When I saw Captain Marvel on opening night, I went with some friends who have seen most of the movies in the MCU, but not all, and haven't lived and breathed the details of canon the same way that I have. Although they enjoyed the film very well, they were confused by a lot of the deeper lore, particularly everything relating to the various alien races and the Infinity Stones. Then they started talking about rewatching the entire canon in order to better understand what might be going on. Given that Avengers: Endgame comes out in just about a month, that seems rather an ambitious project, so I offered to come up with a suggested watch list, based on what seemed most useful for understanding both Captain Marvel and Endgame.
First, here's a table that I created for all the movies and ABC shows, with notes on the Infinity Stones and alien-related content, as well as suggestions of other interesting connections. I skipped the Netflix shows entirely because none of them have content of relevance for this purpose, at least not to my knowledge. Of necessity, there are LOTS of spoilers within, although most of them are alluded to rather than outright stated. Bear in mind that I am just guessing about what might be connected to Endgame, since we don't entirely know what will happen. Also,
( Maybe a spoiler for Captain Marvel, connected to Carol's backstory ).
Second, based on their request, here's a proposed rewatch plan. Cut for length and MCU spoilers throughout.
( My suggestion for powering through 21 movies and seven seasons of TV in a month. )
So this is what I propose, but I'm open to suggestions! Anything really vital that I'm missing? Or can this list be pruned even further? Let me know what you think.
First, here's a table that I created for all the movies and ABC shows, with notes on the Infinity Stones and alien-related content, as well as suggestions of other interesting connections. I skipped the Netflix shows entirely because none of them have content of relevance for this purpose, at least not to my knowledge. Of necessity, there are LOTS of spoilers within, although most of them are alluded to rather than outright stated. Bear in mind that I am just guessing about what might be connected to Endgame, since we don't entirely know what will happen. Also,
Second, based on their request, here's a proposed rewatch plan. Cut for length and MCU spoilers throughout.
So this is what I propose, but I'm open to suggestions! Anything really vital that I'm missing? Or can this list be pruned even further? Let me know what you think.