And while it’s true that the franchise has never had an issue generating hunger for its stories (box office numbers alone tell us that), that hunger has also transformed into something new with the addition of time: fans now actually miss the big screen Marvel Cinematic Universe.
So not only do we gain a more distanced viewpoint on the previous era, there is a special kind of excitement generated as the blockbusters launch into the new one.
This obviously isn’t a purposeful strategy in play by Marvel Studios, but the pandemic-caused delays have provided space from The Infinity Saga that otherwise wouldn’t exist, and that accomplishes a lot as far as establishing perspective on it as a more independent whole.