DC seems to have thought that Submariner was more interesting than their own Aquaman.

Submariner in the 90s!

If you can’t beat ‘em... join ‘em!

Finally got my copy of this issue in the mail this week. Good article that highlights the need, importance, and fun of Marvel's first female-led solo film. Occurring in the 90s allows for some nice call-outs like Fury's first meeting with Coulson, Ronan before he became an enraged Kree religious zealot working for Thanos. While they don't name Jude Law's character, his description as Commander of this Kree Starforce labels him as having the the near same level of devotion to the righteousness of Kree belief and action.

It also doesn't appear to a straight-forward origin story. At the flim's beginning, Carol is already a member of the Starforce, has her powers, is known to be a Kree/human hybrid, she's the protege of Law's character and a mission takes the team back to Earth forcing Carol to deal with elements and mysteries of her past. Also of interest is the introduction of fellow Air Force pilot, Maria 'Photon' Rambeau who has a young daughter named Monica.

Ben Mendelsohn plays the leader of the Skrull infiltrators whose apparently already invaded Earth at this time. Interestingly enough, the native voice of Skrulls carries something of an Australian accent.  

Wildly unimpressed with that trailer. Wasn't expecting much from this one, and I'm rapidly down-grading my expectations

This is a poor early teaser to generate some interest in a new movie for a hero that nobody was really expecting or well known. It really does nothing to sell the concept or bring folks in. Hoping future trailers will prove a bit more fun and interesting. You would think Disney could learn something from lackluster trailers (like John Carter) and stop relying on the MARVEL brand to put people in the theaters. I'm not expecting a stinker as Marvel has pretty much shown they know what they are doing with their movies and yet with how big Wonder Woman went over why are they "underselling" Captain Marvel? Especially when she will be their 1st major female stand alone movie? The usual Corporate hands that don't think things through properly. Lets see her kicking some Skrull butt and standing loud and proud for crying out loud!!!

Nothing hammers home the point this is set in the 90s like having the opening depict a Blockbuster video. They were a ubiquitous signpost of the pop culture of that decade. It immediately tells anyone watching, this is not happening now, which is a subtle, but brilliant storytelling technique to use for a trailer.

Overall, I really liked the trailer a lot. It set up the character arc (Carol discovering her lost past on Earth) as well as the action plot (alien invasion of Earth), gave us something to tie it to the MCU (Fury & Coulson) we know, but visually inform us it's set in the past without the need for tired exposition interrupting the narration.

-M

Disagree completely that this does a poor job to generate interest.  This is an origin story set up as a mystery, as no one (except we geeks) knows about her.  When I watch this, I want to know why she fell to Earth, what was she doing in space in the first place, why does she punch that old lady on the bus, and why does she have the memory gaps?

They even set it up with the "Discover...What Makes...Her (which morphs into A Hero)" script.  They're being intentionally cryptic to draw you in, because it's not going to be the Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel origin from the old Captain Marvel series that comic book fans know. 

I'm excited for it, both for myself and because I will be able to take my daughters to a female-led Marvel movie for the first time.  They enjoyed Wonder Woman, even though they only had a passing knowledge about her, and as my older daughter has actually read most of the Silver/Bronze Age Captain Marvel series (I buy $5 Essentials for her when I find them, and she has the first two for CM), she already knows who Carol Danvers is. 

I want a scene of her walking through a mall, with a Merry-Go-Round store, Kay-Bee Hobby, Sam Goody Music, Waldenbooks, and an Orange Julius stand.  Nirvana should be playing over the PA system.