10 Things MCU Fans Found Too Distracting
When bad CGI and more stops you from enjoying the MCU.
The scale and breadth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is like no other franchise in the history of the movie industry. Stretching a plethora of genres, stories, and styles, the MCU is one of the most dynamic and varied movie universes there is.
With almost 30 movies under its belt at this stage, with eight series on Disney+, you would be forgiven for expecting Marvel Studios to have perfected its art, but alas, the MCU is far from perfect. Within most projects, there is something that draws the eye just a little bit too much.
There is always a lot going on in any MCU movie or Disney+ series, so much so that sometimes it can be difficult to know where to focus all of your attention. Sometimes it’s obvious, but sometimes there are things that you see or hear that make you forget about everything else, that distract you.
Even if the rest of the movie is thrilling, compelling, and downright entertaining, there are certain aspects that draw too much focus, usually in a negative way, that detract from the overall experience. We’re only human after all, and the likes of a seemingly certain fan theory, unexpected voice, or below-par CGI can sometimes take the shine off the whole thing for us.
10. Monica Rambeau's Aerospace Engineer
When the Marvel Cinematic Universe returned after 18 months away, it’s fair to say that perhaps fans got a little carried away. Not only did WandaVision open the doors to Phase Four, it also introduced fans to the new episodic format of the Disney+ series.
With smaller, bite-size chunks of a larger story, and an entire week in between each to theorise about what they would see in the coming weeks, the MCU audiences became prone to a little overthinking.
The nature of WandaVision’s mystery factor, and the excitement that the franchise was back meant this show suffered more than most from this, one of the main occasions being the mention of an aerospace engineer. Literally, all Monica Rambeau said was that she knew an aerospace engineer, and all of a sudden fans, this writer included, began expecting someone like Reed Richards to make an appearance in Westview.
Should this line have been spoken in a movie, it would have been resolved in a matter of hours. In this format however, fans were left to ponder for weeks about who the mysterious engineer would be, before being let down by the revelation that it wasn’t a tease for anything. She just knew an aerospace engineer.