MCU Phase 4: 8 Reasons Why It Must Look To The Past
4. Some Big Changes Are In Store
Marvel Studios
Although the fate of Marvel's Avengers is still unclear, we know for a fact that Infinity War and Avengers 4 will bring drastic changes. That's pretty exciting as far as Marvel fans are concerned, but there is a worry that we'll be left with a very unrecognisable universe once all the dust has settled, one without a place for the Tony Starks and Steve Rogers of the world.
The thought of Marvel going all out and doing something else entirely is obviously fantastic, and with the proven successes of Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok all having shown that audiences are after something new with their comic book films, it's clearly a viable route for Marvel to take. That said, it would be nice to see the studio return to some of their franchise staples at some point, be it in a historical setting or otherwise.
For all we love Marvel's newfound direction to go in new and often exciting places, that doesn't mean they should abandon their old concepts altogether. Other characters, like Black Widow, Hawkeye and Falcon, are long overdue their chance in the spotlight. It's all well and good to bring in new characters, but when we have heroes like Natasha still waiting for their own film, something's evidently not right.
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.
