Hey everyone, I'm The Canadian Lad and today I watched Ms Marvel's
Episode 2 at 0.25x speed and found 17 hidden details and easter eggs.
I know I haven't covered episode 1 yet but that's because I wanted to see which route Marvel takes
the show and I think I'm really intrigued and this show really needs my opinion on it,
Because well, I know a lot of Islamic values and culture, so without any further ado, let's begin!
Number 1: Kamala Khan has stickers of Captain America, Groot, Captain Marvel
and Darth Vader on her school locker. We would have seen it in episode 1 itself,
if Kamala had enough courage to interfere between this couple.
Which she does address in this episode that "Yes I am rooting
for you guys but don't be such annoying pricks all the time"
Number 2: When Kamala bumps into Kamran, the book in her hand gets knocked over.
And notice it's a chemistry book, foreshadowing the romantic connection these two are gonna have.
A similar thing happened in Spider-Man: No Way Home, so it seems like this is
something Marvel deliberately does to tell the audience where the relationship is head.
Now further into the episode we come to know that Kamran was somewhat keeping an eye on Kamala,
so chances are they didn't bump into each other by accident, perhaps this
was Kamran making his first impression or planting something into Kamala in
order to track her, and that's how he knew when and where to rescue Kamala at the end.
Number 3: We come across a QR code at the school and if you scan this code,
it will take you to a free edition of Ms Marvel's comic number 15.
Where Kamala meets Kamran for the first time in the comics and has a crush on him.
And this episode is also called "Crushed" so that's a clever easter egg there!
Number 4: When Bruno tells Kamala that her power is actually originating from inside her
and not really the bangle, notice his tablet was also showing the same.
The power is stored some place around Kamala's chest area, so it's coming from
her heart if I may say. The bangle is only
activating what's already inside. There's a clear parallel here to the comics,
where Kamala Khan was born with a latent Inhuman gene that was activated when she
was exposed to the Terrigen Bomb. Now, what is a Terrigen Bomb?
Well, it's sort of an explosion produced by Terrigen Crystals and when an Inhuman
is exposed to such an explosion, they develop superhuman powers.
Now in the case of the MCU, they have already established that the Inhumans exist
in the Multiverse of Madness. So if they exist then the
Terrigen Bomb should exist as well. And my theory is, Thanos' snap might
be the explosion that triggered inhumans around the multiverse.
And as soon as Kamala put on the bangle, it activated her powers.
Number 5: In this scene where Kamala trips and is about to fall down,
Bruno catches her as if she was about to fall off the building.
Then the camera reveals it's quite the opposite and they're still on the roof.
Now the way Kamala was telling Bruno to let her go here, is probably a nod to Hawkeye and Black
Widow when Black Widow sacrificed herself. I'm pretty sure everyone noticed it,
but here's what I want you to focus on. Notice Bruno's facial expression here.
He was really trying his best to stop Kamala from falling down even if it meant only a few feet.
I mean, look at how happy he was seeing Kamala mastering her new powers.
So his first instinct was to save Kamala here, and I think that shows the love he has for her.
In the Magnificent Ms. Marvel No. 9 comics, Kamala and Bruno actually got together and they
finally became a couple after Bruno stayed with her while a family emergency emerged.
Number 6: Kamala and her friend Nakia both get late for their prayers.
And this elderly woman also mentions how they're the only two who are always late.
And then we see them performing their prayers. Now, as I said I know a quite a few things
about the religion of Islam, so I did find a little bit of mistake over here.
Notice both Kamala and Nakia are in the first row of the women's section.
Now if you were late, you would never get to stand in the first row or even the 2nd,
because those places already get occupied. There's no fixed places for anyone inside
any Mosques except for the leader aka The Imam. If a homeless person comes to the mosque first,
he stands in the first row. If the richest man on the planet
comes late, he stands on the last row. I know this mistake has nothing to
do with the plot, but I just want a little bit of continuity that's all.
If we weren't shown that they're late, them praying in the first row wouldn't be an issue.
Number 7: When Kamala and her friends get into Kamran's car, Kamala tries to compliment Kamran
about the interior of his car. That's when Bruno jumps in
and says "It's all black!" Notice how Nakia in the back
actually laughs when Bruno says it. So my theory is, almost everyone is
aware that Bruno is in love with Kamala except for Kamala herself.
Number 8: Now in the same scene, we learn that Kamala and Kamran pretty much have the
same taste for Music and Bollywood movies. They both happen to listen to Swet Shop
Boys and they both love SRK's movies. SRK of course stands for Shah Rukh Khan
who is believed to be one of the biggest movie stars ever to exist.
I mean, the guy looks good eh! Now lemme tell you where I'm
trying to go with this: I don't think Kamran likes
to listen to that sort of music, nor do I think he's a fan of such bollywood movies.
