As unique as it may seem, Morbius try to use the same trick Venom: there will be slaughter by Andy Serkis. His post-credits scenes are meant to be a direct connection to other stories in the Marvel multiverse. But while those starring Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock raised some interesting questions, those of Morbius they are artificial additions to the plot. It is surprising that both the first and second have an air of haste, unconvincing and no obvious link to the main plot. But even more so, the way in which the information they contribute to the story are loose pieces without true narrative value.
In fact, it seems that both were added after the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home. As much as the other, they lack links with the central story that the film tells. But most of all, they disconcertingly contradict the rules of the Marvel multiverse.
Morbius, which seemed like a transition between several narrative lines or that had hinted at its different advances, ends up being a kind of island story. One that doesn’t add much interest to Sony’s possible spiderverse or does so in a clumsy and unsound way.
First post-credits scene: an old acquaintance arrives in a new world
The first post-credit scene is linked — or tries to be — to the film with what is narrated in Spider-Man: No Way Home. In fact, the sequence begins with what appears to be the breakup of the multiverse. The image recalls the exact moment when Stephen Strange executes his second spell to return the villains to their respective universes. But what happens next has no logic or foundation within the laws raised by the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The next shot of Morbius it shows an empty cell in which Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes materializes in a white prison uniform. And he does it the same way the villains of Spider-Man: No Way Home they disappear The big question that remains unanswered is why the character is returned to another dimensional space. If the premise of Strange’s spell was to return visitors from other dimensions to their original universes why it affected Adrian. Even more strange and strange: does that mean that Adrian was a variant from another universe? When did something similar happen? Why did it happen?
But the most absurd in the post-credit scenes of Morbius is to come. Adrian seems puzzled, though not exactly confused by what he has just experienced. And in fact, looking at himself in the mirror that hangs on a wall, he seems to immediately understand what has happened. “At least something is identical”, says the character without explaining or making any sense how he is able to deduce that he has just survived a multiversal trip. A lot less, who is in a different timeline than yours and who also experienced an event between the magical and the mysterious.
Shortly afterward, a newscaster describes the event as “completely inexplicable” and adds that Toomes will be released, since he has committed no crime. The scene ends without making clear the most alarming points of the scene. Where is the Adrian of that dimension? Was it replaced by the one from another timeline? Why did the phenomenon occur? Is this another unforeseen glitch in Strange’s spell?
It could be deduced that the trailer hints at Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessthe multiverse is so unstable for similar events to occur. However, the movie does not make it clear.. It seems that Toomes’ presence is just a lame justification for his second, more incoherent and completely ridiculous post-credits scene.
The second post-credits scene shows the Morbius of Jared Leto driving a car at high speed down a country road. There is no sign that he has finally made up his mind to reverse the effect of the formula that turned him into a vampire. In fact, he looks healthy and satisfiedwhich contradicts what he has just narrated for most of the film.
Suddenly, the character stops in a field and follows a line of hanging fabrics that lead him to what seems to be a specific place. Morbius he waits and a few minutes later a huge and recognizable figure appears in the sky. Adrian Toomes, this time in his Vulture outfit identical down to the last detail to the one he wore in Spider-Man: Homecoming , descend to the ground. She approaches Morbius and exchanges a short dialogue with the character. “I don’t know how I got here, but I know it has to do with Spider-Man.”
Although it is clear that this is a way of strengthen the future project of the six accidents, the scene does not have the slightest coherence. Why is the Vulture/Adrian Toomes wearing the same costume from his original timeline? How did you find the parts to create it? Did the Toomes of that dimension have it? Does that mean that the confrontation in New York against the Chitauri army happened in that timeline? Stranger still. How was Toomes able to deduce that the event that brought him to an unknown location is related to Spider-Man? Is he already in contact with the rest of the Sinisters? If so, why is he not sure what happened?
Morbiusit finally hit theaters, after nearly two years of delays. But what promised to be a plot and visual experiment of enormous interest, ended up being a fiasco. The film, perhaps the weakest related to Marvel, It is not just nonsense on several different levels. It’s also a confusing interconnection between some ideas put forward by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Much more with two post-credit scenes that, far from providing information, violate the careful structure that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has created.