When Loki became popular as a villain, they didn't look at why to replicate success, they just shifted him to "good" side so they could capitalize on this success. That's all you need to know about MCU's take on villains

I will never forgive the MCU for what they did to Taskmaster, that situation is the ultimate example of the phrase "Look how they massacred my boy". 😭😭😭

The hulk is the definition of wasted potential never seen such a strong, empathetic, morally grey hero done so dirty over and over again. They actually teased how dark he could go in the first avengers and that gave me hope after the solo movie but who would’ve thought we’d end up here. Norton actually understood the character and was a massive fan that’s prolly why he was such an ass on set same thing happened to Henry cavill but his fan base is massive and didn’t let Hollywood drop him after the Witcher.

Love when writers just throw in "also he wants to kill children and randomly murders his gf" as a reason for why villains are bad and their message is wrong

You know you have a serious villain problem when your best villain in Phase 4 is one that already appeared in a Spiderman movie from 2002 that _wasnt_ even part of the MCU

The Big Grey Villian Universe.

This can really be summed up in seven sentences. 1: Jokes should be used sparingly. 2: Never let the villain be mocked without severe consequences. 3: Even a sympathetic villain should be overtly wrong in most cases. 4: Powerful villains should utilize their power in creative, intelligent and dangerous ways. 5: Powerful villains should always try to raise the stakes as high as they can get them, and put nonstop pressure on the heroes. 6: Maybe let the bad guy get some victories and take a few victory laps once in awhile. 7: The villains need to be distinctive in their looks, feel, motivations and abilities.

"Way too many parts that are messy and unappealing to look at" sums up the current art design for the MCU costumes perfectly

Man, its never lost on me that we could have basically had a whole emotionally charged Gladiator movie with the Hulk, and it was wasted.

My biggest problem with Kang is that they showed him, they told the audience he was the “next big bad” after Thanos. What made Thanos so good was that he was kept a secret, he wasn’t known until The Avengers came out and even then he was only in the Post Credits scenes until Guardians vol 1. Having the big bad be the first villain in his saga and get defeated in that same first movie, shows how weak he is compared to Thanos. Thanos was this looming threat that worked behind the scenes, sitting in his throne until he had to take matters in his own hands. Kang is shown from the start. If they kept Kang out of the public, and kept him in the shadows, possibly in the Quantum Realm, he could’ve been this super powerful threat, even without doing anything.

I honestly think the villains would have been less wasted if they weren’t defeated at the end of every single movie. It would have been so cool to see more villains team up with other villains to take down the main heroes, especially when the heroes get their own side trilogies. Introducing a new villain in every single film only to kill them off in the end each time isn’t very entertaining. This is why I really enjoyed Infinity War. The ending didn’t fall flat; the villain actually won; and the heroes actually tasted failure for once.

It's been 5 and a half years since Infinity War and people still quote the Thanos Snap in pop culture. That's how effective he was!

I think we can all agree that the MCU's largest failure was to never have the Thanos copter.

What sucks is that James Spader felt like the PERFECT casting choice for Ultron. They really got, arguably, one of the best in hollywood and made his character a exact copy of Iron Man 💀

Anyone who knows and loves Spiderman knows Shocker. Hes a good villain that was done dirty in the MCU

I love that point you made at the end *“Too often these newbies lack the power or experience they should need in order to win, yet they just do it anyway”* 1:32:21

Man, they were so close to an interesting take on Ultron. I was on board with the idea of a dark mirror of Tony's personality. But what they should have done was take Tony's cavalier attitude, and then remove every last drop of humanity from it. Like have Ultron casually kill someone, make a cocky remark, and focus on just how disturbing it is that he is incapable of feeling any remorse over what he's doing because he just lacks the capacity to feel empathy. And man, they really needed to add red lights in his mouth to give that iconic jack-o-lantern look.

Its funny how "comics are for kids, or geeks, and is not a serious story medium" but these films have destroyed some truly amazing stories and made them look silly when some of them could have been taken far more serious, or very serious, but the films made them look weak as heck.

13:49 This applies to SO MANY marvel movies, the way they bait you with the trailers and then mess up with the villains is one of the biggest problems of MCU writting.

another thing is that the government and worldbuilding is pretty much nonexistent in the whole mcu. You don't get to know how the government reacts to the massive battles of endgame. it makes the universe feel so disconnected and void.

