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The new trailer for "Frozen 2" is leaving us
with more questions than answers.
"Frozen 2" dropped a new trailer Monday,
and if you were hoping for a light-hearted romp,
where two sisters go on a road trip
with their reindeer and snowman friends,
Well, that's not what you're getting.
The sequel to the hit 2013 film
whose soundtrack is still stuck in your head,
is shaping up to be
"The Empire Strikes Back" of Disney sequels,
in that it's full of darkness, dangers,
and big stakes for our heroines.
When the first trailer and poster for "Frozen 2"
dropped in June, fans were filled with two things;
nostalgia, and questions.
The sequel was already teasing
mystery after mystery with questions like,
what do these symbols mean?
And why is Elsa seemingly trapped on an island?
And, if you're one of the millions of fans
who were hoping that the second trailer
would answer some questions, then you're in luck.
Bad luck, as it turn out.
Because boy, howdy, did this trailer
ramp up the mystery and danger.
Not only do we have questions,
but our questions now have questions of their own,
that they're raising as their little question babies.
So, let's break them down right now.
Starting with the obvious, again with these symbols.
We previously speculated
when they showed up in the poster
and oh-so briefly in the first trailer,
that they could be the four elements
or tied to the four seasons
and Elsa could find her counterparts
with similar, yet different, powers.
This certainly seems to be the case still.
We know that the movie will go into
the history of magic in Arrendele,
and this seems to be a major part of the mystery.
Does everyone have their own set of elemental powers?
Or, could Elsa learn more
along the lines of Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Next question, what is up with this mist?
It can't be good, right?
Name one movie or book where mist means something good,
where monsters definitely aren't hiding.
Yeah, you can't
One thing we know for sure about the mist,
is that it hides off an enchanted land
that Elsa and Anna know from a story
told to them by their parents, as children.
Could this be where magic originates?
Probably.
What closed it off from the rest of the world?
No clue, it's almost like they're teasing us
with this trailer so we go watch the movie, what?
And who are these big boys?
Well, we don't know but they're spooky.
Also, they're cute when they're sleeping,
how is that possible?
Next up, who's this handsome fellow?
Well, we actually know the answer to this.
This is Lieutenant Destin Mattias,
an Arrendele soldier, voiced by Sterling K. Brown.
But again, it's one of those questions
that adds a ton of questions.
Turns out, he and his allies have been
trapped in the mist for 30 years.
And, reportedly, he served Anna and Elsa's
grandfather, King Runeard, what?
He looks pretty young, how is that possible?
So, this leads us to our next question,
is their grandfather still alive?
Could he be in the mist with Lieutenant Mattias?
It's possible that whatever event trapped Mattias there,
also trapped Arrendele's king at the time.
And if there are indeed some time shenanigans going on
in that enchanted forest,
then Anna and Elsa's grandfather might still be alive.
Plus, the trailer itself told us "Let go of the past".
Of course, if the sister's grandfather might still be alive
we think the next question is fair,
are their parents still alive?
While the first "Frozen" showed King Agnarr
and Queen Iduna lost at sea,
we wouldn't put it past Disney to retcon
that little bit of information and couch it in.
"Well, you weren't told the whole story",
or something similar.
We know that there will be a flashback to the parents,
and let's just reiterate
that "Let go of the past" point we already made.
Seriously, why is Else stuck on an island?
Could it be where her parents shipwrecked?
Could it be a dream, or a vision?
Although, this time around, we do get
a little glimpse of how she escapes.
And of course, the one question
we always have about "Frozen" is
does "Frozen" take place in a larger,
shared Disney cinematic universe?
We're pretty sure Rapunzel
is at Elsa's coronation in "Frozen",
and there is the ever present theory
that Disney's "Tarzan" is Elsa and Anna's brother
who somehow survived the shipwreck
that killed the King and Queen of Arrendele.
And speaking of that shipwreck,
could it be the one from "The Little Mermaid"?
(cheering)
It's time for us to start updating our red yarn boards.
No, we won't just "Let It Go", as Elsa would say,
because it would just explain so much.
But, what do you folks think?
What questions do you still have
from this "Frozen 2" trailer?
Will Elsa learn to control the four elements?
And, come on!
Is there a shared Disney cinematic universe?
Let's discuss.
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