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Marvel Studios’ Eternals | Official Teaser
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ManaByte
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I still remember when people said the movie was fake and a red herring for an X-Men movie.
Amiga
Member
if you have to use "era" then that proves my point. FF, Spider-Man and X-Men regularly interact with Avengers and other Marvel characters throughout every era. they have a more clear presence in the history. all these groups were part of almost every big event like Infinity Saga and Secret Wars. even the Inhumans were more prominent. Eternals are a modern shoehorn.
Yoboman
Member
I feel like this trailer will encapsulate why this movie will struggle. Nice visuals but too big of a cast, which will mean nobody stands out. This works in Avengers cause we had a bunch of individual movies leading into it
The comedy also feels a bit hollow. It reminds me of Dr Strange very cool visuals but never knew what to do tonally
Also the fact they need to address that these guys were around but never seen throughout all the previous events in the trailer shows it has a lot of work to do from a continuity stand point. It would have been better if these guys were slipped in here and there throughout the previous movies like post credits
The comedy also feels a bit hollow. It reminds me of Dr Strange very cool visuals but never knew what to do tonally
Also the fact they need to address that these guys were around but never seen throughout all the previous events in the trailer shows it has a lot of work to do from a continuity stand point. It would have been better if these guys were slipped in here and there throughout the previous movies like post credits
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Gemma Chan is absolutely BEAUTIFUL in this movie!
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Lauren Ridloff is, too! These sneak peeks for the movie are great!
Hardensoul
Member
She's beautiful, I first saw her as an android in Humans.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Yeah, agreed, and that's why I often leave logic at the door when watching superhero shit.
Now that Marvel is introducing higher powered elements in the MCU, I have so many questions. One of my many questions being:
Where the fuck where all of y'all higher powered beings when this shit was going down!?
"Nah, just for giggles we're gonna sit back and let Cap struggle against Thanos."
Ulysses 31
Member
It gets even worse when you consider Loki and the Time Variance Agency that can destroy timelines when He Who Remains wishes it.Yeah, agreed, and that's why I often leave logic at the door when watching superhero shit.
Now that Marvel is introducing higher powered elements in the MCU, I have so many questions. One of my many questions being:
Where the fuck where all of y'all higher powered beings when this shit was going down!?
"Nah, just for giggles we're gonna sit back and let Cap struggle against Thanos."
But in case of the Eternals why they just sat back is because they were told to.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Same! She's coming a long way from Humans. She has such a unique face!
Yeah, agreed, and that's why I often leave logic at the door when watching superhero shit.
Now that Marvel is introducing higher powered elements in the MCU, I have so many questions. One of my many questions being:
Where the fuck where all of y'all higher powered beings when this shit was going down!?
"Nah, just for giggles we're gonna sit back and let Cap struggle against Thanos."
Umm... They explained it in the trailer?
Ulysses 31
Member
It's not explained, it's just stated that they mustn't interfere unless the Deviants are involved.Same! She's coming a long way from Humans. She has such a unique face!
Umm... They explained it in the trailer?
Ionian
Member
Yeah, agreed, and that's why I often leave logic at the door when watching superhero shit.
Now that Marvel is introducing higher powered elements in the MCU, I have so many questions. One of my many questions being:
Where the fuck where all of y'all higher powered beings when this shit was going down!?
"Nah, just for giggles we're gonna sit back and let Cap struggle against Thanos."
Explained numerous times in the thread already.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Ummm... Still a weak sauce reason?
It's like Super Ultron asked Uatu the Watcher in that one What If episode: "so you just sat back and watched!?"
Or like Rhodey asked Captain Marvel in Endgame: "Yeah, we're all about that superhero life, but where the hell were YOU this whole time?" Great question, Rhodey... Great question
Yes, I get it.
I get it, y'all. Marvel can ret on/explain all they want, but every time I think of cosmic beings being introduced later and I think about earlier events, I can't help but think:
Ionian
Member
Never said it was good, just question has already been answered several times.
I know it's a MASSIVE thread of 5 whole pages, so may take time.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
You took my question too literally.
Rhetorical questions -- do you even know how those work?
Anyway, back to the main topic -- this looks weak. Not very excited for this; won't watch it in the theaters but might watch it when it gets to Disney+.
Ionian
Member
You took my question too literally.
Rhetorical questions -- do you even know how those work?
Anyway, back to the main topic -- this looks weak. Not very excited for this; won't watch it in the theaters but might watch it when it gets to Disney+.
That's not rhetorical when the answer was already given. Rheotorical would be a what if? or questioning the unknown.
Look at the way you asked the question, then question your own post.
What if you post was different instead of a direct question, with a direct answer? Would this thread be different? Should there be more to ponder about what is already stated to be fact? Of course, did you though? No.
If you don't want your posts to be taken literally point it out maybe, might help your "Rehtorical questions".
I agree, the trailers LOOK pretty but there is nothing engaging in them. What is even the story here? Superpowered beings chill on earth for 7 millennia because some dragon/demon things MIGHT attack, yet they sit by when all these other alien things DO attack? Talk about half-assing for a paycheck! Anyway, nothing about it is really grabbing me and none of those actors is charismatic enough to get me to see it though I do like some of them. This will be yet another D+ wait and watch for me.
