New generation of kids and the MCU

Do you guys see new generation kids actually watching the MCU movies and caring about them as i feel they haven’t grown up with it the same way we did as the movies were coming out and it was something new and exciting back when the mcu was in its prime and every movie felt like an event.

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eBICgamer20102025-12-16 16:55

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They watched this afaik.

generic9yo2025-12-16 16:56

I don't think so, and it's mainly because the entry point now seems too far away, because the MCU uses linear storytelling. It would be like someone starting to watch Lord of the Rings with the Return of the King. The story in the movie makes sense alone, but you need to see the first 2 for everything to make sense. Now imagine that, but with weeks worth of content

Caciulacdlac2025-12-16 20:00

Well people are still starting to read and watch One Piece, MCU is tiny compared to that

ConstantRefills2025-12-16 16:56

Teenagers who saw Iron Man in theaters are old enough to have kids now and they’ll show them the movies eventually.

watsonthedragon2025-12-16 22:28

This is me. I'm 34 and have a 6 year old. We spent about 6 months watching ~80% of MCU content. Thunderbolts and FF were the first things we got to both watch in theaters together, which was awesome.

garbage19952025-12-16 17:06

Who is "we?"

HappycatAF2025-12-16 17:21

It’s a couple things, one is the event of living through it and the second is the complete overwhelming volume. You can’t replicate the anticipation between movies, the trailers, teasers, online discussion, watching Hall H reveals on fuzzy footage, etc. living through that. You also can’t replicate several years of many super hero films that fell short of the mark, to then getting satisfying banger after banger in the MCU to ultimately cap off with Infinity War and Endgame.

Then the pure volume. Deadpool and Wolverine requires knowledge of 30 years of movies and pop culture to get the jokes. It is still entertaining, but if I was a 15 yr old in indonesia watching I’d be lost on a lot of the references. Now with Doomsday, people have to know the X-Men as well.

I like Star Wars, but I never experienced the release and anticipation when it came out in theaters. As big as a fan I am, I don’t ever see myself camping out opening night in a theater to watch a movie, or even watching a movie multiple times. So I can’t fully imagine the pure nostalgia and hype those fans felt experiencing those films, I experienced them watching them on VHS. It’s an effective but still much weaker delivery method.

Many kids will fall into it their own way and take the dive because the content is still good (up to a certain point). Maybe Doomsday gets people to dive back and catchup. But the first three phases were a historical event like Beatlemania that cannot be replicated.

_britesparc_2025-12-16 18:11

I was 26 when Iron Man came out so I never "grew up" with the franchise anyway 😅

My kids have really gotten into the MCU. My youngest is madly excited for Supergirl, though.

CaptHayfever2025-12-16 19:36

Some are, some aren't. Attempts to paint entire generations with the same brush can only end in misery.