Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show I'm your host Paul aka the guy who's getting as many
Miles out of this movie as I can and this video we're breaking down Earth 42 from Spider-Man
across the Spider-verse.
The movie ends with a big twist and in it we realise that Miles has actually been taken
to an earth unlike his own where things are slightly off.
It's basically like that episode of Sliders where they think they've finally made it home
but then one of them realises the gate doesn't creak like it used to so they leave cos it's
just not the same.
Throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down what happened there and also all the
clues that teased that there was a twist coming.
Now this entire thing was set up all the way back in the first film which we pointed out
in our into the spider-verse breakdown.
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Hate hearing myself back I love how the film builds upon that as we know the main miles
we follow would have likely have become the prowler had the spider not intervened.
That movie is actually filled with a tonne of nods to the number 42 and it appears throughout
the film.
This includes Miles winning lottery ball at the start which gets him a place at the high
school, the back of the spider and we see the number on the ground which fell off when
miles hit the sign after he failed his first big jump.
His basketball hoody in this film has 42 on it and there's these constant ties throughout.
Now in the first film there was actually a major clue that it too was from an alternate
universe as we saw it glitching out just like the other spiders did.
This showed that earth wasn't it's home however it still somewhat carried the destiny that
it was always supposed to have.
You see this spider comes from an alternate reality where Miles was supposed to be the
spider-man of that universe.
That was the canon event there and thus when it arrived on Mile's earth it sought him out.
Now what that does is that it gives his universe two spider-men in both Miles and the Chris
Pine version we met at the start.
However Earth 42 is now without theirs and thus it goes down a darker path.
In this film we meet loads of different ones from across the multiverse and basically every
reality is supposed to have it's own spider-man or spider-woman.
Doesn't matter what the race, gender or age is and we meet several different people who
all end up becoming their universes spider-man whilst the traditional one in Peter Parker
never comes to be.
This is of course seen in Gwens world where she dons the mantle whereas Peter doesn't.
Therefore on Miles Earth the Chris Pine version was meant to be the main one and Miles would
just go on to likely become the prowler.
Now on Earth 42 they didn't have a Chris Pine version...or well any version and that's why
the alternate Rio has no idea who Spider-man is.
Instead Miles 42 was going to become this universes protector but the intervention of
Johnathan Ohnn changed all that.
When he narrates the story of his origin we actually see that there's a classroom with
the spider in it behind a glass case.
This is what the Spot pulled across and this was the one that would've bit Prowler Miles.
We see how close it almost got as well as in the classroom you can catch Miles with
his back turned due to this character having the braids that we later see him wearing.
Now that spider then bit our miles and due to it having dna from Earth 42 it was forever
intrisically linked with this reality.
As for Earth 42 this is a major part of the movie that actually has a lot going on with
it in terms of spelling out what's happening on that earth.
Firstly when Miles first crash lands we can see that the sky is laced with the colour
green which if of course the Prowlers colours.
Rios eyes appear green later on and Miles even dons a green and purple coat after picking
them up from the floor in the prowler miles room.
This was what gave it away for me when I was watching it as they lean heavily into those
classic prowler colors.
Now later on in the scene we hear about the sinister six cartel who are clearly running
crime in this universes manhattan.
When Miles first lands we see a billboard with the number 6 on it and throughout the
landscape there's several other ones that could point out which supervillains are members.
Just before Miles arrives at times square we see a big sign with the words Vulture written
on it and then when he hits the location there's another name too.
Just below the sony sign we can see the name Electro and this is advertising 2G phone reception
which....it may be a downgrade but at least people aren't running wild with their 5g covid
conspiracy theories.
We also see a sign when Aarron takes Miles to the roof and we can see a building with
what looks like the word Hammer on it potentially teasing Hammerhead.
There's also one that says what appears to be Scorpion so I'm guessing that this is all
the different Sinister Six cartel members.
Potentially Prowler Miles is one too and that just leaves a slot for one more.