I think he researched about Kamala, what she likes,
what she doesn't like and now just pretending to like all the things she likes already.
Coming across as if he's the one Kamala has been waiting for.
So if anything, Kamran is putting up a facade to deceive Kamala here.
In short: He's too good to be true!
Number 9: When Kamala comes out of the school and sees Kamran waiting for her,
the slow-motion effect, the background score are something so new for the MCU!
Kudos to both the directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah for actually
bringing something new to the table. If you gave this story to some already
known big directors, I don't think they could have pulled it off the way they're doing it.
Number 10: Kamala's mother has a crush on Kingo while Kamran's mother has a crush on Kingo Senior.
Now we learned in Eternals that Kingo being an Eternal has been alive for so long,
that he pretended to be his own father to pass the baton to his own self.
So Kingo and Kingo senior are the same person but the world doesn't know it.
However that's not my point, I want you to focus on the difference between
Kamala's mother and Kamran's mother. Because Kamran's mother is a mysterious
lady who has been alive for a long time now, her crush happens to be Kingo's father while
Kamala's mother has a crush on Kingo. This bit of dialogue was immediately
foreshadowing that Kamran's mother has been there since quite some time now!
Number 11: The aunties at the party or the Illumin-Aunties as Kamala calls them,
describe Kamala's great grandmother Aisha pretty distinctively.
Now, the thing is, if all these ladies being an outsider know
this much about Kamala's great grandmother, it means Kamala's mother aka Muneeba knows them too.
She knows Aisha somehow went rogue during the partition in 1947.
And these things that these aunties said about Aisha are probably true.
I guess we'll find out in the coming episodes.
Number 12: Now let's talk about this scene where this kid almost
falls off a tower while trying to take a selfie.
Now, I did feel the writing was a bit lazy here because, I mean, c'mon!
The amount of time he was hanging there and the way Kamala took forever to reach him,
someone could have easily climbed up the stairs and grabbed the kid.
It's not a 50-story tower. I guess they just needed a scene where someone
is in danger and Kamala comes to save the day! But to me, this scene wasn't convincing enough.
Number 13: Just before Kamala and Nakia perform their prayers at the mosque, they put their shoes
in the shoe racks but Nakia's shoes get stolen. Now notice, the kid that Kamala saved here
was also wearing the same pair of shoes.
Meaning, this is the same spoiled kid who stole Nakia's shoes from the mosque.
So if anything, this kid had it coming! And I just wanna clarify one thing,
getting your shoes stolen from the mosque isn't a woman thing, it happens to everyone!
In fact, in real life the women's section at mosques is far more cleaned
and nicer than the men's section. Because men in general are just messy,
so I think that part of the show isn't accurate or at least not in Canada.
Number 14: The DODC sends drones to capture Kamala Khan.
Now the last time we saw the Department of Damage Control was in Spider-Man:
No Way Home where they seized all of Stark Industries drones.
But now they're using it for their own benefit, probably without permission from the government.
So this tells me, the DODC will take any measure to capture an enhanced individual.
Number 15: Notice Kamala's hard light power that she steps onto does not cast
any shadow on the ground underneath. For example in this scene where Kamala
embiggens her hand and punches one of the drones,
notice even though her hand is quite big here but there's no shadow on the ground.
All we see is a bit of light shining on the ground.
Meaning, Kamala hasn't yet reached her full potential where the light
she summons would actually be metal like solid. Right now it's kind of solid but mostly light,
and therefore there's no shadow. And I think it's an amazing attention to
detail because Marvel never messes up their shadows and I always keep an eye for it.
I mean, these drones were probably CGI too but they didn't forget to CGI their shadows, did they?
So Kamala's hard light not having its own shadows is an actual decision they made,
so that when she finally unlocks her full power we can visually see the difference.
Number 16: Notice when Kamala runs at full speed and hops onto the hard light platforms,
if you watch it at 0.25x speed, you'll notice that these platforms made out of
light actually shakes a lil bit as soon as Kamala steps on them.
This was probably filmed using a green screen, so this hard light platform is
CGI and the way they made sure to add a little bit of tremble effect deserves some credits.
Number 17: At the end of the episode, Kamran pulls up his car and rescues Kamala.
And inside the car Kamala finds the same lady she sees in her vision aka Najma, Kamran's mother.
Now we were thinking this lady is actually Aisha, Kamala's great grandmother but the
credits tell us her name is Najma. But here's an interesting detail.
Notice just before Kamala hopped onto the car, there was no one in the backseat.
Even from a different angle, there's still no one there.
But all of a sudden a voice calls for Kamala and a really evil music plays out in the background.
Now this tells me Kamran's mother does possess magical powers and that's how
she appeared in the backseat out of nowhere.
And that's it, this would be my breakdown of Ms Marvel's Episode 2 at 0.25x speed.
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