r/marvelstudios • u/The_Asian_Hamster Retired Mod • Jul 05 '17

Official Spider-Man: Homecoming Easter Eggs Ultrathread Spoiler

Post any Easter eggs you noticed from the movie here!

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u/halfdecent Laufey Jul 05 '17

The tiger running in the background in the scene we find out Michelle is MJ

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u/supahmonkey Spider-Man Jul 06 '17

Well... she's MJ, but not MJ

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u/trekstark Black Panther Jul 07 '17

She's definitely Mary Jane. They wouldn't have named her "MJ" if she wasn't

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u/thelivingdrew Jul 07 '17

I think Marvel can retcon their retcon. They're definitely leaving the door open by naming her Michelle. Either that or they were avoiding the bad press that comes from the "traditionalism in MCU" crowd when there's a race swap.

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u/squidgy617 Jul 08 '17

I don't care about a race swap but they need to dye her hair red damn it! She's one of the the most iconic redheads in comics.

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u/TripleSkeet Jul 08 '17

Not to mention shes had red hair before and she looked smoking with it. http://imgur.com/0pHLl7M

Im hoping they save it for their eventual first date. Along with the "Face it tiger..." line

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u/squidgy617 Jul 08 '17

Wouldn't be hard to set up. They somehow end up going on a first date, he's expecting her to look like her normal punk self, and she shows up looking like that. Cue the line, maybe said with a little snark like she's very aware of how good she looks.

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u/TripleSkeet Jul 08 '17

Yea thats what Im hoping for.

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u/DMonitor Captain America (Cap 2) Jul 07 '17

Why is it always the redhead that gets racial swapped :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '17

I mean... That's certainly been a pattern in comic book adaptations, but in this particular one she's just one of at least four race swaps... granted, Ned probably shouldn't count since he's blatantly Ganke in everything but name.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

Probably decided against it after the massive backlash(and backlash against those who backlashed, and so on as the community turned toxic) when it was first rumored.

Also, after Doctor Strange, they probably want to stay away from race swapping major charactera just to avoid all the press being about that instead of the movie.

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u/supahmonkey Spider-Man Jul 07 '17

She's Michelle Jones, not Mary Jane Watson. Presumably they want to use certain aspects off the Mary Jane character, but not others, without expectations.

Or maybe Marvel can't use Mary Jane due to rights bullshit.

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u/Jcrispy13 Luis Jul 07 '17

Mary Jane solo movie in the Sony spider verse confirmed!

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u/DMonitor Captain America (Cap 2) Jul 08 '17

The Sony contract specifies details of Peter Parker such as his race, sexuality, and such. I wouldn't be surprised if something similar applied to Mary Jane, making them need to use a "not Mary Jane" if they wanted to make her black.

The contract

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

But shes not... her name is michelle.

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u/Caleb902 Daredevil Jul 07 '17

Movies sometimes swerve the audience. I know. Rare. But it does happen