Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Captain Marvel and Avengers: Infinity War.
There’s no doubt that Marvel Studios had done amazing work on building the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The shared universe, which combines Marvel’s greatest superheroes and dozens of storylines merged together perfectly, started in 2008 with Iron Man. It’s been a pretty fun ride since, especially when all of our favorite heroes as they join forces to fight powerful, finger-snapping enemies.
Now, over a decade later, we’re facing the conclusion of Phase Three of the MCU, with the highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame coming out soon. Marvel fans are pretty curious to see how Captain Marvel fits in the story after the unfortunate events of Infinity War. We’re referring, of course, to The Snappening – where roughly half of the main characters dissolved into dust – or as we like to call it, our mental breakdown.
In the meantime, we got to see Carol Danvers’ origin story in the ’90s inspired Captain Marvel movie. The film isn’t only great, but it also contains quite a few Easter eggs and other small details that some fans may have missed. These details shed light on some events in the movie, link it to other parts of the MCU, and are just plain fun. Here are some of them.
[post_page_title]The meaning behind Stan Lee’s cameo[/post_page_title]
Stan Lee, who sadly passed away last November, was the legendary founder of Marvel Entertainment and a true icon who – among many other things – was known for his funny cameos in Marvel films. Lucky for us, he managed to film the cameos for both Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame before he passed.
Many fans were excited to see his appearance in Captain Marvel, but did you catch the reference? In the cameo, Stan is reading the script for Mallrats on the train – a Kevin Smith film in which Stan made a real-life cameo back in the 90s. This is incredible cool, not only because the timeline matches, but also because it means Stan Lee himself exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
