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<\/p>\nSince\u00a0Iron Man\u00a0blasted into theaters way back in 2008, Marvel Studios has changed the game for superhero movies. Of course,\u00a0not every movie or TV show\u00a0they’ve released has been perfect, and, yes, at least a\u00a0few\u00a0of them\u00a0could be considered\u00a0downright bad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Overall, though, the MCU has an impressive batting average, knocking these adaptations out of the park time and time again. Still, we’d be lying to say that some significant creative missteps haven’t been made along the way, and it’s those we’re taking a closer look at today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These aren’t poorly conceived cameos or the odd instance of taking one too many liberties with the source material. No, these were franchise-altering missteps that, had they not happened, could have made the MCU even better.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Will you agree or disagree? Well, you can check them out by clicking the “Next”https:\/\/comicbookmovie.com\/”View List” buttons below…
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5. The Falcon Became Captain America Too Soon<\/p>\n
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Captain America: Brave New World didn’t live up to expectations, and arguably failed to establish Sam Wilson as an effective Captain America before he takes centre stage in Avengers: Doomsday next December. However, mistakes were made long before that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While we have no problem with Sam wielding the shield, it should have been Bucky Barnes. Not only would that have followed the comics, but it was a logical next step for a character who had finally found redemption for his past actions and could now honour his best friends by inheriting his mantle and the expectations and pressures it entails.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The former Winter Soldier would’ve come out the other side an even richer character. Instead, he was a Senator for 5 minutes and now leads the New Avengers (which, we guess, is something). Both Bucky and Sebastian Stan deserved better and have instead been\u00a0left to tread water.
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4. We Never Got The Kree\/Skrull War<\/p>\n
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Handled the correct way, the Kree\/Skrull War is a story that has enough meat on the bone to be the basis of an entire\u00a0Avengers\u00a0movie. At the very least, we’d have liked to see the conflict form the basis of a\u00a0Captain Marvel\u00a0trilogy. Alas, too many creative missteps were made in 2019.<\/p>\n
The heroic Skrulls…the ’90s setting…Yon-Rogg’s disappearance…The Supreme Intelligence being dispatched in a throwaway flashback…this all went wrong in so many ways.\u00a0The way Marvel Studios dropped the ball on the conflict\u00a0remains downright baffling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It’s a shame, too, because there’s a great war movie somewhere with Carol Danvers fighting both the Kree and Skrulls in a battle with the fate of the entire galaxy at stake. After Secret Invasion (another waste) and\u00a0The Marvels, it’s sadly too late for that to realistically come to fruition.\u00a0
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3. Kang The Conqueror’s Downfall<\/p>\n
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There’s a weird narrative online now that the Multiverse Saga’s big bad, Kang the Conqueror, was beaten by ants. That’s not entirely true, of course, but wasting this villain in\u00a0Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania\u00a0remains a moronic move on Marvel Studios’ part.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kang the Conqueror was the baddie we were meant to fear; the “final boss,” so to speak. Instead, he was relegated to this messy threequel and ultimately dispatched by Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne in an underwhelming fight, which was the product of reshoots.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, we don’t doubt there was a bigger plan at play here. In fact, it’s been said that his apparent demise was meant to set the stage for Kang to return more powerful than ever before. Jonathan Majors’ legal issues aside, this was the wrong place to debut the Conqueror and a real waste.
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2. The Avengers Was Missing Two Founding Members<\/p>\n
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We can’t fault Marvel Studios for waiting on Edgar Wright to make\u00a0Ant-Man, but doing so meant neither Hank Pym nor Janet Van Dyne were founding members of The Avengers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Black Widow and Hawkeye took their place, one of many\u00a0cues the studio took from\u00a0The Ultimates. Those two made for\u00a0effective members of the superhero team, but Ant-Man and The Wasp’s absence still stings, and is the main reason Tony Stark and Bruce Banner become Ultron’s creators.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the decision was made to age up both characters, meaning we never got to see them in their prime. We love Scott Lang and the newly created Hope Van Dyne; this just feels like a missed trick in the MCU, and one that’s robbed us of many great stories and moments.\u00a0
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1. Planet Hulk Became A Subplot In A Thor Movie<\/p>\n
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While we can appreciate that not everyone enjoyed\u00a0Thor: Ragnarok’s zany tone, the movie as a whole\u00a0was\u00a0very good (and vastly better than\u00a0Thor: Love and Thunder, a follow-up which nearly earned a spot here for its crummy take on The Mighty Thor).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Making The Hulk a supporting character in a movie and\u00a0essentially rebooting the God of Thunder was a wise move for a character who couldn’t headline his own project at the time. Still,\u00a0condensing the “Planet Hulk” arc to a glorified subplot was disappointing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So much of what made that story beloved was gone, including an ending which set the stage for\u00a0World War Hulk. The Green Goliath never found romance, didn’t get a team of his own, and was largely reduced to being\u00a0involved with\u00a0jokes about the “Devil’s Anus.”
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