Amph Marvel's Eternals

Yeah, was ambivalent about it to begin with but as far as teasers go, it has me teased.

 

Looking through again, the Celestial symbols stand out to me. At some point in this new phase I wanna see a 2000 foot dude give a thumbs down.

 

Now, I would like to see some zany, colorful Kirby splash pages brought to life in the next preview, please...

 

Just watched it- cant wait to go back to theaters somewhere around then.

Also uhhh i knew it was Kit Harrington and another GoT alum dude but is that Robb Stark?

For the love of kriff they better have screen time together.

 

I wonder if any of members of the Eternals were snapped out of existence during "The Snappening."

The Eternals' policy of not intervening totally made me think of Star Trek's Prime Directive. So, I found that bit quite interesting. And so, I'm sure it will be covered in the film, especially with not doing anything about Thanos. Perhaps they agree with Thanos' intents, from a certain point of view.

He has the best moment in the teaser. Even my wife laughed at him for his boisterous comment about leading the Avengers.

True, but Guardians of the Galaxy had the amazing teaser trailer scored by Hooked on a Feeling, which became a number one download on iTunes. I could see why many feel "meh" about this Eternals teaser. It looks great, but its missing the pizazz of an frenetic action sequence, synced to a snazzy piece of pop music. Not that I expected it in the teaser or wanted it. I'm just happy to get a first glimpse of the movie and thrilled it didn't give away any plot points. Just how I want my trailers to be nowadays.

At any rate, I think coming off of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, there is a period of comparison and "let down," from the emotional highs and thrills of the last two Avengers film. I certainly to feel Eternals is another gateway in the MCU, much like Guardians of the Galaxy. Bringing in the cosmic side into the MCU is something Marvel Studios has done so well. I mean, it could be have corny to have something like "Avengers in space." That's typically the point in Hollywood when a film franchise has "jumped the shark."

Yeah, Chloe Zhao mentioned that she was inspired by Alejandro Iñárritu's, The Revenant, which shot on location and used natural light. Which I'm looking forward to, because most of the MCU films has a gloss to it. Eternals appears to have that organic aesthetic, which brings back old Hollywood.

 

"What if... Tony was at this wedding?"

 

Would say that it's mostly darker than what natural light would be, and their clothing is notalby darker than their original Kirby depictions

 

The trailer worked for me. Like guardians of the Galaxy - I knew zero about the Eternals before watching the trailer. And like Guardians fo the Galaxy the mix of visuals, sounds, and music have me interested. Much more than the Shang-Chi trailer. What stands out most uniquely about this trailer is the sweeping passage of time the story seems to take place across and the loving winsome tenderness presented. There is a joyful sadness. That’s unusual for a super hero movie. And we don’t see a ton of action. It’s mostly establishing shots, set ups, and what looks the ends of action.

Other take aways. The opening is definitely shot at the same location as Solo: A Star Wars Story’s conclusion. Odd seeing similarly dressed people, an aged face, as well as a large space craft pull up to the shoreline. The cast is huge. And the way audio and image works I’d swear I heard a different actor than I saw. Is that Selma Hayek’s voice? That’s John Snow, but I thought it was Rob Stark before… No wait that’s Rob Stark. He sure looked like Kit Herrington in the one shot. No wait - they’re both in the movie.

At least with the trailer Marvel has done it again.

 

Robb Stark

About those subtle Captain America easter eggs within the trailer

 

Flick's gonna look pretty at least. Nomadland looked pretty and it was all set in trailers. Lots of shots at dawn/dusk!

I need a solid "what the hell were they doing with various space aliens and Infinity Gauntlet snaps" explanation, though. Even if it's just a joke. It's a pretty sprawling cast, somebody should have gotten snapped and it's going across centuries. Don't tell me they're immune or anything!

Bonus points if Gemma Chan calls Earth a "$@$% hole" like she did as Kree in Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

Just gonna toss out a Comics Explained vid for why the Eternals would just stand on the sidelines while all the cosmic shenanigans were going down on Earth.



As for an Eternal getting snapped I don't know which iteration from the comics they're going with for the movie but Gaimen's take on Eternals ... they probably wouldn't have been immune to getting snapped but it also wouldn't have worked in eliminating any of them either. It's a short run if you wanna check it out. It's all in a single trade.

 

Yah I definitely need to read Gaiman's Eternals trade before the movie hits

 

What I remember of it was I not that impressed. But it was some time ago and I think I only read it by skimming some parts.

 

I read it back to back with Kirby’s run and it’s a baffling departure, to the point that I assume there’s some big retcon in between the two (presumably Gillis’ miniseries, which I haven’t read), but it may just be they let Gaiman do whatever he wanted. Which is kind of a waste, because mostly it felt like he was retreading American Gods.

 

I think it was "let Gaiman do whatever he wanted", but I could be wrong

Agree. The plottwist in the end who the guy who was behind it all did not feel like it fit the Ethernals since they are not really some kind of being that are stock in their forms (like how gods are presented in many settings) and can't change if they wanted, they can change without problems if they want.

 

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Can Sprite grow up if he really wanted to? I'm not familiar enough with the Eternals to know but that was the whole basis for most of what went down in that series. It seemed like he had to remain childlike because he was made childlike for the purpose of being childlike.

And this kinda echos what seems to be the Eternals whole deal. They have these outer conflicts but also deal deal with the inner struggle of being godlike beings and yet just tools created for a very narrow purpose with the promise of annihilation hanging over their heads if they step out of line or screw up on the one job.

 

As I remember it did pre-Gaiman books describe them as capable of changing themself on many levels if they wanted to, most of them are narrow because they specialise in a certain thing, as in they have decided upon a hobby/role and focused on that, at the cost of their ability on other fronts. But if they wanted to they could change, either by their own power or by using the kirby-tech they have their hands on.

Makkari for example have forsake many of the Ethernals standard powers to be as fast as possible.

EDIT: but I admit that I can remember it wrong

 

I may watch once it’s free on D+, but seeing that

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Celestial

made me grin something fierce.

 

Ok, much better then the first trailer. Now I'm acctually interested

 

This trailer made me say, "Hey is that the kid from Dunkirk that bleed from the head and died?"