Captain Marvel has started her descent.
The trailer for the 21st entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has arrived with explosive
style, and we couldn't be more excited.
So suit yourself up in mohawk mode, and follow along as we break down all the little details
in the first trailer for Marvel's Captain Marvel.
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In the comics, Carol originally received her powers by being caught in the blast of an
exploding psyche-magnetron ...whatever that actually is.
At the time, Carol was the head of security on a US Air Force base.
In the trailer, Carol can be seen in an Air Force jumpsuit, looking roughed up in the
desert, potentially having just had her plane shot out of the sky.
Soon after, she's enveloped in some fancy blue light an all-time classic giveaway for
Made-Up Powerful Comic Book Energy.
Is this the movie version of the exploding psyche-magnetron, altering Carol's DNA to
give her her powers after crashing to the Earth during a Kree-Skrull dogfight?
Maybe!
Ronan... we meet again?
The trailer features a familiar silhouette for MCU fans: sure looks a lot like the return
of Ronan the Accuser, back to life in Captain Marvel through the magic of the prequel.
This time, the former Guardians of the Galaxy bad guy technically should be on the side
of the good guys with Carol, considering his status as a Kree in the Kree Empire.
In the comics, Ronan attempted to overthrow the Kree Empire, bringing him into conflict
with Mar-Vell.
Whether or not that conflict will be repeated in this movie remains to be seen.
Origin stories
Carol Danvers' isn't the only origin story the Captain Marvel movie appears to be remixing.
The movie also seems to be seeding a whole new origin story for another hero once known
by the name of Captain Marvel.
The trailer shows a chummy relationship with Carol Danvers and another Air Force pilot
by the name of Rambeau, most likely a reference to Monica Rambeau, a Marvel Comics character
who technically was the first female Captain Marvel, taking the name well before Carol
did, since Carol first went by the super-name Ms. Marvel.
Comics are weird.
All that said, this is not Monica, but rather a young version of Maria Rambeau Monica's
mother.
Because this movie's a prequel, we may meet Maria's daughter Monica at some point in this
film...or maybe in a future sequel or spin-off.
There are some Marvelous possibilities...
Skrull and crones
Everyone's going to walk away from this trailer talking about one moment:
But as you probably suspected, not all is how it seems.
We're pretty sure the main bad guys of the movie will be the Skrulls, an intergalactic
warrior race that once did battle with the Kree.
They've pestered Marvel's superheroes for years with their numerous attempts to invade
Earth.
The Skrulls appear just before the old lady in the trailer, implying a connection between
the two.
As you might have surmised, the Skrulls are shapeshifters, being in their basic forms
humanoid aliens with reptilian or goblin-like qualities.
So are there secret, shapeshifting Skrulls already lurking in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
This movie sure seems to make that a safe bet...
Target acquired
Captain Marvel is putting Marvel's de-aging CGI to work to spectacular effect on Samuel
L. Jackson's young, bicloptic Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
From the look of things, Young Fury will spend the first act of the movie working to track
Carol Danvers down after she busts open that Blockbuster.
But will they be friends...or foes?
Fury's pager has the answer, as he sends the message, "With Target"... which is kinda far
off from "With my new pal, Carol."
We know from the end of Infinity War that the two end up at least as pen pals, but it
will be interesting to see if they face any opposition from each other on their way to
becoming best buds.
Big guns and green guys
Finally, the first Captain Marvel trailer also features what appears to be a scene of
Roswell-esque alien dissection, with what looks like a Skrull's body lying prone on
an operating table while a scrubbed-up doctor digs in and a G-man-looking gentleman looks
on.
Also present in the shot: Nick Fury, holding what appears to be, from this distance, a
purple space bazooka.
And an icepack...on his eye...
The arrival of the Skrulls on Earth in the '90s raises a lot of questions about the MCU
of the now.
The movie will certainly explore their shapeshifting powers, and the eerie implication is that
there could be spies from another galaxy all over the MCU we know.
How much do you want to wager that the next big Marvel guessing game will be "what heroes
have been secret Skrulls this whole time"?