CAPTAIN MARVEL TRAILER 2 BREAKDOWN

Hey everyone, it is here, the trailer for Captain Marvel, which shows off more of the story and Carol Danvers as a hero and as a person compared to the previous teaser. There are a few things to unpack from this trailer, which include the conflict of the film, and a few of the characters, and how parts of the plot link to the wider MCU. So let's get into it.

The trailer opens up with the at least the eighth best punch in the MCU, where we see Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) (Kree name "Vers"), fresh on Earth in 1995 on the train where she punches the old lady in the face, who is a Skrull. We see the fight play out with Carol eventually winning and shocking a group of passengers.

Remember, this was the mid 90's, no one had cell phones to record any of this. However, there are going to be more Skrulls on this train, as later in the trailer we see Carol chase someone on top of the train later in the trailer.

While that scene was playing we hear mid-tier SHIELD agent, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) say
"So Skrulls are the bad guys, and you're a Kree- a race of noble warriors?"

This is what Carol has told Fury from their interactions. Somethings to point out here is that this is a biased view from what Carol has been told from the Kree. In the MCU the Kree haven't been the best, from Kree extremists, such as Ronan (Lee Pace)- who is in the film- eventually going on to wage an invasion on Xander in the first Guardians film. The Skrulls are not good people, but the Kree don't seem any better.

I will be interested to see what the beef between the Kree and Skrulls are, and what Carol knows and will learn in the film, and also how that impacts Fury. This film is pivotal to the future of SHIELD, seeing how Fury places more measurements for alien conflicts on Earth such as the Avengers Initiative, and the future of the space-based films in the MCU, seeing in this conflict ends or just quiets down for 25 years or so.

Here is the Kree Star Force team which Carol is in, in the team at the beginning of the film. From left to right we have Korath (Djimon Hounsou), Att-Lass (Algenis Perez Soto), Carol Danvers, Minn-Evra (Gemma Chan), and Bron-Char (Rune Temte). Also on the team will be Jude Law's character (which I will get into later on), and it seems like their commander is Ronan the Accuser. 

I am not too sure about the fate of most of the characters on the team, we know that Carol will obviously live, and also Korath and Ronan, as they are in the first Guardians film. The film could pull off a Rogue One and kill off everyone who does not appear in the future. I am not too sure how the other Star Force characters will be used in this film, let alone the future.

This is the Kree homeworld where Carol is staying. I mentioned previously that her Kree name is "Vers" which is just the last part of her last name. On this planet, Carol maybe getting some sort of special treatment for her service in Star Force. The way that she passes on this planet is that she is said to be a pink skin Kree. That is not the full case for Carol, as we know she is at least 50% human, however, that is the case for Jude Law's character.

I do have to that this shot of the city does look kind of awesome, however, it just feels like a more spaced out Coruscant.

This character, played by Anette Bening is also a pink skin Kree. It seems like she was the one who helped delete, or store away the memories that Carol had as a child on Earth, and she has false memories of being a Kree and a member of Star Force. I don't believe, that this place completely gave her powers, however, they may have unlocked them. It will be interesting to see how the story of Carol ending up on this Kree planet plays out and how the flashbacks tie into all of this.

Because, this film is not going to be told in a linear fashion like the other origin stories, in this film it appears that Carol Danvers will show up full-fledged out with powers.

Here is Carol Danvers on a Star Force mission. I would appreciate if this mission was the cold open for the film, it would show off Carol's abilities and show what this Star Force team is all about. But in this shot we see Carol using her abilities, and the mask on the green suit which forms the mohawk. I do love how the hair flips around, to create the mohawk, and it seems like that will carry over to her second suit, which most likely going to be this current suit, just with a different color tone, with the red, blue, and gold.

Fury and Carol go and take control of this ship where Carol uses her ability of being a pilot to take control. I do like the interaction Fury and Carol have, it creates for a more relaxed tone. The big thing in the shot is the ship that is being piloted. It is identical to the quinjet, with the twin engines at the back. This appears to be a prototype of the jet before they are used by everyone at SHIELD. 

