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It ’s not too late for theMCUto redeem several character who have been mishandle by the long - draw franchise . The MCU has retrieve success work up on the back of memorable heroes and villains played by toppingly talented actors , but for one reason or another , some of them have n’t lived up to their potential . Overthe expanding timeline of the MCU , some zep and villains have transfer for the worse , soiling what may have been a more previously well - like character . Other times , characters pretermit the mark from the start .
Fortunately , the very nature of a long - run enfranchisement means thatupcoming MCU moviesand video show can still make good on premature mistakes . Even persona who have tied could find their room back to the enceinte or little screen as the MCU continues to navigate its multiverse saga . However it happens , fans of these popular characters would be well served by righting some of Marvel Studios ' rare but dissatisfactory wrongs .
It has been an mismatched yr for the MCU on the big and little screens , but each misstep put up a valuable lesson for Marvel ’s media future .
10Taskmaster Can Still Be Given A Personality
Appears In Black Widow
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Black Widowmakes a enceinte change to Taskmaster - a lineament with the ability to mime any action they see - for their live - action debut , and it almost work . The movie changes Taskmasterfrom a former SHIELD agent named Tony Masters to Antonia Dreykov , the girl of the motion-picture show ’s main antagonist , who is controlled with a chip in her brain after Black Widow and Hawkey ’s character assassination attempt on her father ’s life almost kills her . The gender swap is largely inconsequential , but tie Taskmaster to Widow ’s checkered past makes narrative sentience .
Black Widowand the other movies on this inclination are all uncommitted to stream on Disney+ .
What does n’t make gumption is removing Taskmaster ’s iconic , sarcastic witand making the fictional character a silent , idea - controlled assassin . Despite being a soldier of fortune for hire in Marvel Comics , Taskmaster often has an attitude consanguine to MCU Tony Stark and even does n’t mind chatting with the unspoiled guy once in a while - after all , he ’s only in it for the money . Fortunately , Antonia is returning as part of theThunderboltscast , where her years away from her founder ’s mind ascendency may countenance more personality shine through .
9Quicksilver Died Far Too Soon
Appears In Avengers: The Age Of Ultron
While Wanda Maximoff , aka the Scarlet Witch , has had a long and complex character bow through the MCU , her twin pal was n’t quite so lucky . Actor Aaron Taylor - Johnson did well with the role , but given Pietro die at the last ofAvengers : Age of Ultron , he simply is n’t give the screen door time he deserve in a picture show already full of character . Given that Wanda and Pietro are the fry of Magneto in Marvel Comics ( reckon on the continuity),it ’s potential Quicksilver could repay however and whenever the ten - Men and related to characters amply bring together the MCU .
Quicksilver has a more substantial use in Fox ’s X - Men prequel series , where he ’s wreak by Evan Peters .
8Iron Fist Deserves A Better Chance At Success
Appears In Iron Fist Season 1 and 2 & The Defenders
Of the Defenders Saga ’s lead heroes , there ’s little doubt that Iron Fist was the most divisive . While Finn Jones is a talented actor , the show was force into a truncated timeline for fight stage dancing , have in mind that a character centered on incredible warlike arts only delivered dull fight scenes . Iron Fistseason 2 was an improvement , but damage to the series ' reputation had already been done . With other shielder - era characters like Daredevil and Kingpin back in the MCU , the time is right to bring back Danny Rand with a sound fight choreographer .
7Sif Has Been Sidelined For Too Long
Appears In Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Loki Season 1, & Thor: Love And Thunder
Thor has had a long run in the MCU , but his supporting cast of characters has often been treated confusingly badly . The warrior Three were quickly and unceremoniously killed by Hela , and while Sif is still alive , she ’s had little more than cameo appearances for most of her tenure . Most recently , Sif has a few minutes of covert prison term inThor : Love and Thunder , but her life - threaten trauma was played off as a jest , and she was n’t seen again after one scene . With an actor as gifted as Jamie Alexander , the rumoredThor 5would do well to revisit the Asgardian warrior .
