Were in the endgame now.
We shouldve listened to Doctor Strange!
He gave us the title of the newAvengersfilm back whenInfinity Warconcluded.
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And actually, it goes back even further than that.
How were you guys planning on beating that?
Lets explore what we know (so far).
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Hawkeye lives!
Marvel Comics fans will recognize this sword-wielding mystery character as the lone warrior who was created in 2005.
Looks like thats exactly what happened after the cinematicCivil War, too.
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Did he lose them in The Decimation?
There is a glimmer of hope.
If someone had seen her turn to ash, she wouldnt be in this file.
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So, Shuri fans can hold out some hope that she is somewhere working on this problem.
He was last seen hitching a ride out of New York City on one of Thanos Q ships.
Ant-Man and the Wasprevealedthat Scott Lang is merely trapped in the Quantum Realm.
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So, perhaps Shuri survives to bring her ingeniuity to the fight.
Iron Man is out of gear.
The mask he uses to record the message is partly demolished.
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Hes out of food.
Hesnotout of smart remarks.
Maybe shell find the message someday.
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Maybe she is among the decimated.
We dont know, and neither does he.
Tony Stark is preparing to join the half of existence that was just wiped out.
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But its actually the Benatar, theGuardians of the Galaxyship, whose fate was unclear.
(Destroyed by the Mad Titans moon throw?
The trailer doesnt make this clear, but he is probably not alone.
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Who could save them?
Marvel Studios and directors Joe and Anthony Russo really started on a downbeat note with this trailer.
Iron Man must survive, of course.
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No question about that.
But were leaning heavily into grief and loss.
There will be more to come, just in the trailer alone.
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But also, some hopefulness, too.
Thanos Retires
The Mad Titans old armor is now propped up like a scarecrow.
Its unclear what kind of crop the former galactic tyrant is growing.
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(What are the odds that a being who kills half of everything would have a successful harvest?)
Theres actually a glimmer of hope in the scarecrow imagery.
This is what became of him after he lost in the 1991Infinity Gauntletcomic book series.
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Grieving Heroes
We lost … all of us, Steve Rogers says.
We lost friends, we lost family.
A tear runs down Captain Americas face.
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The God of Thunder is mourning, too.
Has there ever been a superhero movie, let alone a trailer, that emphasizes grief this powerfully?
Now that shes a hero instead of a villain, she grieves with the good guys.
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Theres a weight not just of grief but of exposition about this sequence.
Were being reminded not just of who was lost, but which heroes are still standing.
An Unclear Plan
This is the fight of our lives, Captain America says.
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This is going to work, Steve, Black Widow tells Cap.
All we can assume is that theremustbe a way to return the Decimated.
There are sequels to make, folks.
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And they arent going to star heaps of ash.
She died of old age, after a long, full life.
And yet, to Stever Rogers, she may as well be among the lost.
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She is lost to him.
That would be a conclusion for Cap that is both happy and bittersweet.
Can you buzz me in?
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A bright spot arrives at the end, almost like a post-credit sequence.
Is this an old message?
Its the front door, Black Widow tells him.
We dont know how he will fit into the plan.
(Again, whatisthe plan?)
Maybe the surviving heroes are just glad to see a familiar face.
Or maybe Ant-Man is a critical part of what they need.
Well find out on April 26.
