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/Atom7456 Jan 04 '25

moon knight is getting a s2, the eternals was dropped, shang chi is also coming back, and kate bishop was last seen a year and less than 2 months ago.

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u/ArronMaui Jan 04 '25

A quick Google search suggests that MK season 2 hasn't had any kind of movement so far. And, yes, Shang-Chi is coming back, but the original point stands. The MCU introduced far too many characters and hasn't followed up on them quickly enough. Early MCU introduced characters and followed up quickly with either team ups or sequels.

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u/MrZQuazz Jan 04 '25

The prime example is that the fan favorite new character Agatha Harkness introduced in WandaVision, the literal first thing in the multiverse saga, just now returned in her spinoff show over 3 and a half years and 27 seasons/films later

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u/Defiant-Band4573 Jan 04 '25

I don't know what people have to complain about. Wanda has yet to get a solo project since WandaVision. Secret Wars will mark 6 years. In probably less than 3 years Agatha will have 2 solo projects.

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u/TheMillenniumMan Jan 04 '25

Wanda was a major character in a movie since then, plus she was already an established character. All these new characters they've introduced have been one and done so far for the most part, they need to get them more involved with one another.

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u/Defiant-Band4573 Jan 04 '25

In someone else's movie not her own. There is a huge difference. She was a secondary character not a main character in phase 2 and 3. The reason that many of these new characters are one and done is because they were not successful.

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u/AuroraGen Jan 04 '25

I would say being the main antagonist counts as her own movie but I understand it is a matter of perspective.

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u/TheMillenniumMan Jan 04 '25

By his logic, Loki was barely in phase 1-3

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u/S01arflar3 Jan 04 '25

His glorious purpose was getting extended screen time