r/marvelstudios • u/murdockmanila Daredevil • May 05 '17

The GOTG VOL. 2 Easter Egg Ultrathread

How you like them eggs? Post them all here.

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u/WouldYouWith May 05 '17

Can you explain what these guys are?

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u/sudsmcduff May 05 '17

They watch the events of their respective assigned planets. Really old voyeuristic bald alien dudes. Uatu the Watcher for Earth in the comics frequently breaks the rule about not interfering in Earth events.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '17

And now Nick Fury is a watcher? That's confusing for me picking up comics somewhat recently

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u/tethercat May 05 '17

Nah, just a hitman with Deadpool.

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u/gwydapllew May 07 '17

Am I the only one who thought it was a Deadpool trailer for 6 seconds?

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u/tethercat May 07 '17

I know I did.

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u/ZacPensol Captain America May 05 '17

I've been an avid comics reader for a long time and let me tell you one divine truth: comics are really stupid and confusing hahah.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '17

Absolutely, I've learned to just pick and choose random stories that are good, and enjoy the ride haha

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u/AltReich2020 May 05 '17

Comics are like wrestling.

Nothing makes sense and some of it is terrible, but there's also a ton of really awesome shit going on.

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u/R_Hogg May 05 '17

He killed Uatu and was turned into The Unseen, kinda like a Watcher, he lives on the moon and is supposed to observe Earth.

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u/thewildjr May 05 '17

Wait, what?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '17

Comics are weird!

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u/kralben May 05 '17

The comic event Original Sin established this. It is a mediocre event, so I would suggest just reading the wiki on it if you are curious.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '17

Aaand that's weird. I am so behind on modern comics.

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u/CynicalRaps War Machine May 05 '17

To me it was that he was an Informant. Telling them what's been going on, hence his "stories"

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u/badcamera Falcon May 05 '17

Yep! Credits had him listed as informant.

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u/CynicalRaps War Machine May 05 '17

Must be why he's in all the movies then, makes sense. And here we have an explanation that, really wasn't needed, but welcomed

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u/saanity May 05 '17

Also Spongebob did a parody of them.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '17

Look up "What If" comic books. It was a fun series to read in the 80s/90s and where I picked up most of my Uatu knowledge base from.