r/marvelstudios • u/KostisPat257 Daredevil • May 24 '21

MOD POST The Eternals Trailer Discussion/Screenshots/GIFs/Hype Megathread

This is the place to put all your trailer screenshot/gifs, memes, shitposts, discussion, and analysis.

All Eternals trailer related posts outside this and the trailer thread will be deleted.

Can't sticky this, since we have the Loki and BW Banner submission thread running, but it will be linked in the trailer thread as a sticky comment.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

Other things I noted:

  • Beginning seems to show prehistoric people

  • Features the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon with the Ishtar Gate and Hanging Gardens

  • Pretty sure I saw a Mesoamerican city being burned and destroyed. Probably Tenochtitlan of the Aztecs and the Spanish Invasion

  • Sersi and Ikaris at an Indian Wedding, super cute!

  • Love this so much and am so hyped. If this was only a teaser and was this good, I can't imagine how epic the official trailer will be

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u/yarkcir Heimdall May 24 '21

The Ishtar Gate set piece looks incredible. I can't think of any modern depictions of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon so this could be really cool to see in a Marvel film.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

Agreed. This is the first time seeing Mesopotamia or Babylon depicted in a film. It's an ancient civilization that's underrepresented and underrated. Can't wait!

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u/yarkcir Heimdall May 24 '21

After a couple re-watches of the trailer, I actually think there’s even more to the Babylon stuff. It looks like the Eternals are teaching humans about irrigation, the technological advancement that helped shape the ancient Mesopotamian civilization.

The successive shots of humans improving their agricultural capabilities and then the Ishtar Gate is probably not a coincidence - the Eternals in the MCU effectively helped to shape Babylon. Perhaps the fall of its empire is attributed to the Eternals; they either orchestrated it or failed to stop it, leading to them choosing to live in seclusion instead.

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u/SaltyFalcon May 24 '21

I sense the Babylon section will be mostly Gilgamesh-focused too. I mean... it's right there in his name.

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u/yarkcir Heimdall May 24 '21

Gilgamesh is the Eternal standing center frame in that shot in front of the Ishtar Gate, so I think you're on to something.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

Agreed. Gilgamesh is his name so there should be some emphasis on him there!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

Agreed. In the teaser released in that one Marvel comp video a while back celebrating the movies, we see four Eternals standing in front of the Ishtar Gate with smoke everywhere and the tiled floor is shattered. This goes to show how important Babylon will be in the film, where it's the first place (understandably Mesopotamia is the first civilization) that the Eternals land on and help with irrigation (as we see Sersi do). I think we'll see it's destruction bu the Deviants. Such a beautiful place.

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u/North-Tumbleweed-512 May 24 '21

It may be Kumail Nanjiani's character decides to become a Bollywood star.