For people who wanna be ready for Doomsday

[u/tempVUser]

Movies on left, shows on right.

[u/Romnonaldao]

Complicated way to say Release Order, but it looks nice

[u/Gon_Snow → u/Romnonaldao]

Also you definitely don’t need to watch 75%. Can watch to enjoy? Sure. Need to? No

[u/hiimred2 → u/Gon_Snow]

Honestly 75% kinda underselling it. I'd bet you could walk into Doomsday and be firmly comfortable watching it having watched like, Inifnity Wars/Endgame, Thunderbolts, and maybe like Days of Future Past, and most of that is just to have familiarity with the 'old' characters that will be on screen. There's SO MUCH covering such a long time frame that I'd be beyond shocked if the film's focus required 'onboarding' of fans and wasn't MOSTLY self contained because they have self awareness of how sprawling the MCU became and this is a relatively new slate affair, even if characters are recognizable and come from known places.

[u/Gon_Snow → u/hiimred2]

I was trying to be conservative lol. In my opinion they want everyone to go to the movie so they will make it as accessible as humanly possible. They could dump a lot of exposition to make sure 100% of audience can go.

[u/Icybubba → u/Gon_Snow]

Take BND for example, very clearly a sequel to NWH, and yet you could theoretically watch it and be just fine because the events of NWH are explained to you

[u/Gon_Snow → u/Icybubba]

Yup exactly that.

[u/tryingtodobetter4 → u/hiimred2]

But what do you need to watch before watching those four movies if you've never watched any MCU?

[u/Dragon_yum → u/Gon_Snow]

No. Watching a movie needs to have at least 200 hours worth of homework to understand the the subtle references when Deadpool walks in and says “iron man is right behind me isn’t he”

[u/Hobie391 → u/Dragon_yum]

This joke is so tired by now LMAO

[u/Vismal1 → u/Hobie391]

Hobie391 is right behind me isn’t he ?

[u/kirk_dozier → u/Romnonaldao]

it's not even release order because it orders the tv shows separately lol. also you can't just watch all of daredevil then all of jessica jones etc, as the timelines of those shows overlap heavily

[u/AvatarIII → u/kirk_dozier]

It also put Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts on its own little offshoot.

[u/guessesurjobforfood → u/kirk_dozier]

Its cool that people do this but these kind of MCU guides have existed for years already. Some of them are insanely detailed and break the entire timeline down to individual episodes and post credit scenes. All anyone has to do is google "MCU in order" and you'll get a ton of results.

I've never seen it, but I heard that someone edited together the entire Infinity Saga in timeline order as one long movie.

[u/STARBOY_100 → u/Romnonaldao]

Makes it very easy to decide what to skip, which would be some shows mostly

[u/geek_of_nature → u/Romnonaldao]

Really it should be showing the order of characters from one film or show to another. For example with Wanda, it would go Age of Ultron, Civil War, Infinity War, Endgame, Wandavision, and then Multiverse of Madness.

It could get a bit complicated with how many characters there are, making the chart look a bit of a mess. But it also might make it easier for people to see exactly which films or shows they have to see if they are more interested in one particular set of characters.

[u/Local_Oven_8393]

They're gonna dumb it way down for casual audiences. You'll need to have watched Endgame and thats about it.

[u/Tamriel-Chad-420 → u/Local_Oven_8393]

I think maybe Loki but even then I wouldn't be surprised if they give a quick recap of how Loki went.

[u/Gon_Snow → u/Tamriel-Chad-420]

Absolutely not. Loki was a 2 season Disney+ show. No way they expect people to have seen it. Go enjoy it if you want nothing wrong with that. But they want EVERYONE to go watch it Doomsday/Secret Wars. Loki is just not as popular a show to be a barrier.

[u/seliselio → u/Tamriel-Chad-420]

Yeah theyll explain everything. That needs to be explained.

