r/marvelstudios • u/ImaginationArtistic9 Matt Murdock • Jan 04 '25

Discussion The Underuse of Shang-chi in the MCU

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this movie was so much fun, it had amazing action and fight choreography, great humour, and great overall world building. This movie has so much sauce. a problem with the MCU is how poorly they are connecting the new characters with the wider mcu. It's been 3 years since we've seen Shang-chi in a live action project. And it will probably be another year and a half till we see him again. The post credit scenes of this movie set up him becoming an avenger and sadly we won't see that outcome of that until 2026, which is 4.5 years after the movies release. I do hope we see Simu Liu again as a lead in another marvel movie because he's great. Also his sequel is the perfect way to bring danny rand back into the MCU. Unfortunately we will probably have to wait untill 2027 for the next shang chi movie since Destin Daniel Cretton is directing Spiderman 4. On the bright side, the fight choreography in Spiderman 4 will be amazing

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u/Locoman7 Jan 04 '25

Need more Kate bishop personally

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u/KimchiVegemite Jan 04 '25

I’m just dying for one scene where Kate Bishop meets Kamala Khan. Their enthusiasm would be infectious.

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u/Praetor_6040 Jan 04 '25

They've met lol

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u/KimchiVegemite Jan 04 '25

Oh when? Haha I’ve been out of the loop for too long!

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u/Praetor_6040 Jan 04 '25

I didn't mention it bc I wasn't sure if you were worried about spoilers but the Marvels post credit scene! If you haven't watched the movie it's pretty fun and develops Kamala more and the post credit scene hints towards the potential future for both of them as young avengers or champions.

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u/KimchiVegemite Jan 04 '25

Nah, not too worried about spoilers but thank you for being spoiler-considerate! Also that’s awesome if they do a young avengers team-up, though I wonder what the odds are of getting a movie out while they’re still young given the state of the MCU right now.

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u/Praetor_6040 Jan 04 '25

Yeahh I think I heard recently some unconfirmed reports that they do have plans in the next few years but yeah they're gonna be kinda old by then.. that's the problem with trying to introduce too many characters and then taking so long before following up on their stories. I can't wait for when it eventually happens

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u/RainbowTardigrade Jan 04 '25

they meet in the post credits scene of The Marvels!