The color scheme of red and white is also important as in the Avengers cartoon, the quinjet that they use has this red and white color scheme. And funny enough that the color scheme of the red and white is potentially going to be used by the Avengers for a uniform in the Quantum Realm in Avengers 4. So it seems like red and white is going to be used a significant amount.

This is the part where Carol gets her powers in the film, as she is caught up in this accident, where her jet crashes in this area which reveals that she has blue blood. This sort of confirms that Carol is at least part Kree, and the powers she has have been inside of her this whole time. This links back to the part where Carol's powers get activated when she is taken to the Kree homeworld and her memories are altered.

Here is at least one of the villains of the film, Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), who is a Kree general. The character will be infiltrating Earth and the ranks of SHIELD, and it seems like in this scene where he is present when Carol finds out she is Kree and is taken away by the Kree. This may set Talos on his path to seek out Carol on Earth, thus infiltrating SHIELD.

In this scene we see Carol realize that she did have a life on Earth and the "memories" she has flashes of are real as she looks through some of her files. I am interested to see how much the film focuses on Carol looking back on her old life, or if she will eventually gain all her memories back somehow, and be fully restored.

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Here is Jude Law who is playing the character named Yon-Rogg. The character is a significant part of the Captain Marvel comics, and I will not discuss the character in the comics, but please, look into the character at your own risk of the film being spoiled, as there are some interesting elements that play into the character and may spoil elements of the film.

The original idea of Jude Law's character was that he was going to play Captain Mar-Vel, and as of this moment, that character is not confirmed to be in the film in any capacity,

This shot shows Carol Danvers in her red, blue, and gold Captain Marvel suit falling to Earth with her helmet on. This is closer towards the end of the film, where she gets the colored suit. I am curious to see what threats she is going to face in space, whether it will just be the Skrulls, or both the Skrulls and Kree as she does say in the trailer that she is going "end the war"

This seems to be in the midst of the war, where we see Ronan look out and see the war going on. I am not too sure how active of a character Ronan will be in the film, or how pivotal he will be for the plot of the film, but it is awesome seeing the character get a second chance in the MCU, hopefully getting a better characterization.

In the flesh, looking super saiyan, Captain Marvel looks ready to kick ass on board what appears to be a Kree ship. This is going to be in the third act of the film where she knows who she is [Carol Danvers] and that the Kree lied to her and altered all of her memories, and now she wants revenge.

I don't think this is what she looks like when she is going full binary, as that is something that will most likely be saved for the film or even Avengers 4. I do think that when Captain Marvel goes binary her skin will glow a bit also, and her powers may change in colors a little bit.

I should clarify, when Captain Marvel goes binary, she taps into the power of a white dwarf star, meaning that her energy capacity is near infinite. So to illustrate that, she will look a little crazier.

This is the character that we have all been wanting to see from this film or at least second behind Coulson, and that is Carol's cat, named "Goose". In the comics, the cat's name was "Chewie", after Chewbacca, but I have no idea why the cat is named Goose. There may be something funny regarding that in the film. But comment below whether or not Carol takes Goose into space, and whether or not Goose survives the snap.


With Captain Marvel, there are a few things which we still need to speculate on, such as why Captain Marvel has decided to stay in space for the past 23 years, and how she will meet with the surviving Avengers in Avengers 4. We know from the MCU prequel comics that Fury's plan B was Captain Marvel- behind plan A, the Avengers Initiative. But there are a few questions which the trailers won't answer, so I might later this month speculate on those in a post.

In conclusion, this trailer for Captain Marvel gets me more excited for the film than the previous trailer. I liked the CG used to create a large scale space battle and all the craziness which may ensue from that. The character of Carol Danvers will be interesting to get to know in the film as the trailers have not done too well of a job with that, but we'll have to wait till March to see the Avenger's saving grace hit the screen.
Comment below your thoughts on the trailer down below, such as your favorite scenes, shots, and characters. You can click on the left for more Captain Marvel, or on the right for Avengers 4- rumors say that the trailer is coming on Wednesday, so subscribe for that breakdown. As always thanks for reading, take care.