With a storied history with literally thousands of characters and hundreds of stories, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is bound to be wrong in some people’s eyes. While they’ve had plenty of adaptations over the past fourteen years, they got it wrong, and as Reddit discussed, here are the worst changes between the comics and the MCU.
A lack of returning villains
“They wasted a lot of big bad guys as one and done. The MCU is moving too fast for them all to be featured again, but still” – u/bigtableman
Whether it’s Andy Serkis’ Ulysses Klaue, Michael B. Jordan’s Killmonger, or even CGI James Spader as Ultron, it’s hard to argue against. Some of the best villains in the MCU are the ones that are built on multiple entries, showing their motivations and the lengths they’ll go to to get what they want. Take Thanos and Loki as fantastic examples of this.
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In the comics themselves, these same villains are a regular thorn in the side of their respective heroes and appear multiple times over the years. While it might be unfair to expect every villain to return for multiple altercations with the heroes and play devil’s advocate, arguably a disservice to the franchise as a whole, a few other recurring ones wouldn’t do. of badness.
A Waste of Taskmaster
“Taskmaster being an unrecognizable drone with no personality of the original character…” – u/mugenhunt
Still, on the subject of villains, it’s hard not to agree that Taskmaster’s portrayal in the recent Black Widow The film is one of the worst comic book adaptations in the MCU. In the comics and other media, Taskmaster is a clever, sly, cunning, and devious mercenary hired by the villains of the MCU, sometimes even leading them on their individual crusades. In the MCU, she’s a dumb, brainless lackey who can’t think for herself or do anything without permission. Not on the same level, but it just reminds me of the parody of Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
A butcher shop scene
“Gorr Slaughter of Gods Offscreen” – u/NearingShadow
The Jason Aaron series of Thor is considered one of the character’s best and also where Gorr makes his first appearance. Throughout the ensuing issues, we see many examples of Gorr slaying many different types of gods. In the last Thor movie, Thor: Love and Thunder, we see a few action scenes of Gorr fighting, but the only scene where he actually slaughters a God occurs in the first five minutes of the film. Other than that, he doesn’t kill any other gods on screen. Waste of potentially one of the most terrifying villains the MCU has had from its comics.
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It’s becoming clear that the way villains are handled and adapted from the comics to the MCU is drawing some kind of ire from fans.
Secret identity?
“Characters constantly take off their masks even in battle, Iron Man and Spider-Man are crazy about it.” – loganx0
More so, creating needs due to contracts and bankable faces, after all, having actors like Robert Downey Jr, Tom Holland and more hidden behind CGI masks wouldn’t be the best in the eyes of studio executives. That said, with a character like Spider-Man whose secret identity is integral to his character in the comics, it’s almost shocking to the average comic book fan to constantly see Peter take off his mask in front of anyone. which, especially when it’s in public. Hopefully with his recent erasure from the lives of the people he loves, in the future we will see less random unmasking and a little more protection of his secret identity. Here is the hope.
Not enough runtime
“Failing to reach a point in the Civil War where Peter sided with Steve.” – CaptainTurtle3218
The comics of the MCU adaptations and their successes and failures have all really come to the forefront of fan discussions with the release of Captain America: Civil War. Comic book fans will know this was one of the greatest stories to date when it was released in 2006, featuring a massive roster of nearly every Earth-based hero, taking one of two sides between Iron Man and Steve Rogers.
Spider-Man chooses to side with Iron Man, shockingly revealing his secret identity to the world. Such a show of faith was a huge deal for other superheroes, and many followed suit, joining Iron Man. However, after a shocking event results in the death of a superhero, Spider-Man realizes the error of his ways and switches sides, helping Steve Rogers.
There’s no denying how good Civil War is, but sadly, as an adaptation of the comics to the MCU, it’s pretty poor. So many key moments are missed that it would be interesting to see how they would have handled the film after reclaiming the rights from Fox.
And much more…
This was just a small comments section of the Reddit thread, there are hundreds more, from big mistakes to tiny nitpicks regarding the comics to MCU mistakes…
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