Good God, the ‘Avengers 4’ Trailer Is Depressing
Credit to Author: River Donaghey| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:13:29 +0000
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is looking pretty goddamn bleak. At the end of Infinity War, Thanos pulled a Leftovers and erased 50 percent of the entire population with one snap of his fat fingers. Black Panther, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and the whole Guardians of the Galaxy team all disappeared in a cloud of digital dust, and Thanos kicked back on his space farm and celebrated a job well done.
On Friday, Marvel dropped the first trailer for Avengers 4, now officially titled Avengers: Endgame. The movie will presumably show the remaining Avengers coming back together to save the day and bring their friends back from wherever the hell they went. But from the look of the two-and-a-half-minute clip, it’s going to take a little effort to rally the troops—because everyone is very, very, very depressed.
First, the trailer checks in with Tony Stark, who’s pretty fucked. The guy is stuck hurtling through space with no chance of rescue, burning through the last of his oxygen supply to record Pepper a morose goodbye message.
“Don’t feel bad about this,” he says, wistfully looking out into the endless expanse of space. “Part of the journey is the end.”
Avengers: Endgame is set to hit theaters April 26, 2019. Until then, give the gloomy-ass trailer a watch above and try to figure out how everybody is going to get through the deep emotional trauma of losing half of everyone you’ve ever known all at once.
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