Every Time Disney+ Broke The MCU Timeline
Disney+ includes an option to view every MCU film in chronological order — but unfortunately its version of the MCU timeline doesn't quite work. Most viewers tend to watch the MCU in release order, so they can see how the narrative expands and the shared universe grows. But others have always been interested in watching the MCU in timeline order, eager to experience the story in a different way.
The problem, of course, is that the MCU jumps around the timeline with impunity — and Phases 3 and 4 have been particularly notable for doing so. A major continuity error in Spider-Man: Homecoming led Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to promise a timeline of some kind back in 2017. That promise was finally fulfilled after an update to the Disney+ streaming service, which unveiled an option for viewing the MCU in chronological order; this is generally viewed as the definitive MCU timeline. Unfortunately, this timeline is deeply flawed, with particular problems in Phase 4.
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Part of the problem, of course, is that the MCU timeline is — by necessity — dynamic and ever-changing. The Disney+ MCU timeline fixed some issues, notably with Thor: The Dark World and Black Panther, but whoever set those up had the benefit of years of fan discussions to draw upon when the placement was decided. New releases are much trickier to determine, especially given the sheer amount of content Marvel is releasing in Phase 4. The Disney+ timeline is something of a mess, resulting in major problems.
The first problem is that the MCU timeline breaks Agents of SHIELD, the legacy Marvel Television TV series that was designed to tie into the shared universe. The new timeline
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