There are several details that have our minds racing
This article contains spoilers for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” It’s a wild time to be an origin movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Coming just after “Loki” upended everything by introducing the multiverse, “Shang-Chi” brings its own brand of magic to the MCU in an adventure that apparently stands completely alone from everything else currently going on in the franchise. I say “apparently” because everything in the MCU always has some kind of big picture ramifications — they just aren’t always obvious until later. “Shang-Chi” I think is one of those types of situations. I think there are details here that will only make sense sometime between now and “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” next summer. But it’s always fun to take some shots in the dark anyway, and that’s what I’m gonna do here. So let’s talk about the mid-credits scene. This bonus scene shows Shaun (Simu Liu) and Katy (Awkwafina) chatting with Wong (Benedict Wong) about those magical arm rings. But it’s not just them. Also present are Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo). Banner is in his human form here, rather than the Smart Hulk thing he had going in “Avengers: Endgame,” his arm in a sling.
