Black Panther second trailer

[Tonguez]

direct reference to Namor as Kukulkan the feathered serpent and a show case of him flying.

Shuri suit

 

[Jack Daniel]

Are we seeing Ironheart at 1:40, I wonder?

 

[Rabulias]

Are we seeing Ironheart at 1:40, I wonder?

Most assuredly. We later see her flying the suit with a HUD similar to Tony's at 1:45 - 1:46. I wonder if Riri is some kind of student/intern found as part of the Wakandan global outreach program?

Is that Attuma at 1:43?

 

[ruemere]

I love (sarcasm warning) how they still persist in using spears. Still, maybe one day their meager film budget will allow the cost of a military consultant versed in history of arms.

 

[Ryujin]

I like that they didn't pluck Namor's foot-wings, or make them merely symbolic. They're incredibly silly, but he's had them since day 1. Going for a Mayan vibe with the Atlanteans is interesting and I like that too.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Kukulkan the feathered serpent

Interesting that they're referring to the Mayan version of the name. The Aztec name for the god, Quetzalcoatl, is much more well known.

 

[Tonguez]

Interesting that they're referring to the Mayan version of the name. The Aztec name for the god, Quetzalcoatl, is much more well known.

Yeah, maybe too well known. Kukulkan is also much easier to say

 

[Blue]

I love (sarcasm warning) how they still persist in using spears. Still, maybe one day their meager film budget will allow the cost of a military consultant versed in history of arms.

At this point it's canon in the MCU. Changing it would be more jarring.

 

[MarkB]

I love (sarcasm warning) how they still persist in using spears. Still, maybe one day their meager film budget will allow the cost of a military consultant versed in history of arms.

We're talking about a franchise in which some of the world's heaviest-hitters use shields, hammers and bows-and-arrows. There's no inconsistency here.

 

[ruemere]

We're talking about a franchise in which some of the world's heaviest-hitters use shields, hammers and bows-and-arrows. There's no inconsistency here.

Comic logic works for supers, whose capabilities should exceed those of humans with firearms.

At the same time in Wakanda we have people charging aliens with spears in their hands. This is, to my nasty suspicious mind, like saying that a writer simply is unable to imagine a technologically advanced civilization in Africa.

Look, they have futuristic buildings, hover cars and led-blinking sci-fi displays, and yet, when they go to fight, all they can do is mass together, raise spears and charge?

That's way beyond lazy imagining...

PS. Here're a few examples of how they could have avoided this tired and lazy troupe of mass-scream-and-charge:
1. The king is effectively a superpowered human, and they need no firearms.
2. Awful equipment is actually high tech, they have lasers, force beams, force shields, and they simply like traditional looks.
3. That mass charge? Well, it was holograms and illusions designed to confound the enemies while the real weapons strike.

I could go on and on. I just happen to think that it is unfair to think about a culture that's supposedly advanced, and yet they still use dark ages mindset when deployed to battlefield. Dune makes an excellent case for justifying existence of melee weapons.