Everything is a mess. The most lighthearted moment of the entire thing was the last 0.5 seconds when the Guardians of the Galaxy showed up, and they didn’t even get to say anything. There’s way too much to unpack here, because it looks like almost every single character that’s ever appeared in the MCU is in this thing, but here are some highlights:
Iron Man
Poor Tony, he’s always so afraid of something bad happening people that he loves, and right out of the gate he’s holding someone’s hand and looking devastated.
Hulk
In The T Hiddy Committee’s Ragnarok discussion I was curious as to whether or not we’d see Bruce again, since he seemed to be under the impression that the next time he transformed into the Hulk, that state may become permanent. Well now we know, because there he is with his cute face. Now that I’m really thinking about it, that’s something we may have already known…
Fleshy Vision
Did they do this because they felt like it would be weird to have Wanda hook up with a robot-looking guy? We’ve gotten on board with way more outlandish stuff in these movies before, we could’ve handled it.
Blonde Widow
Natasha has been all over the place with her hair in the MCU. Was this her reinvention look after Bruce disappeared and left her heartbroken?
My boyfriend Loki
Why? He was in his sassy drama queen element in Thor: Ragnarok, and now he’s teary and looking afraid. In our Ragnarok review I begged him not to hand over the Tesseract to Thanos, and here he is doing exactly that. When we last saw Loki and Thor, Thanos’ giant spaceship was right up their ass, so Avengers: Infinity War may begin exactly where that left off. Remember all those Asgardians that were rescued before the planet was destroyed? It looks like Thanos may have killed quite a few of them (if anything happens to Korg I will riot) and Loki may be handing the Tesseract over to save whoever is left. Or, I could be giving him way more credit than he deserves because I’m Loki trash.
Thanos
We’ve seen brief glimpses throughout the years, but here he is in all his maniacal purple glory and the CGI for him looks fantastic. I feel like the sleeveless look lessens his ominousness, but what do I know? Did he have to pick New York City? They were probably just getting back on their feet after the attack in the first Avengers, and this guy shows up to tear it apart again.
Black Panther
“GET THIS MAN A SHIELD.” I actually made a choking gasping noise. Nothing but respect for MY King of Wakanda. And Steve’s beard is tops.
Bucky
It looks like Bucky’s icy nap is over (though by the look on his face it seems like he’d rather still be sleeping), and he’s back with a new arm. I’m already second hand embarrassed for the press tour when Sebastian Stan gets asked 80,000 more times about how much they had to lube him up to slide the prothetic on.
The music
The Avengers theme gives me chills and makes me want to go out and find a bad guy’s ass to kick. I think I’ve heard about one or two people in the news lately who fit the bill.
The Guardians of the Galaxy
Just when you thought they couldn’t shove any more into the trailer, we see Thor (with his new short hair and eyepatch) meeting up with these guys. I was so caught up while I was watching the trailer that I forgot they were going to show up until the last shot.
There are so many people in this movie, how is any one character going to get more than 90 seconds of screen time. Best of luck to directors Anthony and Joe Russo, this is a lot to juggle. If fan reaction is the trailer is any indication, they’re doing a hell of a job. Speaking of the fans, big events like this is when the Marvel fandom is at its best, and this was no exception.
if loki can talk his way out of a trash heap and into jeff goldblum’s sugar daddy penthouse, he can talk his way out of thanos killing him
— a hela stan account (@thorlokid) November 29, 2017
ME TOO STEVE pic.twitter.com/2w1KDZaDSV
— PROTECT THE FUCK LOKI THANOS YOU CAN CHOKE (@LAUKEYSON) November 29, 2017
#Thanos showed up in Marvels #InfinityWar Trailer like…. ???????? pic.twitter.com/FVxt1sxYUA
— ChocolateCityComics (@ChocCityComics) November 29, 2017
Avengers: Infinity War will be released on May 4th, after which we will never smile again.
