are good short term, the long term story for the future of the MCU is extremely concerning. They are attempting to introduce huge ideas such as the multiverse, celestials, TVA, and Egyptian gods all so close to each other. It is getting too big to try and connect together in a coherent way.

The MCU has a special place in my heart because it was thanks to this cinematic universe where I ended up meeting my first friends around the time of Civil War, I remember I would discuss the movies for hours on end with them. And when Infinity War came out, the whole school was freaking out on its hypeness. Then the lockdown happened and I couldn’t see my friends for 2 years, we only recently met up to watch Multiverse of Madness a few weeks back and I remembered just how uninterested we were about the whole thing. We still gelled well but there was this aura of ehhhh when it came to us discussing content that came out around Phase 4, there were obviously a few gems like Ho way Home and Moon Knight but then there was Eternals,Black Widow, Loki and now Doc Strange 2 being ehh. We ended up looking back on how far this series came and realised the magic seemed to be slowly fading as Phase 4 continued. And it had begun to fade after Infinity War because that to us felt like the ABSOLUTE peak of the MCU. I guess we just kinda grew up and realised that the writers got lazy eventually.

I really really wish they explored the blip in its entirety. I love the movies and superheroes and whatever, but the blip is still by far the more interesting and complex topic in the universe.

How to make an mcu film -introduce plot -show MC feeling sad cus they lost fight with villain -MC discovers the power of friendship and decides to fight villain again -3rd climatic CGI fight that costs 90% of the movie budget -post credit scene Literally all MCU movies are like this

The MCU had a beginning, rising action, a climax, a conclusion. It's over. They made a lot of mistakes along the way. They had a mountain of success along the way. Things need to end. You can't just keep crapping out sequels and tv spinoffs forever. Eventually there are so many movies and so much past material that you can't make sequels without making mistakes and the longer a series runs, the more those mistakes add up. I say stop watching at Endgame.

i think they imply that the mindstone was possessing loki in avengers when you see him tearing up near thor , and even when the avengers are arguing on the hangar and being a little too aggressive. but it still doesn’t explain it since he was still just as “anti villain” in thor 1 and 2

23:57 I agree with this. The Variants are all normal Humans while Loki is basically a Frost Giant/Aesir Hybrid with all the strength that entails. Loki should have been able to Brute Force his way out.

You know what really annoys me about the fight between John Walker v Bucky and Sam. What's the first thing John says to them once he see's them after finally catching his breath, and his best friend dying. "You guys need a medic?" This isn't him just trying to push them away in the moment. He is genuinely asking them if they're ok. He's more concerned about these two guys who have been mostly assholes to him despite his best efforts to befriend them than himself. Neither of which are there to make sure he's ok but to take the shield from him and then instigate the fight. The writers of FATWS do not understand how to make a character unlikeable. Because John Walker is not a bad person. His biggest mistake was taking on a mantle that some people thought he wasn't worthy of. The guy has what three medals of honour? That's more than ANYONE in the real world! Fuck with that alone he's more than worthy of being Captain America. Then when asked if he's ever gone on top of grenade, he says he's done it more than once since he figured out a trick with helmet. What does the show do with this information? Ignore it. After getting his ass kicked by a super solider and non-supers. He gets the serum and doesn't take it until speaking with Lamar. He throws away the Shield to save lives when he has the chance to get revenge. Fuck everything Disney tries to spin in the show John Walker is a better hero than Bucky and Sam in this show.

As someone with Anger issues...I am used to relating to assholes and aggressive characters rather than the so called "Heroes". Characters like John Walker made me sad. The dude was a veteran who legit just wanted to help people and motivate others only to be hated and heavily outmatched with no support as a scapegoat. Agatha went the whole show being a good character that never even did a thing besides duping Quicksilver to get closer to Wanda. However she gets fucked over and Wanda gets praise for villain behavior. I can't stand seeing this kind of writing.

