The 5 best Easter eggs from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Unexpected cameos, ridiculously obscure references, and the only good Morbius joke you'll hear all year: The best Easter eggs in Across The Spider-Verse
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As the sequel to the greatest Spider-Man movie of all time—and it’s not just us saying that now, Tom Holland officially agrees—this week’s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse has a lot to live up to. But while we can all spend the next four years arguing over whether the new movie’s more expansive take on Miles Morales’ trips across kaleidoscopic reality trumps the more focused original flick, it’s impossible to deny that there is a whole hell of a lot of stuff to look at in this movie. Gorgeous backgrounds, shifting art styles, and, of course, Easter eggs, which the film has in overwhelming abundance—especially once the dimension-hopping begins in earnest, and Miles begins interacting with literally hundreds of other Spider-folk.
We could never hope to catch every reference or in-joke in this jam-packed treasure trove of a movie—that’ll have to wait for a format with a handy pause button, and our Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe cracked open on our laps—but we did want to highlight our favorites out of the ones we did notice. So buckle up, as we do this… one last time. (Until the next time, at least.)
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“For all that the movie concerns itself with the idea of a rigid Spider-Man canon that defines these character’s stories, it betrays its real heart with these choices”I mean, Miguel is explicitly portrayed as wrong for thinking this way. And it’s pretty amazing to see this movie go even further than The Batman with the whole idea of “the bad guy is literally a toxic fanboy complaining that his favorite superhero isn’t exactly the way he wants it.”
And the *other* villain is a “DEBATE ME!” type dude who’s obsessed with someone who didn’t even know they existed.
Just saw the movie last night so I’m a little behind here, but isn’t Miguel kind of portrayed as right with the way entire universes can apparently be wiped out just by changing up the “canon events”? Sure he’s a dick the way he goes about it, but from what they show in the movie it’s a little bit of a trolley problem where there is no factually correct solution.
Speaking of canon and how the movie deals with it, I think we’re up for an even weirder trip of a Spider-Verse movie the third time around. Also feel as if the movie is going to lean into that “It’s all canon. All of it.” mindset which fits with the “anyone can wear the mask” message in the first movie. Sure, certain “canon” events made most of the incarnations of spider-people/things, but breaking canon is what made them different incarnations in the first place.
I mean, neither Earth 42 nor Miles universe collapsed despite how drastically both deviated from what Miguel claimed was canon. That right there pretty much prove he’s absolutely wrong.
Will the Superman/Spiderman crossovers get any love in all of this Spiderverse? Just suggesting…
Still kinda bummed there wasn’t a Spiders-Man cameo
fact: spiders man was invited to King Arthur and Medusa’s wedding.
Sort of hoping he’ll show up in the next film when Superior Spider-Man forms his own team, like in Spider-Geddon
Seeing this on Thursday with my 7-year old and I’ll only have one thing on my mind: Nicholas Hammond cameo or gtfo.
I’m pissed for the most ridiculous reason. Where were the trailers for this fuck? Legitimately I’ve now mentioned this film to ten people who loved the first one and none of them knew it existed. This is me flipping the bird to Sony for dropping that ball.
“This is me flipping the bird to Sony for dropping that ball.”
Yeah, with the massive opening the movie had, Sony sure dropped the ball on this one.
Trailers are fucking EVERYWHERE.
You’re right; that is definitely a ridiculous reason. Trailers were everywhere you’d expect trailers to be, for quite a long time now.
It made 209 million dollars on opening weekend. Maybe you have adblock or are mostly streaming?
Y’all realize that Miles exists because of the Donald Glover-should-be-Spider-Man campaign, right?
The pointing finger gag? In there. My theatre went nuts at that part!
C’mon, AVClub, a slideshow for five items?Hard pass.