What does Ant-Man And The Wasp mean for the Marvel movie verse?

Ant-Man and Wasp debuted last weekend, shooting in strong numbers and favorable opinions as the first MCU film to follow Infinity War and its coup punch of a final (we do not cry, we have dust in the eyes!). Surprisingly enough, the movie had little to say about the cataclysmic event apart from a particularly devastating mid-credit scene. Instead, Ant-Man and Wasp was quite autonomous (with some references to Scott's frolics in Civil War and the impact of the Sokovia Accords) and a With the tremor of the DCU and even a few missteps of Star Wars many people wonder how these mbadive universes can exist long-term. Does the devastating importance of these huge event films eclipse and minimize the character work done in standalone movies? Or can both exist side by side? The Uproxx writers Jason Tabrys and Alyssa Fikse (again) have a lot of feelings about this issue, and choose to handle things in the most cheesy way: by taking sides, as shown below.

Ant-Man exactly once (at the theater, duh), and although it was perfectly fine, it did not leave much impression. Well, beyond "Why is Scott there even when Hope clearly has the skills they need to get by … whatever they do?" And that Michael Peña should be in every Marvel movie to add comments. But I feel like Ant-Man And The Wasp really corrected the problems with the first one in a subtle way: Keep the fun, add a little bit of character work. But yes, I welcome Paul Rudd singing karaoke and doing magic after the Snap.

I do not see why it has to be one or the other, because the standalones and the movies complement each other so well. Like, the trilogy of Captain America is easily my favorite in the MCU because Steve Rogers' character arc is so good, the relationships are well drawn, and the elevator scene in Winter Soldier is still the best fight scene Marvel has made. Does that mean I do not want to see him develop a depression beard and kick an extraterrestrial bad? I like the idea that separate trilogy events do not exist in the void. We come to see some of the effects of training in big events, and I really think Marvel has managed to do that.

Honestly, I do not know why people panic about the future of the MCU after

Avengers 4 . I mean, it will look different, but Spider-Man is good again. Black Panther is going to be great in the future because of course T & # 39; Challa does not stay dusted off. Captain Marvel arrives and holy god I am excited for Carol Danvers to be unleashed. These are all great stories, and I think the MCU will evolve well. Maybe I just buy in their machine! I'm mad!

I think [Jason] can create problems that are not necessarily there (for the moment). If Black Panther 2 and Spider-Man: Away From Home come out and do not act in the service of the characters they are focusing on, maybe then there would be place to worry about. But if someone looks at the latest standalones – Black Panther Ragnarok Ant-Man and Wasp – they did a pretty good job loosely connecting to the while also being their own thing.

I mean, yes, if people want to speak DC (mislead me three times, but I'm still optimistic about Wonder Woman 1984 and Aquaman !), They have a little more difficult to weave their pieces together, but if we speak strictly of Marvel from Infinity War, I see no reason to lose faith at this stage. Infinity War was a lot, both in the impact on the meaning of the universe and the impact on the box office, but I think Marvel still values ​​these small outlets like Ant-Man and The Wasp to keep the superhero's world a little more anchored. – Alyssa Fikse