Thanos Returns
The Endgame marketing so far has focused on the heroes’ struggle, meaning Thanos hasn’t been featured all that much – aside from a shot of him walking through a wheat field, apparently enjoying his retirement. This trailer gives us our first bit of Josh Brolin voiceover as the villain, though, and it seems he means business. “You could not live with your own failure,” he narrates over a shot of Tony looking at a picture of himself with Peter Parker. “Where did that bring you? Back to me.”
As he says this final line, the Mad Titan is then revealed in the flesh. We see him beam down to the surface of his ruined homeworld Titan, with a blue shimmer – which tells us that he still has the use of the Space Stone, meaning that the Infinity Gauntlet remains operational – despite its burned-out appearance at the end of IW. However, he’s once again decked out in his full armor whereas he went bare-armed in the last movie. He must be feeling vulnerable, even if he’s not showing it.
The second half of his monologue plays over shots of Thor, Rocket and Cap in distress. Though Steve’s shot looks to be on Titan, note that Thor and Rocket are in a different location. Somewhere much more ornate that has an Asgardian flavor. Could this be wherever they reunite with Valkyrie? Has she been guarding over the remains of the Asgardian people?
Perhaps tellingly, we only see Iron Man, Captain America and Thor facing Thanos on Titan. Are we seeing a glimpse of the climax here? And does this mean only the Big Three last until the end? Who knows right now, but we’ve only got a few weeks to wait until Avengers: Endgame hits theaters on April 26th and we find out.
Published: Apr 2, 2019 01:40 pm