[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

I have a feeling that one day the MCU might be nigh-unwatchable.

Don't get me wrong, it's definitely among the best of superhero culture recently, but Phase 1 took like 10 years. Unless they allow Phase 2 to be watchable without needing to watch Phase 1, which could happen but with all the references to previous films I'm just not so sure how newcomers in the future will be able to handle it.

They made a massively successful Spider-Man movie (Homecoming) that never bothered to tell you Spider-Man's defining origin moments because everyone in the world already knows them. These characters and franchises are so ingrained in the pop culture that making references to past movies is largely unnecessary. I don't think they'll be doing a ton of looking backwards for the next phase of films, especially with newer franchises like The Eternals and Shang-Chi.

Just, like, anecdotally, my mom saw Guardians 2 without seeing the first one and loved it. She had a great time on just a pure entertainment level, which is something that it's easy to forget about with all of the 101 Easter Eggs videos on YouTube. These movies work great on their own!