Age of Ultron AoU Post-credits scene discussion (*SPOILERS*)

[HKpowerup]

I think this deserves its own discussion (although if not feel free to delete).

So can we assume that Thanos has paid a visit to Asgard, possibly with the aid of Loki (disguised as Odin) where he retrieved the gauntlet?

This is a huge development. He is obviously going to be in Thor 3: Ragnarok, probably in a supporting role now as opposed to just a quick appearance.

Thoughts?

 

[Incredible Hans]

I think this deserves its own discussion (although if not feel free to delete).

So can we assume that Thanos has paid a visit to Asgard, possibly with the aid of Loki (disguised as Odin) where he retrieved the gauntlet?

This is a huge development. He is obviously going to be in Thor 3: Ragnarok, probably in a supporting role now as opposed to just a quick appearance.

Thoughts?

I'd say there are several possibilities:

1) As you said, Thanos was in Asgard and got the gauntlet.

OR

2) Marvel will just ignore that the gauntlet was shown as an easter egg in Thor 1. In that case, Thanos had the gauntlet all the time.

OR

3) The gauntlet isn't important, only the infinity stones are. Everyone who has all stones could make himself such a gauntlet. That could mean that the gauntlet shown in Thor 1 is a trophy from a war, maybe centuries ago, when someone else tried to collect all infinity stones. Today, however, Thanos doesn't need that trophy, he only needs the stones and already made his own gauntlet.

And therefore I'm not 100% sure that Thanos is in Thor 3 (other than a mid-credit scene).

 

[Bayne]

I think him being in Thor 3 is a pretty safe bet. The line 'I'll do it myself' is a pretty clear indication he's going to be more directly involved in phase 3 than phase 2. He clearly has no part in Civil War or Ant-man and Doctor Strange doesn't seem likely either, so that leaves Ragnarok and GotG 2 as the main candidates for an appearance, plus Thor's entire storyline in this movie seems obviously designed to set him on a course of investigating Thanos.

 

[Jammat]

Thor was sent to Earth to get the infinity stone, presanly under 'Odin's' orders, therefore it seems Likely to me that Thanos has Loki working for him, and Thor is beginning to work out all is not as it should be in Asgard.

 

[Demileto]

I think him being in Thor 3 is a pretty safe bet. The line 'I'll do it myself' is a pretty clear indication he's going to be more directly involved in phase 3 than phase 2. He clearly has no part in Civil War or Ant-man and Doctor Strange doesn't seem likely either, so that leaves Ragnarok and GotG 2 as the main candidates for an appearance, plus Thor's entire storyline in this movie seems obviously designed to set him on a course of investigating Thanos.

There are still 2 stones to be discovered, Soul and Time, and it seems reasonable that one of those would be featured in Dr. Strange. That said, this might be one gem they'll leave for Infinity War for Thanos to get.

 

[Jaxon]

I think Loki has given him the gauntlet in exchange for something, and that might be to have dealt with Odin somehow

 

[MbJ]

I don't think that's the same Gauntlet. Marvel threw in all those easter eggs (like the Eternal Flame and Orb of Agamotto) before they knew they were going to get to adapt Infinity Gauntlet, so I assume that scene has just been retconned.

If you notice, the Gauntlet seen in Thor had the gems in it while this one does not.

 

[Silvermoth]

I thought the after credits scene was a bit boring to be honest. Too similar to the last avengers after credits scene.

Plus

Spoiler

so what if he has the glove? The gems are the important part. It's my fault because I thought we might get a quick glimpse of doc strange, captain marvel and black panther and it was a bit boring

 

[divan]

I guess the Gauntlet is necessary to handle the gems' power without getting Red Skull'd.

 

[Steelsheen]

i made sure to pay special attention on this during my second screening. the gauntlet doesnt look to be in Asgard. true it looked like it was in some kind of secured vault, but when Thanos went to take it out the background/ room he was in doesnt look Asgardian, it looks very sci-fi to me-- its all white with a matrix of pipes in a chamber, as if they borrowed some design inspiration from Cerebro.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

The Post-credits scene was predictable, but cool just because of Thanos.