Loki show wasn't even Loki fan service cause me (and the rest of Loki tumblr) HATE the show. You know, if they WANTED to make him good instantly, could have gone the (previously popular) fan theory that the mind gem and Thanos was manipulating him, and or also bring up the torture that he obviously suffered at the hands of Thanos (remember the limping and wounds when he first came to earth in Avengers 1?)

I can see Steve Rogers ignoring Sharon Carter for the five year blip, because that was the beginning of selfish Steve. Steve was selected as the candidate for the super soldier program because he was the most selfless person in the army. A diminutive man willing to leap onto a grenade to save everyone. After Endgame, with all of it’s other problems, decides to have Captain America become Twinkle-Toes Rogers, more interested in using his super endurance to win dance marathons, than save NY. All the while his best friend, Bucky, is being mind controlled by HYDRA, who was also infiltrating SHIELD, but Steve had another Dance Marathon to easily win. Getting that dance with Peggy was more important to Steve than Loki’s attack on NY, Ultron’s attempt to destroy the whole world and every other battle the other Avengers had to take care of themself, while Twinkle Toes Rogers stands by and watches. Steve once accused Tony Stark of not being the guy to lay on the wire, make the big sacrifice? When NY was under attack by the Chitauri army and even worse, a nuclear bomb being unleashed by the america government, it was Tony who reroutes the missile through the portal, a move that would likely cost him his life. Ironman just barely made it back through the portal before it closed. Tony was the only one, besides Thor, who stayed with the the city of Sakovia until it was destroyed, once again, not knowing if he’d escape the explosion. When his house was destroyed by a missile, it was Tony who sent the Ironman armor to Pepper, leaving himself with no protection from the shrapnel flying around. Tony finally made the big sacrifice when taking the stones from Thanos, stones that no human can survive holding. Time after time Tony Stark was the one to put his life in danger to save the masses. Steve was completely wrong about Tony and he would eventually become the selfish one not willing to make the sacrifice. Tony gets a hero’s death, because it is sacrifice that makes a hero. Instead of giving Steve an end to Captain America that had him doing a selfless act, they instead had him taking the most selfish act I can imagine. That was how the writers decided to get rid of the character? They thought we would all be so happy that Steve finally got his dance with Peggy and a life as a regular man, even though he still had all of his super powers? The same Steve that leaped on a grenade he believed was live, is the same guy in that muscle bound body. Steve had the desire to be a hero, but wasn’t endowed with a body to back up his heroic nature. That was the only reason he was selected for an experiment that would give him the muscles that would make him capable of being the hero he was inside. That’s why it was so disappointing to do a 180° turn and make him a non-hero. A man who had the power to save those in dire situations, but makes the choice to not get involved, but use those powers to mow the lawn and fix the picket fence? The Steve from the beginning was the hero that would put his life on the line, making the big sacrifice, like when he crashed the plane to save everyone, even though we had seen him later leap from a plane without a parachute and plunge into the ocean without a scratch. Even if it was unnecessary for him to go down with the plane, he was still willing to do it, but somehow I’m supposed to believe he would go back and have a life with Peggy, ignoring all of the problems going on in the world? A hero is a hero because they make such sacrifices. You’re not a hero if you have the ability to make a difference, but decide not to help because it might threaten your way of life. That’s what I’m supposed to believe Steve did? The writers thought that was a good way to off Rogers. Audiences would cheer that Steve finally got to dance with Peggy and turn into Joe Biden in the end. I have been happy to hear other reviews on KZfaq make the same observations, even being questioned in the “Pitch Meetings” gag (which is funny as hell) Then I knew that I wasn’t the only one disappointed at Steve’s end. I’m sure more people think that was a great end for Steve, but I just can’t think that Steve becoming Ward Cleaver, rather than Captain America is a good end for the character.

