- Here's everything you missed in the Black Widow trailer!
Well folks, it's about damn time!
After over a decade and nearly
two dozen Marvel cinematic universe adventures later,
Natasha Romanoff, AKA the Black Widow,
is finally getting her own standalone film.
Look, it's no secret that many fans
consider this the movie to be too little, too late,
despite the fact that Black Widow
was among the first to the Marvel Comics superheroes
introduced into the MCU,
and that a solo spy thriller based on her
seems like an obvious choice.
She was still beaten to the punch
to be the first modern female fronted superhero film
with Wonder Woman over at DC,
and even with Captain Marvel at her own studio.
Now that all said, of course we're still excited to see it,
because come on, you see that trailer?
It looks awesome!
"But wait a minute," some of you might be saying
in your weird little voice,
"didn't Natasha die in Avengers Endgame,
"after playing the world's worst game of tag with Hawkeye?"
Yeah.
Yeah, she did.
Don't worry about it though,
because thanks to our colleague
over at Nerdist.com, Andrea Towers,
we have a comprehensive breakdown of this new teaser,
and we're gonna point out every detail
you may have missed
or not known about this Black Widow movie
and what it all means for the larger context of the MCU.
Don't you feel better?
I do.
Now first of all,
when does this movie take place?
Well, it's basically in the time between
2016's Captain America's Civil War,
and 2018's Avengers Infinity War.
This film is gonna bridge the gap
between those two movies
after the Avengers broke up on a German tarmac
and obstinately and some point before
Natasha rejoins Cap as one of his Secret Avengers.
Marvel's head honcho, Kevin Foggy,
described it as being similar to how Better Call Saul
is both a prequel and a sequel to Breaking Bad.
Except less meth.
And side note, if you're not watching Better Call Saul,
rectify that, because it's incredible!
Similarly, I'm told Rectify is pretty great.
But previously on this episode,
the teaser opens with a shot of Budapest,
a city frequently mentioned by many, many characters
in the MCU, which ties directly back to
Black Widow's mysterious past,
as well as a relationship with Clint Barton.
We get Natasha looking quite harried,
as we see flashbacks from previous Marvel movies
of her training in the Red Room,
along with her friend/colleagues Clint Barton and Nick Fury.
This is capped off with a speech from Avengers: Endgame
when she describes that she used to have nothing
before working for the Avengers.
It appears that Natasha is on the run,
hiding out or searching for something.
Which makes sense after she ghosted the government
following Civil War.
(chuckles) Pay your taxes.
Speaking of the government, I know, right,
Thunderbolt Ross himself is back
and quite possibly leading the search for Natasha
after she drops off the grid.
However, it's also looking like
he's either been digitally de-aged
or found one incredible moisturizer.
What's your secret?
Could this just be an excuse to bring him back
to his 2016 looks
or will parts of this movie
take place further in the past than we initially thought?
With Ross being involved, you can never be quite sure.
He's a slippery fella!
There's a post-credit scene
where he just greases himself up,
does a big ol' slip--
(beeping)
That's gonna happen, trust me.
Next we see her rifle through her various aliases
before seeking out her erstwhile sister
and fellow Red Room trained assassin, Yelena Belova.
They don't exactly get along at the beginning,
and it seems like they're pretty evenly matched
with their techniques, the old gun swap.
Natasha tells Yelena that she's back
for some unfinished business
and the two must come to some sort of an agreement,
because we see them ride off on a motorcycle together,
unless this is like an elaborate
Weekend at Bernie's situation
where she's just propping up Yelena.
"Oh, everything is fine."
"Hey, Don, pretty good!"
She's the only person in this movie with no Russian accent.
It's gonna be great.
Then we get a shot of Black Widow's new suit
in front of a downed helicopter,
as some SUVs pull up,
possibly the ones that we saw with Thunderbolt Ross.
Now could this be the aftermath
of the intense free fall that we see later in the trailer?
Probably.
We have to assume that she survives that skydive,
considering she's got to live here
so then she can die in Endgame.
(sighs) Still sucks.
Next is a shot of an extremely ominous room
with a voiceover,
"We have to go back to where it all started."
It's safe to assume this is most likely
a new iteration of the Red Room, that trained her.
