Ant-Man And The Wasp: 10 Reasons To Be Excited

by Ewan Paterson

1. Cold War Era Hijinks With A Marvel Theme

Ant-Man Opening Flashback Scene
Marvel Studios

One of the most exciting things about Ant-Man and The Wasp - much like Captain Marvel too - is that it promises to take a look at the greater history behind the MCU. Pym's days as a spy and the flashbacks to his time working for SHIELD were some of the most interesting aspects of the first Ant-Man film, so it would be a huge surprise not to see them explored further in the sequel.

The idea of placing superheroes in a historical context has always been something that, whilst not only fascinating, has led to critical and cultural reverence time and again, with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen exemplifying this approach and then some. It's certainly something that DC are more known for, but, when it comes to film, a bunch of Marvel projects have been utilising this trope for some time now, with Fox's X-Men series specifically having grounded their characters in the sixties, seventies and eighties (Dark Phoenix will also purportedly see the group in the nineties).

Captain Marvel is another character due a nineties setting, and, with the promise of a fully fleshed-out MCU timeline on the cusp of being realised, could it be that Marvel are now making a concerted effort to delineate the origins of their onscreen universe? If so, then surely Ant-Man and The Wasp are the perfect vehicle in which to do so.

Like, who doesn't want to see a young Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer doing spy stuff in a spy setting? Certainly, if it means more Marvel-ised period pieces are on the way, then sign us the heck up right now.

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Are you looking forward to Ant-Man and The Wasp? Feel as though it's getting ignored in between the MCU's other projects? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.