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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9689924" data-attributes="member: 7035894">Yeah, I thought about that, but as you say, there isn't even one line in the film to explain why the USA is so worried about Japan's navy. If we are just to assume that in this alternate earth Japan is a much stronger power than in ours, then that runs counter to most of the MCU, which typically represents Earth 616 as being basically like ours but with superheroes on top. Given the location of the Celestial, I was confused as to why they didn't just use Mandripoor as the geo-political complication, since they introduced it in the Falcon+Winter Soldier mini-series and, as an imaginary place, it would have been easy enough to mention that they have a small but incredibly advanced navy, in much closer proximity to the Celestial, or something.The other odd thing about this film is that they chose the plot "what if the president of the USA destabilized geo-political relations by being an erratic, id-fueled rage monster," and then pointedly fail to address any of the glaring real world inferences. I understand why Disney, wanting to be all things to all people, didn't want to focus on the obvious metaphor...but then why go there to begin with? It's kind of like the barely there discussion of representation in the closing moments of the film. If you're going to go there, then go there. If you're not, then don't even bother - there are plenty of other plots available.In general, the MCU fails miserably when trying to explore current politics and ideologies. It's much stronger when it focuses on character development.</blockquote>

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