Marvelous Facts About The Marvel Cinematic Universe
An incredibly lucrative franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) encompasses a series of superhero films including Iron Man, Captain America, The Avengers, Thor, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
The MCU films are inspired by their comic book predecessors. Because of comic book culture, the audience knows a ton about all the characters, their past, and their personalities.
This gives the writers an opportunity to pay homage to the past comics in a variety of ways- and they certainly do.
The movies are chock-full of easter eggs and hidden references to please fans and keep them talking about the films long after they have left the big screen.
Here are some facts you might not have known about the MCU and the surrounding mythology.
Marvel Cinematic Universe Facts
36. Some Changes Are Good
In some of the early “Marvel Ultimates” comic storylines, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver teased an incestuous relationship. Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver) played around with this storyline in the Avengers: Age of Ultron, as Olsen said that this inspired the way they acted around each other in the film.
That's interesting and all... but to be honest, I'm OK without the familial-relations in my superhero movies.
35. Waspy
Some fans were upset that an important character from the comics was left out of the Marvel movie adaptation of The Avengers.
The Wasp, wife of Ant Man, was the one who came up with the name The Avengers. The Wasp and Ant Man were pivotal in the creation of the team, and many fans were upset that they were left out of the films.
Although it's possible they were just left out to make their introduction in the Ant Man stand-alone movies all that much sweeter. If so, it worked: the Ant Man flicks are fantastic on their own.
34. Dated
Iron Man’s suit has changed with the times, but the original suit was often shown being plugged into wall sockets for regular charging.
That sounds less like a futuristic military gadget, and more like a cellphone.
Behold: all the technological advancement of the iPhone 3!
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