Falling under the weight of the Shared Universe

I guess I wasn’t the only one to hear that Captain America: The First Avenger was just a long commercial for The Avengers. I might even have said it at that time – but this is what a shared universe might be. Since then, my opinion has changed, and The First Avenger can be considered the movie that started the current MCU.

If it weren’t for this movie, we wouldn’t have had a first Infinity Stone, we wouldn’t have had a long history behind the current MCU, and we wouldn’t have had the many characters that have appeared on the TV shows.

Of course, it may be tiresome at times when a movie is simply put on pause in order to hint at future movies. Thor’s quest in Age of Ultron seems to be the biggest offender in this case. However, these scenes do have a point, one which will be revealed in the future.

So there is no fuss about it. And, thankfully, it really doesn’t feel like the movie is on pause. The scenes just seem unnecessary.