Warning! SPOILERS for She-Hulk: Attorney at LawSeen most recently with Marvel's She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, significant portions of Phase 4 have been dedicated to improving past chapters in the MCU that weren't received as well as others. Many series and films in the current phase of Marvel projects have made references and brought back past characters to retroactively improve and reframe films such as Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and more. Case in point, She-Hulk has already begun to reframe large portions of 2008's The Incredible Hulk, a film that didn't fare well at a point when the MCU was still trying to find its footing.

Despite Phase 4 being the beginning of the new Multiverse Saga, it's very retrospective with a large focus on what's come before in the MCU. Going beyond the fallout of Thanos and the Blip seen in Avengers: Endgame, Phase 4 has been correcting things from even older films, many of which weren't received very well when they first released. Whether it was neglecting to explain certain events, a character's lack of dimension, or even a controversial twist, Phase 4 has spent a lot of time correcting mistakes such as these.

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While Phase 4 is about to end with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the new She-Hulk series continues the trend of fixing a past film with the return of Emil Blonsky's Abomination (a character who before his cameo in Shang-Chi hadn't been seen for 13 years in the MCU). Here's how Phase 4 has been fixing some of the worst MCU movies, as well as how She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is following suit.

Phase 4 Has Been Fixing Bad MCU Movies

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Beginning with WandaVision which kicked off Phase 4, Marvel's first Disney+ series did significant work as it strove to give Wanda Maximoff's abilities a magical source and explanation despite having been enhanced by the Mind Stone in Avengers: Age of Ultron along with her brother Pietro. Thanks to WandaVision, it was revealed that the Scarlet Witch's powers were simply unlocked by the Mind Stone and that she had always had them since birth, offering a much better origin for Wanda than Ultron offered (while also being more in line with the comics).

Likewise, Phase 4's third series Loki saw Owen Wilson's Agent Mobius giving the show's starring 2012 Loki variant a crash course in how his life was supposed to go. This offered a look back at Thor: The Dark World which dynamically explored how the loss of Frigga was Loki's fault, truly impacting the God of Mischief as a major character moment (to a much better degree than the actual film did). Likewise, the series better explained Loki's relationship with Thor in The Dark World (and his constant betrayals).

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was the second film in Phase 4, an adventure introducing Simu Liu's titular hero that also doubled down on the concept that there was indeed a real and more intimidating Mandarin in the MCU (Shang-Chi's father). This effectively corrected the controversial twist that Sir Ben Kingsley's character in Iron Man 3 (named Trevor Slattery) was just an actor pretending to be a terrorist leader of the same name. While this idea was teased in Marvel's one-shot All Hail the King, Shang-Chi confirmed that the real Mandarin was none too pleased with his name having been taken and had Trevor taken as his captive. As such, Marvel was able to correct the twist by having both a fake and real Mandarin simultaneously.

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She-Hulk Is Fixing The Incredible Hulk Problems

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is the most recent Phase 4 project looking to correct a past MCU movie. In this case, the new series is attempting to fix issues with 2008's The Incredible Hulk, one of Phase 1's movies that didn't receive the warmest reception in comparison. Many of its problems had to do with a lackluster plot and a direction for the Hulk that was ultimately abandoned as Marvel Studios was still attempting to chart its overall trajectory, not to mention a leading actor in Edward Norton who only played the Hulk once due to disputes with the director and executives - ultimately leading to a recast with actor Mark Ruffalo.

While She-Hulk has already referenced the Hulk recasting and has revealed some new details about Hulk's past, it looks as though the biggest thing the series is looking to do is give more depth and dimension to The Incredible Hulk's villain Emil Blonsky. Known as the Abomination, this rival gamma-monster was once a soldier for the US Government under the command of General "Thunderbolt" Ross (who had a major vendetta against Bruce Banner). However, Blonsky was ultimately defeated by the Hulk and imprisoned for over a decade. Now, he's asking for She-Hulk's help as he seeks parole, genuinely seeming remorseful for his actions that were done while following orders. As such, it's a surprisingly sympathetic light for the character which he didn't receive in The Incredible Hulk (and probably should have).

While it's certainly strange that Marvel's Phase 4 has spent so much time correcting and reframing some of Marvel's worst movies from a past saga, it does make said films more enjoyable in the long run thanks to the unique and cohesive narrative the MCU is famous for. It's a unique advantage few other franchises have, and it will be exciting to see what other ways She-Hulk: Attorney at Law may continue to fix The Incredible Hulk.

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