10 Most Paused Moments In Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies

1. Howard The Duck - Guardians Of The Galaxy

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It's nice when an actual filmmaker acknowledges the idea of pausing a DVD or Blu-ray in order to find little easter eggs that you might not be able to glimpse properly in the theatre - it offers up the sense that they're just as geeky as the fans. And writer/director James Gunn did exactly that with reference to the Collector's Museum section in his brilliant flick Guardians of the Galaxy:

"There€™s a lot of stuff in the Collector€™s Museum. And for me, it was mostly just really fun. As a Marvel fan, giving the actual fans something that they can freeze frame on their Blu-Ray at home and just kind of pick out everything that€™s in there. So there are, I mean, seriously all those boxes have something interesting in them, so it€™s pretty fun."

The most paused moment in the movie, though? It was the one that saw MCU fans trying to get a glimpse of often lambasted Marvel hero Howard the Duck (before he's visible plainly in the credits), who can be briefly glimpsed in the background of the shot the first time the Guardians meet The Collector. Quack!

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