Winks and nods to other shows/movies doesn't mean the movie you are watching currently doesn't make sense.
Even if a character is upset at another character, they have been pretty good about mentioning it in the film you are watching (Steve and Tony for example).
The shows previously (besides Agents of Shield season 1) were not tied with the films, that is what this announcement is.
How are people still saying stuff like this? You really think, truly, that Marvel are going to make the movies inaccessible to the viewer unless they have watched the shows? Really?
You really, really do not have to see the others to understand what is going on in Black Panther.
Or, you know, they want to replicate the source material these characters originated from where they all exist in the same world.
Of course it is (also) to boost ticket sales. It's pretty silly to deny the role of any artistic decision though. After all, the interconnectedness started with Iron Man, with Fury showing up in the post credits scene. That had zero to do with boosting ticket sales. That had to do with Fiege being a fan of the comics and wanting to put that in there because the fans knew what it meant and surely he hoped to one day be able to make an Avengers movie. Creating an interconnected live action universe because that's what Marvel comics did since the beginning is as much a creative decision by Feige as it can be. That doesn't exclude financial motivations by others (and Feige), of course.
Exactly.
I honestly don't think Feige went for a interconnected universe to boost ticket sales but because he wanted to replicate the comics he loved so much. To bring those characters to screen in the way he felt was most authentic.
