Two of the best superhero movies to hit theaters in 2016 — Doctor Strange and Deadpool — barely paid any attention to their respective cinematic universes at all.
One need only look at the superhero movies that hit theaters this year to get a better understanding of what I’m talking about.
There’s data to back that up; with the exception of Civil War, Strange and Deadpool outperformed every other superhero movie on Rotten Tomatoes this year.
Doctor Strange tied itself into the MCU at the very end by acknowledging the Eye of Agamotto as an Infinity Stone (which ultimately didn’t have much bearing over the film’s plot), and Deadpool didn’t even tie into the X-Men team that we have come to know over the years.