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2021-08-19, 06:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Eternals - Final Trailer
Now with 500% more laser eyes:
SpoilerOn the one hand, they do give a wafer-thin justification for why the Eternals didn't fight Thanos, although it really doesn't hold up.
On the other, lots of laser eyes. And fighty stuff. And really dramatic music. And a quick shot of some giant six-eyed cosmic being who I assume is a giant six-eyed easter egg of some sort.
Yeah, hard pass on this one.Last edited by Palanan; 2021-08-19 at 06:43 AM.
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2021-08-19, 07:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerGotta agree with this. Humans are expected to take on 5-Stone Thanos and multiple other alien invasions but the mutated dinosaur people are too much?
I do kind of wonder if they’re going use the Deviants to populate the MCU Savage Land.
SpoilerI believe that’s a Celestial. I think you were in the last thread where it came up but for the people that weren’t: remember Knowhere in Guardians of the Galaxy? That was a Celestial’s head.
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2021-08-19, 09:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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If my text is blue, I'm being sarcastic.But you already knew that, right?
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2021-08-19, 09:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerWe don't know. They definitely come in different shapes and sizes (based on comic precedence), but Ego could've been lying too. He was like that. If Ego WAS telling the truth (big if) then yeah, he's of the same group of people as the trailer.
Man I really, REALLY hope there is more to the deviants than just some souped up dinosaurs. I want me my Ghaur and Kro and other weird monster-men dangit! That would be the disappoint.
Also, not a single scene of BK with a sword. I'm starting to think that Dane Whitman is just going to be a normal scientitian in this movie with no black knight ness at all.
I'm personally tired of everyone in the MCU becoming a sarcastic quipster, but Phastos' line reading on "you know what has never saved the universe? Your sarcasm" cracked. me. up.
I think the movie looks beautiful, but it wasn't what I was hoping for I guess. I was hoping for more Kirby-esque brightness. You know, hidden cities deep under the earth. Monsters in elaborate armor pulling levers on enormous chunky machines. deviants who are more head than body.Last edited by Wintermoot; 2021-08-19 at 10:07 AM.
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2021-08-19, 10:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerI suspect when it all plays out, it will be revealed that Ego was lying about being a celestial. Now whether that was the intention of James Gunn all along or just a retrofit from some later creator will never be clear, but that's life in the industry of comic book properties. Everything you do can and will be undone by those who come after you.
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2021-08-19, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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So they know what vibranium is and how to shape it... hmmm...
I find it amusing you made a whole thread about it just to say "hard pass" I was going to post in the Phase 4 thread.
But Ego IS a Celestial. Just a much younger one than the others.
Well, the tall one wrapping up Thena at 2:18 certainly isn't a dinosaur.
And frankly, I'd honestly much rather them just be monsters if we're doing Deviants at all. The comic's original conceit of "pretty surface humanoids Good, ugly underground humanoids Evil!" did not age well.
In fact, make them be the various monsters and demons from myths and legends that the various mythological gods the Eternals were mistaken for were fighting. Basilisks, rakshasa, gorgons, the whole nine yards.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2021-08-19, 11:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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I... Completely forgot this even was a thing.
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2021-08-19, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Kareeah_Indaga
SpoilerI do kind of wonder if they’re going use the Deviants to populate the MCU Savage Land.Spoiler: Savage ThoughtsI only vaguely recall the Savage Land, and I have to wonder if that concept would be as plausible these days. Wakanda hiding under a giant holodome is something I can roll with, but how would the Savage Land escape detection? Unless there are Savage Land wizards or whatnot?
Originally Posted by Kareeah_Indaga
SpoilerI believe that’s a Celestial. I think you were in the last thread where it came up but for the people that weren’t: remember Knowhere in Guardians of the Galaxy? That was a Celestial’s head.Spoiler: KnowhowYup, familiar with Knowhere, especially given the reminder from What If yesterday.
Was it also a Celestial who was briefly shown using the Power Stone, in the little presentation that the Collector gave in the first Guardians movie? I remember six eyes, a big staff, purple lightning and lots of people being vaporized.
Originally Posted by Wintermoot
I think the movie looks beautiful, but it wasn't what I was hoping for I guess.
At least for me, it might have worked better if it came much earlier in the MCU. But as it is, I just don’t see anything to care about. I’m much more interested in the Neolithic goat-herders than the people who are supposed to be protecting them.
From, apparently, the one threat that hasn’t shown up in the last seven thousand years?
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2021-08-19, 11:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Wow, this looks boring. Also the humour is incredibly cringey.
Why should I watch discount Cyclops fight the discount leftovers from Jurassic World again?Resident Vancian Apologist
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2021-08-19, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yep!
(Per the wiki, that guy is Eson the Searcher.)