It's genuinely kind of shocking how they're still having the same villain problems that they've been having for 15 years now. How have they not solved this issue yet.

The way that Mysterio fights Peter is how Loki should have used his powers.

I originally thought that Thanos would use the stones to revive past villains to fight the avengers. I hoped for so long. It didn’t happen 😢

The problem with long term story telling and reusing villains in a live action movie is that the actors age out or want to quit and do something else so you have to recast people, unlike in comics/cartoons. I rewatched iron man recently and totally forgot they recast war machine. It’s pretty funny if you watch iron man 1 and 2 back to back

I always found it funny that Kurse was accidentally implied to be tougher than Thanos based on how he shrugs off Mjolnir

Really like how you give credit to villains like Winter Soldier and Vulture. Some of these guys do a great job at being dangerous in their movies.

The issue wasnt villains. It was that they made the heroes too powerful. Because the bad guys from the Netflix marvel shows were AMAZING (not counting iron fist). All were amazing. But their heroes were much grounded. They didn't fight titans. They fought bad guys

I’m glad my boy Shocker is getting praise. He’s always been a favorite Spider-Man villain of mine because for another hero he’d be a menace. A man who invented his own technology to shoot blasts at the speed of sound that could level buildings. But he’s against a hero who can move fast enough to dodge the blasts, is smart enough to invent ways to counteract the technology, is strong enough to not get crushed by any rubble the Shocker makes, and has a spider-sense to help dodge the blasts. He’s a legitimate threat that is light work to Spidey and that’s what makes me love him so much

the only thing I would add on your theory of a great villain is that not only must they be able to make the heroes journey as difficult as possible but to also perform feats in the movie show OR comic that are extraordinary giving the audience reason to wonder, well how is our hero suppose to stop this guy???

Its upsetting to think that our heroes dont really have villains, it’s always “what are they gonna conquer next?” not “how will this villain/hero relationship bloom and change?”

This synopsis was better written than 95% of the MCU

You see, what hurts about Skurge is that his last speech (and the road to there) really resonates with some people who were hurt and bullied; dude was not educated, but he wasn't dumb and so the ridcule hurt a little extra there. and then they made him that sack of nothing in the MCU

my big problem with thanos is that he didnt utilize the stones in very creative ways. nine times out of 10 he just shot different colored energy blasts at characters and he could have achieved the results of these actions in much more creative and cool ways.

One Problem I have with MCU villains is that they kill them off way too early - building a rivalry between characters leads to far more tension, and dynamic relationships. MODOK in the comics is supposed to be a pretty important character (to a degree), as he's often depicted as the Leader of A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics), but they just turned him solely into a comedic character. The villains in Spider-Man: No Way Home also just felt like a nostalgia trick, though I enjoyed No Way Home far more then Quantumania, because it's story actually meant something (both in wrapping up unfinished character arcs and progressing Tom Holland's Spider-Man), and Willem Dafoe's Goblin was great. A good example of wasting a character is Dark of the Moon Shockwave. In the Transformer's comics, and some of the show's, he's often depicted as a Mastermind who manipulates things carefully for his own agenda, either that or he's depicted as one of Megatron's most deadly and loyal follower's. In Dark of the Moon, however, they turned him into a massive brute, similar to the treatment Bane got in Batman and Robin. Overall, the reason why we don't get good villain's is probably a mix of the producer's thinking they're being "creative" or a general disconnect from the audience and writers. I'm pretty sure one of the writer's said in response something like "I'm right, they're wrong." Acting like a baby and saying your right and everyone else is wrong is one of the most delusional stance's a producer can take. It's like when the writer for Secret Invasion said they didn't care if people didn't like the show. Disconnect from the audience is perhaps one of the most deadly thing's to a franchise; it's happening right now with (again) Transformers. Many fans (though I admit there are a lot of fans who'd rather not have a reboot) want the new movie's to simply be disconnected from Michael Bay's "lore," yet some of the producer's insist that, to quote them: "It's not a sequel, but it's definitely not a reboot." As if that's supposed to mean anything (Rise of the Beast's is set in 1994, so if it is connected to the Bay continuity, then it would've already not been a sequel by definition). I think disconnect in marvel is far more powerful, however. Marvel writer's seem to actively disregard their fan's, often calling the community "toxic." To a degree the Marvel community is full of bad influences, but that doesn't give you the right to disappoint (what is most likely) a majority of the fan's who simply want good content. When you have writer's throwing temper tantrums and saying they are solely in the right and everyone else who disagrees is wrong (I guess you could call it "opinion fascism" or something) then you know the future isn't that bright. Considering the director for Quantumania is also allegedly the director for Kang dynasty, to say that I'm scared would be an understatement. It seems most Marvel villains are here to provide an opposite to a Hero, to make you aww instead of think. Good stories make you think and talk about them long after they've been released. If Sam Raimi's Spider-man movie's were bad we probably wouldn't be talking about them as much as we do now. The First Spider-Man actually cared about showing us an opposite; Green Goblin and Spider-Man are two sides of the same coin essentially. Peter learnt to use his powers for good upon gaining animosity (the mask), where as Norman learnt to use his powers for evil because with the mask on he is basically free of judgement. Both are opposites yet still scarily similar, a "what the hero could've become" story. But again, corporation's don't care about art; they care about money. Case in point, using AI to create scripts and or recreate the face's of dead actors (the writer's strike had a reason for happening).