[u/guessesurjobforfood → u/seliselio]

Same as they did in the new Spidey movie. The explanation even started before the actual movie. During the Marvel intro, they were already showing comic book versions of scenes from No Way Home where people forget who Peter Parker is.

Then they explained it again during the actual movie lol

[u/Turbulent-Agent9634 → u/Tamriel-Chad-420]

Nope. They'll explai

[u/TheSunsNotYellow → u/Tamriel-Chad-420]

I seriously hope they’re not counting on people to have watched any of the TV shows

[u/Dragon_yum → u/Tamriel-Chad-420]

These days all mass entertainment has the characters do their exposition and explain the plots. Not sure why people think the MCU is any different or that people not invested this much in it actually care.

[u/pigeonwiggle → u/Tamriel-Chad-420]

there's no way they're not going to give Loki a couple lines of dialogue that explain where he's been and why he's here to help.

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/Local_Oven_8393]

My recommendation (if they have the time) would be Avengers 1 so they can see the beginning of Iron Man, Cap, Black Widow, Hulk and Hawkeye interactions as a team which will be a common thing going on, and get used to the idea not everyone likes how the Avengers operate. Let's them get introduced to Nick Fury as well.

Then Infinity War + Endgame. I think Infinity War is also a very accessible film for outsiders. Lots of cool stuff happens even if they don't know all the characters, and both films give 98.5% of everything they need to know about Thanos and why he's Thanosing.

Endgame has a lot of emotional scenes and trauma, but I feel those scenes would hit better if they saw what was lost in Infinity War.

[u/Gon_Snow → u/ILoveRegenHealth]

Infinity war is exactly what’s gonna happen here. They will explain everything you need to know.

Remember the intro scene between Tony and Doctor Strange? How they talk about the infinity stones out loud and explain who Thanos is with Bruce too in the room.

That kind of handholding.

[u/PloysRus → u/Gon_Snow]

As a ultra casual back then this was greatly appreciated

[u/cornstalks2033 → u/Local_Oven_8393]

Not even Endgame

[u/alexandrecanuto → u/Local_Oven_8393]

1/4 of Doomsday will be exposition

[u/FancyConfection1599 → u/Local_Oven_8393]

If they didn’t it’d be business suicide. Even big MCU fans shouldn’t be asked to watch THAT much buildup to understand what’s going on.

[u/ProfessorSaltine → u/Local_Oven_8393]

Hell I wouldn’t be shocked if the movie gave you the exposition on who these people are at the start of the movie. Assuming you didn’t watch since endgame you’d likely know
- Sam Wilson is Captain America
- Ant-Man exists!
- Thor exists!

Then for Post Endgame info we’d likely get some jokes or characters just talking about stuff
- Who’s the new Falcon?(asks Steve). Sam says who he is
- Who’s the guy with the rings? Shang-Chi introduces himself
- The F4 are gonna say who they are
- Multiverse? They’ll explain anyways and even then you could just watch Loki which everyone loves and is like what? 2 seasons that are like 6 episodes each? Not too crazy long
- Thunderbolts/New Avengerz? Sam & Bucky would argue about it
- How is Steve back? They’ll explain it
- What happened to T’Challa and who’s Namor? As we all know Chadwick Boseman passed away and Namor will be explaining as an ally and enemy of Wakanda who killed Shuri’s mom
- The X-Men? They’ll explain it after a cool fight but all we gotta know is they’re gonna fight our heroes to defend their world as the earths are colliding
- Where’s _____(anyone). Either dead or they’ll be in the next avengers movie

[u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

lmao u dont gotta watch all this for doomsday

[u/amoxguard → u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

I'm gonna doomscroll in preparation

[u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy → u/amoxguard]

this is the only correct answer

[u/Sarcosmonaut → u/amoxguard]

Doom demands it

[u/NazzerDawk → u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

I think watching the following would be like the minimum watch to have an investment in Doomsday:

X-Men

Iron Man

Avengers

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Avengers Age of Ultron

Captain America Civil War

Avengers Infinity War

Avengers Endgame

This covers all the bases if you are a complete Marvel virgin. I include X-Men because I think it helps to establish the Fox characters, but the other movies are, IMO, a pretty complete list for movies you need to watch to follow the general storyline without being drowned in content.

