10 Times The MCU Gave Fans EXACTLY What They Wanted (And They Hated It)
2. The Story Behind Nick Fury's Eye
Is there, has there ever been, or will there ever be a character in the MCU as cool as Nick Fury? The answer to all three is no. Samuel L. Jackson simply emits a constant pulse of cool that just cannot be matched, with the air of mystery surrounding the character just adding to it even further.
Ever since he stepped from out of the shadows to address Tony Stark, Director Fury has sported a black eye patch. There was never any explanation, though in The Winter Soldier he claimed he lost his eye when he last trusted someone.
Clearly, there was a back story here and fans were desperate to know it. Who did he trust? How exactly did he lose his eye? How was he betrayed? In the world of superheroes, technology, and espionage that Fury lived, it could have been anything. The revelation in Captain Marvel however, was painfully underwhelming.
He trusted Goose the Flerkin with the Tesseract, but was scratched across the eye by the cat-looking alien. There was no betrayal, it was literally a cat scratch. Some stories are clearly better left untold.