Trailer Eternals Movie

[MarkB]

It occurs to me that, now that the Infinity Stones have been discorporated, Johann Schmidt's spirit may no longer be bound to his eternal vigil. Maybe he'll find Talos, or one of his people, and possess his body.

Then the new Marvel movie villain would be the Red Skrull.

 

[TheAlkaizer]

I'm not a huge comics nerd. I knew many of the Avengers by name. One thing they succeeded in doing with me during the first phase was to make me interested in the characters. Now, in the 4th phase, there's once again new characters being introduced, but so far they have failed to make me interested in them. I don't know who they are, I don't know what they want, I don't know what their conflict is.

 

[Zaukrie]

So much spoilerness in this thread.....I might have to give up on all comic-related threads here.

 

[Umbran]

So much spoilerness in this thread.....

So... we are largely talking about the context and speculating. What would you expect to see in a thread about a trailer if context and speculation were not present?

 

[Zaukrie]

So... we are largely talking about the context and speculating. What would you expect to see in a thread about a trailer if context and speculation were not present?

Stuff from the trailer, not all kinds of stuff not in the trailer? In any event, doesn't matter. I'll forget it all before I see the movie.

 

[Rune]

Stuff from the trailer, not all kinds of stuff not in the trailer? In any event, doesn't matter. I'll forget it all before I see the movie.

As with most speculation, virtually none of it will be in the movie. Some of it might be similar to what will become canon.

It’s like trying to predict a 5e adventure path based on AD&D setting lore.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Have you never heard of playing the long con?

Sure, the Skrulls work alongside humans while they are desperate. But more and more of them are coming every day. Get some powerful people used to having Skrulls impersonate them when it is convenient, like Fury in Spider-Man, eventually, there's enough of them around, and... "Surely, Director Fury, you didn't expect that we'd be happy living on the outskirts, having no power on our new home planet? You are all desperately inept at controlling yourselves, so... we'll do it for you...."

Yeah, I would hate this. They essentially portrayed Skrulls as refugees in Captain Marvel, I would really find it a very tone-deaf message to say, "Hey, don't trust the refugee aliens, as they were always planning to subvert and impersonate your power structures to seize control for themselves!"

Sends a pretty terrible message about some real-world issues.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Maybe exposing a single Skrull extremest gives the Kree an excuse/opportunity to paint all of the Skrulls as a hidden threat to Earth’s populace. Most of whom don’t know about Skrulls and certainly don’t know they were/are working with the “good guys.”

Maybe The Daily Bugle can play a part.

A single Skrull extremist... like a Super Skrull?

 

[Rune]

Yeah, I would hate this. They essentially portrayed Skrulls as refugees in Captain Marvel, I would really find it a very tone-deaf message to say, "Hey, don't trust the refugee aliens, as they were always planning to subvert and impersonate your power structures to seize control for themselves!"

Sends a pretty terrible message about some real-world issues.

Plus, they kind of already played around with that in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Not the infiltration part, but the rest.

 

[Ryujin]

As with most speculation, virtually none of it will be in the movie. Some of it might be similar to what will become canon.

It’s like trying to predict a 5e adventure path based on AD&D setting lore.

And hopefully not like a particular module for TORG, in which a major thing was given away right on the front cover

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Plus, they kind of already played around with that in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Not the infiltration part, but the rest.

Yeah it did... that show was kind of a mess in messaging too. The only moral I really got out of it was, "The government should listen to people more!"

Which I mean, sure. But it's a pretty boring non-controversial message.

 

[Tonguez]

Yeah it did... that show was kind of a mess in messaging too. The only moral I really got out of it was, "The government should listen to people more!"

Which I mean, sure. But it's a pretty boring non-controversial message.

Dont forget ‘just because the villains deliver medicines to refugees doesnt mean they wont blow stuff up’

 

[Older Beholder]

This looks great.
I've liked when Marvel have tried new things in the past and this feels like the biggest risk they've taken so far. I only really started watching Marvel movies from around the first Guardians of the Galaxy which got me hooked. Maybe this is why I don't have superhero fatigue. If anything I'm more excited for what's to come, the TV shows and movies like this, Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and Thor : Love and Thunder.

The only frustrating thing is all the movies that got pushed back when Australia was pretty much Covid free, but now that the rest of the world is opening up and big movies are being released again we're going into lockdown again.

 

[Morrus]

The only frustrating thing is all the movies that got pushed back when Australia was pretty much Covid free, but now that the rest of the world is opening up and big movies are being released again we're going into lockdown again.

I think on the balance between Covid rates and seeing movies earlier, you guys come out on top there.

 

[Umbran]

Stuff from the trailer, not all kinds of stuff not in the trailer?

Right so... really short discussion, then, as the trailer's less than three minutes long, and doesn't really contain much information. Thanos is the only character named, no personalities developed, no plot events are clearly given, and no clear relationships established other than "Eternals fight Deviants". One guy flies and has laser eyes, and one person can turn massive objects into... rose petals?

So, either way... you're kind of stuck, right? Either the thread doesn't discuss things outside the trailer, and so isn't much of a discussion, or you avoid it, and it isn't much of a discussion for you.

 

[The Green Hermit]

Oh, that's not really so hard. "I, Talos, have always been your friend, Director Fury! But some among my people, after so many years of loss and conflict, have become more... extreme..." You keep the individuals we have seen as sympathetic, and make some others the enemy.

The major plot for almost every sci-fi war series that goes more than a few books.

Not that I mind it, just noting that it is a common trope.

 

[MGibster]

Maybe even go outside on occasion?

You'll burst into flame.

I noticed superhero fatigue starting to set in with Captain Marvel even if I thought it was a good movie. The Eternals is the first Marvel movie I have absolutely zero interest in seeing.

 

[Older Beholder]

I think on the balance between Covid rates and seeing movies earlier, you guys come out on top there.

Very true, it’s a trivial concern, and for what it’s worth half the cinemas are still open here despite things getting out of control. Even being vaccinated myself I personally can’t justify going.

I think Dune will test me more than the Eternals when the time comes.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

I noticed superhero fatigue starting to set in with Captain Marvel even if I thought it was a good movie. The Eternals is the first Marvel movie I have absolutely zero interest in seeing.

I love the MCU and all the movies in it so far, and yet, I have not seen a single one of them in the theater. Watching them on DVD/Blu-ray, or on Disney+ now, helps avoid burnout, I think, as that intensity of having to see them as soon as they come out is not there.

 

[Older Beholder]

I noticed the film was playing yesterday (the day before the release date) so I went and watched it last night. Really enjoyed the mythology and metaphysics of it.