One of the main reasons everyone has jumped on board the Marvel Cinematic Universe train over the course of recent years comes down to the simple fact that the studio really knows how to please (and reward) its fans. That's to say, if Marvel continue to jam-pack their movies with inter-references and connections to past and future events that have and will occur, and to all the characters we've come to love in their ever-expanding world, people will stick around. Thor: The Dark World, the latest installment in the mighty Thor series, is no exception to this rule: given the timeframe of the story (post-Avengers) there are references aplenty, all of which have been implemented to appease your appetite for characters dispensing lines about things you saw happen once. Then there are the nods to upcoming story arcs, of course, followed by a slew of self-aware gags that will have you grinning like an idiot. All this adds up to a Thor movie that feels as though it's been crafted entirely as a kind of reward vessel for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans. Which is totally fine, of course, because we're all nerds here. Here are 7 MCU references we spotted during our viewing of Thor: The Dark World...
PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS. DON'T READ ON IF YOU WANT TO BE SURPRISED BY ANYTHING IN THOR: THE DARK WORLD