As of this recording, Spider-Man: Far From Home is officially out and I had the opportunity
to see it about 4hrs ago...and, in 4DX, which I should add, is not the best choice if you
have 3rd degree sunburns.
Don’t believe me, take a look?
(Show burns).
Anyway, I digress, the film does not disappoint so don’t worry guys, we did not have a case
of the Spiderman 3 on our hands.
Thank god.
So today on Beyond the Screen I’m going to be giving you all the deets on what went
down, specifically in the last few minutes of the film as well as the post-credits scenes,
both of them, that’s right there were 2! -- saying that, there will be spoilers.
Tons of that, I can’t filter myself, and I’m assuming because you’re watching this
video you want a completely unfiltered explanation.
So, with that, lets jump in.
As we know, this Spider-Man film followed Peter Park as he’s forced to team up with
the new hero on the block Mysterio, played by Jake Gyllenhall.
However, that team up crumbles pretty quickly when Mysterio, aka, Quentin Beck is revealed
to be a villain from our dimension.
I warned you guys, spoilers galore.
Most of the world believed the facade except for Peter who figured out his secret, and
that his powers are actually non-existent and instead everything we see and the world
sees is an illusion in order for Beck to become the new famous super on the block.
Around 3 quarters of the way through the film, Peter teams up with Happy Hogan, Nick Fury,
and his friends in an attempt to being Quentin down during a battle in London England -- with
our favorite friendly neighborhood Spider-Man defeating this wannabe hero.
However, the battle is far from over.
Before we get into that though, let’s discuss Peter and MJ, which aside from all the superhero
business, is the primary focus of the film.
Peter and the rest of his class are on a school trip, with Peter’s main objective being
to finally confess his feelings for MJ by gifting her with a Black Dahlia necklace,
because of the murder.
A line that is repeated throughout.
Meaning, yes, there is a ton of humor in this film, and it’s great.
After many failed attempts, Peter finally gets his chance after the battle of London,
AND, big spoiler here, after MJ discovers that Peter is in fact Spider-Man.
It was a very sweet moment guys.
They share a touching moment on Tower Bridge, and even share a few kisses, as well as get
to finally have a date once back in New York, with Spidey swinging around the city with
a very scared MJ in his arms -- with her stating that she is never doing that again.
This beautiful moment is destroyed instantly though when we are met with our first post-credit
scene.
After Peter and MJ have their flying date, an emergency broadcast begins to play on a
billboard, showing a video Beck made in his final moments before Peter takes him down.
Beck reveals Spider-Man to as the villain of the London attacks, once again using his
illusion skills to do this -- as well as some fancy editing.
Not just that though, he then ends his broadcast by telling the world that Spider-Man is Peter
Park.
Honestly, I still have chills.
This is a game changer considering that Peter Parker is all about concealing his identity,
so moving forward in the MCU, it opens up a lot of room for different ideas, and perhaps
even storylines focusing on more of the underground, hidden Avengers teams that exist.
Not only is this bad news for Peter, but it’s also bad news for the rest of the world now
that there is no hero to turn to that they trust.
Cap and Iron Man are gone.
Thor and Captain Marvel are in space, and Black Panther is busy running a country.
So, saying that, who will the people turn to?
Probably not Dr Strange because we just don’t care enough about him.
However, the greatest thing to come from the first post-credit scene is J. Jonah Jameson,
played, once again, by JK Simmons who is reprising his role as the controversial anchor of the
daily bugle.
This is great, yes, but it also sets up a potentially weird universe for the future
of the mcu.
How can the same character played by the same actor appear in two iterations of Spider-Man.
Now, it’s most likely a fun nod to the fans, and unlikely that his previous experience
with Peter Parker will be considered canon, because how can they?
They can’t!
That’s just weird.
In a much lighter post-credit scene, we are met with Nick Fury and Maria Hill driving
in a car following the mayhem that ensued.
However, things take a hilarious turn when they are quickly revealed to be skrulls, specifically
Talos, played once again by Ben Mendelsohn as well as a female lieutenant Skrull.
But don’t worry guys, our favorite SHIELD agents are good.
Talos calls up Fury, stating, “Everyone keeps asking me where the Avengers are and
I don’t know what to say”.
Which is actually a nod to earlier on in the film when Peter asks where Captain Marvel
and Thor are, with Fury, well Talos stating, “Do not invoke her name”.
We then head up to space and find Nick Fury taking a relaxing and much needed break, revealing
that he sent his new friends down to do his hero work.
But more than that, it opens up the possibility of retconning previous films.
When we’ve seen Fury was it also Fury, or was it actually Talos?
So, the question is, where do we go from here?
What’s lined up next?
Well, most though the next big arc would be Secret Invasion, a storyline from the comics
which centred on the a Skrull invasion of Earth, with the Skrulls replacing humans with
their shapeshifted doppelgangers.
However, in Captain Marvel it was quickly established that the Skrulls were the good
guys and the Kree, the blues guy were instead the villains.
However, keeps your ears open for a specific line in Far From Home, because now that we
know Fury was actually Talos it changes the game completely.
In an earlier scene from the film, Fury, Talos, says to Maria Hill, also a skrull, I quote,
“I thought Kree having sleeper cells was top secret information”.
That’s right.
Could this in fact mean that heading into Phase Four we could finally see the skrull-kree
war come to life?
What do you guys think?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below?
So, are you excited to see Far From Home?
And are you looking forward to Phase Four of the MCU and a potential Skrull-Kree war?
I certainly am.
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