ANALYSIS- Justice League SDCC sneak peek

Analysis on the Justice League Teaser Trailer

Let’s hit this up second by second and let’s see what we observe. I will bookmark specific points in the trailer and annotate the scene that is happening. a lot of this is my personal opinion along with some thoughts on overall story telling.

and awAAAAAAAY we go!

0:04: Bruce’s back is turned to a group of people. At 0:11 we see an old fisherman figure looking at him. The monologue may be at a different spot in the movie so we might be able to assume that the man is not listening specifically to Bruce, but it’s hard to tell the exact situation here.

0:19: Bruce has a beard. How long has he been searching out Aquaman? Later we see him give a status report to Wonder Woman concerning Aquaman and he is fully shaved so I think it’s safe to say that Bruce prefers to be shaved.

0:28: first the music is more different than what we have seen even in the suicide squad trailers. We still have a kind of rock theme going on which is nice, confirming a shared universe feeling and such. It also seems like we are looking at a distant past (middle ages) burring a mother box. Are we going to get more movies based in the distant past? I know Wonder Woman takes place during WW1 and that she herself is thousands of years old, but what about things like Jonah Hex or Legends of Tomorrow? Legion of Superheroes? Are we getting more set up with this justice league movie or are we finally going to get to the individual stories?

0:34: Wonder Woman. Always nice. The lettering on the shield is a lot more noticeable. I also see that the colors are a bit less diluted so far.

0:37: Aquaman. Yes. Is he able to control water now or what exactly is going on here?

0:43: we are obviously going to get a lot of background stuff taken care of. How do I know this? This is pre-cyborg cyborg. Looks like we are going to get a bit of storyline off him. Honestly we are probably going to need very little background in this film. We know Batman. We know Superman (who is amazingly absent in this trailer). We are getting a movie for Wonder Woman next year, The Flash is super popular right now so I think this movie could get away with only explaining Aquaman and cyborg.

0:52: Cisco? Is that you? In this universe Cisco has become The Flash! Not really. Flash is likely to be the lightest of the characters in this movie (as he was in the cartoon) so it makes sense that he would be the one with the jokes. Still, he speaks like Cisco does in the CW show.

1:04: The fans spoke and Snider listened. This trailer is jam packed with jokes and is actually very fun. Hopefully we retain the seriousness that came with the last two movies though because that was something I really appreciated. Pete Docter of Pixar said that every movie, even short film, should make you laugh, cry, cheer and boo. Looks like more laughing and cheering, which automatically makes crying and booing more emotionally gripping.

1:19: the special effects on the flash look pretty good in this scene. You can tell they are really trying to sell the audience on The Flash since there is a good amount of people who argue that the casting was already done perfectly on the show. I remember the reasoning was that Zach Snyder didn’t’ believe that Grant Gustin was right for the universe he was trying to build. So far that seems false. I personally think the casting is fine for this movie though seeing as we want to separate the movies from the Arrowverse. That’s my take.

1:49: Ladies and gentlemen, Cisco Ramone of CW!

2:00: so many more jokes. So many.

2:11: bat suit upgrade? It looks more rubbery- like Christian Bale. We see the other suit later but I really hope we stick with the BVS suit. It felt more natural like Batman should have.

2:13: back to the really cool bracelet explosion thing. Is Wonder Woman OP’ed? That’s for wiser men to contemplate I guess.

2:16: a good look at the Flash suit. The colors are a bit brighter than everyone else’s, also a lot more tech-looking than T.V. flash. So…. Who made the suit? Does it fit in a ring? I need answers! They are really teasing me with the flash here.

2:35: more jokes. I like this one though. Nice nod to the fans. Aquaman is rather awesome and can carry his own weight, but for some reason people only remember him as the guy who speaks to fish. You know what that means? 75% of the earth is his army. But yeah, talking to fish sounds lame when you’re just saying it like that.

Overall thoughts:

I like the trailer. It’s showing the direction that the DCEU is planning on taking and it’s a nice one. Superman is absent but if he wasn’t then his return would be spoiled. I bet he will only show up at the very end of the movie and we go right into Justice League 2.

The Flash is going to be a big point of criticism for this film simply because Grant Gustin has nailed the part so far. Another flash could potentially divide the fan base pretty badly. Like I said in my commentary, this flash feels like I’m watching Cisco from the TV show. I will withhold saying if that is good or bad until I see the movie.

How much of this will be set up? The MCU had an advantage where all the characters in Avengers were introduced already and we could get right into the action near the beginning of the movie. It looks like we won’t be able to have that in this film. Hopefully the intros are fast.

What did you think? What are some things you hope to see in this movie? Let me know in the comments section.

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