Cap Takes A Shave, War Machine Lays The Blame
The trailer opens up much the same way previous trailers have. Back at the Avengers compound, Bruce Banner warns off the dangers of an unsaid plan. “If we do this, we go in short-changed,” he says. This draws ire from Rhodey, who sarcastically comments: “Yeah, you mean ‘cos they killed all our friends?”
To go along with this discussion, we get a few shots of heroes looking glum. Thor appears to be listening to the conversation while playing with a piece of bread. Elsewhere, Natasha is sitting in the rain as a repeat of her “we owe it to everyone not in this room” speech from the last trailer is heard. Finally, Steve Rogers is shown looking in a bathroom mirror.
It’s perhaps not the most important revelation in the trailer, but we can presumably pinpoint this moment as when Cap shaves off the beard he grew in Avengers: Infinity War. Note the shaving mirror on his left. The fact that the various heroes decided to freshen up and get new haircuts in Endgame has been a source of mockery for fans but, for Cap at least, the return to his classic look represents that he’s had enough of being a Secret Avenger and needs to step into the light again to defeat Thanos.
Tony’s Back On Earth
The first trailer and TV spot tried to lead us to believe that Tony Stark was going to be stuck in space for the whole movie, as he and Nebula were shown to be stranded on the Benatar. The previous trailer, however, allowed us a glimpse of Tony suited up with the rest of the surviving heroes, promising that he would make his way back. And now, this promo gives us the moment where Iron Man returns to Earth.
We see the Benatar soaring through the New York skyline before a clip shows us Tony reuniting with Pepper, the two of them clearly desperate to see each other. It seems that Stark comes back with a renewed sense of purpose, as well. A Robert Downey Jr. voiceover says: “It’s not about how much we’ve lost. It’s about how much we’ve got left.”
So, what can we tell about Tony’s return from this? Note that it’s nighttime when the Guardians’ old ship appears and that Tony and Pepper reunite on the grounds of the Avengers compound. Remember that the TV spot featured a clip of the Avengers standing outside their HQ looking up at the sky. It seems that they were watching the Benatar arriving.
But what about how the ship got there in the first place? Theories pointed to Rocket, Captain Marvel or even Pepper rescuing Stark and Nebula, but the TV spot did show Tony and Gamora’s sister busy fixing something, so the most likely option is that they managed to get back themselves. This would also explain Tony’s “get-up-and-go” attitude.
