10 Times The MCU Gave Fans EXACTLY What They Wanted (And They Hated It)

For all the plaudits the MCU has received over the years, there have been a few glaring areas in which it could improve. Most importantly has been representation and diversity. It wasn’t until 2019 that Marvel Studios released a movie with a female lead, 11 years after Iron Man.

Over the last few years, the MCU has made a conscious effort to do better, though some of this has been a lot more misguided. While it has been refreshing to see Scarlett Johansson leading her own movie, Gemma Chan taking point on Eternals, and more female directors than ever before, the A-Force missed the mark entirely.

During the Battle of Earth in Avengers: Endgame, Carol Danvers took the Infinity Stones from Peter Parker with the aim of getting them to Scott Lang’s van. Spider-Man asked how she was going to do such a gargantuan task, but he was reassured that she had help. This was the cue for every named female on the battlefield to inexplicably appear at the right time and lend their hand to Carol, who needed absolutely no help whatsoever.

This was just pure pandering. Every MCU fan would love to see a coming together of the women of the franchise as a real A-Force, but many found this to be forced and insulting. This was reportedly re-shot as it was thought to be too pandering beforehand, which would honestly take some doing.