10 Obscure MCU Movie Secrets That Took Years To Discover
8. The Hidden Avengers Logo - Thor
Kenneth Branagh's Thor may not be one of the MCU's more beloved movies, but it perhaps doesn't get enough credit for its unique visual identity, with Branagh proving the perfect director to milk the story's Shakespearean majesty for every epic drop.
Branagh has a keen eye for composition as anyone who's seen one of his movies knows, yet one of Thor's most impressive visual flourishes went unnoticed for almost an entire decade.
In 2020, nearly nine years after Thor first hit cinemas - do you feel old yet? - Redditor Kiefer_XJ pointed out that the mid-film overhead shot of Mjölnir being surrounded by S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists actually contains a hidden Avengers logo.
Between the patch of lighter, circular dirt surrounding Thor's (Chris Hemsworth) hammer and the A-shaped scorch mark beneath the hammer itself, the logo can be faintly made out.
This is clearly no happy accident, but an astoundingly subtle nod towards the future of Thor and indeed the MCU as a whole.