Mitch Cairns

There's some decent action, some funny moments, but as a piece which is being thrown into an established cinematic world, it falls on its face. If this was written as a piece of television designed to stand on its own, I do not think any of the fourth-wall breaking would be an issue. As it stands, they are introducing pivotal plotlines that will inevitably trickle into the rest of the larger cinematic pieces of the MCU. To suddenly introduce the power of breaking out of the actual media itself without any explanation or forethought reflects poorly on the writers and, in my opinion, spits on the legacy that the MCU has built thus far. People were enthralled with the MCU for its careful approach in world-building. it's the reason DC/Warner-Brother's venture here has been a huge failure. The details matter, and lately it's been clear from the writing team that the details have taken the sideline to "the message" and jokes. The message and jokes will fall flat when you berate your own audience for caring about immersion and world-building. "It doesn't matter" is not an answer to fans who have been invested in this world for over a decade now. Maybe the Infinity Saga is best left on its own, it's hard to get on board with the new era of the MCU where the details simply don't matter to the writers.