LogFAQs > #976995267

The universe was a lot tighter (for the better). You get the original Avengers solo movies, and then get a quick pay off with Avengers, which was also an extremely accesible, pure fun film. You could walk into Avengers and as long as you have the general gist of the characters down you can have a ton of fun.

Nowadays C-listers (at best) get an entire show you don't care about, and it ties into another C-lister's sjow you don't care about which finally ties into a movie you might care about which only then ties into the big event movie you want to care about.