Themes in the Phases of the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE || Deep Dive

Where these Deep Dives usually try to get deep into a particular piece of media, this one is instead casting a wide net, in order to look for the patterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole.

This video is a remake of two posts:
Themes in the Phases of the MCU
MCU Speculation: The Theme of Phase 4

0:00 - Introduction:
2:46 - Phase One:

  • Iron Man (2008)

  • Iron Man 2 (2010)

  • The Incredible Hulk (2008)

  • Thor (2011)

  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

  • The Avengers (2012)


9:04 - Phase Two:

  • Iron Man 3 (2013)

  • Thor: The Dark World (2013)

  • Captain America: The Winter Solder (2014)

  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

  • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

  • Ant-Man (2015)


15: 32 - Phase Three:

  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)

  • Doctor Strange (2016)

  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 (2017)

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

  • Thor: Ragnorok (2017)

  • Black Panther (2018)

  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

  • Captain Marvel (2019)

  • Avengers: Endgame (2019)

  • Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)


26:11 - Phase Four (so far):

  • WandaVision (2021)

  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

  • Loki (2021)

  • Black Widow (2021)

  • What If...? (2021)

  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

  • Eternals (2021)

  • Hawkeye (2021)


33:33 - Conclusion