just get the information out there that you want the audience to know in relation to whatever they are doing in the new phase of the mcu. these characters dont really need to be carried forward (especially not no damn harry styles lol).

a lot of this *could* be more thoroughly explained in long form...but theres no way to make this more *interesting* no matter how much time you spend on it.

marvel has been successful finding an audience for 3rd string characters. but a lot of that is based on the audience believing those characters (and their storylines) are completely integral to the current arc of the mcu (a big reason for the success/prevalence of easter eggs and post/after credit scenes).

this felt like new (and boring) characters building a new world that hasnt already been explicitly/blatantly established in the more mainstream mcu. like theres been little to no indication that *any* of this existed pre this movie.

and then it just looked low budget and had a bland villain.

its starting to look like diminishing returns territory for marvel when it comes to stuff not based on the old mcu characters. this is prolly the biggest example of what happens when they try to milk from a different cow.