Thanks for using so much EMH footage, that show was the perfect template for an MCU why’d they have to cancel it😭

Malekeith would have been an interesting plot point especially when you have a narrative of two anti-villains opposing each other's philosophies while presenting an aspect of worldbuilding in a more fantastical way like Lord of the Rings. Loki and Malekeith would have been an interesting Pair where Malekeith is like a broken mirror version of Loki, which would have made an even more intriguing Thor villain. At the same time, Kurse should also be a misunderstood villian who can relate to Thor and his past of warrior escapades, someone who could have been part of Thor's entourage (The Warriors Three) and have shared beliefs of warfare. A four-corner opposition like the first Nolan Batman film would have been an interesting take in Thor the Dark World. The second Thor movie would have really established Thor's world, especially with the realms and how they ultimately have disagreements with Asgard.

In the comics when Spider-man explains his power to his wife MJ she responds with; "Wait... so you can stick to any surface with not just your hands and feet, but with any bodypart? That means..." before Spidey cuts her off with "...later." The thing I loved about that line (apart from being a dirty joke) is that MJ is challenging the readers creativity; What could she be thinking? What crazy things are these newly weds up to? Creative use of superpowers, in private or when facing enemies, is what makes them fun in the first place. Sadly most of what we get in the MCU is just a CGI punchfest with little attention to strategy, tactics or creativity. As you pointed out; I think no other character embodies this failure better than Loki.

There's actually a lot of potential in Green Goblin being from another universe and gone now. Hobgoblin is a similar kind of character ability-wise, and his whole thing in the comics was that his identity was a secret and a huge part of his story. You can also throw in the symbiote in that story to play on Peter's unresolved anger surrounding May's death. It could be huge!

What they did to Gorr was a real travesty. He shoukd have been the scariest most brutal killer they've had in the mcu. Dudes called THE GOD BUTCHER. 😢

Nakia is another villian who had potential to be an great addition to The Black Panther’s rouges gallary. (Long Writing Incoming) In the comics, Nakia is an Dora Milaje. An group of young women form different tribes and nations from Africa that are trained to the Black Panther’s bodyguards but to also to be the kings wife. T’challa (who is in his 40s) only saw the Dora as his own daughters. Okoye (who was an teenage Dora during this time) also saw him as her father. As well as the other Dora Milaje. However, Nakia (also an teenage Dora) was in loved with T’challa. He was also with his ex fiancé: Monica Lynne. An African American Women who was his love interest way before Storm. Mepthisto wanted to mess around T’challa’s life so he made an illusion of Monica that fooled T’challa. Thinking this is his old lover, he tried to rekindled their relationship with an kiss but then Mepthisto turned the illusion off and it was revealed to be Nakia! T’challa being distraught, left and tried think what just happened, while Nakia became obsessed and even more in loved with T’challa. She then found out who Monica was and saw both her and T’challa in an pool together making out. She then lost it and tried to drown herself by jumping into the pool. Making T’challa perform CPR on her. (She was faking to be in danger) Then While being alone with Monica, Nakia tried to kill her but T’challa intercepted just in time by saving Monica and banishing Nakia out of the Dora Milaje and from Wakanda. Nakia was then kidnapped by One of T’challa’s old villian: Achebe. He did some experiments on her and made her even more crazier than before and had her gain superpowers. (The ability the make men fall in love with her and to age her up) She then joined Killmonger’s Group to take revenge against T’challa. Erik wanted to defeat T’challa in order to become king of wakanda. Nakia became the Villain “Malice” and dedicated her life on killing every woman in T’challa’s life either it be Monica Lynne (His lover), Nikki Adams (his ex girlfriend), Queen (his stepmother) Ramoda, Queen Divine Justice (his student/new Dora Milaje member).

