General Ross will appear in Captain America Civil War.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe: Watch order?
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General Ross will appear in Captain America Civil War.
MadLaughter
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Hulk is also mentioned in SHIELD and Daredevil.
Don't skip stuff, they're all entertaining movies.
Don't skip stuff, they're all entertaining movies.
The Incredible Hulk factors into Agents of SHIELD & Daredevil in some way and will factor into Captain America: Civil War.
George Oscar Bluth II
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How does TIH factor into Daredevil? I've forgotten.
MadLaughter
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Mostly an easter egg, with a newspaper about the end on the wall of Ben Urich.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Ah right. Thanks.
TheChewyWaffles
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What order should I watch the Rocky films?
F0rneus
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ratcliffja
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It's funny. I'm a huge MCU buff, but I haven't seen a single one of the one-shots. The only MCU movie I own is GotG. The rest I just watch on streaming services when I feel like it. Is there any way to watch the one-shots aside from buying the movies?
TheSecondSpitter
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In which order should I watch Back to the Future films?
Ghostbusters films?
Police Academy films?
Vacation films?
Terminator films?
Beverly Hills Cop films?
Bonds films?
Pee Wee Herman films?
Hitchcock films?
Films in general?
Continuity is a beautiful thing.
WrenchNinja
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Y'know how there's a lot of shitty tie-ins for event comic books
That's what Agents of Shield is
That's what Agents of Shield is
Let me guess, only watched half of season 1?
Clearly you two haven't seen Season 2.
Dirtyshubb
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Listen to this man, best way to watch everything since its in release order.
Don't listen to anyone who says to ignore something.
I doubt they made it past episode 11 of season 1.
Exactly. Don't skip Agents of SHIELD, guys. It gets much better after the first half of Season 1, & Season 2 is just plain awesome.
Correct.
But I am not going to watch 1 terrible season just because season 2 is better.
Banner learns to control his transformation into Hulk which ties into the Avengers ("I'm always angry")
Cosign. I thought they turned it around at episode 11, really stepped up their game with 17 and just went bonkers in season 2.
The first half of season 1 isn't great, but they turned the ship around halfway through and finished on a high enough note that the first season can be deemed "decent." Season 2 is another ball game altogether. It's never less than good and it's highs are really damn high.
Whatever your misgivings with the first season, you are missing out big time.
Also, Agent Carter is cool too.
bone_and_sinew
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Iron Man 3 is dog shit, you can skip it.
Watch them all in release order.
Just be careful with the TV series. Agents of SHIELD takes place after The Avengers and Iron Man 3. Watch Captain America: The Winter Soldier between episodes 16 and 17 of SHIELD season 1. It will be obvious when you need to watch Age of Ultron, because a SHIELD episode basically ends with a tease for it. Daredevil can be watched any time after Avengers. Agent Carter can actually be watched any time after Captain America 1.
Just be careful with the TV series. Agents of SHIELD takes place after The Avengers and Iron Man 3. Watch Captain America: The Winter Soldier between episodes 16 and 17 of SHIELD season 1. It will be obvious when you need to watch Age of Ultron, because a SHIELD episode basically ends with a tease for it. Daredevil can be watched any time after Avengers. Agent Carter can actually be watched any time after Captain America 1.
If you're only looking for the "highlights," you can easily go...
Iron Man > Avengers > Winter Soldier > Guardians of the Galaxy
But honestly, that's not much of a "Universe," that's just four loosely-related pretty-good movies. And where's the fun in that?
If you actually want to watch the whole series, just go through the whole thing in release order. Watch everything - it all fits into place somewhere, even Incredible Hulk which seems to be getting pulled more tightly into continuity
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The TV shows I would say you can skip, honestly, with a full watch-through. Agents of SHIELD, even when it gets good, isn't what I'd call "must-watch TV" and barely fits into the movie continuity. I'd really only recommend it for die-hard MCU fans. Moreover, Daredevil is so far removed from the "mainstream" storyline that you can slot it in at pretty much any point after the Avengers. It's amazing, obviously, but you don't gain or lose anything by watching it "in order."
Iron Man > Avengers > Winter Soldier > Guardians of the Galaxy
But honestly, that's not much of a "Universe," that's just four loosely-related pretty-good movies. And where's the fun in that?
