honestabe, it’s kind of just that list above for now, I just thought I’d share how I order the movies.
I agree that the non-MCU Spider-Man movies should be watched before No Way Home, but I guess there’s three approaches:
- Firstly, watching them in parallel with an MCU watchthrough, in which case the (hypothetical first time) viewer might get confused about why we’re watching Spider-Men from other worlds, or if they don’t understand the multiverse, wonder why older Spider-Men don’t show up in the MCU.
- Secondly, watching them after the multiverse is revealed in the MCU, which helps explain why we’re watching them, and ties them into the MCU plot, but which makes phase 4 very Spider-Man heavy. The other negative here is that Tobey’s and Andrew’s Spider-Men are arguably more related to the ‘classic’ Spider-Man origin, which Tom’s Spider-Man is somewhat dependent on knowledge of.
- Thirdly, you could just treat them as their own side thing, and not consider them as part of a core MCU rewatch, keeping them out of the way but less well integrated up until No Way Home.
Same deal really applies with X-Men. If you try to interweave them, it muddies the water, but if you try to put them to one side, you eventually have to deep-dive them which interrupts the MCU watch.
As for actual edits, I’m not desperate for radical changes, but I’d be interested to know which edits people recommend. I might start compiling that information.
As for getting more valuable discussion on FanEdit.org or Reddit, sure, but I like you guys more! ❤️