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Releasing movies without finishing the CGI1370

The worldwide ranking generated by 2k votes

52 / 52

Releasing movies without finishing the CGI1370

Writing scripts during filming1363

Kang defeated by ants1334

Relying entirely on fan service for certain movies1298

Bringing back Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom1292

Making Hulk a joke1277

Wanting to rush projects right after Endgame1270

Not following up on certain post-credit scenes1268

Trying to connect the Sony movies to the MCU1259

#10

A poorly managed shared universe (why doesn't Captain America show up in NWH for example)1258

#11

Hyping up Doom as the ultimate villain without showing him for 1 second before Doomsday1257

#12

Being unable to say goodbye to the old actors1255

#13

Killing Maria Hill (in a trash show)1254

#14

Doing 2 sagas in 1 (multiverse and political)1247

#15

Marvel's PR since dropping Kang, acting like everything was planned all along1242

#16

Only exploring (like actually) 2 universes in Multiverse of Madness1242

#17

Turning Captain Marvel into a Disney princess1237

#18

Firing James Gunn1234

#19

Only keeping Ultron for one movie1225

#20

Turning Venom into a comedic character1224

#21

Not respecting the Secret Invasion arc from the comics1223

#22

The first live-action adaptation of Galactus is a cloud1223

#23

How they treated Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine1219

#24

Introducing characters just to forget them later1219

#25

Fat Thor1217

#26

Putting Daredevil in She-Hulk (poor guy)1216

#27

Ignoring important characters and bringing them back just for fan service1215

#28

Peter and Strange lobotomize everyone for a dumb reason1212

#29

Killing Ulysses Klaue without even having him face T'Challa1209

#30

Killing Quicksilver that fast1207

#31

Selling the rights to their main superheroes1180

#32

Delaying Blade over and over and over1179

#33

Not fully committing to the horror aspect in Doctor Strange 21176

#34

Underusing the multiverse in the Multiverse Saga1175

#35

Not being able to keep certain surprises1173

#36

Replacing Edward Norton to play Hulk1172

#37

Turning the Mandarin into a joke1171

#38

The Sokovia Accords become useless after Civil War1169

#39

The ending of Iron Man 3 making it seem like Tony's retiring when he's not1154

#40

Releasing Eternals 10 years too early and in the wrong saga1153

#41

Releasing Black Widow in 20211151

#42

Introducing Gorr in a comedy movie and killing him off1136

#43

Still not introducing Nova1136

#44

Needing Disney+ to follow the whole MCU1125

#45

Killing off Ikaris1115

#46

Underusing Sylvie in Loki season 21113

#47

Keeping the Infinity Saga intro for the Multiverse Saga1108

#48

Making a romance between Black Widow and Hulk instead of doing it with Bucky1107

#49

Not keeping the X-Men intro for Dark Phoenix1094

#50

The Inhumans got sidelined1075

#51

Having Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia and Letitia Wright as Shuri instead of the reverse1018

#52

Overusing Wong954

What the community says

Releasing movies without finishing the CGI leads with an ELO of 1,370, ahead of Writing scripts during filming (1,363) and Kang defeated by ants (1,334). Ranked over 1,984 duels between 52 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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What's the worst decision related to a Marvel project?

Intégrer Daredevil dans She Hulk (le pauvre)
Avoir sous-exploité le multivers dans la multiverse saga
La com de Marvel depuis l’abandon de Kang en nous faisant croire que tout était prévu

Avoir sous-exploité le multivers dans la multiverse saga
Intégrer Daredevil dans She Hulk (le pauvre)
La com de Marvel depuis l’abandon de Kang en nous faisant croire que tout était prévu