MCU: 10 Things That Repeat WAY Too Much
2. Floating Bases (That Always Come Crashing Down)
What is it with the MCU and headquarters in the sky?
With the exception of the SHIELD Helicarrier in The Avengers (and a cheeky cameo in Age of Ultron), every other ship up in the clouds is the hiding place for a squirrelled-away antagonist.
The three gunships in The Winter Soldier were the first warning shot, and we should have seen the writing on the wall as base after base took to the skies and hovered over our heroes like a bad smell.
Even Ronin's ship in Guardians of the Galaxy and Ultron's meteor-made-out-of-Sokovia doesn't get a free pass, as both act as hives for the villains to inevitably come crashing down to Earth (or Nova). But the most eye-rolling of them all had to be in Black Widow, when the mythical, mysterious and spooky Red Room was revealed to be a flying super-base.
The main issue isn't the lack of originality, but the fact they always come crashing to the ground, with huge set pieces dedicated to watching heroes and villains stop the ship from falling, or escape just in the nick of time. With a plethora of ideas past, present and future, it's odd that Marvel keeps returning to this specific well.
If this plot point doesn't end, Doctor Doom's home country of Latveria will just be another floating city in the clouds.