His powerset is more Superman actually (FISS + laser eyes)
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2021-08-19, 12:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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First, we ONLY have Ego's word that he is a celestial and he's as unreliable a source as there could possibly be. I'll assume he is one until some future marvel property says "nope not really" but I won't be shocked when that happens.
I'm pretty sure the tall thing wrapping up Thena will turn out to be the Eternal "bad guy" Druig in some "final form" and not a Deviant.
As for not aging well, I don't really see why. This isn't a skin color thing, it's not a surface racial allegory like elves/dark elves. But to each their own. I just really love Kirby's crazy Deviant designs.
Not a bad idea about the Basilisks, Rakshasa, Gorgon thing though. I like that.
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2021-08-19, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Word of God is that he is one. They can always retcon it later of course but for now, I'll be going with the creator's direct quote.
Certainly possible.
If the cosmic order reinforces "pretty = good, ugly = evil" that means it's not only possible but prudent to judge a being's morality based on their appearance. That many not exactly be judging by skin color, but it's not far off either. Given what the MCU did with the Skrulls in Captain Marvel, they seem to want to have a bit more nuance than that.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2021-08-19, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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It looks really nice, and the scope seems impressive. And I'm interested seeing what Chloe Zhao will do on the big screen.
I'll admit that the only trailer I genuinely liked from Marvel was Infinity War, but the movie's already on my to-watch list anyway.
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2021-08-19, 03:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh hey, an Eternals trailer that actually gives a decent idea of what the movie's about rather than being super vague about it. Wonder what took them so long with that?
Not much else to say about the trailer itself - I mean, I can't even remember the last time a trailer for any movie, no matter what I wound up feeling about it, didn't feel much the same as every other movie trailer to me. But Marvel's earned enough trust out of me that I'll give films about characters I've never heard from with them a shot. Nice to actually have a clearer idea of the premise here at last though.Toph Pony avatar by Dirtytabs. Thanks!
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SpoilerMaybe...it was buried under the ice caps and it's revealed now that they're melted??? Wiki entry says one of its comics locations was Antarctica. Or maybe it'll get pulled in from an alternate Earth, or something. I agree it's going to be tricky if they ever do it.
Honestly that's still my biggest hangup. I'll accept a lot of hand waves for why various heroes don't show up in each others' movies, but 'we chose not to help because it wasn't this one specific threat' doesn't fly if they still want me to call them heroes.
This. Honestly they could have skipped over that first trailer all together, saved the budget for something else.
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2021-08-19, 08:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Kareeah_Indaga
Or maybe it'll get pulled in from an alternate Earth, or something.
Originally Posted by Kareeah_Indaga
Honestly that's still my biggest hangup. I'll accept a lot of hand waves for why various heroes don't show up in each others' movies, but 'we chose not to help because it wasn't this one specific threat' doesn't fly if they still want me to call them heroes.
It also raises the sticky question of whether any of them were Snapped.
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2021-08-19, 08:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, just because they know about the Snap doesn't mean the amnesia part of their origin isn't still around.
Eh, if they did Madripoor I don't think the Savage Land will be that big a deal.
Isn't that two weeks from now?
They're not heroes though. Or at least, becoming heroes is a likely arc here.
Yeah sure they're here to protect humanity, but more in a "deities protecting the primitives" sense, like what the Asgardians were originally doing. Not really caring about human suffering or strife beyond that highly specific sphere.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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More than that.
SpoilerIn the comics, at least, they’re more like primordial eldritch androids rather than alien “gods” like the Asgardians. They were programmed to do certain things regardless of their will (eg. they’re forced to protect celestials).
And that’s besides the amnesia plot in Gaiman’s run, which they might do or not here."Like the old proverb says, if one sees something not right, one must draw out his sword to intervene"
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2021-08-20, 04:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Can't wait for it.
The only critic I have is that I would have liked to see the Black Knight in it. But I can wait two months more^^
And as usual the explanation about why they never showed up will be more detailed in the movie.
I prefer it this way than showing the highlights as other movies do.
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Just on the "Where were the Eternal in Infinity War" question. I feel it would be better if they just leant on the fact that Infinity War takes place over less than 24 hours and by the time they realised what was going on, they had no idea where the Avengers had taken Vision.
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Originally Posted by M1982
Will probably be answered with "they're too powerful to be snapped"
Wanda is arguably the most powerful of the Avengers, and probably second only to Captain Marvel in the MCU, and she was dusted like all the others.
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The earth's also a large place, so unless one of the Eternal's is omniscient, they're going to have to find out things the way the rest of us do.
I’m guessing they have some sort of Spidey-sense where deviants are concerned, but if so then we need to know why it apparently can’t pick up Power Stones.
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