14 movies in, does the Marvel cinematic universe ever really fundamentally change?

This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.

This article contains spoilers for The Avengers and Thor: The Dark World.

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Some people although not many hate Marvel films, but you usually know what youre going to get.

This does mean that a Marvel Cinematic Universe event is often a predictable one, though.

Of course, all movies are predictable to an extent.

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Were familiar with the three act structure, we know what to expect from most films.

This is annoying, not merely because very little is hard to spin out over a thousand words.

Agent Phil Coulson was brutally killed inThe Avengersand it was very sad.

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The only things that will carry over are the parts with Infinity Stones or Thanos or something similar.

Now, afterCivil War, will everyone just carry on Avenging as they did afterThe Winter SoldierandAge Of Ultron?

And now for a jarring segue.

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Ready to go down once more.

Repeating the same beats, though, results in a predictability that eventually makes things cozy rather than thrilling.

With constant expansion necessary to keep the franchise going, this is unlikely to go away anytime soon.

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