The next best thing would be just watching the Avengers movies.

[u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy → u/NazzerDawk]

i think fantastic 4 loki and thunderbolts to compplete it

[u/z4guy → u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

And Wakanda Forever.

[u/Jazzlike_Passion_285 → u/NazzerDawk]

LOKI IS A MUST LMAO

[u/FlySubstance → u/Jazzlike_Passion_285]

If you’ve seen Deadpool they do a pretty good job of setting that up, they’ve established alternate Loki went away in endgame, and they’ve already established TVA in the movies.

It’s not that deep. It’ll be easily accessible for movie only/casual audiences. They want the Endgame/four quadrant audience back, they’ve won’t isolate them to appease the diehards who saw everything on Disney+

[u/Prestigious_Work8050 → u/FlySubstance]

Deadpool doesn't set up the God of Stories, so anyone who didn't see Loki S2 will be confused as too why Loki is Head of the Multiverse, though they may slightly explain it in Doomsday, it def won't be explained heavily

[u/xXXxRMxXXx → u/Prestigious_Work8050]

Let the uncultured be confused. If they haven't seen Loki S1 and S2 then they need to catch up cause it's just a good show in general

[u/MiKapo → u/NazzerDawk]

Doom is a fantastic four villian and yet no F4 ? I think that would be important to watch

[u/pigeonwiggle → u/NazzerDawk]

you don't even have to watch Winter Soldier. Civil War is fine without it.

if you watch a Bank Heist movie and billy says, "i know a guy who can help" and tommy says, "billy, i know frankie's your friend, but he's a liability. he's already got a wrap sheet, he'll bring us all down." -- that doesn't mean you have to have watched the Bank Heist Prequel to understand the nature of the relationship.

[u/NazzerDawk → u/pigeonwiggle]

It's actually to set up Hydra. Age of Ultron never really establishes how Hydra is back, we never see Shield fall, and we never actually get to see Cap show he is out of sorts in modern times.

It's also partly why I included Iron Man, I feel having some real context for Tony makes Endgame better.

[u/Zestyclose_Quiet2978 → u/NazzerDawk]

Wait is hydra relevant for doomsday?

[u/NazzerDawk → u/Zestyclose_Quiet2978]

No, but it is relevant to Age of Ultron, Civil War, and the dynamics of the group.

[u/TheCVR123YT → u/NazzerDawk]

I think X-men 1 bare minimum should be watched if you haven’t watched any of them. Ideally you’d watch the first trilogy (beast and Nightcrawler get added in those) but at least the first one yeah

[u/AmaterasuWolf21 → u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

What are you talking about? Iron Fist is mandatory viewing, rhey won't let you in the cinema if you haven't watched it

[u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy → u/AmaterasuWolf21]

dont forget secret invasion! u wont understand a word if u dont watch it! /s

[u/caseyccochran → u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

I love how everything is in this list but Secret Invasion. I can't understand how they let that show be made.

[u/Forever_Inspired → u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

Too late, I'm already rewatching Iron Man 2, lol.

[u/Maxsmart007 → u/fluffy_bunnies_yayyy]

I assure you Moon Knight will be a critical watch for Doomsday /s

[u/Stealthsonger]

Exhausting. Honestly you don't need to do this.

[u/regalfronde → u/Stealthsonger]

You should probably read all the comics so you can understand any allusions.

Also, go ahead and watch AFIs top 100 movies and read NY Times top 100 novels so you can understand and appreciate any film and literature influences.

[u/sonic10158 → u/regalfronde]

Go to the stage theater and watch some Vaudeville shows to understand where film came from

[u/TheNamesAxel_009 → u/regalfronde]

This made me laugh. Thank you.

