There’s a WHOLE LOT going on in Avengers Infinity War.
Blink, and you may just miss something.
Aside from being jam packed of characters and intertwining plot lines, there’s many
a fine detail added to the film that overall fleshes out the world – including bits that
are easy to miss if you’re not looking out for them.
So today, we’re taking a look at some of those smaller aspects, and breaking down the
references and moments for you in our Tiny Details you missed in Avengers: Infinity War.
Let’s start off with everyone’s favourite friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, Peter Parker.
Early on in the film, we get a moment with Peter riding the school bus where his spidey
sense kicks in upon Thanos’ invasion of Earth.
But what some may not have picked up on was another moment in which his spidey sense hits
– right before he’s turned to dust.
It’s the reason why we have that tragic scene between him and Tony Stark, with Peter
announcing that he doesn’t feel so hot.
It’s how the character could tell what was about to happen to him, compared to the immediate
unexpected dusting of the other heroes we see appearing on our screen in that painful
montage towards the end of the film.
The next detail pertains to one of the smaller members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket
Raccoon.
In earlier cinematic appearances, Rocket Raccoon seems to have a bit of an obsession with artificial
body parts.
The obsession is never really fully explained, but in both of the Guardian films, he makes
comments about different artificial body parts on individuals he and the group encounter.
In vol 1, he tries to get Starlord to retrieve one prisoner’s prosthetic leg, and later
on, wants to get his grabbers on another dude’s cybernetic eye.
This happens again in Infinity War, with Rocket taking a particular interest in Bucky’s
new vibranium arm, asking Bucky how much he wants for his arm.
He also has an eyeball in his possession that he gives Thor.
Moving on to a point we mentioned in one of our Avengers Infinity War Easter Egg lists,
let’s talk about that post credit scene.
In it, we see Nick Fury and Maria Hill in the midst of half of existence disappearing.
While the main focus of that scene is to show that Fury calls Captain Marvel for aid with
his space beeper, there’s one nice little detail that some fans may have noticed.
Fury and Hill were driving around in a Nissan Infiniti car.
Cause, you know, Infinity Wars, Nissan Infiniti, yeah.
If you guys are interested in other details like that, make sure you check out our top
10 lists on the Infinity War easter eggs!
We have three whole parts of them!
Speaking of our easter eggs list, we also touched on many an homage and reference to
moments in the comics, and how Infinity War adapted certain panels to fit into the film’s
narrative.
These comic adaptations are big driving forces behind a lot of the memorable moments in the
film, and some of you may have missed some of these awesome similarities.
Much of these almost identical moments have to do with Thanos.
This includes the moment in which he snaps to eliminate half of all living beings, the
very last shot of Thanos sitting down to watch the sun rise, Thanos’ use of the reality
stone on Drax and Mantis, and Thanos’ encounter with Captain America.
The context for most of these panels are quite different in their original form, but the
film uses the source material well, weaving them in with appropriate creative liberties
that feel more like winks to comic fans rather than basterdizing the stories we all love
– looking at you batman vs superman.
Thanos snapping his finger in the comics happens before any of our heroes challenge the character
– most of them die in a big battle against the Mad Titan.
That battle is also when he encounters Captain America and we get the matching panels to
frames.
Needless to say, things don’t go overly well for the patriotic superhero.
The moment where Thanos uses the reality stone to mess with Drax and Mantis is a direct adaptation
of what he does to Nebula and his brother Eros – dismantling their bodies into blocks
and ribbons.
And lastly, the moment of Thanos sitting watching the sun rise is actually taken from the last
Infinity Gauntlet issue in the 6 part miniseries – except the ending is after Thanos has
submitted to Adam Warlock, and has given up his quest for power.
And lastly, let’s take a look at one more detail, one that’s a little more obscure.
In the film, Tony Stark hooks Peter Parker up with a new suit, the Iron Spider suit,
which Stark refers to as 17A protocol.
Aside from featuring the Iron Spider mechanical legs that were pretty unexpected, that suit
also has another tiny meaning that some fans have caught on to – the number 17.
Back in 1991, Spider-Man vol 1 issue 17 was released, which featured Peter Parker dying
after a botched attempt to save two window washers and a mother and daughter who were
doing laundry atop a roof.
After he dies, Parker has an out of body experience, and starts to ‘go towards the light’,
which lands in him in the afterlife.
This is where he encounters Thanos, and Death.
Thanos is in possession of the Infinity gems, and they fight, with Death ultimately sparing
him by separating Thanos and Spider-Man.
Death then releases them from her realm, and Peter wakes up back in the world of the living.
As you mentioned, Spidey is one of the many heroes who ends up turning to dust, so the
mention of number 17 and its context was a nice little reference.
There we have it friends!
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