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- #1643893
- Topic
- MCU: A Recommended Reordering
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1643893/action/topic#1643893
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I love that I’m not the only one who’s thought about this. Here’s my current recommended order.
Phase 1 - Avengers Assemble
- Iron Man
- Captain America
- Iron Man 2
- Thor
- Avengers
Notes:
No Incredible Hulk movie, actor change, film doesn’t add much. New hero introduced every movie. No Brave New World will not be in this viewing order, but I’m stealing the title for something else.
Phase 2 - Avengers Divided
- Thor 2 - The Dark World
- Captain America 2 - The Winter Soldier
- Avengers 2 - Age of Ultron (edit in iron man arc reactor)
- Iron Man 3 (edited, no Jarvis, ptsd of New York and Sakovia)
- Ant-Man
- Captain America 3 - Civil War
Notes:
Moved iron man 3 after Avengers 2 to fix the issue of iron man giving up his suits and his arc reactor only to then be iron man again for avengers. This way he is forced to pick it back up once civil war happens.
Phase 3 - Aliens and Insects
- Black Panther
- Spider-Man Homecoming
- Black Widow
- Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1
Notes:
Moved guardians later in the watching order to have a team up movie in this new phase of solo movies. Moved Thanos after credit scene from avengers 2 to guardians after credits replacing Howard cameo scene.
Phase 4 - Infinity War
- Doctor Strange
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
- Thor 3 - Ragnarok
- Avengers 3: Infinity War
- Avengers 4: Endgame
Notes:
Moved doctor strange later in the viewing order closer to where he becomes relevant
Phase 5 - Taking up the Mantle
- Thor 4 - Love and Thunder (edited)
- Captain America 4: Brave New World (falcon and winter soldier movie edit) I’m using the title of the new captain America for this edit since I think I fits better for a story dealing with the state of the world post snap.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
- Team Hawkeye (movie edit)
- Wakanda Forever
- Thunderbolts*
Notes:
Re-edited falcon and winter soldier into a captain America movie. Makes flag smashers less like terrorists and tones down a lot of the over the top themes. US Agent does not get a redemption.
Re-edited Hawkeye show into a movie focuses more on the plot.
Re-edited Thor love and thunder to reduce over the top silliness and focus on the story.
Thunderbolts is moved to the team up slot for this phase because we have finished setting up all the anti avengers in subsequent movies.
Phase 6 - Multiverse of Madness
- Wanda Vision
- Ms Marvel (movie edit)
- Doctor Strange 2
- Spider-Man No Way Home
- Loki: Sacred Timeline (movie edit)
Notes: Re-edited ms marvel to focus on the plot. Re-edited Loki into a movie to focus on the plot and remove some of the romance between Loki and his variant. It also removes mentions of evil kang set up. Moved Loki to the team up slot since it has him teaming up with his variants and plunges the multiverse into chaos.
Alternatively you could move no way home to its own phase.
Phase 6b - Spiderverse (Mostly Optional)
- Spider-Man 1
- Spider-Man 2
- Spider-Man 3
- Amazing Spider-Man 1
- Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Spider-Man: No Way Home Required
Notes:
With the multiverse introduced we jump right into the spiderverse. Hot-take I love these films but your average marvel movie audience probably won’t feel the need to go through all these just to get the references for one movie.
Phase 7 - Universe of Mutants
- X-Men First Class
- X-Men 1
- X-Men 2
- X-Men 3
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
Notes:
With the multiverse introduced we jump into the mutant phase which was set up with ms. marvel. Important to view since they will be appearing in doomsday. Most of these stay the same but we just avoid some of the other fox installments
Phase 8 - Breaking the Fourth Wall
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Deadpool 1
- Logan
- Deadpool 2
- Loki 2: Glorious Purpose (movie edit)
- Deadpool 3
Notes:
Re-edited Loki season 2 into a movie to focus on the plot and remove kang villan mentions. Most of these fox movies remain untouched. Moved Deadpool 3 to the team up slot as it is a team up movie and it features fantastic four cameo and the main timeline so we can transition back to the MCU movies.
Phase 9 - A Colossal Threat
- Fantastic Four
- Shang Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings
- Avengers 5: Doomsday
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day
- Avengers 6: Secret Wars
Notes:
I moved Shang chi later on in the order as it has very little to do with the other arcs and phases. However, there is a scene at the end of the film hinting at galactus which would be a great bridge between fantastic four movie and the main timeline before the avengers doomsday film.