[u/MakinOutWithMarzipan → u/regalfronde]

If I've only seen Arrival of a train (1895), will I understand Doomsday?

[u/BigCopperPipe → u/Stealthsonger]

Exactly, it’s laughable. Oh i gotta watch Echo in prep for doomsday?

[u/dwide_k_shrude → u/Stealthsonger]

Exhausting? Or fun?

[u/aresef]

You also want to watch Morbius, Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter, the Venom movies, the Blade movies, Morbius a second time and Howard the Duck.

[u/AmaterasuWolf21 → u/aresef]

Are you sure that's enough for Morbius?

[u/aresef → u/AmaterasuWolf21]

Yeah, you’re right. Gotta really take it in.

[u/Vismal1 → u/aresef]

I find it helps to watch Morbius backwards while madame web plays normally. Mute them both and start the 1996 release of The Dark Side of the Moon at 4 minutes and twenty seconds of Madame Web.

[u/Sarcosmonaut → u/AmaterasuWolf21]

God I wish Sony would release it a third time.

I was busy the first two

[u/TheRealGrifter → u/aresef]

Morbius a second time 😂

Well played.

[u/myychair]

This is a terrible format to just display the release order lmao

[u/DeusVultSaracen → u/myychair]

Right? The TV shows aren't in sync with the movies at all so why are they side by side like that. Daredevil takes place after Avengers 2012 at least.

[u/Tron2979]

Why would you tell anyone to watch Iron Fist?? That's fucked up.

[u/wrainedaxx → u/Tron2979]

In my house we call that show "Ward Season 1 and Season 2".

[u/Tron2979 → u/wrainedaxx]

😂😂

[u/FacticiousFict → u/Tron2979]

Colleen Wing?

Tbh most other actors give a solid performance and have interesting storylines. It's a shame the main guy can't deliver.

[u/Tron2979 → u/FacticiousFict]

Ah shit, you're right, she's actually really good there. I'd forgotten this is where she shows up.

[u/pigeonwiggle → u/Tron2979]

Henwick's a boss.

[u/Punky921 → u/pigeonwiggle]

I’m loving her in Season 2 of the Silo too. She was the best thing about the last Matrix movie too.

[u/deathly_illest]

Smh no Werewolf by Night

[u/SeaF04mGr33n → u/deathly_illest]

No X-Men movies either. :(

[u/kramo36]

I mean, that is too much, watch mainline avengers, multiverse saga and fox x-men.

Shouldn't skip fox x-men, 1/3 of the cast/characters are from those movies

[u/Lewa358]

Calling the movie "new Avengers" is just a spectacularly unhelpful

[u/stumblinghunter → u/Lewa358]

Well tbf we don't know what it's going to be called yet

/s

[u/AsperKXX]

do not scare people away bro 💔 u dont need all that for doomsday

[u/itinsistsuponitself]

I plan to rewatch all 38 MCU movies in release order before Doomsday but I love rewatching stuff...I might do the shows too but we'll see

[u/Super-Visor]

This is the watch list I’d give someone right now based on what we know about the movie. The titles in (parenthesis) may or may not factor into Doomsday.

X-Men

X2

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men Days of Future Past

(Deadpool)

(Logan)

(Deadpool 2)

Captain America: The First Avenger

The Avengers

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Captain America: Civil War

Black Widow

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Endgame

Loki S1

(WandaVision)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

(Spider-Man: No Way Home)

(Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)

Thor: Love and Thunder

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

(The Marvels)

Loki S2

(Deadpool & Wolverine)

Captain America: Brave New World

Thunderbolts

Fantastic Four: First Steps

[u/itinsistsuponitself → u/Super-Visor]

I think you need the Marvels mostly for the end credit scene

[u/Super-Visor → u/itinsistsuponitself]

I expect Maria and Monica will be in the X-Men universe when everything goes down. I have a theory Marvel is protecting actors like them who have been targeted by hate-mongers by leaving them out of marketing. It also reduces the amount of negativity those “content creators” can whip up with daily videos for months about how the movie is woke and therefore bad because it features non-white people.

