Ant-Man and the Wasp is finally out; it’s a film that many of us have been dying to
see, primarily for how it will connect to the grander scheme of the Marvel Cinematic
Universe.
So, heads up everyone, major spoilers in this video.
You’ve been warned.
Before we jump in, let’s go over a bit of a quick recap as to what happened in Avengers:
Infinity War.
Long story short, Thanos got all of the infinity stones, snapped his big ol’ fingers, and
almost everyone got dusted.
Original Avengers team is still alive, along with a handful of others, but half of all
living things no longer exist and Thanos was victorious.
Ant-Man and the Wasp takes place right before the events of Avengers Infinity War.
And for the most part, it’s a pretty great feel good movie.
It also answered a lot of the questions that we had concerning the major time travel theory
that many have been speculating will be the answer to defeating Thanos.
But we’ll get to that in a minute.
Without completely spoiling the plot of the film for those of you who have decided to
still watch this video and haven’t seen the movie, by the end, pretty much everything
is neatly tied up in a pretty little bow.
Scott and Hope are together.
His relationship with his ex-wife and her husband are swell.
His relationship with his daughter Cassie is going great.
Scott and his pals have a thriving business thanks to a lot of free marketing, and everyone
is pretty hunky dorey.
Janet is back, hasn’t been totally messed up by all of her time in the Quantum Realm,
and even has powers.
And the bad guys?
Well everything is pretty swell for them, too.
Ghost and Bill Foster aka Goliath, who turned out to be a baddie after all, get away, and
they’re going to be working for the side of good.
Their whole conflict was resolved pretty neatly, too.
AND THEN THE POST CREDIT SCENE HAPPENS.
There are two, as per usual.
The last is a pan through of Scott’s empty apartment, ending on a giant Ant playing the
drums; a shot that appeared in one of the film’s trailers.
The first one, the mid-credits scene, is a pretty big deal though.
Scott is in the Quantum Realm, collecting Quantum energy.
He then tells Hank to pull him out.
The scene then cuts back to Hank, Hope and Janet, who are dusted, leaving Scott trapped
in the Quantum Realm.
How does Scott get out?
The last time he was stuck in the Quantum Realm, he got out using an Enlarging Regulator.
It would be safe to assume that he would have one of those on him whenever travelling to
the Quantum Realm as a backup, in case Hank for whatever reason can’t bring him out.
But for the sake of this video, and for further exploration of what we now know about the
Quantum Realm, let’s assume that he doesn’t have an Enlarging regulator handy.
Ant-Man and the Wasp established that Hank has the technology to send people in and pull
them out of the Quantum Realm.
We also know thanks to Doctor Strange that the Quantum Realm can be accessed through
Dimensional Travel, but in terms of who is still alive and has access to a sling ring
at this point is a big question mark.
In addition to that, who else knows that Scott is in there?
Perhaps his ex-con buddies?
But even then, it seems unrealistic that they’d be able to figure out that’s where he’s
disappeared to when half of everybody else on the planet has been dusted.
It would be safer for them to assume that’s what happened to Scott, assuming all three
of them haven’t been dusted.
So, if Scott is going to get out of the Quantum Realm himself, what other tools does he have
at his disposal?
Janet warns Scott before he goes into the Quantum Realm to not go into any time vortexes.
While it wasn’t explained what exactly these time vortexes are capable of doing, considering
they’re called time vortexes, it’s not too much of a long shot to suggest that if
entered, they would transport you to different moments in time.
Determining when in time that is is the big question though.
Now let’s jump back a bit to that time travel theory that we mentioned earlier.
The time travel theory is that Scott will work with the Avengers using the Quantum Realm
to travel back in time and alter the timeline, whether that be preventing Thanos from getting
the Infinity Stones, or altering something else that will help ensure their victory over
the mad Titan and get everyone whose now dusted back to being, well, not dusted.
Set photos from the Avengers 4 reshoots surfaced a while back, and they feature Scott next
to Captain America, Bruce Banner and Tony Stark.
The setting is the Battle for New York from the first Avengers film, and Cap is wearing
his old suit from that film, sporting the same haircut.
Tony, on the other hand, is wearing a SHIELD jacket, and looks older, with more grey in
his hair.
And Mark Ruffalo is covered in motion capture gear, so we can’t really make any assumption
there, can we?
Anywho, Scott is present in that scene; Scott, at that point in the timeline, hadn’t even
become Ant-Man, so that fuelled the fire behind the time travelling theory.
In addition to that, the characters are all sporting a fancy little piece of tech around
their wrists and hands.
Could this be some sort of device to help with the whole navigating the quantum realm
process?
In addition to this, Cassie Lang, Scott’s daughter, has been re-cast for Avengers 4,
and the actress is a teenager.
This could prove that there is a significant time jump in between Avengers Infinity War
and Avengers 4; remember, Captain Marvel, the next MCU film, takes place in the 90s,
so nothing else, minus a potential post credit scene won’t occur between the two.
So, Scott could use one of those time vortexes, but end up arriving a few years later, meaning
Avengers 4 could very likely take place several years into the future like many have speculated.
In terms of him working with the Avengers to use the Quantum Realm as means of time
travel, lucky for him, he’ll likely have some help.
Ghost and Bill Foster could possibly still be alive, and they’re the only other characters
with an extensive knowledge on the Quantum Realm.
They could be brought into the fray to work with Scott to develop that technology, likely
alongside Tony Stark, that we’ve been seeing in these leaked set photos.
Alright, so with all that in mind, what do you guys think of that post credit scene?
How do you think Scott will get out of the Quantum Realm?
And how do you think all of this will play into the next Avengers film?
Let us know your thoughts in those comments below!
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