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The Eternals (MCU)

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The first trailer for the Chloe Zhao directed MCU film has popped up; looks intriguing, Kumail Nanjiani as a superhero is going to take some getting used to though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WVDKZJkGlY

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pixelburp

I dunno, if I'm reading the story right, it sounds like the events of End-Game were the catalyst to make these Eternals realise their non-interventionist ideology wasn't a great idea. It at least gives a natural sense of conflict between its set of characters, and a better excuse than the usual "Why didn't the Avengers show up?" line of thinking.

Dades

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117774608#Comment_117774608

I can't get beyond the absurdity of the excuse given as to what these particular superheroes were up to when half the universe was in danger of dying. Akin to "Sorry, we were told to wait for a future CGI monster threat".

Zero interest in this!

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/XLFsHdE4U_E

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SteM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117774664#Comment_117774664

https://screenrant.com/eternals-movie-release-theaters-streaming-updates-kevin-feige/

Hasn't been decided yet but with Johansson law suit pending they will be thinking twice about a parallel release imo.

PTH2009

Big improvement on the last trailer

This whole universe is going to become very confusing

silverharp

looks like a CW show filmed in a few "quarries"

JP Liz V1

https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1428250380924821508

External X Men 😄

pixelburp

Good job those eye beams are golden, otherwise the DC Legal Department might have been on the phone quick-smart 😁

I can sorta see the clash between Zhao's style and the preVis action scenes, but am still down for this. I see the November 5 release - do we know if this is going to be another cinema/digital parallel release?

Mr Crispy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117325752#Comment_117325752

This will satisfactorily answer that, and any similar questions, in full.... 😑

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_me3xsvDgk

PTH2009

Where were these lads when Thanos was wrecking havoc

pixelburp

First trailers tend to be "mood" promotional pieces these days; I've no doubt any subsequent ones will be way more plot focused (sometimes to a fault, revealing every story beat). As a taster though, it worked for me, especially as it seemed to be emphasising Zhao's use of naturalistic landcapes currently seen in Nomadland

The Phantom Pain

Greyfox wrote: »

More people should be doing this rather than been so quick to write in off, i thought the trailer was ok

A trailer's job is to get you excited for the film. If it fails to do that it's not on the audience to give it a chance to grow.

Greyfox

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

I will give it a chance to show a real trailer and not a bland teaser before I call it

More people should be doing this rather than been so quick to write in off, i thought the trailer was ok

Chris_Heilong

I will give it a chance to show a real trailer and not a bland teaser before I call it as I found this had nothing appealing what so ever.

dublinman1990

The trailer has hit 77 million views within the 1st 24hrs of it's online release. A new MCU record during the pandemic.

https://screenrant.com/eternals-movie-trailer-views-marvel-record/

Lucas Hood

Found myself losing interest in that teaser and its only 2 mins long.

Wouldn't expect this to be a hit.

silverharp

Varik wrote: »

Re watched the first Guardians trailer, not much there either. Second trailer was a bit better to show what it'd end up being. I think since then they've tried to show off more of each films USP within the superhero movies, even if some times it's just an elevator pitch like summary of John Hughes with superheroes.

This seems a bit too generic, maybe not to try to alienate anyone beforehand. If Guardians of the Galaxy 1 had a trailer more akin to vol 2 then it might have done so.

Wouldn't be saying an Oscar win means anything to a big spectacle superhero movie being good.

This isn't really a good vs bad thing but I think for Disney the possibility that this won't get a Chinese release is probably the biggest worry.

With Guardians you could tell it was going to be popular as a family film and a fun film to boot, this film isnt going to be a must see family film.

speedboatchase

sabat wrote: »

Has mega-flop written all over it.

If this wasn't a Marvel property, it would be a huge flop. It probably wouldn't even be made.

MCU movies won't flop because people want to see where the ongoing story goes next. If this was entirely disconnected from any ongoing or future arcs it might, but until then I'd say the worst it could do would be around $600m worldwide.

That being said I think their next phase is tricky because it lacks charismatic, well-known leads (RDJ, Evans, Boseman), you can't really top the threat of Thanos and making the Disney+ shows required viewing for the overall story will alienate more casual viewers. I think MCU peaked with Endgame, but even then it'll do good business for the entire decade.

Varik

Re watched the first Guardians trailer, not much there either. Second trailer was a bit better to show what it'd end up being. I think since then they've tried to show off more of each films USP within the superhero movies, even if some times it's just an elevator pitch like summary of John Hughes with superheroes.

This seems a bit too generic, maybe not to try to alienate anyone beforehand. If Guardians of the Galaxy 1 had a trailer more akin to vol 2 then it might have done so.

Wouldn't be saying an Oscar win means anything to a big spectacle superhero movie being good.

This isn't really a good vs bad thing but I think for Disney the possibility that this won't get a Chinese release is probably the biggest worry.

de5p0i1er

It has the potential to be really good or really bad. I'll go see it when it's released and hope for the best.

There's a great cast and an Oscar winning director plus Kevin Feige has a great track record after Guardians of the Galaxy I'm pretty sure they can make good movies out of lesser known characters.

I just hope people give it a chance before posting reviews.

FunLover18

I also don't think it's fair to complain about the laziness of trying to introduce characters who could've interfered before, people (myself included) will happily accept that the individual Avengers are usually busy during each other's solo movie, surely this is just the nature of the beast when it comes to an interwined universe.

pixelburp

Wouldn't be too quick to predict a flop. Let's not suddenly pretend we all knew who Rocket Racoon and Groot were, the first time the Guardians trailer kicked in. Now, It did have the benefit of having a very charismatic, eccentric tone compared with that of Eternals, but still. I'm sure plenty were like "WTF is this nonsense with a talking tree?"

Kermit.de.frog

sabat wrote: »

Has mega-flop written all over it.

Was thinking the same.

You never know but my impression since Endgame with Wandavision and Falcon/Winter Soldier is that the MCU is on a downward trajectory for all sorts of reasons. I'm looking forward to Loki though.

As for the trailer, bland pretty much sums it up.

The fact they are trying to introduce characters that would be regarded as fringe at best under the hilariously bad explanation that they simply "never interfered" before this says something about the conundrum the franchise now has if that is a big part of the "back story" here. I mean the world nearly got destroyed how many times? How convenient and lazy.

sabat

Has mega-flop written all over it.

irishguitarlad

Looks fairly bad.

CastorTroy

I don't think there's anything in that that would make me interested in seeing the film if it wasn't Marvel. I guess that's why they have so many names and even the Stark brother reunion.

FunLover18

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Rob Stark and Jon Snow reunion

Was Gemma Khan in another Marvel movie?

She has a small role in Captain Marvel as a membee of the Kree team.

Basq

That left me a bit cold being honest..

silverharp

looks like cut scenes from an Ancient Aliens episode

pixelburp

flazio wrote: »

I'm kinda worried. It feels very close to a "Inhumans" kind of vibe to it and we all remember what a disaster of a series that was.

That's probably not a coincidence; both properties were created by Jack Kirby (who also created DC's New Gods which threads a very similarly needle there too)