Will MCU ever be able to get back to the level of EPICNESS they encountered with Endgame...

They're supposed to do an Eternals movie and with future movies involving Dr Strange, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor, and probably Nova, it seems like they're gonna go off-world for the next few phases. We'll probably start seeing some cosmic beings and stuff. Considering they now have Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer, I expect to see Galactus. When they reboot X-Men, we might start seeing the Shi'ar as well.

I think that's epic enough.

that truly is the only disappointing thing about Infinity War and Endgame...

I do not believe in my life time(I'm 32) I'll ever experience anything Like what I and the rest of the world experienced with IW and EG...

I have no doubt, Marvel Studios will produce absolutely Epic Event/Avengers films down the road, I could easily see Kevin Feige doing something similar with a long term play where they work on a 5 to 7 year plan of introducing The Fantastic Four and X-Men and The it ends With a Similar Avengers 2 or 3 film EPIC where The Avengers,X-Men and FF come together to fight some huge threat...

But I got to be honest, as Incredible as that will be, Its not The FIRST....we all already got that, and IMO it cant be done any better.

I just dont think anything can ever top the 11 Year Build Up, The Creation of The Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Debut films of These Characters, The Ride that went along to this Ultimate Pay off

I absolutely have no doubt, whatever Fiege comes up with will be CLOSE I just dont think It will ever be what we experienced With IW and EG and The 11 Year build up...

But a 5 to 7 year Play where X-Men/FF and The Avengers come together in a series of Avengers films to fight a huge threat would be about as close as you can get

I dont think it will ever get as big as this again.

Phase 4 still looks good with spidey, pnather and strange but it will take a while to get over the loss of the big three and Feige needs to do another great job in casting and picking the next lineup of heroes.

I say they go for a more intimate and scaled down epicness next. Why try to top when there is an opportunity to make the next phase different and unique?

The secret to the MCU was the same secret that Marvel exploited in print form way, way, way back then.

The strength of the MCU was the characters that Marvel created and the relatable humanness of those characters. The start of Marvel's popularity was through a group of characters that weren't even traditional Superheroes. The Fantastic Four were a family and their stories were about adventure and discovery. The X-Men were a family. The Avengers were a family. Sgt Fury and the Howling Commandos were a team but they were also a family.

The writers, editors, inkers, etc were all in this focused work to turn out stories to their "True Believers" as part of one big family who were invested in their "Characters".

My guess is that Marvel will slowly do what they have always done and that is introduce those that are receptive to new Characters, and build the stories around those characters. I garanutee you that Marvel will not rush and do exactly what did not work for Warner/DC and that is ignore the characters, subvert the character and rush towards an "Epic" that has no meaning to fans. Marvel knows that their characters have to earn their connection to the audience.

If Marvel would have had access to their entire catalog in 2008 Iron Man would not have been the character that they would have introduced to kick off their MCU. Marvel would have followed the the same gameplan of characters 1st, crossovers 2nd and big events 3rd. That plan or model was always in their print world.

The Marvel catalog is so large, diverse and rich that the real problem for fans and them is how to limit their scope to just a select few at a time. Netflix started pretty good but just as when Marvel gave licensing to characters to other Studios the results were uneven. Disney+ will change that. Some fans of the MCU may be spoiled with the Infinity Saga as a whole but it was the smaller stories that really brought fans to the table.

I am excited to see the smaller stories take root again and a return to that sense of Discovery and Adventure that was the real heart of Marvel.

Fantastic Four and X-Men when eventually introduced are going to be the big bucks franchises. Obviously it'll be a few years before they introduce those but with those back, Marvel does have a good financial future. And they'll still make money off their newer characters they have recently put in their movie Universe like Spider-Man, Black Panther, Dr. Strange, and Captain Marvel.