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Five Reasons Marvel Phase 4 Sucked

2022-12-08 Entertainment
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The recent leaks about Marvel being extremely unhappy with Phase 4's reception got me thinking about how and why this franchise went off the rails. So let's take a look, shall we? Want to help support this channel? Check out my books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Will-Jordan/e/B00BCO7SA8/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheCriticalDrinker Subscribe on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-critical-drinker

Top Comments (10)

@siufacat 2022-12-08

Can somebody please tell Marvel that having female characters tell their male counterparts that they have suffered more than them when the men have literally been physically abused or even tried to commit suicide is not cute or empowering? Thanks. Yours truly, a woman

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@LahLahMan 2022-12-08

Thanos was the good guy after all. He tried to prevent this from happening. He tried to save us from phase 4 and beyond.

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@clanc433 2022-12-08

I think we'll all recognize the real talent here was Critical Drinker limiting himself to just five reasons.

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@rexlumontad5644 2022-12-08

MCU Phase 4 is like taking some random side quests after completing the main campaign.

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@Laughy-Flaaffy 2022-12-13

I think what killed phase 4 for me was how they took powerful characters and turned them into jokes constantly

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@pcliftonjr 2022-12-10

"Soulless" is a great way to describe phase 4. This was an excellent breakdown.

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@7DREDD7 2022-12-08

I don't know how Disney managed to make the MCU's world building feel so small in the recent years

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@oniplus4545 2023-03-03

that one scene where Riri tried to recreate the same flight test as Tony's mark 2 so effortlessly, even magically made the icing problem disappear, my heart was crushed, that ironman scene was vandalized by some "genius teenager" who can do it effortlessly without any notable effort at all compared to Tony who literally had to test it with many, many trials and errors, literally undermining his legacy by making it something that can easily be replicated by a girl not even a third his age, even already advancing to energy repulsor tech in the first armor

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@craigfetchik7291 2023-01-19

Finally someone who tells it how it is… the heart in Marvel left when we lost Stan Lee

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@alexstrouse6333 2022-12-08

“Replacing your favorite superhero is simple and mundane as upgrading your phone to a newer model” that is very well said.

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