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Marvel Studios’ Eternals | Official Teaser
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strange headache
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Bland, boring and pointless, but at least we'll get some hot smooching action:
When the sexual orientation of your characters are the most interesting selling point of your movie, you've screwed up.
When the sexual orientation of your characters are the most interesting selling point of your movie, you've screwed up.
SidViscous
Member
Annapurna are probably begging them for the videogame rights.
sol_bad
Member
It's not the most interesting selling point, it's just what you choose to focus on.
This is their selling point.
"Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” welcomes an exciting new team of Super Heroes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The epic story, spanning thousands of years, features a group of immortal heroes forced out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s oldest enemy, The Deviants. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Richard Madden as the all-powerful Ikaris, Gemma Chan as humankind-loving Sersi, Kumail Nanjiani as cosmic-powered Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as the super-fast Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as the intelligent inventor Phastos, Salma Hayek as the wise and spiritual leader Ajak, Lia McHugh as the eternally young, old-soul Sprite, Don Lee as the powerful Gilgamesh, Barry Keoghan as aloof loner Druig, and Angelina Jolie as the fierce warrior Thena. Kit Harington plays Dane Whitman."
nush
Gold Member
China censors: Nope!
nush
Gold Member
It's like Justice League or Endgame but without any characters you know, but look at these name actors we've got and what their super powers are but with that massive ensemble cast don't expect much screen time for most of them to show off what they can do.
sol_bad
Member
Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek will be the big drawing points for movie goers. But I'm going to assume that their roles will be much smaller compared to Gemma Chan, Richard Madden and Kit Harrington. They may not all get good screen time but I'm sure the handling of said screen time will be more akin to GOTG than Josstice League or X-Men Apocalypse.
I'd be amazed and very excited if this turned out to be a 3 hour movie, an epic lengthed film for an epic centuries spanning story.
YukiOnna
Member
Hmm he's kind of a major component to Secret Wars and Warlock's stuff IIRC? But I guess they don't have to follow it exactly.
triplestation
Member
that's supposed to be an apocalypse or something?
everybody looks so clean and healthy
they're all so pristine yet they're eating what looks like a feast in like a rock tavern surrounded by ruins
jon snow wont save you dude
just watch them bring back iron man 4
when these avengers byproducts hit the iceberg they will do iron man 4 and make 1000 billion dollars
everybody looks so clean and healthy
they're all so pristine yet they're eating what looks like a feast in like a rock tavern surrounded by ruins
jon snow wont save you dude
just watch them bring back iron man 4
when these avengers byproducts hit the iceberg they will do iron man 4 and make 1000 billion dollars
CGiRanger
Banned
Those outfits are as generic and bland as anything I've seen lately. I mean, they feel more like cbeap Stage/Play props/costumes from a high school performance than anything else.
nush
Gold Member
Teaser trailer for GOTG. For anyone thinking of posting "Well guardians were unknown..."
strange headache
Banned
It was literally the first thing I came across when I googled that movie.
Also that synopsis is such generic PR marketing crap and if I wanted a list of b-grade celebrity names, I'd have bought a phone book.
Famous people don't carry movies, but good stories do. The whole setting looks just so absolutely bland, uninspired and devoid of any character.
AfricanKing
Banned
Looks good - Marvel have never made a film that’s bombed so I don’t expect them to start now.
GeorgioCostanzaX
Gold Member
I’m in because I love Marvel but this just looks like generic sci-fi. I’m sure it will be good but Marvel needs to get X-men back in stat with RDJ and Evans retiring. Because of COVID Endgame seems like forever ago.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I've been wondering how the transition from household names and characters known around the world would go for Marvel. This teaser didn't do anything for me even remotely on the levels of Hulk, Iron Man, Cap, Thor etc. They've got their first real blank slate to win audiences over with and this teaser didn't put it on lock for me like the Guardians teaser did.
nush
Gold Member
Correct, they used to but these days it's all about the franchise rather than people going to see a movie because it has an A list actor in it. This cast has 4(?) TV actors in it.
nush
Gold Member
Everyone forgets Spiderman Far From Home came out after Endgame.
MayauMiao
Member
Reptars Revenge
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First time I watched the trailer I was like meh but then watched it again now I am pumped.
sol_bad
Member
I don't see the Entertainment Weekly article.
It's not an apocalypse, it's the beginning of civilisation. The Eternals have been around for centuries. They seemed to have helped humanity to begin with but then didn't give a shit about us for a long time.
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ManaByte
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John Snow is Black Knight. Hell Black Knight and Sersi led the Avengers during the bomber jacket era of the early 90s.
The kiss is between Phastos and his husband.
Ionian
Member
The costumes reminds me too much of Bollywood.
There's apparently a Bollywood dance sequence in it according to the leak.
sol_bad
Member
Ionian
Member
You can see it in the trailer. Please don't put leaked info without spoilers.
I usually would but didn't seem like much of a real leak to me to be honest.
TaylorSwiftFan
Member
Looks like pretentious wank.
