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TheMCU ’s Phase 5 is now half complete , with the last year bringing many highs , extreme low , and plenty of omit chance . Being in themiddle of MCU Phase 5entails being in the center of the Multiverse Saga as a whole , with time ticking on the opportunity to start tying together all-inclusive narratives . Between MCU Phases 4 and 5 , more Marvel character have been introduced than ever before , and while Marvel has done a hunky-dory job adapting many stories for the big screenland , there were a few account that could have been well served .
While it can all seem obvious with the benefit of hindsight , some of the MCU ’s miss opportunities can be particularly irksome when slight pinch might have made all the difference . Unfortunately for Marvel , 2023 broke some unfavorable track record , including its big - ever cinematic flop andworst - rated MCU show . While a smattering of confirmed titles predict to finish MCU Phase 6 with a bang , the likeliness that it will to the full remedy the missed opportunities of MCU Phase 5 grow increasingly slim .
The Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s Phase 6 will be the culmination of the Multiverse Saga , and here is everything we bed about it .
10Secret Invasion Didn’t Use The Comics' Most Successful Elements
Secret Invasion (June 2023) Was Unrecognizable
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The tagline forSecret Invasion,“Who do you trust ? " was steeped in irony after it turned out that the MCU lie about the ambit of the miniseries . The aftermath ofSecret Invasion ’s poorly - doom run on Disney Plus leave in exoneration for all those who claimed that it should have been a movie . The unbelievably consequential risible book run featured a who’s - who of Marvel characters , including the X - Men , Avengers , Illuminati , and Thunderbolts . The MCU’sSecret Invasion , meanwhile , sport Nick Fury on a one - human commission .
alternatively of a sprawling espionage series featuring Marvel ’s big players , Secret Invasionwas largely inconsequentialbeyond the decease of Maria Hill and the revelation that Rhodey has been a Skrull impostor " for a longsighted time . " Fury ’s baffling imperativeness that he should be the one to face Gravik and to not regard any superheroes was also a lie . Instead , he set Super - Skrull G’iah on Gravik while he high - dog it back to SABER and desolate the now even more jeopardize Skrulls once again .
9The Marvels & Secret Invasion Didn’t Fully Link Together Story-Wise
The Marvels (November 2023) Ignored Secret Invasion Despite Starring Fury
The inconsequent conclusion ofSecret Invasionwas compounded by the subsequent release ofThe Marvels , in which the event that just transpired on Earth were n’t so much as mentioned . The inexplicable absence of Fury ’s wife , Varra , was incredibly difficult to ignore , as she was last examine insisting on coming with him to space inSecret Invasion . While Marvel struggles to vindicate watching its series to keep abreast of the wider MCU lore , it did n’t do itself any favors by featuring next to no links toSecret Invasiondespite boast Fury in a starring role .
8Steven Yeun Is No Longer Playing Sentry In Thunderbolts
Steven Yeun Broke Away From Thunderbolts (July 2025) In January
Stephen Yeun is a worthful addition to any labor at the moment , and the rumor that he had beencast as Sentrystoked expectancy for the upcoming MCU project significantly . Sadly , it was confirmed in former 2024 that Yeun is no longer involved in the task - most likely owe to delays spurred by the SAG - AFTRA ten-strike . His casting as Sentry was fit with far-flung favorable reception , though now Marvel will have to rely on the star superpower of the current cast and a potentially re - cast Sentry .
7Kang Wasn’t Very Threatening After All
Kang Was Defeated In Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (February 2023)
Ant - Man and the Wasp : Quantumaniawas the movie that kicked off MCU Phase 5 , only to fluff the ball . criticism of the picture were leveled at its tonic repugnance , gratuitous CGI , and a plot that saw the Multiverse Saga ’s arch - villain and supposedly Thanos - storey menace outflank by one of the Avengers ' least threatening appendage . With very footling mention of Kang the Conqueror until that percentage point , it go down toAnt - gentleman and the Wasp : Quantumaniato plant whyKang should be revere . alternatively , it saw him ostensibly killed in a slugfest .
6Loki Never Got To Say Goodbye To Thor
Loki Bid Farewell In Loki Season 2 (October 2023)
Loki is officially no longer a part ofthe principal MCU timeline , as he is rather holding it together . His farewell to his TVA acquaintance in theLokiseason 2 close was both poignant and definitive , with Tom Hiddleston treating season 2 as his last hooray as Loki . Yet the noteworthy absence of Thor throughout Loki ’s dangerous undertaking in the TVA carries an torturesome bunko game and magnifies hopes that he will return in a future projection . Otherwise , it ’s toilsome to stomach how his mastery of time - drop away did n’t alleviate a final goodby to his brotherbefore adopt his splendid role .
