Which MCU titles are no longer relevant?
I haven't watched any MCU since Dr Strange in the multiverse of madness and since then I have read about a lot of characters that won't be used going forward, an entire arc change and cancelled movies/TV shows etc. I'm interested in getting back into things because I'm excited to see RDJ back but I'm wondering which movies and TV shows are technically now irrelevant and which ones I will need to watch to understand what's going on in Doomsday? Thanks in advance.
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Anything else is just rumors or at being put on the side for a little while as they try to figure out how to move foward with it (Like we heard that maybe Tatiana Maslaney may not return as She-Hulk because she's unhappy with the whole Jimmy Kimmel incident, but that's not 100% confirmed yet and they could still recast the character if they wanted), like for example the events of Eternals despite not having been addressed for several projects right after it came out, that still ended up being important 4 years later when we reached Captain America 4 despite many people being sure they weren't gonna touch up on that again.
On the other, like any long running series of films, some things will be dropped or changed. I mean when George Lucas did Star Wars there was no thought about Leia being Luke's sister that evolved as the story advanced.
I think in the case of Doomsday judging by the cast if you are familiar with the idea of the multiverse, then all you need to know about is Wakanda, the original Fox X-Men, the Fantastic Four and the Thunderbolts. Sam's team of Avengers will be introduced in the film as will Dr. Doom (may also explain Loki's current situation, why is he with the Avengers).
It feels like as an Avengers Blockbuster the homework for it is minimal.
I also think Multiverse of Madness will rear its head for Secret Wars as IMO incursions are going to be the ultimate threat
Aside from being the two best things Marvel has produced in the last few years, they’re about all the hype manufacturing we’ve had for Doomsday so far.
1. Wandavision (Explains Vision's potential appearance in Secret Wars and leads in DS2 and introduces Adult Monica)
2. Loki Season 1 and 2 (Explains Loki's appearance in Doomsday)
3. Black Widow (introduces Yelena and Red Guardian)
4. Shang Chi (introduces Shang Chi and the Ten Rings)
5. Spider-Man No Way Home (Explains his new status quo in MCU and first introduction of multiverse concept in MCU films)
6. Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness (Explains further about incursions which is a big part of Doomsday and Secret Wars plus Strange's new status quo)
7. Black Panther Wakanda Forever (Shuri as Black Panther and introduces Namor)
8. The Marvels (Post credit scene is important)
9. Deadpool & Wolverine (More multiverse stuff plus introduces a pivotal character for Doomsday)
10. Captain America Brave New World (Although Joaquin Torres was introduced in FATWS first, it isn't necessary to watch the show and the film is enough of an introduction. Post credit it technically important but it is pretty lazy)
11. Thunderbolts (VERY important)
12. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Introduces Fantastic Four obviously)
Everything else could still be relevant. We won't know whether or not they're still relevant or how relevant they are until Doomsday comes out.
Yes, they fired the actor playing Kang and have decided to make Doom the new Big Bad, but the Kang storyline technically hasn't been fully resolved yet, so it's possible that Doomsday could start with Doom going around and killing all of the Kangs, thus making the movies/shows that feature Kang relevant. Yes, they've said that they aren't going to be making a sequel to the Eternals, but they have said that the Eternals will return; we just don't know if that's still true, what form their return will take if it happens, etc.
So your options are:
1) Take your time and watch everything (except I Am Groot if you want to skip that). As of right now, Doomsday is expected to release in 365 days. If you've seen everything up through Multiverse of Madness, that means you haven't seen 9 movies (roughly 23 hours of content), 14 seasons of shows (roughly 70 hours of content), and 2 special presentations (roughly 2 hours of content). (Plus I Am Groot's two seasons which are about 1 hour of content altogether.) So you haven't seen roughly 95-96 hours of content. In other words, if you watch just 15 minutes a day everyday, starting today, you will be finished with everything you've missed before Doomsday premieres. If you watch just one hour of content a day, you'll be all caught up and still have to wait almost 9 months for Doomsday to premiere. (Granted, the aforementioned numbers don't include Wonder Man, Daredevil Born Again S2, Vision Quest, or Spider-Man: Brand New Day which will all likely come out before Doomsday, but the point is that you have a lot of time to get caught up if you want to.)
2) Take a gamble, watch what people think is going to be relevant for Doomsday based on what we know and suspect so far, and be disappointed if you missed something that people thought was unlikely to be relevant for the movie that was included or if you watched something that didn't end up being relevant that people thought likely would be.
3) Don't watch anything else before Doomsday. Just trust Doomsday to get you caught up. None of the movies actually require you to watch anything before them to mostly understand what's going on. But I do think this option is the least fun.
4) Wait until Doomsday has come out, learn what all is relevant for it, then get caught up before going to see the movie.