On the topic of the mandarin, as an Asian person, marvel has always really struggled to create diverse characters that weren’t caricatures, and that extends well beyond just the mandarin and presents itself a lot with marvel’s Asian characters, but it feels like the director only utilized that fact to excuse his poor writing instead of making active attempts at making the character more of a “villain who is Asian” rather than “Asian villain”. There are definite stereotypes with the mandarin, but he forewent an entire opportunity to repair those, which is crazy to me.

What I find fascinating about Ultron is that Joss already did this right once. When he was writing the X-Men, he introduced Danger; an AI made by Charles Xavier that goes rogue, builds a body and attacks the X-Men. She's introduced brilliantly, has very serious dialogue, and has an interesting fighting style built about perfectly analyzing the fighting style of the X-Men. Why Joss didn't adapt parts of that story arc is beyond me.

Try watching the Thor the dark world portion with your brightness on low. You can't even see the vilans at all. They are literally gray blobs.😂😂😂

It's not just MCU, pretty much all villains nowadays are jokes.

I suspect this era of cinema will be looked back upon as an obsession with the concept of “subversion” in the most routine and cowardly of applications, with rare exceptions.

I'm waiting for the inevitable "reset" when they realize they've killed off all the worthy villains and have nowhere left to go but down

I love how the video title is about MCU villains, and captain Marvel is among all the villains in the cover, yet she's still my least favorite one among them.

"the ultimate simp of the marvel universe"?? dude, i KNOW you know about thanos.

Changing Mysterion into a Stark Villian was a terrible idea.

Killmonger is liked because of Michael B. Jordan. If anyone else would have played that role I don't think anyone would even remember the character. Jordan is charismatic to the point that his fans would follow him to almost any role. His breif appearance in BP2 is one of the few highlights of that movie.

I still get irrationally pissed whenever someone tries to convince me Shane Black is a good filmmaker

I never really thought about it but youre right. One of the main reasons MCU villains are so weak is because... They're weak. They aren't good antagonists to the heroes because they dont pose a real threat.

idk what the "worst" villain would be but the one that frustrates me the most is Quantumania Kang. he was exiled by the other Kang's for being TOO EVIL and he takes over an entire universe (quantum realm) but he's stopped by punch punch and ants

I think the Red Skull's betrayal of Hitler makes sense, his entire ideology is that he is a unique human being, he is better than everyone else, he's not a God but he's the closest human in existence to a God from his perspective, he states that the tesseract was not made for a normal human to look at, while looking at it. Thus, to Red Skull, Hitler was just his pawn.

Thank you for being the only person I've ever seen point out the massive goof of all the Chutari (don't know the spelling) just randomly die for no reason. I wondered if I was crazy for thinking that was ridiculous.

