What’s Up With Hawkeye?
Hawkeye’s absence was keenly felt by fans in Infinity War, but the Avengers: Endgame trailer finally brings him back and he’s changed quite a lot since we last saw him. In one clip, we see a man in dark clothing and a hood slicing and dicing up some goons in Japan with a sword. He pulls down the hood to reveal Jeremy Renner’s face. Clint Barton, old buddy, what’s happened to ya?
Well, comic book fans will recognize that this is the MCU’s version of Ronin, Hawkeye’s darker alternate alter ego from the source material. In the movie’s storyline, though, what’s precipitated this extreme change in character for the formerly-retired Avenger? And what possessed him to get that haircut?
Rumors have pointed to Clint losing his wife and kids in the Decimation. Apart from his violent new ways, another hint that this will prove to be true is Steve’s telling narration that plays over this scene. “We lost families,” Cap says as Hawkeye’s face appears. Yup, it looks like Clint was the only one of his family to survive. That doesn’t seem exactly balanced to us, Thanos.
What’s The Avengers’ Big Plan?
Arguably the deepest scene from the Endgame trailer, in terms of how much we can theorize about it, is the scene between Steve and Nat onboard the Quinjet. The use of the picture of Peggy Carter has got fans thinking that Hayley Atwell might be returning while the generally ominous atmosphere suggests that it might be foreshadowing Captain America’s death in the movie.
The most pertinent question this sequence raises is: what exactly is the Avengers’ big plan to fix things? Steve’s talk about all that they’ve lost, that’s heard in voiceover, is clearly a rousing speech meant to motivate the troops. Then, on the Quinjet, Nat says to him: “This is gonna work.” By the sounds of it, there’s a plan of action and, according to Cap, it’s going to be the fight of their lives.
Reports and theories based on set pics and other evidence have left us with the impression that the Quantum Realm will prove key to resurrecting all of the dead – as the Avengers may travel back through time to reclaim the Infinity Stones before Thanos gets them. However, the way this scene is framed, it seems to be hinting that the heroes are going into more of a straight-forward battle and that’s where they’re headed.
Alternatively, maybe they’re just using the Quinjet to hop across the country to get to Hank Pym’s lab in San Francisco. Speaking of which…