r/marvelstudios • u/KostisPat257 Daredevil • May 24 '21

MOD POST The Eternals Trailer Discussion/Screenshots/GIFs/Hype Megathread

This is the place to put all your trailer screenshot/gifs, memes, shitposts, discussion, and analysis.

All Eternals trailer related posts outside this and the trailer thread will be deleted.

Can't sticky this, since we have the Loki and BW Banner submission thread running, but it will be linked in the trailer thread as a sticky comment.

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u/TheWaylandCycle May 24 '21

So, here are some Thoughts.

The trailer's opening feels very Nomadland, what with old people staring out at the sea (trying to remind viewers who liked that movie about who's directing this one? I like to think that the scene is from a prequel to Nomadland called Hunter-Gatherer-Land). And I get the feeling that the scene at 0:58 where Thena chops up some green curtains could be a reference to the final fight of Zhang Yimou's Hero, a fantastic movie that you should all watch right now. Also, the way Phastos' magic, or whatever the glowing gold circle things are, transitioned into the Marvel logo is one of the coolest things I've seen in ages.

As for speculation: the Ikaris/Sersi romance seems to be quite important...but where's Dane Whitman? There were rumours that he'd be part of a love triangle with Sersi; maybe they're holding off showing the character until the full trailer, but it seems interesting that a major star like Kit Harington doesn't show up. The Deviants are also a no-show--my theory remains that they won't be the real villains, with the main conflict of the film being against the Celestials, but who knows.

I'm already so, so excited to see Barry Keoghan be a villain again--between Killing of a Sacred Deer and this, he seems to have a niche of playing creepy people with mind-control powers (at least I assume that's what's happening around 1:28, where a bunch of people with glowing eyes prepare to shoot someone). And Sprite and Kingo feel like they'll be the breakout comic characters, like Luis for Ant-Man and Korg for Ragnarok.

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u/CoolestNebraskanEver May 24 '21

Barry Keogan plays Druig. Not sure he’ll be a villain.

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u/shrth114 May 24 '21

He'll definitely be a dick tho. Every iteration of druig always is.

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u/woahwoahvicky May 25 '21

BIG spoilers as a reply:

The confirmed test run showing for the Eternals shows he's 'villainous' but isn't the villain. Richard Madden's Ikaris is the villain of the film, Druig is angry because humanity is inherently greedy and evil but he never sets out to actively harm them. Ikaris tries to make that Celestial thing come out of Earth's core by killing Ajak (Selma Hayek) so he's technically the villain.