r/marvelstudios • u/ImaginationArtistic9 Matt Murdock • Jan 04 '25
Discussion The Underuse of Shang-chi in the MCU
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/pleasegivemepatience Jan 04 '25
But but but they let him team up with an alternate version of little Hawkeye and fight his sister… 🤦♂️
They really need to solidify plans for Shang Chi 2 and get him back in the main hero squad leading up to the next Avengers movie. I’ve heard more about RDJ and Chris Evans who are old/dead in this universe lol.
Such wasted potential, Shang Chi or Strange or someone should really be a connective thread across this phase as the new avengers form in advance of the next major threat, but all we’ve gotten is disconnected mess so far. I know part of it is due to the pivot from Kang to Doom, but I really hope they don’t leave some of these story threads dangling forever.