Why Captain Marvel Is Going To Be A Very Different MCU Movie
5. It's About The Most Powerful Hero In The MCU
Marvel Comics
Speaking to Vulture in October last year, Kevin Feige remarked how Carol Danvers would be the most powerful hero the MCU had ever seen. Now, topping the power levels of both Hulk and Thor might seem a tad superfluous given how the Avengers always find a way to take a beating from their enemies, but the repercussions of Feige's statements aren't to be taken lightly.
Carol Danvers has, and probably always will be, among the most powerful heroes in the Marvel Universe. On top of possessing powers like super strength, flight and energy absorption (which can be turned into energy blasts), the Captain also has the ability to break the sound barrier six times over. Further still, her Kree influence means that most toxins and illnesses fail to faze her. So yeah, she's pretty powerful.
How they'll convey these powers onscreen is anyone's guess, but given the reaction to the Chitauri Invasion, it's highly doubtful that Marvel will push for a big city spectacle. Considering that the character will have been M.I.A. for some time by the time Infinity War comes around, it wouldn't be at all disingenuous to assume that we'll get to see Carol in a cosmic setting very soon.
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.
