I dont know, I’m starting to understand it. Like, the last marvel movie I remember making a point to see was the most recent Spider-Man (however long ago that was), and I was falling off before then. I watched Loki, but that was it other than catching parts of a movie on streaming. I missed all the other big shows. The fucking mountain of mediocre media it feels like I have to climb to get caught up is absurd. So, if it’s something like watching a (one) movie or a series to get context – fine. But if I need to start by looking up a guide and watch order just to get hours of subpar content, then I’m out. I’ll watch the new Spider-Man, and complain when you rely on some flop from a year ago rather than construct an actual plot that’s reasonably self-contained.
This is coming from someone who reads and collects comics. I’m no stranger to the “read this other series for 1-?? issues to get the full story!”, but MCU is something else entirely. Wide where it should be tall.
This is what I don’t get though. What’s vital to understand in these movies where you can’t enjoy them on their own? Spider-Man:No Way Home is an anomaly in that it heavily relies on past movies to get the full picture, but at the end of the day, it’s about gathering a team and beating the bad guys. The movie explains enough to understand the plot.
There aren’t many movies that are integral to watch before any others. You could hop in blind at any point and at a baseline enjoy that movie, even if that very first movie is Infinity War.
So, yeah if you don’t care about She-Hulk or Ms. Marvel, feel free to skip. Go see Thunderbolts if that looks good. But if you feel you’ll get caught up with minutia, look up a 5-minute ‘Thunderbolts recap’ beforehand (it should cover you if you didn’t see Black Widow, Hawkeye, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Falcon & The Winter Soldier) to get the backgrounds on those characters.
I dont know, I’m starting to understand it. Like, the last marvel movie I remember making a point to see was the most recent Spider-Man (however long ago that was), and I was falling off before then. I watched Loki, but that was it other than catching parts of a movie on streaming. I missed all the other big shows. The fucking mountain of mediocre media it feels like I have to climb to get caught up is absurd. So, if it’s something like watching a (one) movie or a series to get context – fine. But if I need to start by looking up a guide and watch order just to get hours of subpar content, then I’m out. I’ll watch the new Spider-Man, and complain when you rely on some flop from a year ago rather than construct an actual plot that’s reasonably self-contained.
This is coming from someone who reads and collects comics. I’m no stranger to the “read this other series for 1-?? issues to get the full story!”, but MCU is something else entirely. Wide where it should be tall.
This is what I don’t get though. What’s vital to understand in these movies where you can’t enjoy them on their own? Spider-Man:No Way Home is an anomaly in that it heavily relies on past movies to get the full picture, but at the end of the day, it’s about gathering a team and beating the bad guys. The movie explains enough to understand the plot.
There aren’t many movies that are integral to watch before any others. You could hop in blind at any point and at a baseline enjoy that movie, even if that very first movie is Infinity War.
So, yeah if you don’t care about She-Hulk or Ms. Marvel, feel free to skip. Go see Thunderbolts if that looks good. But if you feel you’ll get caught up with minutia, look up a 5-minute ‘Thunderbolts recap’ beforehand (it should cover you if you didn’t see Black Widow, Hawkeye, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Falcon & The Winter Soldier) to get the backgrounds on those characters.