If you actually want to watch the whole series, just go through the whole thing in release order. Watch everything - it all fits into place somewhere, even Incredible Hulk which seems to be getting pulled more tightly into continuity
and is way better than everyone says
The TV shows I would say you can skip, honestly, with a full watch-through. Agents of SHIELD, even when it gets good, isn't what I'd call "must-watch TV" and barely fits into the movie continuity. I'd really only recommend it for die-hard MCU fans. Moreover, Daredevil is so far removed from the "mainstream" storyline that you can slot it in at pretty much any point after the Avengers. It's amazing, obviously, but you don't gain or lose anything by watching it "in order."
I remember this argument coming up in the AoS OT. Lots of shows don't hit their stride until later. Prime example: Star Trek TNG. Breaking Bad took a while to really get rolling too.
OP, at the very least, check online to see which episodes of AoS are less important and skip those if you absolutely must if you're even remotely interested in the show.
As others have said, watch in release order, and don't skip any films - especially since you have access to all of them, presumably for free.
Just in case anyone here plans on watching/reading everything all the way through, i'll post my complete viewing order for the films, TV shows, one-shots, and comics:
Iron Man [MOVIE]
The Incredible Hulk [MOVIE]
Iron Man 2: Public Identity [COMIC]
Iron Man 2: Agents of SHIELD [COMIC]
Iron Man 2 [MOVIE]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer [ONE-SHOT]
Thor [MOVIE]
The Consultant [ONE-SHOT]
Captain America: First Vengeance [COMIC]
Captain America: The First Avenger [MOVIE]
Agent Carter Season 1 [TV]
Agent Carter [ONE-SHOT]
Fury's Big Week [COMIC]
Black Widow Strikes [COMIC]
The Avengers [MOVIE]
Item 47 [ONE-SHOT]
Iron Man 3 Prelude [COMIC]
Iron Man 3 [MOVIE]
All Hail the King [ONE-SHOT]
Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episodes 1-7 [TV]
Thor: The Dark World Prelude [COMIC]
Thor: The Dark World [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episodes 8-16 [TV]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic [COMIC]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episodes 17-22 [TV]
Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude [COMIC]
Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite [COMIC]
Guardians of the Galaxy [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 2 Episodes 1-19 [TV]
Avengers: Age of Ultron [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 2 Episodes 20-22 [TV]
Ant-Man Prelude [COMIC]
Ant-Man - Scott Lang: Small Time [COMIC]
Ant-Man [MOVIE]
...and Daredevil anytime between The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Just in case anyone here plans on watching/reading everything all the way through, i'll post my complete viewing order for the films, TV shows, one-shots, and comics:
Iron Man [MOVIE]
The Incredible Hulk [MOVIE]
Iron Man 2: Public Identity [COMIC]
Iron Man 2: Agents of SHIELD [COMIC]
Iron Man 2 [MOVIE]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer [ONE-SHOT]
Thor [MOVIE]
The Consultant [ONE-SHOT]
Captain America: First Vengeance [COMIC]
Captain America: The First Avenger [MOVIE]
Agent Carter Season 1 [TV]
Agent Carter [ONE-SHOT]
Fury's Big Week [COMIC]
Black Widow Strikes [COMIC]
The Avengers [MOVIE]
Item 47 [ONE-SHOT]
Iron Man 3 Prelude [COMIC]
Iron Man 3 [MOVIE]
All Hail the King [ONE-SHOT]
Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episodes 1-7 [TV]
Thor: The Dark World Prelude [COMIC]
Thor: The Dark World [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episodes 8-16 [TV]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic [COMIC]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episodes 17-22 [TV]
Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude [COMIC]
Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite [COMIC]
Guardians of the Galaxy [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 2 Episodes 1-19 [TV]
Avengers: Age of Ultron [MOVIE]
Agents of SHIELD Season 2 Episodes 20-22 [TV]
Ant-Man Prelude [COMIC]
Ant-Man - Scott Lang: Small Time [COMIC]
Ant-Man [MOVIE]
...and Daredevil anytime between The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Shit I didn't realize the movies were becoming as confusing as the comics to follow.
Also, 4 movies in 2018? Shit.
The movies are super easy to follow. It's the ongoing TV shows that are starting to make things complicated.
ScreenSplitter
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In a way, though the movies haven't paid much (if any) attention to the TV side as of yet. That may soon change with introduction of fairly big hitters like Daredevil being added. I hope.
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