Marvel should be wary of not repeating the same mistakes.
So how does Marvel proceed from here?
MCU mastermind Kevin Feige is seemingly planning to course-correct by re-assembling theAvengerssooner rather than later.
Its a sensible play.
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Such a movie would be a colossal mistake.
Cast your mind back to the halcyon days of 2014.
The superhero boom was mid-explosion, withThe Avengershaving made over a billion dollars in 2012.
That was gonna be my number three where you bring them all [back].
Fox instead decided to rush ahead and ignore the middle installment.
Apocalypses attempts to course correct were also mishandled.
Fox readDays of Future Pastand went, Oh, this is too good!
Were doing it now!
And I said, Well, what do you do next?
Trust me youve got nowhere to go.
He then added, most pertinently of all, Hollywood doesnt understand pacing.
Which brings us back to the current state of the MCU.
We can all agree that Feige does indeed understand pacing.
Its no wonder Iger is keen to slow down production to get things right.
We barely know half of the new Avengers.
Take Shang-Chi, for instance.
Has nothing been happening in Ta Lo lately?
Or how about Shuri, the new Black Panther?
Shes only just taken on her brothers mantle.
Weve barely seen her begin to fight.
And then theres the Eternals… actually, maybe the less about them, the better.
More ominous still, we have absolutely zero idea of what theyre like together.
We need to see this group assemble and not be a side show to cameos for other characters.
And we all know what that led to…
Looking at you,Dark Phoenix.
These new Avengers, whoevers on their team, need room to breathe and come into their own.
