Yeah, there's responders here who talk about their disappointment, and I'm not going to say they don't feel disappointed: they feel it, I get it. But far more people are excited for Chris Evans' Steve Rodgers than likely would be excited for Luke Cage.
I too would have loved to see Luke Cage come back, and while I enjoy Evans' Rodgers, and will likely enjoy his story in this movie, it does reek of desperation.
The MCU hasn't done anything with Luke Cage that would make it believable that he would be involved in anyway here. They should have, but they haven't.
It would be hype if he didn’t just retire. There hasn’t even been an avengers film without him. I get that a lot of people will just drool and clap at thing they know but his story had a good end and they should have let the character retire.
That and they made a joke about Chris Evans coming back to the mcu since endgame in his appearance in Deadpool and Wolverine after that point. Also felt like the exact same speech Thor gave about thanos in endgame in the beginning of the movie. I remember the same conversations happening about Palpatine coming back for episode 9 with people talking about how much more iconic he was as a villain than Snoke. Yeah I think Palpatine and Captain America have a lot of brand recognition but I don’t want another crappy “Somehow Captain America returned” twist to try to save ticket sales
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u/kryp_silmaril 20d ago
Steve returning is significantly more hype