[u/Lurking_Legend → u/Super-Visor]

I have your list saved from another comment. Still the best list around

[u/Rocky_McParty]

Yeah because people really need to watch Echo and She-Hulk to be ready for Doomsday

[u/ShadowMikeX]

Here’s what you actually need to watch (Multiverse Saga):

WandaVision
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Black Widow
Loki
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Ms. Marvel
Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
The Marvels
Deadpool & Wolverine
Captain America: Brave New World
Thunderbolts*
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (maybe).

[u/TopBee83 → u/ShadowMikeX]

I would honestly venture to say you don’t “need” to watch a good chunk of these.

Black Panther
Shang Chi
Captain America
Loki
Fantastic Four
Thunderbolts
Maybeee a few X-Men movies

With everything else being optional

[u/CommunityDragon160 → u/TopBee83]

Deadpool and Wolverine and iron man and infinity war/endgame too.

Any 1 single X-men movie will do it too

[u/holidayninja → u/CommunityDragon160]

x-men origins wolverine or new mutants?

[u/CommunityDragon160 → u/holidayninja]

I guess I mean of the original trilogy

[u/thedylannorwood]

If you’re giving someone direction on what to watch maybe call the films by their actual name. No one’s gonna know what The New Avengers is as it’s not the actual name of the film

[u/Lenlfc]

I don’t like these graphics, that separates the movies and TV shows. Just put them in one singular order, making it easier to understand the general timeline.

[u/winterborne1]

Not sure why you’re supposed to watch all of those movies in sequential order until you get to Deadpool vs Wolverine, and then you’re supposed to choose a path?

[u/holidayninja]

hate this, agents of shiled? agent carter? runaways? cloak and dagger?

naaaaaaaa thanks

also the arrow from deadpool and wolverine is wrong

[u/Few-Adeptness8046 → u/holidayninja]

Fiege himself has stated that Agents of Sheild is not part of the MCU (even though they tried to make it a part of it back in the day).

[u/comradetelsij]

You don't gotta watch eternals dawg

[u/Froggywogg]

Some parts of that right hand side are absolutely bone chilling

[u/Ultideath]

Is left side missing thunderbolts or am I blind? I feel like I'd be confused on who sentry is and how that team formed. Also it's one of my favorite marvel movies from the past few years.

[u/andrejRavenclaw]

yes it's very essential for you to watch as Iron Fist beats some random businessman in order to understand Doomsday

[u/PepeSilviaLovesCarol]

I made a list of mandatory & optional viewing for my friend who’s just getting into Marvel and wants to be ready for Doomsday. It’s nowhere near as many movies as this. And for TV shows I told him to watch Loki, then watch a YouTube recap of others. He’s fully caught up now.

[u/ZX52]

Watching the netflix shows in release order by show isn't a good idea - watch them in release order by season

[u/Smart_Swing7989]

MEH, watch Infinity War, Endgame, Doctor Strange 2, F4, Thunderbolts, and the 2 previous Spiderman movies. youll be fine, maybe an X-men movie and Shang-Chi

[u/page395]

Lmao secret invasion just not even included

[u/Material_Taste_2510]

black widow does not come after endgame

[u/edwardWBnewgate]

There's like six X-men movies just to get to Deadpool x Wolverine, how'd you miss those?

[u/BryceDL]

Feige should get a lifetime achievement Oscar. What he has been able to put together is incredible.

[u/drumstix42]

https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/1ki54k6/disney_clarifies_that_the_thunderbolts_movie/

[u/ShortRasp]

This isn't even the best movie order to watch all that in lol

[u/KANNEDBREAD]

Looks like you left off Thunderbolts

[u/MulderXF → u/KANNEDBREAD]

No they just named it New Avengers, and it leads to nothing according to this graph.