Ulysses 31
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strange headache
Banned
It's mentioned 5 times in the wiki article... also Feige has been talking about it since 2019 and so has Chloé Zhao. It will also apparently feature "the first deaf superhero" as if "being the first" would be any indication on the quality of the movie. I know basically nothing about the Eternals and these are the first things that are being shoved in my face. Marvel has become like that annoying commentator who always writes "first" in each comment section.
Who gives a rat's rear about "the first gay superhero kiss", plenty of excellent movies have done gay kisses before. I love Brokeback Mountain, Scott Pilgrim, American Beauty and Trainspotting, but these movies didn't parade homosexuality around like some kind of freak spectacle. They presented gay affection like a normal human interaction.
Marvel trying hard to tap that Indian movie audience. They really don't care if it fits their movie or not. Pandering for views, that's what this movie boils down to.
nush
Gold Member
I just came back in to post that myself. My recommendations are basically full of pop culture commenters saying similar things about that trailer.
My prediction, Marvel will shit out an action packed trailer ASAP.
strange headache
Banned
What about The Boys? Which is an excellent series btw.
nush
Gold Member
Did it? I've seen that movie a few times. But obviously, that's your point. It was no big deal. The gay kiss watershed was back in the 80's (at least in the UK).
Stitch
Gold Member
Not a Marvel series
strange headache
Banned
Yeah Spud kisses Sick Boy in the beginning of the movie, but gets called off. The thing is, it just happens as with any other regular interaction. Nobody cared back in the 80s, why would we start caring now?
Oh so, the Eternals will feature "the first Marvel superhero kiss"... wow /s
Stitch
Gold Member
yeah I mean that's what you've quoted here
www.neogaf.com
Marvel Studios’ Eternals | Official Teaser
Trailer is already over 7 million views, faster than Shang Chi I think?
sol_bad
Member
Feige:
"So when Collider’s own Steve Weintraub caught up with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige backstage after the panel, he asked Feige if he could confirm that Valkyrie will be explicitly part of the LGBTQ community in Thor: Love and Thunder. He not only confirmed it, but teased other LGBTQ Marvel characters:
When pressed if there’s an LGBTQ character in The Eternals, Feige confirmed that yes, that’s the case."
That's not marketing mate, that's the media pressing Feige for a comment and answered.
Zhao:
"“Eternals” will have Marvel’s first gay superhero, a deaf character, a huge international cast. Did Marvel say yes to all those things?
It’s just been such an incredible experience working with the team at Marvel. I want to be careful saying “my vision,” even though I do want people to know they did support what I wanted to do. I want people to know that. But I also want to make sure they know that I got the support of this incredibly talented team, some of the most talented artists in the world. And it really is a village to make this film, but they did let me lead. Yes"
Again, not marketing, a reporter asking a question.
As for Lauren Ridloff ...... is she meant to pretend she isn't deaf? Her quote doesn't even mention anything about being the first deaf Marvel actor/character. It's CBR that wrote that, hence it's not Marvel marketing.
There is no marketing surrounding gay or deaf characters.
There have been 23 MCU films with 100% straight characters. I feel so sorry for you that you are so butt hurt that their 26th movie will have a gay couple.
Also, what wiki article mentions it 5 times?
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Kumail's character is a Bollywood actor in the film. So .... the Bollywood dance does fit the movie?
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strange headache
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Oh yeah true, sorry I got confused there for a second. I dunno why my brain decided to twist that around, but that's even more underwhelmingyeah I mean that's what you've quoted here
Marvel Studios’ Eternals | Official Teaser
Trailer is already over 7 million views, faster than Shang Chi I think?
Sure, you keep telling that yourself.
You could put a Marvel sticker on a pile of donkey droppings and you'd still be all over that like a dung fly.
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nush
Gold Member
For a pandering film that's awful stereotyping.
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CGiRanger
Banned
Was waiting for The Drinker's take on this.
And yeah this film is pandering as that's what Hollywood is these days. Their narratives and setups are basically crafted from a checklist and inserting what they can from that whether it makes sense or not. And of course making sure it can get money in the desired markets of China and now India it seems
ManaByte
Member
How's it breaking the fourth wall when the movie is set in the same universe as those characters?
There's been 23 of these movies so far. The idea that they're all set in the same universe and connected shouldn't be new to anyone by now.
INC
Member
Its John snow on John snow
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Nothing in that trailer screamed fantastic. It looked like boring trash, but that's just my opinion and to be fair, there really isn't that much to go on in the trailer
Why do you think it looked fantastic? We've had so many films that haven't been the standard cape flick, so what makes this one stand out.
pel1300
Member
It has the vibe of them knowing they are in a fantasy movie.
Like scenes where the characters joke about Thor's hammer.
Or Hawkeye mocking himself using a bow and arrow.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
How is it pandering? Serious question...
Also, Nanjiani is Pakistani playing (literally) Indian. Just like Ms. Marvel is indian playing Pakistani.