According to the information that has been released so far, Marvel fans will see a full-scale war between Wakanda and the mysterious undersea kingdom in “Black Panther 2: Long Live Waganda” later this year; however, due to some settings With the above changes, a certain Easter egg “Namo” that once appeared in “Iron Man 2” seems to have a problem of not being able to get it.
One of the biggest features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, which has been in development for more than ten years, is that fans can often find many foreshadowing or Easter eggs in the series of films that hint at the development of the series in the future. These Easter eggs often pave the way for various characters or series to come, while also creating a sense that the heroes’ stories are all intertwined, and succeed in creating a large and complex worldview.
For example, in 2010’s Iron Man 2, fans could find a “SHIELD Crisis Analysis Map” in the background of a segment of dialogue between Nick Fury and Tony Stark, showing several locations that this intelligence unit is investigating.
Fans immediately recognized many of these locations, such as Tony Stark’s mansion in Malibu, the observatory set up after Thor’s Quake dropped in New Mexico, and the Hulk and the Devil in Harlem, New York.. The location of the a battle on the streets of the area, etc., and one of the most interesting locations is Waganda.
That is, as early as 8 years before the official release of the movie “Black Panther”, Marvel Studios laid the foundation for this location. But in addition to that, fans also noticed a marker in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on this map, a clear hint that the underwater man “Namo” and Atlantis already exist in the series.
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However, “Black Panther 2: Long Live Waganda” has confirmed that Marvel will make some changes to the settings of Namor and Atlantis, which means that this Easter egg that once appeared in “Iron Man 2” is no longer on get more accurate.
According to the introduction of the “Black Panther 2” Namor doll released by Hasbro, the undersea man was changed to “the leader of the ancient underwater civilization Talocan” in the setting. The name Talocan is inspired by the Aztec legend of Tlālōcān, said to be led by the “rain god Tlaloc” and his counterpart “the water goddess Chalchutrique”. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Namor and Namora appear to be the representatives of these two gods. This change suggests that Namor now lives in an undersea land in South America, rather than the middle of Oceania as suggested by Iron Man 2.
Marvel Studios could not have predicted the huge changes to the location related to Atlantis 12 years later in Black Panther 2 during the age of Iron Man 2. It is also quite a reasonable decision, since the director of “Black Panther 2” Ryan Coogger has always wanted to depict the underwater city from the perspective of Aztec and Mayan culture and mythology, while also bringing more innovation and diverse styles. On the other hand, this change can also avoid the setting too similar to the DC movie “Aquaman” which brought the background of Atlantis one step forward.
Aquaman and Namor
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ignored or even directly denied the foreshadowing and easter eggs that appeared in the past, for example, although “Infinity Gloves” appeared in originally in “Thor” in the form of Easter eggs, but after After several years of development, this pair of gloves became fake in “Thor 3: Ragnarok”.
In the end credits of “Avengers 2: Age of Ultron”, the audience also saw Thanos wearing his Infinity Gloves and decided to “go out personally”, but by the time of “Avengers 3: Infinity War” In the middle, he ordered the dwarf king Elit make gloves for him. According to “Infinity War” screenwriter Stephen McFeely, the end credits “are not their movie.”
Anyway, such a small discrepancy isn’t too much of a problem – the “Iron Man 2” era SHIELD may have actually found something in the Atlantic Ocean, but that’s not the same as Tallo’s “Black Panther 2” underwater kingdom. Kan doesn’t belong.
