10 Simple Fixes That Would Have Made MCU Phase Two Awesome
10. The Villains Needed To Be Stronger
The one consistent complaint about Marvels output is that they lack strong villains, outside of maybe Loki. Phase Two really highlighted this problem with a whole line-up of weak sauce villains and their lame plans for global domination. The Elves from Thor: The Dark World were almost laughably unthreatening, Cross from Ant-Man was a nerd with daddy issues, Ultron had a cool voice but a boring plan and Thanos mainly just sits down a lot. The Mandarin could have been great, but the controversial twist undermines him and the less said about goth fan Ronan the Accuser the better. They say that a hero is only as good as their villain, so this has become a real problem as the bad guys all have the same basic goal; find the magical stone/cube/orb and destroy/take over the world with it. There are no stakes because the heroes are obviously going to win, so theres little reason to care by the time the third act arrives. Since Loki has made the change from villain to loveable anti-hero even hes lost his edge, so this is something Marvel really needs to fix in time for Phase Three.