Now I can sorta understand why they might not have been able to intervene with Thanos. Most of the significant stuff (assuming they were totally ignorant of the infinity stones and never took it upon themselves to safeguard the 2...3? that were on Earth this whole time) happens so quickly from Earth's POV (Thanos shows up outside of Wakanda and snaps in like 5 minutes and past Thanos shows up with his fleet and is then snapped himself in like 15? minutes) that I can kinda excuse the Eternals for not being there, barring them being globally omniscient in some capacity. But Ultron, the Chitari, some of the other stuff seems like it was publicized enough or lasted long enough that they could have known about it and then decided to NOT act.
But if fighting sea dragon things is the limit of their power, then meh. Nothing I've seen in the trailer exceeds even a Hawkeye/Black Widow level threat IMHO. Ironman could deal with it while flying by to an actual threat
Now I can sorta understand why they might not have been able to intervene with Thanos. Most of the significant stuff (assuming they were totally ignorant of the infinity stones and never took it upon themselves to safeguard the 2...3? that were on Earth this whole time) happens so quickly from Earth's POV (Thanos shows up outside of Wakanda and snaps in like 5 minutes and past Thanos shows up with his fleet and is then snapped himself in like 15? minutes) that I can kinda excuse the Eternals for not being there, barring them being globally omniscient in some capacity. But Ultron, the Chitari, some of the other stuff seems like it was publicized enough or lasted long enough that they could have known about it and then decided to NOT act.
But if fighting sea dragon things is the limit of their power, then meh. Nothing I've seen in the trailer exceeds even a Hawkeye/Black Widow level threat IMHO. Ironman could deal with it while flying by to an actual threat
InfiniteCombo
Banned
(Seriously dude, let it go. I don't know what you were on about with that word diarrhea there. Can we get back to the main topic, pretty please?
)EDIT: No hard feelings, Point Break.
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SidViscous
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They exist to protect whats in the earth, not whats on it.
sol_bad
Member
I can't believe people are hung up on where the Eternals were when Thanos attacked. Who cares. And if you are wondering where they were, that's why the movie exists, to inform you.
Can't believe people are criticizing this film before even seeing it. They want the 100% answer in the trailer. Very weird.
Can't believe people are criticizing this film before even seeing it. They want the 100% answer in the trailer. Very weird.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
What's with the passive aggressive stuff, dude?
Anyway, I'm not passive aggressive, so I'll tell it to you straight:
Heaven forbid anybody criticizes your precious MCU stuff.
Guess what? I'm an MCU fan, too, generally speaking. And "where the fuck were the Eternals when shit was going down with Thanos?" is a legitimate question, no matter the weak sauce answer that the weak sauce trailer provides. Who cares? Well I do, which is why I asked the damn question in the first place. Isn't the whole point of the MCU that it's this fancy *shared* universe?
Asking some questions is not weird. What's really weird is how defensive people get about their fictional spandex-wearing caped superheroes.
sol_bad
Member
It's just very weird to me to criticize a film based on a trailer, because, you know, the answer to your question might be in the actual, you know, film itself. The trailer gives you a basic explanation, why would you expect a trailer to answer your question with all the details? You want a 2 minute trailer that just explains where they were? Doesn't leave much room to show off other scenes to the film or other visuals.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
By the way, I gotto say, publicly... I apologize for my initial response to you. It was unnecessary and borderline hostile. You're a good dude and I guess I lost my cool in a way I usually don't. I can try to come up with excuses (e.g., "I don't handle passive aggressive behavior well"), but there really isn't one. My bad.
Anyway, I didn't really grow up reading comics, but I'm sure that they retcon and revise and reimagine and retrofit stories as necessary. In the case of this movie, you're right that they may want to save some of the story for the actual movie, but I will maintain that, in the most ambitious shared cinematic universe of our generation, it's reasonable to ask what new characters (esp. really powerful/mystic level ones) were up to when street-level characters were struggling to contain a universe-level threat.
It's an MCU thing. One of the biggest (and main) draws of the MCU, for me, is how relatively well they've kept the world organically connected. It's certainly a commendable achievement.
I mean it's not like people ask "where were Superman, Wonder Woman, or the Flash when Bane held Gotham City captive and destroyed its football stadium?" Or "where was Dr. Strange when Spider-Man was fighting Doc Ock in the original Spider-Man 2?" Because Dark Knight Rises and Spider-Man 2 were standalone works, not part of my shared universe. So nobody cares what the other heroes were up to.
sol_bad
Member
No need to apologize, it's all goodcin the hood.
I remember people asking where the Avengers were during Iron Man 3, Thor 2 and Captain America 2. When you think about these 3 movies, there are logical reasons why the rest of the Avengers aren't there even without the films directly stating why they aren't there.
With Eternals, these are characters that are 7,000 years old or more. The film itself, from what I understand, takes place over many thousands of years. Thanos' snap might feel like small fry compared to whatever else they have witnessed in all that time. They may have witnessed events that threatened to actually destroy the universe or even the multiverse. So losing half the population of 1 universe may seem insignificant to them.
Also, we already know there are God like beings in the MCU. Asgardians are one of them, and Thanos wiped the floor with them.
I think the trailer does good with mentioning Celestials and Deviants. It should introduce other questions like why are the Eternals obedient to the Celestials and why can't they interfere unless Deviants are involved? Will they continue to be obedient to Celestials or will they defy them in the future?