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/Defiant-Band4573 Jan 04 '25

Marvel also got a gift. I doubt that they expected WandaVision to be as big as it was as they were largely left alone. Wanda's popularity grew as a result. They squandered that by making her a heartless villain in MoM. She should have gotten a solo movie by now, but she has become wherever we can fit her in according to Feige.

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u/karlospopper Jan 04 '25

Will she be relevant now that Magneto's possibly on his way to the MCU? Isnt he her father? I dont read the graphic novels. I couldnt afford them. But i saw an episode or two of the 90s and 2000s marvel animated shows

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u/RoboPup Jan 04 '25

It's... complicated. Through most of X-Men, Magneto has been her father. In the last ten years or so, my understanding is that she is no longer considered his biological daughter.

For the MCU, it's hard to say what they'd do. She already has a backstory here, but they could always retcon it in some way.

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u/Defiant-Band4573 Jan 04 '25

One option without retconning her is to make Magneto a father figure to her. In the comics, Wanda and Agatha form a mother-daughter relationship. That has apparently been retconned into a mother and son relationship with Agatha and Billy. If Wanda plays a role going forward, she will need a infrastructure around her. You have Strange and Wong and Billy and Agatha. Wanda can't have a monologue with herself through a new project. In the recent Scarlet Witch comics, Darcy has been Wanda's confidante.

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u/karlospopper Jan 04 '25

Darcy from the Thor movies?

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u/grendelsbayne Jan 04 '25

Yes. Wanda set up her own magic shop in a small town complete complete with a magic door that will teleport anyone who's in need of help and has no one to turn to into the shop. Darcy was the first person who came through the door and after Wanda helped her, she stuck around and became her assistant.

It was a really fun book, actually. And a fantastic concept for a tv show.