So, about that post-credits scene. What we saw was Stellan Skarsgard’s character Erik Selvig meeting with Nick Fury in a nondescript warehouse. Fury remarks on Selvig’s research concerning parallel dimensions before opening a briefcase containing a glowing cube. Suddenly, Loki’s image appears in place of Selvig’s reflection and remarks, “That’s interesting”. The camera pans back to Selvig who repeats the phrase.
That’s that cleared up then! No, alright, a little more detail is required to work out exactly what’s going on here. Basically, what Fury is carting around in his suitcase is the Cosmic Cube, a nifty box of tricks that allows the bearer to manipulate the fabric of the universe. Understandably, it’s the sort of thing Loki would love to get his hands on.
Now, as well as allowing its owner to tinker with the laws of the universe, the Cube could also be used to attract the attention of the alien race known as the Skrulls. In order to rid the world of the Avengers, Loki might just need a bit of help from the green-skinned extra-terrestrials…so, could they be the real villains of the piece?
It’s worth considering that Kevin Feige has gone on record as describing the Skrulls as the only viable villains to give the Avengers a proper challenge. “In my opinion, The Skrulls are really the only viable threat that would require so many super heroes to fight as a team,” Feige told Latino Review back in 2009. “Sure, you could have the Hulk as a villain in the beginning, but then they have to come together for an even bigger threat.”
What’s certain is that the Cube will have a significant part to play, and with Skarsgard revealing he too has signed on to appear in The Avengers, he could well be the vehicle by which Loki gets his hands on the mysterious artefact. Either way, consider our appetite officially whetted!
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Hadouken76
May 10th 2011, 9:41
No profile on Black Widow? Not surprised, the words 'surplus to requirements' spring to mind
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ChrisWootton
May 10th 2011, 11:11
Isn't Hawkeye supposed to be deaf?
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mcghater
May 10th 2011, 13:31
@chriswootton no hes not
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ChrisWootton
May 10th 2011, 13:38
Cheers mcghater. For some reason I'd convinced myself that he was... where did that come from?
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SiMan
May 10th 2011, 14:07
Hawkeye was supposed to be 'Dead' at one point, maybe that's what you were thinking. I for one think that regardless of the outcome of the Avengers movie, the idea behind setting all of these movies in the same universe and linking them together is a brilliant move and a long overdue one in Hollywood land. With the amount of dire cross-overs that have been attempted in the past (i'm look at you AvP), i'm just glad that they've started from scratch with the intention of linking them together. The only downside i see is that it would have worked a lot better as TV shows - get a lot more in that way. The Civil War storyline is prime material for a mini-series.
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Hadouken76
May 10th 2011, 14:09
Edgar Wright is suppposed to be filming Antman, I'm sure he will have a 'small' role in it somewhere. Ha! (Crickets chirp...tumbleweeds... coat collected)
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DanRose
May 10th 2011, 14:39
Taxi for Hadouken!...But no, seriously this is hopefully gonna be a massive success. I await with 'ant'-icipation....
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ChrisWootton
May 10th 2011, 14:40
Ha SiMan, that could well be it and totally agree, I'm quite looking forward to this now. Watched Iron Man the other night (thought the sequel was pretty lame) really good fun movie and off to see Thor this week!!
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trist808
May 10th 2011, 14:52
Hawkeye has died in the comics, but was brought back (like so many other Marvel heroes over the years) as another character in The New Avengers. The Ant-Man film is planned for 2014 (I think) with a view to introducing the Pyms into the Marvel-Movie-Verse ready for possibly inclusion in The Avengers 2 (which will undoubtly happen and be greenlit at 9am on May 5th 2012 - lol) Each film links/crosses over into the others (so far) so any further stand-alone films I would imagine are gonna be considered part of the canyon and would somehow be worked into future projects. I do love the idea of a Civil War mini-series, that would be fantastic, characters would be given more development time in a TV series, but the budget would be smaller although I still think they could really do it justice that way. However it's more likely that the concept of Civil War might be used as a storyline for an Avengers sequel ... giving the team some major internal conflict as Iron Man & Cap go toe to toe with each other and The Avengers fracture into two separate teams. It could still work in a smaller two hour movie, but they'd have to crop the story something fierce. And are we ready for Speedball on the big screen? Maybe his more serious/cooler alter-ego Penance would be better? lol
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robspare
May 13th 2011, 11:44
@ChrisWootton, you're right about Hawkeye's hearing impairment. Just prior to his marriage to Mockingbird, in order to escape from a villain known as Crossfire, Hawkeye had to use a sonic arrow which damaged his hearing (Hawkeye Mini Series comics published 1983). He was then using hearing aids, until the Heores Reborn event. When Franklin Richards returned the heroes to existence, he returned them as he remembered them, so Hawkeye's hearing was no longer impaired (comics published around 1986).
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robspare
May 13th 2011, 11:45
Heroes Reborn was 1996 sorry.
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