Here's Exactly Why MCU Got So Much Worse After Avengers Endgame
Disney may want to do something about it, and do it fast.
You don't have to be a professional critic to see that the recent MCU projects have been average at best. With a few exceptions like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, all of the movies released after Avengers: Endgame were met with little to no response from the general public.
Of course, letting go of two of the greatest characters in the universe would be difficult no matter how hard the MCU creators tried to sweeten the pill. Both Tommy Stark and Steve Rogers were written out of the franchise as gracefully as possible, and fans were given plenty of time to say goodbye to both Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans.
Sooner or later, the time would have come to introduce new characters to the franchise — someone who could grab the audience's attention and potentially become the next big thing for the MCU, like Avengers once did. Marvel has done exactly that, bringing in many new faces and judging fans' reaction to them.
The only thing is, even though viewers welcomed and were intrigued by some of the new characters, they never came back.
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One of the most important things that allows the viewer to develop some sort of relationship with a character on screen is continuity. If someone shows up once, there is no way for anyone to really connect with them. People may be intrigued and excited to see them again, but that doesn't mean anything if they're disappointed in the end.
Right now, the MCU feels like a pool of characters who have been introduced once and are now waiting for the opportunity to come back. This awkward stage leaves fans who just lost their favorites confused because they can't figure out which one is worth getting attached to.
Just look at what happened to those who were interested in Simu Liu's Shang-Chi: it's been two years and he hasn't even been mentioned in another project.
Bringing the character into the universe is great, but you can't say they're well integrated until they feel like a part of the bigger story. Fleshing out the new characters is the direction Marvel needs to go if they don't want to lose the never-ending competition with the rebooted DCEU.