Control: Marvel Cinematic Universe

I, Dalton Lewis, think that the MCU — the Marvel Cinematic Universe — is a smart bit of story. I like it. I admire it. I don’t know where it is going in the future — how will it start up and build new momentum now that the first set of stories is over? Who will step up to be the new leads?

The characters are great in the stories. That’s what I think is central to the success of these serialized stories — the people. They are utterly fantastic, all across the board. I wonder, though, about the bad guys.

Did they eat something funny? Did someone make fun of them in middle school? I wonder. Yellowjacket wants to make tiny soldiers with laser beams and sell them to Hydra and the like to make billions of dollars and kill countless innocents. Kairesyus (sp.?) wants to bring forth the end of existence and gain immortality by uniting with the villainous Dormamu. Why? Why does he want that simple task?

Let’s talk about Thanos and his plans. He wants to kill half the people in the universe. He thinks that it will help the economy of the planets because there’s not enough stuff to go around. Has he thought about improving the food supply by farming more effectively? Can we suggest to him that he gives good chances for excellent education for the at-risk people in the lower classes? Why does this involve killing pretty much everyone? Why is he killing all these heroes? Killing an individual hero doesn’t help his math that much. Why?

That dark elf who wanted to destroy reality — why, man, why? I don’t understand the genesis of this. Were they drinking wine and singing and cavorting in the forest and then someone said, let’s destroy reality? I don’t get it. Destroying reality and combining it with eight others sounds like a terrible thing to do.

Do these villains have families? Thanos has daughters, and he abuses them, right? I mean, he is seen in a PG-13 movie abusing Nebula by causing her pain until Gamora gives him the intel he needs. He clearly adopts girls and tortures them to make them into better fighters. Is this the right thing to do in his mind? Does he believe in child abuse or just hate himself for doing it? I don’t understand, people.

Loki is great, though. He wants to take over. He thinks he would be a better ruler than everyone else. He’s adorable because he’s not all good or all bad, and he’s a delight to watch and easy to root for. Why? Why do we not mind all these horrible crimes that he does? He’s then with the good guys afterwards. It doesn’t make sense.

Let’s think about the next phase, whichever one they are on. Who are they going to introduce. They almost certainly will introduce Magneto, and the Avengers use a lot of metal, so that might be amusing. They will bring in Doctor Doom and Norman Osborn probably — those two are central in a lot of stories. What will they want? Will the MCU give Magneto, the best villain, the justice that he deserves? Will he be fighting for the mutant community, or will he be a softie who works with the Avengers? It’s hard to tell.

I just want these villains to be as well thought-out and developed as the heroes. I’d love to see a Dark Avengers with Norman Osborn and the villains as the heroes. That would be deep and ironic and great.

Thanks, and take care, friends.