It really felt like they knew they needed a new emotional backbone to tie things together after Robert Downey Jr and Simu was going to be it then, just, wasn’t?
I don’t know if we needed three Shang Chi films but just him showing up more and connecting things would have done wonders to counter the aimless feeling I get from the MCU right now.
I think the plan was for Sam and Yelena to be the faces of the MCU, since their future roles were being established right at the end of the Infinity Saga. Simu Liu certainly has had the enthusiasm of a lead, but other than a possible connection through the 10 rings, it doesn’t look like Shang Chi figured to be a central character at all. Maybe Hawkeye level of importance at most.
It really felt like they knew they needed a new emotional backbone to tie things together after Robert Downey Jr and Simu was going to be it then, just, wasn’t?
I don’t know if we needed three Shang Chi films but just him showing up more and connecting things would have done wonders to counter the aimless feeling I get from the MCU right now.
Yeah, he seemed like a grounded character that would do well as a connecting character like Steve Rodgers.
I think the plan was for Sam and Yelena to be the faces of the MCU, since their future roles were being established right at the end of the Infinity Saga. Simu Liu certainly has had the enthusiasm of a lead, but other than a possible connection through the 10 rings, it doesn’t look like Shang Chi figured to be a central character at all. Maybe Hawkeye level of importance at most.