If you're a superhero movie or comic book fan it would probably be an utmost act of disrespect to ask if you've seen the latest trailer for Marvel's Black Panther movie, and if by any chance you haven't seen it just yet, then what the hell are you waiting for?, click the link!
In a trailer that promises a movie that could be Marvel's most exciting entry so far, there's just so much eye candy for the biggest Black Panther enthusiast as well as for newbie fans, so much so, that the only thing this movie might not be, is disappointing. That's probably a big call to make based on a trailer designed to garner hype, but if you're familiar with Black Panther mythos and narrative of the source material, then you'd know if done right, we could have something great in our hands.
Without further ado, lets check out some of the most interesting freeze frames of the 2 minute plus trailer, frame by frame.
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| In the beginning? |
This throne room scene looks like it reveals some backstory to the history of Wakanda or perhaps its an opening to one of the smaller tribal chiefs in the story. The only thing I can be certain about is that those are bamboo sticks hanging from the ceiling.
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| Birnin Zana. |
An opening shot from the trailer shows T'Challa returning to Wakanda and being the prime monarch of the advanced African nation, it would be safe to assume that the city in this shot is the capital of Wakanda - Birnin Zana (The Golden City). Although from up here it bears some resemblance to Thor's Asgard except no giant playing organ.
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| Look Ma, no Hands! |
Okoye (Danai Gurira), a member of the Dora Milaje and T'Challa's personal chauffeur flies the airborne craft with sensor technology it seems, levitation style.
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| Tatooine? |
Birnin Zana's streets bear a close resemblance to the dusty streets of Anakin Skywalker's home planet.
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| I got some bad b*****s! |
The Dora Milaje (Adored Ones), The Wakanda's all female Kingsguard welcome their monarch.
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| Ramonda |
In her South African inspired head gear, Angela Bassett seems poised to play Ramonda, T'Challa's step mother and biological mother to Shuri (Letitia Wright) who we'd seen in the first trailer.
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| Tattoo,Cybernetics or a bad case of dermatitis? |
Shirtless, T'Challa's torso reveals what looks like a cultural tattoo or cybernetic implants which maybe sync with the Black Panther suit.
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| Trial by Combat |
This shot reveals what may be a traditional right as challengers duel T'Challa for the throne, well either that or part of the coronation festivities or perhaps a sparring session, whatever it is, fighting on the edge of a waterfall is epic no matter how you cut it.
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| Nakia - Friend or something more? |
Lupita Nyong'o's Nakia, a member of the Dora Milaje seems to be a trusted confidant of T'Challa in this shot as she gives him advise on the kind of King he can be, she gives the essence of a very close friend or perhaps a love interest, however in the comics things never get so far and she inevitably becomes part of his rogue gallery.
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| C'mon gimme some sugar brother! |
I won't lie T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and Shuri's (Letitia Wright) personalised hand shake routine is one of my best scenes of the trailer, it show's a lighter side of the monarch as against the cheerless, dark, vengeful figure he was cut as in Captain America: Civil War, but hey, if your little sister can't make you smile, who can?
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| Black, black and ummm, black |
Shuri shows T'Challa some prototypes for his Black Panther Suit, and like his billionaire superhero counterparts (Batman, Iron-Man) there's probably one for every occasion.
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| Look out beloooow! |
What kind of billionaire would you be if you didn't have a trap door that opened into a slide tube which got you from point A to B, I mean really.
Brothers! y'all should start getting those bubas, agbadas and danshikis cleaned and pressed ahead of February 9, 2018, we gotta represent Africa and celebrate our shit. Chadwick is definitely pulling it off.
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| Dapper: Royal Threads |
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| Spot the Panthers |
This psychedelic, purple hazed inspired scene most likely reveals a dream sequence where T'Challa learns more about his heritage and his connection with the Black Panther.
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| Suit 2.0 up! |
This scene reveals a more advanced version of Black Panther's tactical suit, with it's digital holographic purple theme, the suit appears to generate out of thin air onto T'Challa's body, probably through some nanite technology like Tony Stark's suit or Star -Lord's helmet, Erik Killmonger's suit also seems to share the same technology as we'll see in a bit.
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| Just taking a gander guv |
In this imminent museum scene Erik Kilmonger (Micheal B. Jordan) takes it all in, as he views an African art display (probably Wakandan), likely casing the joint before he steals an artifact. Klaw (Andy Serkis) appears in the next scene so this is probably not far fetched.
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| Rage and Rash |
Erik Kilmonger has a lot of reasons to hate T'Challa as he expresses his anger here, the exiled son of a traitor, who grew up in Harlem, New York (in case you wondered about his american accent). I don't know what he has on his body, which looks more like a bad case of small pox than any African traditional scarring I've ever seen, but I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for it.
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| King Erik? |
You don't need to be eagle eyed to have noticed the gold claw necklace Erik is wearing here, the fact that he gets his own Black Panther suit (shown in the next frame) and has the Dora Milaje stand by him, points to his usurping of the throne at some point in the movie.
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| Black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow |
Erik Kilmonger's Leopard themed suit, also an upgraded version of the T'Challa's new suit.
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| Okoye kicks ass |
Okoye delivers some corporal justice, Dora Milaje style on some outmatched extras in a Casino scene.
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| Who are these guys? |
Likely an attack from Erik Kilmonger followers as Shuri and Nakia seem to be caught by surprise as W'Kaabi (Daniel Kaluya) is taken hostage.
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| Not my King! |
Shuri and Nakia fight Erik Killmonger's black panther judging by the gold necklace and hue on the suit.
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| Quick, take a picture of me on this sweet ride |
Well this is just here cause it looks cool.
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| No Tyre changing kit? No problem |
Now that's how real men change Tyres, nothing sez manly like sticking your hands into rim spokes at 80mph, Just so damn manly!
So that's it guys my best bits of the trailer (almost all of it), but we'll just have to wait a few more months to know if I called 'em right.
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ReplyDeleteWell said man. WELL SAID!