Thread:Marvelus/@comment-26838855-20190116120806/@comment-26838855-20190420011425

But objectively speaking, not about what makes sense or whatever because this is the chronological order not the recommended first viewing order, pitting Captain America: The First Avenger first is exactly the same as saying AKA I Want Your Cray Cray is the first chronological episode of Jessica Jones, or Karen the first chronological episode of Daredevil. Captain America: The First Avenger is part of a wider narrative for which the baseline is at 2011 at that point. It's objectively set in 2011, not the 1940s.

But I get why people like to watch it first. I find the concept very uncomfortable because you're skipping into the future but I get it, that's why on my watch order whenever there's a film or episode with more than 50% flashbacks I place it twice on my order. If that were the only problem with the Russo order I would accept it though because it's just a certain choice and it wouldn't cause any accusation of incorrectness to someone putting The First Avenger correctly before The Avengers. But combined with The Incredible Hulk, definitely not calling the Russo order perfectly accurate. There's two mistakes, just one is enough for it to be not "perfect".

And again, it's not really about making sense. The Incredible Hulk, at least going by an objective measure (midpoint of the films, which definitely to me at least, even if I might be biased, seems to make the most sense), is after Thor. Also it does fit beautifully in that order anyway. Iron Man 2, A Funny Thing... bridging the gap of Iron Man 2 to Thor, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, The Consultant being after all three films and flowing nicely on from The Incredible Hulk.

The fact is that the main events of The Incredible Hulk are after the main events of Thor.

While I'm impressed by how not-disastrous this has been so far (I was expecting this sort of Homecoming mistake a lot) and pleased because it could have been much worse, it's definitely not perfect.