I Absolutely HATED what Wanda+Vision did with Monica rambeau defending Wanda's actions/crimes like a complete idiot who forgot that wanda had taken hostage an entire town of innocent people who she mind-controlled and FORCED to take part in her fantasy/nightmare of 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s and 2000s era sitcoms

That’s my main gripe with the MCU. They never bring up previous events that they should really talk about. No one really mentioned why there were several helicarriers and why they crashed, no one checked on Ironman when he was reported dead, no character mentioned that in the next movie. I also bet that one one will mention the Arishm(don’t know how to spell it) or hell the frozen celestial oh the ocean? They can’t just not mention them, in their world that has to be a total problem that some mysterious giant being popped up from your planet or just showing up. Then squeezing movies before other movies, like captain marvel and the eternals. If you go by what Carol says about other worlds not having heroes make it seem like she’s bad at her job since Thanos and Ronin were alive.

I lost it in Falcon and The Winter Soldier when Falcon (who at this point has been casually beating aliens) and Bucky (who has more combat experience than anyone alive and also fought aliens) struggle versus two bit terrorist like Flag Smashers

I think Disney is doing the same thing with MCU/Star Wars TV shows that they used to do with direct-to-video animated sequels and is using them to train new writers, directors, animators, etc. it'd explain the quality issues compared to the theatrically released films. I'm glad Multiverse of Madness at least made Wanda a clear cut villain and treated accordingly by the characters for what she did in Wandavision

The fact that you actually bring up good points instead of just sitting and yelling about how it simply wasn't what you personally wanted is refreshing for these types of videos. I agreed with a lot of it (especially the humor part)

I completely disagree with your assessment of Winter Soldier's SHIELD problem. The reason they didn't take the Avengers out early is because they were an asset. Hydra didn't want an alien invasion to destroy the world, so recognized the value of keeping them around and in Stark's case began taking his technology (why kill the guy inventing all the cool stuff and just handing it to you?) Also why would they have taken the Tesseract from SHIELD when they, effectively, WERE SHIELD? They had every reason to let them keep it, it was a nice way to keep it protected and they knew right where it was if it was needed again.

To be fair, the humor in WandaVision made some sense, because the entire show was also a homage to the comedy-based sitcoms of past real-world eras. I do see your point, though.

One of the best critiques of the MCU I've heard. Your understanding of the characters seems to be better than Marvel Studios themselves.

You can tell from this Phase that after Endgame they did not a have Plan for the MCU going forward. It's been nothing but one disappointment after another, No Way Home Withstanding.

"Stockholm syndrome Rambeau" Is very very correct because that is exactly what happened with her character in Wanda+Vision by turning her into a Stockholm Syndrome victim who tries to justify the actions/crimes of her Captor (Wanda)

When I first saw the teaser trailer for the Loki series, I thought it was going to be about Loki travelling from place to place using the Tesseract and creating mischief. Then, after finishing the season, I thought that it would’ve been better if they had gone with that premise but with the addition of the time stone and his mischiefs resulting in creating the multiverse.

In Star Wars the order 66 part of the story is shown and brought up a lot more than they do with the blip like they should show more of the blip and how it effected people.

I see two factors to blame for the MCU's flanderization: Disney's corporatism and Joss Whedon. After Disney purchased Marvel Comics, and especially after The Avengers (2012), DIsney saw the MCU as less of a series of films that could tell interesting stories and more of a product to sell. So the company began to release three to four films a year, and with that release schedule, the various people involved with making these films started using a formulaic structure to keep up. Speaking of The Avengers, that film was the start of the MCU's overreliance on quippy Whedon-esque dialogue. Eventually every character began to be written as if they had fallen out of a scrapped Whedon project. With exception of the villains, the hero characters all speak the same and there's not much for them to stand out in that regard.

