10 Things We Learned From The 6-Minute Ant-Man Trailer
4. It's A Bit Sober At Times...
The most pressing concern fans have about the movie is how much Edgar Wright is in the recipe and how much Marvel is in it. Marvel is not yet at a point where all its films are starting to feel too "samey," but that's definitely something worth worrying about in its ramped up production schedule. After all, the crowding in of so many characters threatened to drown out the individual human moments in the production of Avengers: Age Of Ultron. For the most part this trailer offers up a distinct tone, but there are a few moments that seem painfully earnest, such as when Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) explains Lang's powers and pronounces the words "superhuman strength" as if you've never seen someone stronger than human in a film before. These feel like the parts meddling Marvel executives might have insisted be in there, without faith that the audience sort of knows what a superhero is at this point.
T Campbell has written quite a few online comics series and selected work for Marvel, Archie and Tokyopop. His longest-running works are Fans, Penny and Aggie-- and his current project with co-writer Phil Kahn, Guilded Age.