Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Avengers: Endgame and the Future of the MCU: What is Marvel Planning?


    Avengers: Endgame is only a couple of days away, this Friday, and if you haven't been paying attention Marvel has been making this the movie that all comic books fans have to see. If you haven't saw Infinity War, number one: SHAME! Number 2: Infinity War left us at a emotional cliffhanger of some sorts as we were introduced to the villain Thanos.
     Thanos was Marvel's biggest and most powerful threat yet as he not only was able to beat the Hulk and most of Marvel's most powerful heroes with no trouble, but was dead set on a mission to acquire the infinity stones six powerful gems which whoever posses them had to power of time, space, etc, but most importantly could undo half of the life in the universe in one snap. And Thanos did just that. The ending of Infinity War has put the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) in a loop as we lost important heroes and characters setting up the next installment of the Avengers films to be the end all to be all which the remaining Avengers treating this a make or break mission where some will have to risk their own lives in order to defeat Thanos and undo what he did in Infinity War.
     Endgame has not only been hyped up to be the biggest challenge the Avengers have faced, but it will mark the end of one era and the beginning of another. But what will happen next in the MCU? We don't know exactly. Marvel has been very tight lipped about what they plan for the next phase, and it isn't X-Men or Fantastic Four suddenly popping up out of nowhere in a post credit scene in Endgame. But what exactly will happen after Endgame?
     With how Marvel is gearing things up we know that some heroes are not coming back. There have been speculation that some heroes might die while fighting Thanos,but who? Thor and Black Widow have upcoming movies so it won't be them. The biggest guesses would be Captain America since actor Chris Evans has basically said that he is done with the role. My guess is that if Cap's gone than Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr., is gonna be killed off too. But things may not be as bad and this era may not end on a bittersweet note after all. We saw a scene in the recent trailer where Hawkeye was training his daughter, Kate Bishop. There is  possibility that we could see the next generation of new heroes taking up classic title in the MCU's future. We do know that there will be a new Hawkeye series on Disney+ where Kate will be trained to become the new Hawkeye. Iron Man may not even die and will retire from the role and become a mentor to Spider-Man or probably Riri Williams, who could come in and become the new Iron Man or Iron Heart. With Captain America Marvel could very well choose to continue the franchise with either Bucky or Falcon taking over the iconic role. Regardless of what happens we know that Endgame will mark the end of an era and will usher in a new one, and we're gonna be waiting awhile for mutants and the X-Men to come in. A LONG while. What do you think?

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