Trying to get hyped for Doomsday (and how to prepare)

Almost everything post Endgame (save for Shangchi, Loki 1/2, D&W, and Thunderbolts) has been some of the most miserable slop, down there with Incredible Hulk and many of the releases far worse.

I'm currently watching the Infinity Saga with my wife, and we just finished IW. Even now I myself am hyped for a movie I saw opening day, but when I think about DD I don’t feel any excitement at all. This entire “saga” has been so disjointed and all over the place, I can’t imagine how they are going to make DD pay off.

Speaking of, what really needs to be watched for DD?

Fox X-Men

Deadpool series

Loki

Shangchi

Spiderman (all of them)

Thunderbolts

F4

Any other absolute can’t miss movies?

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Spider_Boyo2026-01-24 16:06

My list is:

Loki, Ant-Man Quantumania, Homecoming , Far From Home, No Way Home, Brand New Day

X1-3, Days of Future Past, Deadpool 1-3, Avengers 1-4, Shang-Chi, Wakanda Forever

Multiverse of Madness , The Marvels, Thor Love and Thunder, Captain America Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, Fantastic Four First Steps

Every week starting the same week as Supergirl, I'm also rewatching Tobey and Andrew's Spider-Men during the Spider-Man rewatch, and Deadpool includes a few episodes a time of X-Men 97

Crazy_Particular_7432026-01-24 16:10

I am not making my wife suffer through Quantumania, The Marvels, BP2, ir Love and Thunder. We had both not seen BP before so we watched it last night, dismal sfx and some of the WORST dialogue in a Marvel movie I had ever heard. Acting was awful as well. I am so glad they wrote better stuff for Boseman in IW because that was AWFUL. I didn’t see Quantumania either and heard that it was absolutely terrible.

Spider_Boyo2026-01-24 16:21

At least for a rewatch where you need to know where characters stand right now (how YouTuber A Bit of Everything kind of put it), especially if you happen to be newbie, they are kind of crucial, I like all the movies, I just don't see the issues, but we're not here to argue that, only movie I haven't kept from his list is Logan, you could maybe make an argument to keep it but I don't see the need for me

sarandipity-412026-01-24 16:23

Maybe watch recaps?

The Marvel sub sometimes acts like people have an endless amount of time to watch mediocre movies. If you don’t want to spend time on BP2 (for instance) don’t. A 10 minute recap should suffice.

kneeco282026-01-24 16:06

> what really needs to be watched for DD?

Nothing. The movie will stand alone (or it will suck regardless of whether you've watched other stuff).

SeanO542026-01-24 16:09

I thought there was a lot of good in Phase 4-6, it was definitely inconsistent in quality. But it honestly sounds like you are too harsh on it.

You should watch Captain America Brave New World, Loki the Series, Doctor Strange MoM, Black Panther WF, and Thor L&T.

LegoKiva2026-01-24 16:47

I agree with the exception that Cap BNW and Thor L&T are both not very good. Overhated but not great

savessh2026-01-24 16:11

Iron Man

Introduces Tony Stark and the whole MCU world.

Captain America The First Avenger

Introduces Captain America, who is arguably critical to the MCU as a whole.

Avengers

The first team film. It's enough to learn about Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hulk, Thor and Loki without their individual films.

X-Men (Non MCU)

Introduction to Wolverine and the mutant universe.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Gives a wider view of the MCU not focused on Earth.

Captain America Civil War

Another important team film, this time with conflict and new important characters.

Infinity War and Endgame

The culmination of phase one.

Spider-Man No Way Home

Probably not the best of the Spider-Man films, but it has a large multiverse component with is important later.

Thunderbolts*

The new team and the culmination of the second phase.

Fantastic Four First Steps

Intro to the Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and Doom, likely to lead into Doomsday.

Everything else is, in my opinion, skippable. Obviously if you want to watch something with your favourite characters, that's the way to go. Personally I'd watch everything with Yelena and I also enjoyed the Netflix stuff like Daredevil and Defenders. It's not vital at all, but enjoyable.

Crazy_Particular_7432026-01-24 16:12

We didn’t skip anything in the Infinity Saga, so we’re good there.

Kagir2026-01-24 16:12

Well from what I've seen from post-credit scenes and teasers so far: Doom is implied to be interested in the kids of superheroes (Franklin Richards, Love, Steve Rogers's unnamed child perhaps). Safe to say F4 is worth a rewatch, but it wouldn't hurt to throw Loki and Endgame into the mix as well.

And if you go X-men: the 00's movies will do. no need for the McAvoy/Fassbender era, since none of those actors are involved.

Crazy_Particular_7432026-01-24 16:13

No way, the Fassbender ones are being ignored?!

eagc72026-01-24 20:25

They are sticking the present day iteration of the X-Men basically the OGs, Rather than their younger selves, currently no actor from the prequel films are set to appear as far we know

FictionFantom2026-01-24 16:13

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RihoSucks2026-01-24 19:40

Its pretty clear these types arent paying attention imo. Besides doom not being on screen for the 2ish minutes that thanos was pre IW there's been hardly any difference in the level of build between the two.

eagc72026-01-24 20:30

I feel like the disjointed complains comes from people thinking/feeling that every single MCU project has to tie to the bigger narrative and that there can't be a single purely standalone project. and since this saga had more content than the Infinity Saga they were expecting that every project had to lead to Doomsday.

NamelessAnxiety2026-01-24 16:28

I agree that The Marvels, Eternals, Ant Man 3, Secret Invasion are slop, or close to, but applying that term to almost everything else post-Endgame is an extremely harsh take.

Everything else has some value, even if it is wildly inconsistent.

CaptHayfever2026-01-24 17:02

Most of us are gonna read "DD" as Daredevil at first glance, just for the record.

Defiant-Band45732026-01-24 23:11

WandaVision is definitely one of the best projects in the MCU overall.