5Tiamut Could Have At Least Been Seen From Space In The Marvels
Tiamut’s Huge Corpse Appeared In Eternals (November 2021)
The MCU ’s apparent wish to brushEternalsunder the rug following its lukewarm performance is made more apparent with every installation that does n’t advert the giant Celestial in the Indian Ocean . A street arab acknowledgment inShe - giant : Attorney At Lawis barely enough to convey the impact that Tiamut ’s gargantuan calcify corpse would have had on the world . One glaring impact is that it would easily be visible from quad , yetThe Marvelssidestepped the opportunity to throw away this special detail into the guesswork of Earth , even as a simple quotation thatEternalsis still canon .
4The Council Of Kangs Could Have Been Played By Different Actors
Jonathan Majors Played Every Kang Variant In Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (February 2023)
Now thatJonathan Majors has been swing , the MCU is at a crucial crossway . Kang ’s underwhelming debut has spur rumors that Marvel may wish to pivot from Kang as the Multiverse Saga ’s big bad ; but with no verification , it is dare thatAvengers : The Kang Dynastyis going ahead as plan . If that is the case , then Marvel could have made its job easier by following its own pre - established rules on variants .
Ant - Man and the Wasp : Quantumaniaquickly established the fact that the genuine threat of Kang the Conqueror stem from the countless Kang variants that have banded together as the Council of Kangs . Except , unlike Loki variants who took on countless forms - include an gator - Kang ’s variants were all played by Jonathan Majors . While Marvel is no stranger to a restrained re - dramatis personae ( nor is it universe of discourse - breaking),it ’s heavy to push aside how much more explicable a re - frame Kang would be if any of the variants that seem in this scene were played by anyone else .
3Echo Could Have Been More R-Rated
Echo (January 2024) Wasn’t Very Violent
Like it or not , the prospect ofDeadpool 3being the first R - rated MCU movie has stoke much excitement . The gaud of featuring the gratis violence for which the Merc ' with a Mouth is known in an otherwise largely family - favorable franchise is a novelty that shows Marvel is n’t afraid of getting its hands dirty . YetEcho , which is the first - ever MCU installation to get the television eq of an universal gas constant - military rank , was finally tamed . The brutality of Kingpin may have still been aptly conveyed , but it ’s safe to say that it could have gone further .
2Greater Focus Should Have Been Given To Cassie And Kamala
Cassie Lang Appeared In Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (February 2023) And Kamala Khan Appeared In The Marvels (November 2023)
While the MCU seems to be gearing up for a Young Avengers film by cumulate up all of the squad ’s chief players , they are still wreak 2d - fiddle to their old hand counterpart . While Cassie Lang and Kamala Khan had their fair portion of the spotlight inAnt - Man and the Wasp : QuantumaniaandThe marvel , severally , time is run out for Marvel to depict these characters as heroesthat do n’t necessitate financial backing from their more experient predecessor . As it stands , there ’s no telling when these characters will take center stage before the Young Avengers moving-picture show throws them in at the recondite end .
1Phase 5 Should Have Included An Avengers Movie
The Avengers Haven’t Been Seen Together Since Avengers: Endgame (April 2019)
One of the hazardous moves that Marvel has made with MCU Phases 4 and 5 is not featuring an Avengers flick . As a result , the presume stars of the climactic team - up finger more garbled than ever , withThe Marvelsbeing the closest the MCU has gotten to a team - up movie sinceAvengers : Endgameand betray to pull out crowds . Avengers movies used to aid emphasize each MCU phase - but now it ’s hard to keep track of where and why a phase angle has make a motion on .
With the recent string of flop threatening the future tense of the MCU , it could have sure stomach to earn from featuring an Avengers - scale motion picture to help pad the coffer . alternatively , as casual audience start to lose pastime , an Avengers movie in MCU Phase 6 is threatened by the possibility that moviegoers wo n’t know or care about its chief mavin . at long last , give that older characters like Thor are nearingMCUretirement , the pressure to give them a proper send - off is secure than ever , for which an Avengers motion picture has been proven to be the well stage .
