Since Marvel wrapped perhaps its most successful phases in many decades with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
and The Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
, the studio has been running a mile per second when it comes to ideas about maintaining the legacy. But no matter what it does, it seems to have left the shoes too big to fit even itself, especially when it comes to its money-spinning misfits, Avengers.
As Marvel Studios begins unveiling its lineup of Avengers-centric films, it becomes increasingly apparent that the studio might be grappling with the weight of its own extraordinary triumphs. Once celebrated for its ability to delight audiences across the board, Marvel now finds itself at the receiving end of vocal fan discontent. The discontent arose when a fan compared the number of Avengers appearances between Iron Man
and Infinity War
and Endgame
and Doomsday,
leading to a straight call out of Kevin Feig.
yeah these next Avengers movies are just not gonna work pic.twitter.com/V8oYhGHjnm
— Harry (@hdwmovies) January 12, 2025
Despite having raked in major numbers with Deadpool & Wolverine
and steering clear of the same unsuccessful turn that leads to DC’s state prior to James Gunn, Marvel still seems to be grappling with the difficulties of foraying into a new phase as fans sound agitated over the reduced screen time of Avengers.
Fans were all up in arms, from expressing their dislike regarding the lineup to waxing poetic about the earlier lineup while subsequently thrashing Feig.
Marvel funs bring doomsday to X over reduced Avengers appearances
Despite having maintained a sense of familiarity by re-casting Robert Downey Jr
., Marvel has still not managed to neutralize all the thorns in its way as fans thrash the current treatment of Avengers, with most of the characters getting barely one feature in some movies before the ultimate Doomsday
drop.
I have no idea why they’re going straight into two more large scale avengers movies rather than doing at least one more along the lines of avengers 2012 (which probably should’ve come out in like 2023)
— HawkTuahSigmaKing (@Hawk2SigmaKing) January 12, 2025
to be fair, these new characters have a lot more screen time than the older characters cuz they’re in TV shows, which the old Avengers didn’t have prior to Endgame
— Jay (@YngJackieAprile) January 12, 2025
This is why Wong needs to be the lead
— Wong Updates (@WongUpdates) January 12, 2025
While some fans have given the studio, the benefit of doubt as they point to how the new characters have their own TV shows, which could be why Marvel did not consider it important to feature them in too many ways.
Bingo. The thread is too thin. They did a disastrous job of weaving a coherent storyline in this last phase. And audiences are just ahowing up to see RDJ again not because a compelling story has been told.
— Komrade + Kommander (@KMNDR_) January 12, 2025
This the biggest reason the MCU sucks rn. There’s no connectivity, none of these characters know each other, there’s no storylines or dynamics being built up, we see a character and it’s another 4 years before they appear again, impossible to get excited for anything they set up.
— Logan Tamlyn (@spikedcinema) January 12, 2025
Fans who had already been raging at the lack of connectivity in the last phase seem to be on the brink of packing their backs as they point out the same mistakes being repeated in this phase with higher intensity.
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