0:38: 🎥 The video discusses the issues with villains in the MCU movies. 8:41: 🦹 The video discusses the portrayal of the Mandarin in the MCU as the worst villain compared to his comic book counterpart. 16:47: 🎥 The video discusses the thoughts and emotions on the portrayal of villains in two Marvel movies. 24:37: 🎥 Nebula's character development in the Guardians of the Galaxy films is praised, while The Collector's role as a collector of species and clashes with Marvel heroes is discussed. 32:49: 🎥 The video discusses the relevance of Ultron in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and suggests that a different villain closely tied to Thanos would have been a better choice. 40:52: 😡 The video criticizes the portrayal of characters in Falcon and Winter Soldier and expresses disappointment with the mask design and portrayal of Baron Zemo. 48:46: 🎥 Thor confronts the fire demon and easily defeats him, while Loki returns as a sassy but well-meaning brother instead of a villain. 56:22: 🎥 The video discusses the missed opportunity of not including the character Enchantress in the MCU. 1:03:43: 🎥 The video discusses various villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and their portrayal in movies. 1:11:16: 🎥 The video discusses the casting of Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home and the mixed results of the film's attempt to tie in with the other movies. 1:19:01: 🎥 The video discusses potential new characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the impact of the multiverse on world building. 1:26:32: 🎥 The video discusses the downfall of the Spider-Man franchise and the lack of compelling villains in phase four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 1:34:03: 🎥 The video discusses the importance of believability and seriousness in storytelling, using examples from Star Wars and the MCU. Recap by Tammy AI

There's a reason why shows like The Boys and Invincible got really popular. It's not because of the gore and violence. It's not because of the comedy (they're definitely appreciated tho). It's because villains like Homelander and Omni Man instill so much constant fear when watching. You wonder to yourself, 'How far will they go in this scenario?' Any time Omni Man was with his wife I was scared for her. Any time anyone in the Vought building even *walked by Homelander* I was legitimately terrified. Even though Omni Man is more controlled than Homelander I still felt an equal amount of fear. I knew that these characters were serious. The problem with MCU villains is they aren't serious. Ultron wanted to get rid of humans but he was so unserious about it that I didn't take him seriously. The heroes also aren't taking the threats seriously so I don't feel danger. Most MCU villains aren't a threat because nobody treats it like one. Having characters like Thor and Captain Marvel half ass everything is obnoxious. Marvel can just look at what's popular and learn from them but they don't for some reason?????

Not just the villains, but also heroes that they forgot add or did dirty: Mar-vell, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyme, Rick Jones, Moondragon, Adam Warlock, Drax, Mistress Death, Mentor, Kronos, Starfox, etc. Legacy Characters that are iconic and could been used to its fullest extent.

Pretty much everything you said here was nail on the head accurate but also painfully obvious. That is, obvious to those who put the slightest bit of effort into analyzing why they do or do not like a movie. However obvious the faults of these villains (from conception to portail on screen) your wrting and overall style/approach to the this topic was presented exceptionally well. Seriously fantastic work, my dude. I tap sub button now. 😊

Solid analysis - I especially got goosebumps at the end you you painted the picture of developing the series with its villains all culminating at the end in an all out showdown of notable villains forged into an army of evil for all of the established hero’s to battle. Would have loved to see more than just iron man die

The real problem is where’s Rick Jones??? He’s an important character to Hulk’s Story. Not only is Hulk’s best friend, (and the reason why hulk’s created) but he’s also the an ally to the avengers and the sidekick of Captain Mar-vell. (The male version.) How could the mcu forget about him???

The part about the Mandarin was especially good. I don't think any Marvel directors have every read the comics of the movies they produce.

Good listen during my workout. This is a conservation me and my guys have all the time. U got a subscriber from this one bro. Keep it up!

Much of the storyline and battles in the comic MCU was derived from the life of the adult writers of the times. They'd seen and had close family and friends that experienced first hand the horrors of WWI and II. They'd seen the near god like powers of tech, medicine and weapons advance more in thirty years than it had in millenia. They feared the violence and the evil that was so close to their door. Today's audience doesn't understand these threats even though we've been at war in Iraq and Afghanistan for twenty years because we see it in the news as if it were a video game. We've elevated fitting and killing to first person shooter games while third world countries have to throw huge numbers of bodies at these weapons to get a few viewers on msnbc. We like our SH movies easy too. Just look at the last few MCU shows and movies to see. They give us less serious storylines instead of better as these characters build.

Sometimes i wish the villain to survive just to make it feel more like a comic book movie. You always want in the back of your head the possibility that they could return. I predict that the Leader is going to die ethier by Captain falcon or by some kind of falling off something.