We even see a group of women
training in unison a few moments later in the teaser.
We're also treated to our first shots
of Natasha in her sweet, new white suit
that seems to take inspiration from the mini-series
Black Widow Deadly Origin from 2010.
Here we see Natasha infiltrating
what appears to be an icy prison
containing David Harbour's Alexei Shostakov,
AKA Red Guardian.
And guess what?
His suit still fits!
(grunting)
So that's where Hopper's been.
And as Red Guardian puts it,
the family is back together again.
With our introduction to Melina Vostokoff,
also known as Iron Maiden in the comics,
played by Rachel Weisz.
This character has been described as an assassin
who's gone through the Red Room training multiple times.
She has like a PHD in (beep) murdering people!
Now we think a key part of this description,
as I just emphasized, is the multiple times.
There's a lot more going on with her
underneath the surface
than just being a top-notch killer
who could probably break all of our bones
with just her pinky finger.
We know that in the comics,
Iron Maiden was actually an adversary to Black Widow,
and held a grudge against her.
So, maybe, just maybe, we're gonna see a glimpse of that
emerge in this film.
Now it's worth noting that
in the shot of Natasha, Yelena, Alexei and Melina
sitting down together,
Yelena is wearing a vest that is strikingly similar
to the one the Black Widow wears in Infinity War.
Now we hope this just means that
Natasha liked the vest
and like bought her own on Amazon on something
instead of it meaning that things were gonna
turn out very, very poorly for Yelena.
In this teaser, we also get our first glimpse at
someone else we've been very keen on seeing,
the villain of this whole affair, Taskmaster!
We first see ol' Taskyboy using a bow and arrow,
which is an interesting choice of weapon,
considering Natasha's close friendship with Hawkeye.
In the comics, Taskmaster has photographic reflexes,
which basically means he has the power
to mimic and instantly replicate
the physicality of other heroes,
all of Black Widow's martial arts,
or Captain America's shield throwing prowess
or even Hawkeye's bow and arrow skills!
Who knows what else he's been watching?
Hulk, seeing you eat those tacos.
Game over, we're gonna chomp.
So does this mean that Taskmaster
has some sort of connection to Clint Barton?
Well considering Clint and Natasha's ties to Budapest
and secret government missions,
yeah, he probably does.
We also get a brief scene of Taskmaster
as he slugs it out with Red Guardian,
which is definitely gonna be a killer fight to watch.
See?
Hopper is really enjoying his time in Russia,
he's brushed up on his fisticuffs
that we've seen on display in Hawkins,
and now he's ready to lay the smack down
on that skull-faced (beep).
But it looks like the big set piece,
and one of the most striking things
in the teaser of Black Widow
is gonna be her plummeting through the air,
dodging flaming wreckage,
while she's being shot at by armed goons.
As we mentioned earlier,
we're pretty sure we see her on the ground
after all of this,
which means she survives the jump somehow.
Plus the whole fact that we know she survives this movie
to later die in Endgame thing,
but damn if it isn't gonna be awesome!
All in all, we're very onboard
for what we've seen so far.
There's great fights,
and hopefully we're gonna see the emotional payoff
that Black Widow so richly deserves.
Honestly, it's probably gonna be a bit of a tearjerker
as we finally say goodbye to one of the MCU's OGs.
And all of that is before you factor in that
rumored Tony Stark cameo.
You're gonna cry.
However, there's one huge request
that we need addressed in this movie.
Black Widow's hair.
Can we get like a long protracted scene
of Black Widow getting her hair cut
and then dyed platinum blonde,
like we see her have in Infinity War?
You know, maybe just the shot where's like
hanging out in the salon,
chatting up with the other Avengers.
I mean hell, make it a Disney Plus series,
don't act like you wouldn't watch it.
You would.
- Can we do that?
- Now we're just gonna have to wait
until the film drops in May 2020
to see if any of this actually happens.
But in the meantime, tell me,
what do you folks think?
Are you down for Marvel bringing back
more dead heroes for prequels?
Is Red Guardian cosplay going to be
the new Peter B. Parker in sweatpants
or thick Thor at this year's Comic Con?
And seriously, is it just us
who wants that hair stylist scene?
Let's discuss.
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