• My first pick is “What If…?”. In a multiverse of infinite possibilities, we ended up getting the same old same old. We could have gotten a nice, episodic, self-contained anthology series that had nothing to do with the rest of the MCU (as it was originally marketed as) but then they had to go and add a huge, connecting storyline. Not to mention the animation style could have been a bit better.
  • And then there’s Secret Invasion, which by all accounts was a complete mess. A lot of people say that this should have been the main story arc of Phases 4 to 6 instead of the multiverse. They could have slowly teased the presence of Skrulls invading Earth (perhaps by revealing that some of the Avengers were Skrulls all along?) and maybe used the plot of Secret Invasion as a feature film instead of a series.
  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
    151·
    2 天前

    Considering Secret Invasion killed off my girl…

    spoiler

    Maria Hill

    …that, in and of itself, wasted a lot of potential. I thought for sure it was gonna be a fake out, but nope. It happened, and I’m still pissed off about it.

    • edcasting@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 天前

      Eh… one death doesn’t waste the potential of an entire story, particularly when she’s never been a very important character even on the source material.

      • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
        41·
        1 天前

        We got Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D because they killed off Coulson in The Avengers. Unfortunately, the T.A.H.I.T.I lab was destroyed, so there’s probably not gonna be a Maria Hill series lol

        • edcasting@lemmy.world
          11·
          1 天前

          There’s no material to make a Maria Hill series that people would truly want to watch; the offbeat shield agent concept was already done by AoS itself. And she has no stories in the comics centered around her. Just because she’s somewhat interesting doesn’t mean she needs a series. Not that I’m condoning the decision to kill her character, but they really weren’t doing anything with her.

    • PhAzE@lemmy.ca
      31·
      1 天前

      Then went on the path of Roadie being fake and no fan cared at that point. It was just so poorly written.

    • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
      5·
      1 天前

      Maria Hill as a character had so much potential after The Avengers and Age of Ultron… and then they never used her bar a few cameos in Agents of SHIELD. And it’s not like the actress is unknown or unproven or anything