Thunderbolts*'Post-credits scenes return to the old school MCU thinking

Thunderbolts* is the last film by Marvel Phase 5, which was more or less characterized by uncertainty. Starting with 2023 Ant-Man and the wasp: QuantumaniaAnd to sleep through a few of the roughest news cycles for the cinematic universe. Phase 5 now gives way to a (apparently) confident phase 6.

What means Thunderbolts*'Last moments have a lot of facilities and also a bit increased because they show the sound for the MCU forward. Similar to the rest of the film, they do it with a kind of return to the shape of the MCU. And in the end, the post-credits scenes do, which seemed impossible, and actually drum the excitement for the next MCU film, instead of just increasing the nebulous inserts of the franchise.

[Ed. note: This post discusses Thunderbolts*’ post-credits scenes, which involves talking a bit about the end of the movie. Spoilers abound.]

Does Thunderbolts* have a scene with medium loans?

Yes, and it's a bit classic Marvel charm: Red Guardian (David Harbor) is in a grocery store in a muesli gang and tries to impress a random stranger by encouraging you to buy a box with him and the other recently set “new Avengers”.

He rules out, but it doesn't matter – he lives the dream! His face is on a Wheaties box! If she leaves it behind, he hardly cares; Nobody can say to this man Nothing After breakfast of the champions, he was introduced.

This feels very picturesque for an MCU-MID credits scene after years and years of endless promise without paying. Harbor has absolutely dialed the humor of Red Guardian, and the face against the cereal box to ensure that the connection is clear (even though it is masked and brewing on the box, but exposes and freshly shaved in real life) is comedy gold. This moment not with medium loans need To build something larger in Marvel's universe, because the gravitational education of Red Guardian's Charisma is so strong.

Besides that is the other Thunderbolts* Credits scene is for.

Does Thunderbolts* have a post-credits scene?

Yes! And it's a big one.

We jump forward for 14 months, where the team, which was previously known as Thunderbolts, was officially renamed the new Avengers and lives in Avengers Tower. Unfortunately, they compete against a problem: Sam Wilson according to his heroic deeds in Captain America: Brave New Worlda copyright claim for “The Avengers” is sufficient. And like that real Captain America, he already wins before the court of public opinion.

The new Avengers discuss this together with the way they are cut out of the current “space problem”, which nobody will fill out. Red Guardian comes to the ingenious rebrand “New Avengerz” (it is foolproof; with the Z there is no justification for a copyright complaint). In the meantime, Bob cools down in the corner with snacks and a book. (He fears that the gap will return if he tries to use his strength again, so he can't help much with the spatial problem.))

Then your computers alert them in a kind of multi -dimensional spaceship that enters the earth's orbit. While you stare on the screen and go: “Multi -dimensional spaceship? What does that mean?” The answer appears on the screen … it is the rocket of the Fantastic Four.

This is exactly the type of Marvel teaser we have Really I haven't come for a minute: an actual tease for a film that is not yet published, but is legitimate on the way. (Next in Marvel's cinematic release service plan!) And although this scene is a short window into what could happen at the end of July Fantastic four: First stepsIt's exciting. will Fantastic four Do you have to end with the four, which bounced down to another dimension and possibly decades later (and … with a few X-Men in tow)?

It should be noted here: This “14 months later” timeline seems to be quite specific, and it seems to be in an interesting way with the next round of the MCU films. Fourteen months after the publication of Thunderbolts* would mean that these post credits Spider-Man: Brand new dayWhat comes out at the end of July 2026 (with Avengers: Doomsday due in May 2026 and Avengers: Secret Warss do not follow by May 2027.)

All of this points on something bigger brewed, if they didn't know that there was a large team-up event on the horizon, they certainly do it. Above all it is tempting Because It will be paid out soon. This has always been the way from Marvel's post-credit scenes. But lately they have felt different – if they like – when they try to build a multiverse through the planning madness. While Tony Stark did not pay a few films later at the end of 2008 to the Avengers Initiative in 2008, it is difficult to deny that the scenes have recently felt like too much delayed satisfaction after loans. That is because of it Despite it Didn't get it.

Thunderbolts*' The post-credit scene feels like a real return to the shape of the MCU: something with an upcoming, tangible promise. And for the first time in some time it feels exciting for both want To see what will come next and the feeling that we will actually come.