I do have a feeling that the cartel may appear in the next film and that they're laying breadcrumbs
here for a big villain team up come the next movie.
Now as for Prowler Miles universe I wanna first break down exactly what's going on with
him and then go into what's been said about him by the cast and crew.
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Now we learn that in this universe that Miles father Jefferson was killed due to the canon
event still playing out exactly the same as how it would have without the spiders intervention.
Whether Miles had powers or not wouldn't have changed this and thus things continued as
normal.
This is something that we've seen in other Spider-man stories and in the playstation
4 games Miles dad was also killed too.
In the ultimate universe it was actually his mother Rio who died but she was brought back
as a gift after the events of Secret Wars when the timeline was restructured.
Either way, Miles dad Jefferson dying has left a big hole in his life.
Because of this Miles has been raised by his mother and Uncle Aaron who could only help
the family get by through nefarious means.
In that first movie when we met Miles he was hanging out with Aaron a lot and he's clearly
continued on this path and been taken in by his influence.
This has now made him become the Prowler and it's also what has kept arron alive.
You see in that first film, Aaron only died because Miles became Spider-man.
He was tasked by the Kingpin to hunt him down and this is what eventually got him killed.
So we don't have the death of Jefferson still playing out whereas Arron didn't pass away.
Miles has become the Prowler of this crime ridden universe and Miles is pulled into it
all through a case of mistaken identity.
Now the prowler in the comics originally started off as a villain but he eventually became
a sort of anti-hero once all the connections to Miles were set up.
This was also reflected in the Miles morales game in which he kinda helped to guide you
at some points.
Why I'm telling you this is because some people have spun an alternate fan theory on the scene
and have said that Prowler Miles might actually become a good guy.
That could be the case and potentially at the end of Beyond The Spider-verse we'll see
him becoming a protector of Earth 42.
After all it's overrun with criminals and Prowler Miles may return there after being
swayed by our Miles showing him there's a different way.
I actually have a theory that this uncle Aaron will take the hit for Aaron in Miles universe
and that he'll die instead in order to save the brother that he never could.
I also suspect that these two are gonna meet and that they'll finalkly get to say all the
things that they wanted to.
When you think about it Jefferson never really got to say goodbye to his brother in that
first film before he passed.
He never got to patch things up and I can imagine that it's the same with Aarron 42.
Both have their brother and I think the third film will allow them to say the things that
they never got to on their respective earth.
Now there is also the potential that Prowler Miles may become a nemesis to this one and
this was actually teased at by Shameik Moore during an interview.
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Mans spoiled the entire thing but I think it is important to acknowledge at least how
he perceives the other Miles.
One thing that you might not have noticed as well is that Prowler Miles is actually
played by a different voice actor.
This is done by Jharrel Jerome and it allows him to lean more into his puerto rican side
due to his dad not being around.
Miles here pronounces Morales more like he's speaking in spanish and I love this little
subtle change to differentiate the universes.
They still have their similarities though and Miles is strapped to a punching bag just
like how Peter b was in the first film.
Whether he wants to help Miles or not is another thing entirely but I think that Aaron is likely
the key here.
As Miles says there is good in him and he too has just learned that his brother is alive
in another reality.
However this being set to the back drop of heart of the city might show there ain't no
love between them.
Now the prowler himself is also likely gonna be making a big appearance in the MCU very
shortly as well.
Donald Glover appears as a live action version of him in the film and we actually have some
updates on this.
Now you might have heard a while back that Sony were developing a Hypno Hustler project
that was due to have Donald Glover as the lead producer and potentially actor.
However this has now reportedly been scrapped so that the actor can play the Prowler in
the MCU for the forseeable future.
Though he was pretty low level during the events of Homecoming we of course know that
there as a big five year time jump n which anything couldve happened.
I'd love to learn that Aarron had actually become the prowler during this time.
Anyway there's a lot to talk about and I'd love to hear your thoughts
on the film and where you think they'll take things in the future.
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