Marvel is finally ready
to launch a movie with a female lead in the form of Captain
Marvel, and to lay the
groundwork and get people hyped, have released their first trailer.
What, if anything, can we glean from the this brief glimpse at the
studio's newest super-heroine? What kind of person does the trailer
reveal to us? Come along, and let's find out.
Possible
spoilers ahead, I guess.
Okay,
the first thing I want to note is that the good captain doesn't seem
to be herself for the majority of the trailer. Judging from the
trailer, she seems to start the film working for the Kree, a faction
that are typically villainous in Marvel stories. Yet, she also
states (presumably to Nick Fury), “I think I had a life here”,
indicating that she was originally from Earth; which we could already
guess, admittedly.
Indeed
in part of the trailer we see Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel's
civilian identity), climbing into a fighter jet; and later, laying in
the ground after what looks to be a crash. Further, at one point we
see her hooked up to some kind of machine, which is pumping energy
into her head, perhaps messing with her mind?
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This
would suggest that she will start the film fighting for the Kree, but
not necessarily of her own free will. Her arrival on Earth might
trigger some of her old memories, and have her turn against her
masters as she remembers her old self, and learns just what the Kree
have done to her. This could explain the change from the green and
black suit, to the red and blue that will be more familiar to comic
book readers.
This
theory seems plausible to me, as it would serve as a loose adaptation
of one of Ms Danver's earliest stories; wherein Carol gained the
memories of a Kree, and developed a split personality based on them.
Obviously, the big screen version may be a little more grounded, for
a given definition of “grounded”, but it would follow the trend
of Marvel loosely adapting their comic storylines for their films.
This
would also makes this a very personal journey of a woman
rediscovering herself, as well as a blowout, superhero blockbuster.
However,
why would the Kree send Carol to Earth? Why send her back to the
planet where people may recognise her? Was her mission to punch old
ladies?
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Well,
the answer may be with some of the aliens we see in the trailer.
These are a race of aliens known as the Skrulls, another villainous
faction, and one that are almost always depicted as being at war with
the Kree. The thing about the Skrulls is that they're
shape-shifters, able to disguise themselves as almost anyone, rather
like Mystique from the X-Men franchise. Naturally, one of the
Skrulls' favourite places to hide out is Earth.
It's
entirely possible that the Kree sent Carol to Earth to hunt for
Skrulls, and that would make this something of a infiltration, and
subterfuge mission. In such a scenario the Kree would want an agent
who would be able to blend in with the local populace, in order to
avoid arousing any suspicion, and who better than their own human
operative? That would probably mean that the old lady Carol punches
in the trailer is probably a Skrull, and the good captain doesn't
just beat on old people for fun.
Finally,
yes I am aware that Captain Marvel
is set in the nineties, and yes I was amused that they used
Blockbuster as
a means of conveying that face. But man, seeing Blockbuster
Video
being presented as a relic of the past certainly makes one aware of
the passage of time.
Yet
more questions remain unanswered; if Carol came back to Earth in the
nineties, then where has she been in the years since? Has she been
in contact with SHIELD ever since, or was it only Nick Fury who could
contact her. Most importantly, will we finally learn how Nick Fury
lost his eye?
Until
next time,
PhoenixAct.
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