I really like Loki. Then I sat down and thought about why I liked the series so much. It turns out, Tom Hiddleston is just a win

when MCU characters make jokes it feels like they stop being the character for a few seconds, make the joke, and then step back into character. its like the writers aren't trying to write jokes that fit each individual character's approach to humor, they're just writing jokes, and then giving them to any old character- which ends up being a combination of their own humor and whatever sort of humor is popular at the time. and that seems to be making quips about serious or deadly situations in a way that has nothing to do with coping, and just makes a character seem like an unaware, self-centered asshole who has the power to take that and call it heroism. with a franchise like the mcu that makes a lot of jokes now (like seriously, it takes up more and more dialogue as the writers will place a joke in any situation whether it's natural or not), it sort of meshes their personalities together. I've actually started imagining them stopping the scene, getting out of costume, grabbing a script, reading the joke, getting back in costume, and then unpausing the scene when this happens. (edit) also this makes me worry about the upcoming fantastic 4 movie. calling it right now, Ben Grimm/The Thing will be nothing but the comedic relief. he will be treated exactly like Thor was in Engame.

I'm still hoping that Loki planned his TVA stuff and that his plan gets "revealed" in the next season. Would be a bit cheap, but hey

Something that always bothered me about the Blip was that they never went into how many people would have died during the Return. Think about it: pedestrians reappearing in the missile of the street, airline travelers reappearing in the open sky with no plane, people on cruise ships reappearing in the middle of the ocean with no ship, people reappearing in the middle of life-saving surgeries, people reappearing int he middle of active construction sites, or new wars, etc. etc.

Y'all hated him for spitting facts, but there isn't even any denying it post Love and Thunder. Phase 4 is crap.

I'm actually really glad you said all of this because it made me take a step back. I found myself getting defensive about some of the stuff you said but the more I looked, the more I started asking myself "am I getting defensive about this because X is my comfort character and is he actually right?" Answer: He's right. The old movies had their shortcomings, sure. But the new instalments of the MCU have retained the things that made those movies fall short while abandoning the writing and characterisation that made them so good. It's a really tragic waste considering that they have tens of potentially incredible characters at their disposal. And yes, even though Bucky Barnes is my favourite character and probably will continue to be, that doesn't mean I can't be realistic about the direction they've taken his show and the content they've created for other characters too. Hard pill to swallow but a necessary one tbh.

You’ve made a lot of great points here. I’d like to hear your opinion on moon knight, Spider-Man, and Dr strange. I think you’re right on a lot of points, and the main one for me is the awful jokes. Cheesy jokes? Idk I love cheesy jokes so the I’m at either bad or simply not for me. You’ve shown me how there is definitely a difference in the writing compared to Civil War, Iron Man, Ragnorok, BP, something feels different.

I fell off the MCU a long time ago. it's sad that the 2018 Spider-Man game and 2021 guardians of the Galaxy game gave me much much better storytelling and way more moments of actual emotional nuance than almost everything the MCU has churned out

I find it fascinating hearing you discuss the MCU humor. I saw a twitch streamer saying that they didn't like the Batman because there were no jokes. The MCU has now made shitty comedy a part of their brand and when people don't see it in other pieces of superhero media then they think its bad and/or unfunny. Because of this, I feel the comedy is never going to change and, therefore, the MCU is never going to be taken seriously

Their excuse as to why they couldn't have characters like Dr. Strange in Wanda Vision is a great example of how ideology can ruin good story telling.

The infinity stone thing is actually something from the comics. Infinity stones can't work outside their own universe, and the TVA is presumably outside of it and possibly any whatsoever. The super strength nullification is BS however.

I’m glad you talked about the hate towards John Walker. The amount of unfair hate he got started pissing me off a little, tbh, back when the show was airing. I mean, people are allowed to hate whichever character they want, but it’s really sad to see people take the sides of the bullies if they are the protagonist, makes me wonder how people react when they’re friends are the bullies who twist the story around to make their victims look like the bad guy

The problem with the mcu is the more complicated the entire storyline gets, the more they have to be accounted for. The content has to be consistent in order for the plot or the characters to make sense. As a massive mcu fan, i cant believe how much i agree with this video