6Nick Fury Started Strong But Been Misused By The Modern MCU
Appears In Several MCU Movies & Shows, Including The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Secret Invasion
Despite possessing no superpowers , Nick Fury , the former Director of SHIELD , has stay an iconic part of the MCU since his cameo appearance inIron Man . His early appearances showcased his tough , no - meaninglessness position and painted him as a force of respectable willing to bend moral boundaries to protect humanity . Unfortunately , Nick Fury ’s first and only lineament projection -Secret Invasion- isone of the MCU ’s worstand blusher Fury as confusingly incompetent . However , The Marvelsgives glimpse of the man ’s better years and may be a sign that future project will utilise him to expert event .
5Rhodey’s Confusing Secret Invasion Twist Retroactively Makes His Character Worse
Appears In Several MCU Movies & Shows, Including Iron Man, Captain America: Civil War & Secret Invasion
James " Rhodey " Rhodes has been in the MCU since its first movie , but theSecret Invasionseries manages to retroactively make his journey defective . Rhodes was the only superhero unveil to have been a Skrull , and while the show does n’t specify how long the on - screen War Machine has been an alien imposter , theatre director Ali Selim claims Rhodey has been a Skrull " a lot longer than we suspected . " The Skrull twist could have mold , but it was done with no nuance or spirit of wallop inSecret Invasionand alternatively turned a formerly likable theatrical role into a two - dimensional opponent with little fallout .
fortuitously , War Machine still has prison term to be redeem . He will return to the MCU in the upcomingArmor Warsmovie , which has been gear up for the big screen after initially being presented as an upcoming television set serial . Though details on the projection are scarce , a movie centered on Rhodey can undo the wrong fromSecret Invasionand re - establish him as the ground franchise keystone he previously was .
4Wasp Has Been Relegated To A Side Character
Appears In Ant-Man 1-3 & Avengers: Endgame
It ’s understandable that Hope van Dyne did n’t suit up in the firstAnt - Manmovie , given it was already busy establish Scott , and Wasp was given a much more substantial and satisfying role inAnt - Man and the Wasp . However , it ’s been downhill since then , asHope was relegated to an inconsequent side graphic symbol inAnt - Man and the Wasp : Quantumania . Wasp is a founding Avenger in Marvel Comics , yet she ’s only briefly appeared in a squad - up film . Whatever ’s next for the Ant - Man franchise , Wasp merit to truly propagate her wings .
3Hulk’s Biggest Moment Happened Off-Screen
Appears In Several MCU Movies & Shows, Including The Incredibly Hulk, Avengers 1-4 & Thor: Ragnarok
Though the Hulk only has one solo picture in the MCU , the enfranchisement was well on its way to successfully telling a compelling chronicle for Bruce and his alter ego across several other Marvel picture . Thor : Ragnaroksets up an interesting balance between a slightly smarter Hulk and Bruce , but it ’s all undo off - screen in betweenAvengers : Infinity WarandEndgame . Bruce had shinny to handle his Hulk personality for yr , and blot out the braggy and ostensibly final climax to that journeying seems incredibly ill-conceived . Fortunately , with Banner still alive , it ’s potential he ’ll get a effective tale close before long .
2Kaecilius Deserves To Return On Casting Along
Appears In Doctor Strange
Kaecilius is a utterly serviceable villain inDoctor Strange , who ’s inner depth is only briefly touched on in service of pay more screen fourth dimension to Strange ’s organic evolution into a muscular thaumaturge . There ’s nothing inherently wrong with that except for the fact that Kaecilius is played by Mads Mikkelsen , an implausibly talented and acclaimed actor deserving of a more rotund part . Fortunately , Kaecilius succumbs to the Dormammu ’s Dark Dimension at the end of the motion picture . In Marvel Comics , Dormammu oft expend a human embodiment , and he could apply Kaecilius as a shell if he appears inDoctor Strange 3 .
1Ultron Can Always Find A Way Back
Appears In Avengers: Age Of Ultron
In Marvel Comics , Ultron is a terrorize recurring villain who ’s almost impossible to permanently defeat by virtue of him being a machine intelligence . While Ultron ’s soundbox can be destroyed , he always has a direction to store or copy his consciousness in another host shape or online . As such , even after Ultron was defeated far too quickly and never comes quite as menacing as he should inAvengers : Age of Ultron , it ’s still possible for the metallic element tryant to fall in a relevant pic . While severalMCUprojects could work , he seems specially fitting forArmor Wars , given he was produce by Tony Stark .