I keep forgetting that's supposed to be the Shocker in that Spiderman movie. Man they did that character dirty. I was always excited to see him in the comics, show and video games. Fun character that should have had better treatment. Even not being the main villain, they could have made him a tough obstacle for Spidey to overcome before getting a shot at Vulture

if they make a single joke where magneto accidently pulls out a toaster BECAUSE ITS MADE OF METAL i will be mad

The MCU really did The Mandarin dirty twice

I suspect instead of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver being introduced in Age of Ultron they were originally going for Andrea and Andreas von Strucker, which would explain Baron von Strucker. But with the advent of the better Fox Quicksilver and the twins...difficult phillosophies, they decided to go with Magneto's much more camera friendly children.

It's so sad that Agents of Shield gets so overlooked when talking about the MCU. It's such good supplemental media, even though it's technically not canon.

In the mcu Loki isn't the god of mischief, he is the god of british

They wasted Benedict Wong on a side character. He would have made an incredible Mandarin. The way he portrayed Kublai Khan in Nextflix's Marco Polo showed he could have easily brought the Mandarin to life as a shrewd, dangerous, and utterly ruthless character.

Honestly this made me think about how Marvel uses all these villains and gets rid of them like they are going through a boss rush in a Megaman game, instead of using them like the were in the comic and how they have layers and layers of good story attached to them All of it essentially is just them trying to rush their butt to the “main” villain of the phase so they can make another avengers movie.

Dude, thank you for addressing thanos’s motivation. He fell almost completely flat for me because his motivation was ridiculous. He just came across as a psychopathic moron.

The fake mandarin in iron man was probably my biggest disappointment

This an amazing review. Perfectly said. I wish the people who are currently in charge of the MCU would take the time to listen to your review and take note.

I think the MCU High Evolutionary was great a villain. His outfit was a plain, but he has a neat creepy apperance. The way he could instantly switch from smiling friendly to screaming maniac was good and intense. His plans and motives were at least understandable, but completely amoral (and not just insanely evil). His only real problem was he was eliminated as a one-off; where I felt he could have honestly been a great new lead villain instead of Kang. Maybe have him be the creator behind a bunch of other villains and threats across the coming movies.

0:01 opening 0:40 iron man 1:29 hulk 2:25 iron Man 2 3:15 thor 4:06 Captain America 5:33 the avengers 7:51 iron man 3 14:34 shang chi 15:12 thor the dark world 17:11 captain America the winter soldier 19:22 why MCU villains suck part 1 23:31 guardians of the galaxy 25:36 avengers age of Ultron 33:21 the ant man 34:11 captain America civil war 41:48 doctor strange & mirror villains 45:16 guardians of the galaxy vol 2 46:51 spider man homecoming 48:41 thor Ragnarok 55:48 why MCU villains suck part 2 57:49 black panther 1:01:45 avengers infinity war 1:04:11 ant man and the wasp 1:05:20 captain marvel 1:07:40 avengers endgame 1:11:26 spiderman far from home 1:13:25 phase 4 1:13:44 wandavision 1:14:38 falcon and the winter soldier 1:14:58 loki 1:16:01 black widow 1:16:33 shang chi 1:16:50 eternals 1:16:56 Hawkeye 1:17:07 spiderman no way home 1:23:41 why MCU villains suck part 3 and how to fix the issue 1:39:34 Closing discussion

Knowing the weight the Mandarin carries in the comics makes me a lot angrier at that one time the punisher just kinda killed him easily that one time lol

The Mandarin was the biggest dissapointed of the early MCU. It was literally the first warning of the modern intersectional writing and forced humor that Marvel is suffering from now. We has the signs. And while I dont lime Zemo's protrayal compared to the comics, I think the villian was still really good. He makes sense, he is grounded. Maybe it would've been better if he was not Zemo.

I actually really liked Zeno in the Mcu, because he was a master tactician who had skill in combat. He was the man who split the avengers and actually defeated them before Thanos did. His comic and animated versions may be better, but he wasn’t completely wasted.

