@MasterMix - To be fair, phase one was kind of like that too. Cause really the infinity stones wern't really playing into it until thanos showed up, even then only thor and cap were connected by the end of it when avengers came out since they both had the tesseract.

@MasterMix - They've sort of fulfilled the big dream they had all those years ago. The movies built to this amazing, almost ridiculous climactic event. ITS ALL CONNECTED paid off in the most profound way. We get it now. Its a living breathing universe, that's bigger and more compelling than we could have ever imagined, even back during Avengers 2012.

They had 3 phases that really crafted and shaped this world. We understand what it is, we know its all connected. The threat that was Thanos and the macguffins that were the stones brought everyone together at some point, but characters like Black Panther, Ant Man, and even Cap and Tony starting out, weren't necessarily connected until the stones came into play.

Now that the universe has really been molded and allowed to be fleshed out for years, you can do whatever without there having to be some grand macguffin to tie it all together (not that it desperately needed that in the first place). It can just be like the comics, a lot of runs (solos) for different characters, some crossovers and team ups with mild threats.

I think the MCU needs to be a little low-key now; get a little small and not preoccupied with some big event for a little bit. Its earned the right to take take a breather from all of the big event stuff.

@BlackBeltJones - Great run!