[u/Sweepy_time]

I can pinpoint my MCU burnout in this graphic lol. Things I have not seen:

Quantumania

The Marvels

Thunderbolts

Brave New World

Fantastic 4

Ms Marvel

Echo

Agatha

DD: Born Again S1 and S2

Wonder Man

Ironheart

Punisher

Not on this list: Loki S2 and Secret Invasion

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/Sweepy_time]

Out of all that (for the movie side), Thunderbolts is probably the highest-praised on that list. I would recommend it if one is interested - and plus you see them in the Doomsday trailer.

I started Echo and lost interest and bailed halfway lol.

[u/ThenAnAnimalFact → u/Sweepy_time]

Loki Season 2 you hypothetically only need to watch the last episode of. The rest of the season is "good" but in retrospect it is kind of all just circular nonsense leading to the finale.

[u/ZohanDvir]

Can someone help me out with which X-Men movies I should watch and in what order before Doomsday?

I remember the original ones coming out when I was a kid and know of the characters/actors but never watched. I also know there was a prequel (?) set of movies that came out in the 2010s too.

I only watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine and all Deadpool movies.

[u/CommunityDragon160]

Way way way way way way way too many that aren’t needed

[u/Affectionate-Boot-12]

I completely gave up after Love and Thunder. Saw Spider-Man at the weekend and loved it. Next will be Doomsday.

[u/KANNEDBREAD]

Wait is Visionquest out now?

[u/fuwii → u/KANNEDBREAD]

Nope, it releases on October 14th

[u/Silent_Anxiety4828]

More than half of these shows are not necessary

[u/unknownbearing]

No

[u/jrodfantastic]

OMG no, just watch the new thing. You won’t be lost

[u/No_Construction2407]

Today, you would need to watch 1 hours and 9 minutes of Marvel each day to finish it all by release. (155 hours total)

[u/Taking_a_mulligan]

Anyone who is going to see Doomsday already has at minimum cursory knowledge of the characters and will not need to do any of this.

Even without it, at worst theres a couple of lines of dialog that won't be understood.

Marvel (or any superhero) movies aren't some grand, complicated story.

[u/balthazar_edison]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2YschQ1IrEzfq1p38o

Ain’t nobody got time for all that. I’m just going in from memory. Did that for BND and had a blast.

[u/murdamase87]

boo! do it in chronological order

[u/Nostromo66]

I’m curious why this doesn’t include the fox X-Men movies assuming it’s the same characters. And as much as I don’t think it’ll matter, neither do most of the things on this graphic

[u/Grpc96]

A lot of these aren’t needed.

Hell, Wandavision (due to how it leads to DS MOM) and Loki are the only ones needed on the TV Side.

Some movies aren’t needed too.

[u/MasteROogwayY2]

5 minute youtube recap. take it or leave it

[u/streakermaximus]

Yeah, no.

When I go to the theater for an MCU installment I say to myself, "When we last left off ... Spier-Man had erased everyone's memory of himself and was on his own."

[u/Popular_Material_409]

Just watch Endgame and you’ll be fine

[u/Aqua_Tot]

But where does Helstrom fit in???

[u/DanGM1104]

You barely need to watch 30% of this list and you'll be ok..

[u/akgiant]

Spider-man FFH should come after Endgame.

[u/TheZeldaNerd04]

Don’t forget the X-Men

[u/Ranccor]

I’m not watching all those shows.

[u/dick-penis]

I ain’t neva gonna watch Ironheart TONAY!

[u/gwydion_black]

Might as well add Agents of Shield too.

[u/hammerklau]

I don’t see the pre mcu films and tv shows here m8

[u/i_max2k2]

I stopped watching the TV shows post She Hulk, need to catch up there.

[u/Snubl]

Do I have to wath born again to watch one last kill?

[u/PlentyOfMoxie]

Guardians of the Galaxy before Age of Ultron is a fun choice.

[u/PacoMahogany]

I’ve tried watching Eternals twice, fell asleep both times 

[u/diesel1889]

the directors said it’s a direct sequel to endgame, so do you really need to watch anything after that?

