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Disney+ posts official watchlist ahead of Avengers: Doomsday

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Disney+ posted an official 15-title watchlist of Marvel movies and shows to view before Avengers: Doomsday opens on December 18. The list gathers projects tied to characters confirmed for Doomsday, including entries that connect to Loki, Shang-Chi, The Fantastic Four, and the X-Men films X-Men and X2. Polygon notes the watchlist undercuts the Russo Brothers' June claim that Doomsday would reset the MCU to a "phase zero" with no prior homework required. Notable absences include the Iron Man films and X-Men: Days of Future Past, the former likely omitted to avoid drawing attention to Robert Downey Jr.'s return as Doctor Doom. The watchlist signals Marvel expects viewers to have background from specific past entries while still leaving other time-travel and multiverse touchstones unlisted.

Ken Plume
@kenplume.bsky.social

Disney+ released a list of essential projects to watch before AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY: -CONDORMAN -THE BLACK HOLE -THAT DARN CAT -PETE’S DRAGON -SUPERDAD -THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE -HERBIE GOES BANANAS -ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN -DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE -SON OF FLUBBER -THE GNOME-MOBILE

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Nat Writes On Good Days🇵🇷🏳‍⚧
@doctorclocktapus.bsky.social

While people have been bitching at me for years about how there's "no setup" but simultaneously "too much homework" for Doomsday and hand wringing about superhero fatigue, the MCU post-Endgame, and a bunch of other shit. Mark my words: Doomsday will make over 2 billion dollars.

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IGN
@ign.com

Disney+ has released an official Avengers: Doomsday preparation watchlist, with 15 Marvel movies and TV shows you should catch up on before December 18, including a few deep cuts like Fox's X-Men and X2. https://bit.ly/4gibQ4L

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning19

no homework for movies, this is my belief

Your good friend, Chris Normal15

WHY THE FUCK DO MOVIES HAVE HOMEWORK NOW ILL FUCKIN GO YOU MATE

Cheryl Morgan12

I have, of course, seen all of them

Phoenix11

The thing is, like... it won't be worth it. They can't even be assed finishing scripts before they start filming, how much intricate storytelling could you expect

Christina Holland11

I think it would be more fun if they made a list for people who might be unfamiliar with the concept of movies to get them caught up on the language of cinema like starting with George Melies' A Trip to the Moon and The Jazz Singer and like Citizen Kane and Rashomon and all that

Lou Morgan10

This is what’s been putting me off Marvel for years now. I don’t want to have to do homework to go and see a film. Absolutely, put Easter eggs in there for people who are super-keen and watch everything: that’s lovely. But making the plot dependent on me having seen it all? Absolutely not.

The OcCULTure Critic6

IGN does not know what the word Deep Cuts means just like they don't know how to write a fucking review.

psykit4

Nobody should have to watch fourteen films and two seasons of a TV show to understand what is going on in a movie. Nobody should have to watch Brave New World or Multiverse of Madness. Watch Loki though, just because it's really good.

Zach Jones 🌈🏰4

Everybody else is like, "Why do movies have homework?" and I'm over here like, "Who forgot to put the shading just around the number for Loki's line?"

Anguirus4

The only thing I really *mind* about this (which is clearly just for fun and to make angry nerds click things and make buzz) is “Loki.” Two seasons of TV, wow.

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