We wanted Gorr, they gave us Voldemort, We wanted Beta Ray Bill, they gave us Jane Foster/Lady Thor We wanted a good serious Thor movie, they gave us a Rom-Com mixed with the Adams Family rated PG-13…

It sucks how each film wipes the slate clean for the villain only for them to be mostly killed off. There are no henchmen/criminals wanting to rise up to the occasion, no scenes of villains getting arrested and charged for their crimes, no family of the villian wanting revenge, no villains wanting to team up, etc. We never see their plan come to fruition. Even Thanos was done dirty. People like to meme "Thanos was right," but ironically we'll never know if he was right or not because Marvel chose to do a time skip. Not only a time skip, but then use time travel to resurrect everyone. It didn't even undo the snap when you think about it. It just brought those who were gone into the future. And what are the ramifications of those already alive seeing people be brought back to life, and realizing the heroes and villains are capable of such feats like time travel, reality warping, and resurrection? Nothing as far as I've seen.

I liked Iron Man 3 because we get to see Tony Stark being effective without his armor, just his wit and intellect. Though I can see the issue most people have with it with them not using the Mandarin because Tony going toe to toe with someone as menacing as him without his armory would've elevated him to great heights.

Not to mention that the Mandarin had his cool power rings, that then later turned out to be alien technology that he'd stolen from the spaceship of Fin Fang Foom and his crew. So he's actually a full tech user like Tony Stark except his tech is advanced enough to be indistinguishable from magic.

The footage of Avengers: Earth's mightiest heroes used for comparison is perfect. It may not be the best show with tonnes of character growth and long-winded storylines but adapted major plotline after major plotline in ways that did justice to the comics, and the true sense of change the marvel universe goes through.

I watched this whole video, damn it was good , well done!

Red Skull being Alexander Pierce in “The Winter Soldier” would have been amazing. HYDRA would have come off more dangerous.

The worst part about Kurse is that he has color in his design but they insisted on washing it out in every scene and just kinda gave up below his chest. There are some pics of his toy where the red really pops, and it's not a bad start! He just needed more time to bake...

The movies are successful because they try to be individual pieces while also hinting at something larger. Its hard to have a good villian because the hero arc needs to complete itself otherwise the story would feel unfinished. Its a tricky spot they in with the formula they created. BP had the opposite problem where the villian outshined and the hero felt lackluster. Its tough to thread the needle. Its easier to just go cookie cutter and focus on interesting pieces inside of that structure.

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I don't like the Red Skull in The First Avenger. You barely get to see him as the Red Skull, and just an evil guy. Nothing is done with him afterwards, I'm not the biggest fan of the voice (Steve Blum is the best), and the Cosmic Cube should have been called that, and not "The Teseract." I think Dormammu was awful in the MCU. He isn't usually a giant monster, he's the same size as Dr. Strange and is a crazy conqueror and ruler of the "Dark Dimension." Here he's just a big purple monster that sounds evil. That's lame.

I loved the Mandarin in Marvel ultimate alliance. The game really taught you about Marvel heroes and villians. I even learned who Fing-Fang-Foom was. Its a shame you cant download it anymore.

I'm convinced they didn't make a great mandarin because they didn't want to make china mad. They saw him as a stereotype.

*17:42** Indeed, That Didn't Matter because THEY LITTERALLY RECASTED HIM the next time he appeared*

I love how u indicate your creation of the "straw man" via editing and oz clips- aka inevitable responses from a portion of people who indulge and give a shit about this stuff. Your straw men dismantling makes more sense logically than half the plans and plots concocted and instigated by most mcu villains unfortunately. Great work on these videos man

You’ve got to make this series for the DCEU they’re just as bad if not worse than what the MCU has done.

Well, the enchantress was in the MCU, but not in the big movies but in the side show called "agents of shield." Which in its first seasons is quite fun to watch. But even there, the enchantress isn't really called out by name, but her powers are used.

I had no idea that Marvel studios had bastardisd the Marvel universe to this extent. The comics are so much better. The cartoons are better. It's a shame. Creativity in Hollywood doesn't exist. It sort of explains why I haven't been interested in seeing alot of these movies. Infinity Wars was about it. I think people are finally seeing the light with The Marvels. What a pile of steaming crap that movie is. The universe has finally hit rock bottom. At least it can't get any worse. Can it? You're doing great work. Thanks.

Exactly the MCU doesn’t know how to hold on to its villains. I mean even the comics didn’t just defeat them and that’s it. It’s too cliche by now