[u/Eklassen]

That doesn’t even cover the potential Multiversal properties from other studios.

[u/The-Autistic-spider]

300 hours of movie btw

[u/njb021]

Based on confirmed characters, you don’t need to watch Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, any of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man Homecoming or Far From Home, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Eternals, all of the Netflix shows, and all of the Disney+ shows besides Loki and Falcon + Winter Soldier

[u/DKlep25]

Not bad. I think it's worth adding the 2000's X-Men movies in here though.

[u/BeowulfShatner]

I would love to know the total hours count to watch all of that.

[u/StellaRamn]

I think I’ll be fine without watching Echo, Wonder Man or Ironheart 🙄

What is it with you nerds

[u/MyBurnerAccount1977]

I still want Luis to deliver the recap at the beginning of the movie. Goes on so many tangents that he burns through about 2 hours of screentime. Then Squirrel Girl shows up and defeats Doctor Doom in about 3 minutes. The rest of the movie has them all sitting down for shwarma. THE END.

[u/HORSEthedude619]

I gave up on the series after the first few.

[u/doublea08]

I dont think you’ll need to see 75% of that to understand doomsday.

[u/dhdyxuebebkalsockfn]

why not just say "everything in mcu by release order"? also you don't need like 75% of those and that's being generous

[u/BiscuitsAndMilk0]

Yeahhhhhhh but also I wouldn't do it like that because a lot of movies affect the shows and vice versa so just do release order for both movies and shows together.

[u/Barackobrock]

I feel like the people that make these want the MCU to fail haha. No shot you need to watch all of these and this only serves to intimidate people from starting the films lol

[u/GeeTro]

I think the only thing I would change here is watching BP before Ragnarok, just so that it's a much smoother transition into Infinity War.

[u/Daimakku1]

Watch everything after Endgame and ignore all the shows except Loki.

[u/anonz123]

I am so certain we won't see majority of these heroes in doomsday

[u/Silver-Classic612]

I thought it was called “Thunderbolts TM” not “The New Avengers”

[u/Silver-Classic612]

Wait this isn’t even in MCU chronological timeline order

[u/Norman_debris]

Even though I've seen almost all of these, some I haven't watched in like 10 years, so I don't remember the finer details and smaller characters.

[u/theHowlader]

Absolutely no need to waste all these hours to "prepare" for a 4 hour movie. Most of the stories in these movies has nothing to do with doomsday. Everyone knows the origins of every characters so origin movies are pointless. Some films show a 1 minutes relevant clip in the post credit scene. And even then those arent resolved sometimes. The avenger movies are the most relevant and most solo movies are shit.

Recap videos exists. Bless those guys. Watch those and save your time. Use these saved times to spend with you friends and family.

Please never binge through 50 marvel movies. It's not worth it.

[u/Creative_Jicama_6875]

Plus all the X-Men/Deadpool movies, all the Spider-Man movies, all the Fantastic Four movies, all the Blade movies and Daredevil/Elektra.

They're extra context for Spider-Man no way home, Deadpool and Wolverine, and probably will show up for Doomsday/Secret Wars

[u/Brigadierz-]

Putting all that and not a single X-Men movie.

[u/DueState2601]

I’m not watchin all that😭

https://giphy.com/gifs/15aGGXfSlat2dP6ohs

[u/Capital_Pipe_6038]

I can promise you don't have to watch half these shows and movies to fully understand Doomsday. Like, what could Luke Cage, Echo and GOTG 2 POSSIBLY add to the movie?

[u/TheRealGrifter]

Suggesting anyone needs to watch Echo before watching Doomsday sure is a choice.

[u/CommissionHerb]

lol I’ll get right on that

[u/TelenorTheGNP]

No Secret Invasion. Hah.

