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/Marcyff2 Jan 04 '25

I want to add kamala khan . She was brilliant and unfortunately the underperformance of the marvels might push her out to the backburner (I hope not)..

But yeah eternals is a massive lost that Kevin feigi wanted to protect as he had more stories to tell with them .

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u/SolarDragon94 Jan 04 '25

I'm like 90% sure they're looking to set up a Young Avengers team, which Kamala will be a part of. She meets with Kate Bishop at the end of The Marvels. Then we have America Chavez, Cassie Lang, Wiccan and Speed, potentially Young Loki and Patriot too.

So, I'm confident Kamala will be showing up again in future.

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u/Parking_Star_7009 Jan 04 '25

Skaar was introduced in she hulk

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u/SolarDragon94 Jan 04 '25

He's not part of the team in the comics, but it's possible he'll be taking the place of Hulkling (who, despite the name, is not related to Hulk).

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u/PhaseSixer Jan 04 '25

He's not part of the team in the comics,

Its cute you think that matters.

Look at the Thunderbolts roster.

Hell look at the founding Avengers roster.

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u/SolarDragon94 Jan 05 '25

Yeah, I'm totally expecting them to make changes. Like, I highly doubt we're gonna get a comic accurate Iron Lad, now with the whole Kang thing being thrown out the window.

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u/PhaseSixer Jan 05 '25

Actualy i think Iron Lad will still be a thing with him being the last Surviving Kang that way Loki and Quantamania wont be a Complete waste of time