Getting Ready For Round 2
The next batch of clips show various heroes, as the late Star-Lord might say, getting their “mean faces” on as they look like they’re preparing to go for another round against Thanos. First of all, we see Black Widow training in a target gallery, working on her sharpshooting skills.
This is a curious moment, as Natasha’s practicing with a regular firearm here and we’re pretty sure that would be useless against Thanos, no matter how good her aim is. Presumably, she’s training herself for a fight with some more human foes, then. Perhaps this is before she encounters Hawkeye taking out Yakuza in Tokyo (as seen in the first trailer).
Next, we see Ant-Man and War Machine putting their armor on. Rhodey wasn’t seen much in the first trailer while Scott Lang only reappeared at the end, having somehow escaped the Quantum Realm. But it looks like he wastes no time in lending a hand.
Cap Gets His Shield Back
The following hero we get a glimpse of is Thor, looking forlorn. The next shot sees him in his full ceremonial dress (not the hoodie look from the first trailer) with Stormbreaker in his hand, leaving what looks to be an alien structure. There’s definitely something Asgardian about the architecture, so what if this is a refugee pod from the Statesman that’s landed on Earth? Is this how Valkyrie enters the story?
Hawkeye gets a solitary cameo in this TV spot, too, as we see the newly-mohawked Clint Barton looking up at some creepy-looking red glowing light. The first trailer saw him in Tokyo but in this instance, he appears to be surrounded by rubble.
Finally, one of the last images of the TV spot gives us something we’ve been waiting to see since 2016. Yes, Captain America is getting his shield back! We don’t see a full or clear shot of what’s happening, but a guy tying a leather strap attached to a large metal disk around his sleeve tells us all we need to know. Now that the world’s at its direst point, it’s time for Steve to properly suit up as Cap again.
It’ll be interesting to know how Steve gets his shield back. He could easily find it at the Avengers compound and decide to take it, but it’d be a lot more emotional if Tony were to hand it back to him, after he told Steve that he didn’t deserve it back in Captain America: Civil War.