With its release date approaching, the new movie is shaping up to be the biggest superhero film since Avengers: Endgame in 2019. The trailers have generated a lot of buzz, especially the first one which showed Chris Evans reprising his role as Captain America (Steve Rogers). While fans are thrilled about this, it’s sparked questions about how this fits with the established storyline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, considering Steve’s story seemed to end in Endgame.
When Steve Rogers returned the Infinity Stones, he didn’t come back to his own time right away. He chose to live out his life with Peggy Carter in the past and later rejoined the Avengers as an elderly man. While this scene was touching, it contradicts how time travel has worked in Marvel movies so far. What seemed like a small issue in Endgame is now causing significant problems for future storylines, including Doomsday.
Avengers: Endgame Contradicted Its Own Time Travel Lore
The time travel seen in Endgame wasn’t actually traveling through time – it was moving between different dimensions. The Avengers essentially created alternate realities when they went back in time. This meant that when they came back to their original timeline, everything remained unchanged because they hadn’t altered their own past. As Bruce Banner explained, changing the past in another reality doesn’t affect your future.
From a storytelling standpoint, this choice avoided plot holes and prevented a simple fix like eliminating Thanos before he could collect the Infinity Stones. However, Steve Rogers messed that up by failing to return to the time platform. There are only two possible explanations for this, and both contradict the established rules of the Endgame universe. Even the filmmakers haven’t settled on which explanation is the official one.
There’s been debate about how Steve Rogers’ time with Peggy Carter happened. Some suggest it took place in a different timeline and he returned to his own without using the Quantum Realm. However, the writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, have explained that Steve actually traveled back in time within the main Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline, which contradicts the rules of time travel established in Endgame.
Avengers: Endgame Laid a Shaky Foundation For the MCU’s Future
Okay, so when Endgame first came out, I didn’t really sweat the little time travel paradoxes – honestly, it felt like nitpicking when we were all reeling from such a huge movie! Steve Rogers got his happy ending, and that’s what mattered. But now that Marvel is revisiting his story, those loose ends are becoming a big deal. It’s hard to get excited about where they might take Captain America next if people are still scratching their heads trying to figure out how he even got to the past and back again in the first place. They really need to clear things up!
The upcoming Doomsday movie is already incredibly complex, with a huge cast of characters and many different storylines. It’s bringing back heroes from past Marvel films, combining universes, and introducing the iconic villain Doctor Doom—all while trying to tell a good story. Now, the writers also have to spend time fixing a plot error from the last Avengers movie, adding even more to their workload.
Steve Rogers is a fan favorite, but leaving him out of Doomsday might have been a good decision. His story had a perfect ending in Endgame, and recent Marvel projects have focused on Sam Wilson instead. Bringing Steve back now could create unnecessary complications. Hopefully, the next trailer will clear up this confusing point before the story of Doomsday becomes inconsistent.
2026-07-27 03:59