8 Ways Captain America: Civil War Could Ruin The Marvel Cinematic Universe

6. Giving Fans More Than They Can Chew On Could Lead To Audience Fatigue

In other words, this is a form of a overkill that could result in a sense of exhaustion. In other, other words, it's giving audiences too much in one go in an attempt to woo them, only to realise that you've ultimately been too generous and now they're bored with it all; there's nothing to look forward to in future installments. And that's a problem that could not only spoil aspects of Captain America: Civil War, but the MCU on the whole. Just look at all the characters who have been confirmed to appear in the film: Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, The Winter Soldier, The Falcon, Agent 13, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Ant-Man and Spider-Man (or, at the very least, Peter Parker). There will be more, too - cameos and secret appearances that Marvel will obviously want to keep on the low-down. And we haven't even mentioned the villains or supporting characters. Well, duh, you'll say. It's "Civil War." What did you expect? And that makes sense - to a degree. Whilst the title outright tell us that superheroes will be facing off against other superheroes (not to forget it's also partly based on the comic arc), it does seems as though Marvel looked at a list of everyone who was set to appear and went: "F*ck it: let's add more. Just add all of them. Spider-Man, Black Panther... all of them." Is Captain America 3 really the best time to introduce two major characters into the MCU? As "minor" players in another superhero movie? Obviously the addition of such characters into Civil War implies that they won't be granted the appropriate amount of screen-time, and that's when the movie could start to feel packed out - to a fault. Avengers: Age of Ultron, after all, was overstuffed and packed to the brim with way too many heroes and stories and sub-plots and random things to do, but the line-up for Civil War makes that movie look narratively lacking in comparison. It's important to remember that Joss Whedon - writer and director - barely got away with it. Marvel need to be careful.