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- Spider-Man: Far From Home’s post-credits scene fixes its biggest plot hole
- Okay, what does that mean for the future of the Spider-Man movies?
- Spider-Man: Far From Home’s mid-credits scene and J. Jonah Jameson
- J.K. Simmons Promises More J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man and MCU Movies
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The cheeky scene explains why Fury may have fallen so hard for Mysterio, and a number of other weird tics I’m sure fans will suss out on their umpteenth reviewing. The sheer magnitude of Far From Home’s first after credits moment, which brings J.K. Simmons back as an Alex Jones-like iteration of Daily Bugle (dot net!) newsman J.
But even worse, Mysterio’s dying attempt to destroy Spider-Man was to record a video message where he reveals Spidey’s true identity to the world. Over on Reddit, descriptions for both the mid and post-credits scenes have leaked, and given that multiple people are reporting the same thing, it seems as if the intel is legit. As usual, the mid-credits one will lay the seeds for a future storyline to come in the MCU, while the post-credits sequence is more of a fun one, and it’ll surely have fans going wild. But before we proceed, do note that spoilers will follow from here on out. Post-credits scenes have long been a Marvel movie tradition, to give fans an extra little shot of excitement, tease out future movies or throw in a cameo of, say, an esoteric comic book character. It’s often said that if you think comic books and movies aren’t political, you aren’t paying enough attention.
Spider-Man: Far From Home’s post-credits scene fixes its biggest plot hole
Jameson continues on to state that he knows who Spider-Man really is. He reveals that it is local high schooler Peter Parker — and ends his broadcast on a photo of Peter. The scene concludes with a cut to Peter and MJ, both in absolute shock.
You can even consider bringing back Simmons to play Jameson here as setting the precedent for Reynolds’ return as Wade Wilson. I don’t care if it’s been nearly 20 years since his first crack at the character. Much like Batman in The Dark Knight, Spider-Man ends his sophomore movie by being wanted for the murder of a secretly psychotic “hero” and is now going to end up public enemy #1. And so, during the mid-credits, a news report shows footage of Mysterio pleading to a camera that Spider-Man is coming to kill him and is using a bunch of drones made by Stark Industries. This is mixed with footage of Spider-Man commanding EDITH to “execute” the drones. Far From Home paints itself as an uplifting adventure where everything comes up Parker in the end .
Okay, what does that mean for the future of the Spider-Man movies?
Far From Home’s ending sees Spider-Man taking MJ on a “Spider-swing” across Manhattan. As the mid-credits scene kicks in, Peter gets ready to take off, he’s perched on a lamppost when we hear a TV broadcast break into the current program as J. Jonah Jameson (the anti-Spider-Man editor of the Daily Bugle. A role reprised by J.K Simmons from the Tobey Maguire movies) shows up on a giant TV screen, from TheDailyBugle.net newsroom. He claims to have a disturbing footage of Mysterio’s last moments as he died protecting the Earth . The footage plays showing an altered version of the final battle that shows Spider-Man as the perpetrator of all the attacks.
Fury, as we learn, is off with the Skrulls, taking a much needed vacation . Whether he’s teaming up with his old pal Captain Marvel on an undisclosed threat or mounting a SHIELD-replacing version of SWORD is anyone’s guess — but his single eye is pointed to the stars. Nick Fury and Maria Hill were not Nick Fury and Maria Hill, but Talos and Soren, the Skrull couple introduced in Captain Marvel, in disguise.
Spider-Man: Far From Home’s mid-credits scene and J. Jonah Jameson
At one point, they were thinking of Peter outing himself shortly after his final battle with Mysterio, but they wanted it to be more complicated than that, hence, having Beck unmasking the hero himself. Mysterio's group already had access to virtual reality tech and, even before getting their hands on EDITH, could digitally generate an entire bar scene. Using the same mixture of drones, projectors and effects, the mid-credits scene could've been crafted specifically for Peter Parker's benefit. At the beginning of the movie, Mysterio has us believing that we’re finally getting a taste of the multiverse — not just time travel but a glimpse into the alternate realities we’ve long heard about.
Standing in the street with MJ, Peter saw his identity on the big screen along with the rest of the crowd in New York City and reacted accordingly. In the original cut of this scene, his best friend Ned also had some strong reactions. The final piece of tinfoil in this mid-credits hat is the inclusion of Jameson, who has some bizarre comic-book history with Scorpion. In some comics as well as the recent Marvel’s Spider-Man game for PS4 (which gets a quick shout-out in Far From Home in one web-swinging sequence), Jameson pays for Gargan to receive experimental treatments that give him scorpion-like powers. The idea is to create a buggy foil to Spider-Man, but instead Gargan ends up a supervillain.
He owns every scene he’s in and helps make all three films worth watching due to his confident, long-winded, motor mouth persona. Quentin Beck’s grand scheme was to pull the old Thunderbolts gambit. Anyway, as Mysterio, he pretends to be a superhero, fakes some villains to thwart, earns the trust of the public, and works towards earning more powerful resources to use at his leisure. He’s defeated by Spider-Man with the assist of Nick Fury, Maria Hill, and Spidey’s amazing friends. Following a montage of Chadwick Boseman's best moments as Black Panther, the audience gets a shocker with the mid-credits scene, where Nakia brings a little boy to Shuri and introduces him.
But by the end of the film, we come to learn that we’re as far from visiting an alternate Earth, or having an alternate-Earth inhabitant visit us, as ever. Given how lively and jokey Far From Home is, it may be that the next Spider-Man movie will largely play off his outing as a joke. After all, Far From Home mines multiple gags out of Peter’s rival Flash idolizing Spider-Man while sneering at Peter, and it’s always seemed like that dynamic was a setup for a big comic payoff when Flash finds out they’re the same person. Broadcasting doctored footage of Spider-Man ordering the extermination of millions of people is pretty horrifying, but there’s nothing a couple of shapeshifters can’t fix. We know the Skrulls are back on Earth in search of Kree sleeper cells and we know they’re in touch with Nick Fury in space. Of course, if the Six does appear, they’d be hard pressed to do it without Doctor Otto Octavius, who is closely linked with the team in the comics.
It's also possible that he was asked by Captain Marvel to aid in a Skrull endeavor, tough that seems less likely given that Talos is on Earth. We simply don't know enough to make a detailed guess, and we also don't know which upcoming MCU films will shed light on this new adventure. What we do know, though, is that we shouldn't expect to say goodbye to Nick Fury anytime soon. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle into Peter Parker's New York city, and the introduction of the Bugle as an outlet specifically geared toward exposing Spider-Man for who he is from the start, is a bold move forward for this little corner of the MCU. Fury’s vacation raises a few questions about how the Skrulls have thrived since Captain Marvel helped them find a new home, and how close of a relationship humans and Skrulls have. Also, with Nick Fury ending his “vacation,” it seems like the Avengers — or some form of them — will soon be ready to get back in action … which we’ll have to wait for in a future movie.
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In print, it’s libel,” to an alt-right conspiracy theorist with bona fide social-media influence. However, when Spider-Man goes to drop her off, a breaking news report in Times Square blares to life on a giant screen. In the midst of their final battle, Mysterio took the time to record a video to send to the public in the event of his defeat. Specifically, the video was sent to the “controversial” new site, The Daily Bugle and J. With most of the world still believing him to be a hero, the video shows Mysterio claiming that Spider-Man turned on him and stole control of the drone fleet.