 

[hoy-small-fry]

I loved it. It's got me super-hyped for Phase 3, and Thanos has finally got off his chair!

The glove isn't in Asgard though, otherwise they'd have shown something, and Thanos would have picked up the Tesseract. That scene was most-likely in Sanctuary or close by. I think we have to ignore the easter egg, and assume he, or anyone, could forge a glove to hold them if that person has the knowledge. Collecting the gems is the trick.

My big question is when this was set. Thanos had no role in AoU, so was this after Ronan's defeat?

 

[psylockolussus]

The post-credits scene was too quick, I would have liked it more if it was like 10 to 30 seconds longer.

 

[hoy-small-fry]

Something to set the scene would have been nice, the same way it panned towards The Other in A1

 

[Ghostcrow13]

Still don't think Thanos will do much in phase 3.

It seems to imply it yes, but the scene in A1 implied he would be the big bad in this one.

At best I see him having incredibly small roles in Ragnarok and GoTG2 where he might obtain a couple of gems, and the rest he will get in IW1. There is no point in him getting most of the gems before IW1 because then it will just be him with the gauntlet for a very long period.

 

[Bayne]

There are still 2 stones to be discovered, Soul and Time, and it seems reasonable that one of those would be featured in Dr. Strange. That said, this might be one gem they'll leave for Infinity War for Thanos to get.

I agree an infinity stone is likely to appear in Dr. Strange, but I still don't think Thanos will. Unless Dr. Strange takes place in a much more exotic location than I think it will - I'm pretty sure Thanos isn't going to set foot anywhere near Earth until the actual infinity war movies. But a conflict between Thanos and Asgard (or at least Thor) seems like exactly the kind of thing that would lead up to the Avengers confronting Thanos (especially after Thor's storyline in AoU).

 

[Jaxon]

My guess is Infinity wars might start with "5 years ago", and we see where Loki ended up falling from the rainbow bridge and a deal struck between him and Thanos involving the gauntlet, mind gem, and conquering earth.

 

[misjuevos]

the glove in the pic from the vault in asgard, from thor 1, is a right handed gauntlet. Thanos puts on a left handed one in AOU. Also it is not a big deal to me. The gauntlet was just what he put the gems on, it could have easily have been the infinity helmet or infinity boot. The gauntlets are just what he wears, I took the mid credit scene to mean that he is going to get his hands dirty himself. Like "if you want something done right, do it yourself". Thanos is "going to work" so to speak.

 

[ernesth100]

Perhaps Thanos will be the one to set off Ragnarok.

 

[Saitou Hajime]

The scene implies to me that Thanos manufactured the gauntlet specifically to wield the stones' power in unison, and he was waiting on its completion before he made a personal attempt at acquiring the stones.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I don't think that's the same Gauntlet. Marvel threw in all those easter eggs (like the Eternal Flame and Orb of Agamotto) before they knew they were going to get to adapt Infinity Gauntlet, so I assume that scene has just been retconned.

If you notice, the Gauntlet seen in Thor had the gems in it while this one does not.

I have always agreed with this. The Thor gauntlet was an easter egg, like the other items in the room. They never went out of their way to show it or the other items.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Still don't think Thanos will do much in phase 3.

It seems to imply it yes, but the scene in A1 implied he would be the big bad in this one.

At best I see him having incredibly small roles in Ragnarok and GoTG2 where he might obtain a couple of gems, and the rest he will get in IW1. There is no point in him getting most of the gems before IW1 because then it will just be him with the gauntlet for a very long period.

My money is still on a series of mid-credit scenes of Thanos doing his thing.

 

[Saitou Hajime]

My money is still on a series of mid-credit scenes of Thanos doing his thing.

My guess is that the TR and GOTG2 mid-credit scenes would be Thanos laying waste to Asgard and Xandar to get their stones.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I think it's important that Thor specifically leaves Earth to investigate Thanos and Ragnarok is the last movie before IW1. Thanos definitely has to have some role in that movie.

 

[Marvolo]

So the after credits scene is basically the Infintiy War teaser they showed at SDCC?