The Emptiness of the MCU
20 films, over $6.5 billion at the box office, and a nigh-unintelligible storyline full of characters most people don't recognize or even care about. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become something of a mess — or at least that's what Vox's Overrated thinks. This dive into the history of crossovers looks at why, for such a huge franchise, the MCU comes off as feeling pretty empty, despite the storylines and characters.