Captain Marvel: 10 Reasons To Be Excited
8. Cosmic Power (On Earth)
Apart from the world and franchise ending Infinity War, Captain Marvel will be the first film in the MCU to show a significant tie between the cosmic elements presented in Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy and the grounded Earthly aspects of other films.
With Carol as an airforce pilot rather than the alien-raised space cowboy Peter Quill was, there's a lot of potential for military intrigue tied to the purported cover-ups of extra-terrestrial life. Finding out that as significant a source of cosmic energy as Kree technology and Captain Marvel herself existed in the nineties is something audiences haven't seen before, except for what was clued in in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Moreover, if fans don't find the Soul Stone in Infinity War, this'll be the last film before Avengers 4 it may appear in.
It's about time fans got a proper alien invasion story not framed in a great battle or with the kind of "magic is actually science" silliness the MCU is so fond of. With the enhanced cosmic powers gifted to the Captains Marvel and the terrifying shape-shifting Skrulls infiltrating ranks on Earth, that's something fans are definitely gonna get in this film. 2019 can't come soon enough.