I think there's some genuinely good stuff in Phase 4. I really liked WandaVision and Shang-Chi. But it just doesn't feel... connected??? There's a whole celestial coming out of the earth in the Eternals and you're telling me that none of the other heroes cared? It just feels like a bunch of standalones that someone is telling me are supposed to be happening at the same time, with there being very little evidence of this being the case

I find Wandavision being the most egregious. These mofos in the writing room really sat there and said "We'll have Wanda warp reality and not have her entire phone book's worth of super powered friends not even check up on her." Dude, a literal Avenger was in distress where is everyone? You want me to believe that Nick Fury will send Krees from fucking outer space just to hand deliver a pair of glasses to Peter Parker but Wanda isn't afforded that kind of help when she clearly needs an intervention.

I have to say, it's refreshing to see someone take an objective look at Marvel's Phase 4 and outline the serious issues Marvel needs to address. Solid video, agree with a lot of your points

You wanna know what I hate about this video? That I agree with it. I watched all these movies from the start as a kid and even as I grew older I just suspended my disbelief to just see my childhood heroes come together in live action and let some of the story things slide because no one else could do what Marvel was doing. Making everyone seem like their world was actually cohesive and bigger than any one film. But now that I've rewatched them all as an adult and especially after seeing this video, I'm not gonna lie, I'm kinda slumped to see that massive disconnect. As some have stated, some of phase 4 is still enjoyable in individual shows/films. But the larger overarching narrative just falls apart and you gotta hate to see it

I remember thinking “how is Agatha a real villain when compared to Wanda?”. Waiting to hear what you have to say about the new Doctor Strange. That movie’s plot and acting are worse than porn parodies.

I completely appreciate this video. I've watched the recent Spiderman once and the TV shows once, but The Batman three times because of how enjoyable it was. That says a lot when it used to be the opposite. I really do hope Blade is good, that's the movie I'm really looking forward to.

You verbalized and put into video everything I've been thinking and telling friends about phase 4, particularly the shows. Among many sins committed by the writing, those shows completely butcher existing characters and establish bland new ones. I'm sure you noticed all the dissent in the comments aren't backed by much, if at all, which leads me to believe that the dislike bombing came from MCU stans from Instagram who repost each other's horrible content. This was a great video, you earned a like and a sub for sure

John Walker was is my favorite character in all of Disney plus. He is great. Black Falcon is a disgrace to South Louisianians. He better not be Captain America without taking a super soldier serum. If he stays just a man, Wintersoldier needs to take the Shield from him.

I really appreciate you making this video, it was well written and well put.

The Humor in the MCU has gotten out of control and is turning these films into what I like to call fast food movies. These movies are made to be so easily digestible with no hardcore ties to anything else or any consequences to the point where it all just feels like a Saturday film. I liked Infinity War bc it actually had stakes. The jokes were here and there but it added to the film, it didn’t kill it or fall flat on its face unlike so other films *cough cough Eternal… The Batman works so fucking well bc it knows it’s characters and it’s setting. It’s a dark and gritty world with actual consequences that the main character has to deal with. It’s not trying to throw jokes at you every 5 minutes to just keep your interest bc the writers know they are soo deep into the franchise that they no longer give a flying shit about any of these films. Marvel films are hero stories that are supposed to inflect a sense of morale and hope into its audience. Not a fucking Saturday Night Live stand up comedy show.

It seems like they (MCU) don't really have a direction, I thought they did with Loki and introducing Kang variants, but with NWH and Multiverse of Madness it doesn't seem they are capitalizing on that. For instance, I want to see more Kang variants in multiple places (instead of Captain Marvel in mom, it should have been a Kang variant).