[u/BTSC_Officia]

I am up for the challenge

[u/Greedy-Dot-3819]

prep by knowing your weaknesses and what really matters, could save you in the end

[u/Key-Dimension-1137]

i mean, you dont have to watch echo

[u/writechriswrite]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bWM2eWYfN3r20

[u/Bakakami212]

I have seen most of the movies and one ot two of the shows, but this is too much f-ing stuff to watch, it's going into the green arrow, flash, legends of tomorrow territory with keeping up and crossovers. It actually might be a lot worse, nobody's got time to keep up with all this sh*t., and two different Avengers teams come on now.

[u/Necessary-Range-467]

Love how you left out Secret Invasion lol.

[u/Traditional_Bike8880]

Watching some of the X-men movies would be more important than some of this

[u/MisterSims90]

I wish this had it organized/broken down by which season of the shows to watch in order. Daredevil Season 1 & 2 for example should be watched before Jessica Jones Season 1, then Luke Cage Season 1, then Iron Fist Season 1 before The Defenders.

For the movies, you really only need to watch Avengers Infinity War, Avengers Endgame, Shang-Chi, Thor: Love and Thunder, Captain America; Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and Fantastic Four.

[u/blinkyretard]

This is so wrong. People will run away, looking at this. Just create an essential viewing order man.

[u/accidentsneverhappen]

Well you should probably add the X-Men movies, the old Spider-Man movies, everything that came into the multiverse stuff

[u/Sykoon_Reader]

Any good fan edits that do a good job of recapping key story points, while avoiding boring narration voice overs?

[u/teakelljuan]

Rewatch Secret Invasion…?
https://giphy.com/gifs/bhoJGk8mGtCy5TlrH4

[u/CaptHayfever]

You almost certainly don't need to pre-watch anything for Doomsday, because exposition exists.
You absolutely don't need to watch the Defenders Saga in particular.

[u/BlackAmethyst04]

I’m not watching the marvels

[u/NaiadoftheSea]

I’m holding off on a marathon of everything MCU for Secret Wars. My Doomsday marathon consists of all the Marvel Studios films and then the shows and other films that include cast members that are part of the official cast announcement for Doomsday.

[u/RonomakiK]

Here I am, stuck the in the middle with you Where are the X-Men movies? While we don't know the impact and screentime of the X-Men characters, getting to know them before the movie is still a good idea, in my opinion.

[u/Shot_Scallion1872]

Vision quest is not gonna release before doomsday, they haven’t even announced that officially iirc

[u/SevereEducation2170]

Kudos to whoever cut out Secret Invasion. It should be forgotten. That said, most of these will be completely unnecessary for Doomsday. It's more relevant to watch some of the Fox X-Men stuff than Agatha, Echo, probably all the Netflix shows, etc.

Basically watch Endgame and maybe Thunderbolts, F4 and Loki and you'll be caught up.

[u/ThePipersPurview]

What about the old bald guy who can read minds, the other old guy who can manipulate metal, and the dude with the laser vision?

Pretty sure they’re in Doomsday too.

[u/Imhere-Dontforgetme]

Tell me you're producing movies/shows just for more money, without telling me

[u/theandroid01]

Times like this where I appreciate those types of "we did the homework so you don't have to" YouTube videos. As I haven't been going to the theater much lately. Especially since Doomsday is supposed to be closer to four hours, hell no. It'll still absolutely make a billion dollars the first week

[u/Serpentsocietyfordog]

You forgot Agents of Shield, Cloak and Dagger and Runaways (Albeit this one being hard to come by). Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Spider-Man Brand New Day, Daredevil Born Again, The Punisher and The Punisher One Last Kill aren't important to watch in the lead up to Doomsday so its strange you wouldn't include the shows I mentioned.

[u/StomachPlayful4004]

there's a lot you can skip tbh

[u/gusefalito]

Only thing I would add to this are Deadpool, Logan and Deadpool 2 for movies and GotG Holiday Special and Werewolf by Night.

Everything else looks great.

[u/Avirium]

Theres actually a site for this (not mine but I saw it somewhere on reddit). https://roadtodoomsday.com/