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Spider-Man: Far From Homeis a game-changer for the MCU.
When giant monsters start emerging from the Earth at every sight-seeing stop, Peter teams up with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) to take the creatures down.
Let’s dive into them.
But first, yourfinalfriendly neighborhood *spoiler warning.
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How Does the World React to an Unmasked Peter Parker?
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So that’s…probably bad.
But it makes cosmic sense that this moment would kick off a new era of the MCU.
Is J.K. Simmons Back as J. Jonah Jameson for Good?
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Simmons, an actor genetically engineered in a laboratory specifically to play J. Jonah Jameson.
(As he did, perfectly, in all three of Sam Raimi’sSpider-Manfilms.)
(Also, I’m noticing that Lionsgate no longer owns the rights to Man-Thing.
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Put Man-Thing in the MCU, cowards!)
“Bring me TikToks of Spider-Man!”
doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Is Mysterio Really Dead?
(Jake Gyllenhaal is delightful inFar From Home, to be clear.)
But the entire point of the character is to not trust what’s right in front of your eyes.
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Speaking of…
Where’s Vulture?
Interestingly enough, former Sony CEOAmy Pascalsaid she was still interested in Goddard’sSinister Sixas recently asDecember of last year.
(She’s sincedeparted Sonyfor Universal.)
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It’snevernot a good time for wild speculation.
Far From Home’s final credits scene is a bit weightier than the Goose-vomiting variety we’ve seen lately.
(It also might explain why Cobie Smulders had like, 4 lines total.)
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But is there more at play here?
(Which overlaps quite nicely withFar From Hometurning Spider-Man into a fugitive.)
The Kree-Skrull war also features a moment where three Skrulls absolutely wreck Vision while disguised as cows.
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What Does Marvel’s Phase 4 Look Like?
Extremely hard to say.
Will Ned Ever Get to be Hobgoblin?
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(In his defense, he had been brainwashed by Roderick Kingsley, the second Hobgoblin.
Let Jacob Batalon do villainous stuff with his friends!
When Will We See a Live-Action Miles Morales?
But bothHomecomingandFar From Homeset a tiny bit of groundwork.
InHomecoming,Donald Glover’s Aaron Davistells Peter"I got a nephew who lives here."
Davis' is, of course, Miles' uncle.
Small stuff, but Marvel loves retroactively turning small moments into story beats.
The complication with introducing Miles is the same thing that’s been complicating comic books since…forever?
The Miles Morales created by writerBrian Michael BendisandSara Pichellioriginated in the Ultimate Universe, Earth-1610.
The Miles Morales ofInto the Spider-Verselives on Earth-TRN700.
Yeah, a lot going on.
After all, Quentin Beck tells Peter that he comes from Earth-833 and that he’s traveled to Earth-616.
It’s kind of his entire thing.
So where does that leave his multiverse reveal?
(And the after-credit scene suggests that Talos pretty much botched this thing from the start.)
After all, they’re gonna have to explain whereall these mutantscame from pretty soon.