"That's Loki, not whatever the fuck that thing is" Ya you're right, the other guy is just another Jake Skywalker variant this time played by Tom Hiddleston

I feel like we don't need anymore solo shows, the universe has grown too big to just focus on one single character for 7-10 episodes. It would be awesome to have more event-like series' with multiple characters at a time doing stuff.. something that can efficiently establish character relationships and connections in time for the big movie :) and less gender swaps like taskmaster -_-

I just think they need to hold back on releases. It really is oversaturated. Even the MCU before phase 4 had some mediocre movies but now there's just so much, it's impossible not to notice. However, I think Shang-Chi, Loki, Doctor Strange 2, and even Hawkeye were actually really good and I enjoyed them just as much as some of the other phases

About the TVA, it is implied they have different departments with different variants, so they send crews that would be capable of taking out any variant threat. The TVA doesn't intervene unless a variant of Kang that is evil is created, so cap traveling back must have not effected the course events to be unpruned.

The Sokovia Accords were literally the WORST thing to happen in the MCU. The Fact that it even succeeded makes it even dumber. The Fact that they weren't repealed after Infinity War as they were the reason the Snap happened at all also baffles me. The Fact that Tony never obtained Ross's Dirty Laundry after he befriended Bruce after the First Avengers Movie via Jarvis as what Ross did while pursuing Bruce was highly illegal as Ross was basically invading other Countries using the US Military also baffles me.

The premise of the video gave you my attention. The love for Spectacular Spider-Man gave you my respect.

I admit, I'm a marvel fanboy, but I agree that a good portion of the MCU is in a bit of a weird place right now. Far from home, was far from the disaster I feared it would be, but I'm still gonna look at the MCU and the marvel brand in general with more critical eyes. And don't think DC is safe either. They may have given us the Snyder cut (about fucking time), James Gunn's Suicide Squad, and even Shazam, but they still cursed our screens with Blunder Woman 1984, the 2016 Suicide Squad, and don't get me started on BvS. No one gets special treatment in my house.

I agree 1000% I just saw Dr. Strange 2. They are just pumping these things out with no thought. These films used to be great. They have now ruined Hulk, Thor & Strange.

The massacre of Loki's character and powers will ALWAYS hurt me

49:30 and let's not forget that this same exact sequence happened at the *very beginning* of Thor Ragnarok. Thor is bound in chains while messing with Surtr, and tries to call his hammer for an epic escape, but the hammer takes forever to get to him.

I just love how Multiverse of Madness just said "nope, Wanda is definitely a crazy bitch" (SPOILER) Wanda just merciless kill a version of Maria Rambeau who was alive and fine, making Monica the dumbest person alive by defending her. Dude she also killed Reed and Black Bolt, who are much more of a family figure than she ever was (and also Xavier, who is a father figure to a lot of kids).

The point you made about the character consistency from Superman the animated series to Justice League Unlimited is what makes the series unmatched

My problem with the MCU right now is the over saturation, they seem more interested in pumping out as much mediocre shit as possible, rather than creating a cohesive and interesting story with well written characters and good world building. If they would just slow down, listen to the fans, take more than 11 days to write a good script that doesn’t include shitty poorly-aged jokes, then I think we could have some good movies on our hands. Also I don’t think it’s bad to want comic characters in their movies, but maybe not the MCU, it ruins cohesion, if they want comic book characters then just make a different universe, sounds like a tall order but I think it would pay off well and keep things in order without being super confusing and having many plot holes and retcons.

15:05 PREACH. I wanted Sam to be Sam, the guy who connected with Steve because he understands the trauma of war and feeling out of place in the civilian world. All things that are also true of Bucky, Walker, and Lamar.

remember the days when you didn't have to watch all the movies to get an understanding on the overall story of the mcu and they were all their own movie not relying on cameos and end credit scenes for people to be hyped. Not to mention they had characters you cared about. Yeah throw all out the window for phase 4

Nice analysis and commentary. I hope the MCU can return to its 2014-era peak, but it will be tough to juggle all these different writers with different visions for the story.

This is an hour long video and u manage to hook me in by ur voice and ur script It doesnt even feel like an hour wow, gud job

Infinity stones only work in their native universe. In Endgame they didn't take stones from a different universe, they took stones from the past of the same universe.