BLUE BEETLE TRAILER BREAKDOWN Easter Eggs and Missed Details Explained
BLUE BEETLE TRAILER BREAKDOWN Easter Eggs and Missed Details Explained
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00:00 Welcome back to New Rockstars.
00:01 I'm Hector Navarro, and this is a breakdown
00:03 of the official final trailer for Blue Beetle,
00:06 coming to theaters August 18th.
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00:37 Let's get started, here we go.
00:38 (upbeat music)
00:39 - Okay, on flight.
00:42 Let's do this.
00:43 - Yeah!
00:46 You gotta force it to come out.
00:50 What are you?
00:51 - You're a genius.
00:53 - I know, but what I say?
00:55 - No, no, no, no, no, no!
00:56 (explosion)
00:59 (roaring)
01:01 - In the opening of the trailer,
01:03 we see hero Jaime Reyes, played by Xolo Maridueña,
01:06 his uncle Rudy, played by the legend George Lopez,
01:09 and Jenny Cord, our hero's potential love interest,
01:12 played by Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezini,
01:14 Jenny being related to the villain
01:16 of the movie, Victoria Cord.
01:18 Jaime is rocking some color appropriate attire
01:21 and trying to get himself to fly,
01:22 as one would if they learned they were bonded
01:25 to an alien super suit.
01:26 We can also see a beetle shaped statue
01:28 on the railing nearby.
01:29 Gotta surround this movie in all kinds of beetles.
01:32 After some inspiration from Theo Rudy,
01:34 rocking what is probably a Virgin Mary tattoo,
01:37 we get to see an extremely cool,
01:39 slow motion blue beetle activation.
01:41 And then we cut to.
01:42 (dramatic music)
01:44 - Did you know what was gonna happen to my brother?
01:46 When you stuck him with this world destroying thing?
01:49 - It's called the Scarab.
01:51 I had no idea it would activate.
01:55 - He has to choose you.
01:56 - So how do we get it to un-choose me?
01:59 (dramatic music)
02:02 - Host acquired.
02:05 - Who said that?
02:06 - Systems tracking, three, two.
02:08 - It's gonna be okay.
02:09 - All tail, baby.
02:10 - I was down when they see him.
02:12 - One day earlier, which gives us some idea
02:14 how much time might pass for this superhero origin story.
02:18 We may see Jaime have to become the blue beetle
02:20 fight for his family in a matter of days.
02:22 Then another shot of the sci-fi advanced looking
02:25 Palmera City skyline with some missable details
02:28 you might have missed.
02:30 Ace chemicals on the left, an ad for Axe body spray
02:33 saying power up with blue, so look out for that.
02:35 Real world product placement maybe.
02:37 An ad for a ramen temple opening soon.
02:39 A LexCorp building that doesn't quite get to finish
02:42 spelling out its letters, which technically gives us
02:45 our first mention of Lex Luthor
02:47 in this new DC Universe franchise.
02:49 Cool, new Superman actor David Cornswet
02:52 is probably gonna have to deal with that guy.
02:53 Then Kord Plaza in all its purple glory.
02:56 A little boat advertising PC coffee,
02:58 maybe a Ford truck ad, so look out for that.
03:00 Real world product placement probably coming soon.
03:03 And some signage for a business called Yogi Yoga,
03:06 which I feel like some characters in this movie
03:07 might benefit from after dealing with all this trauma.
03:10 Next shot is the inside of Kord Plaza
03:12 with some more missable details
03:14 like images of the movie's villain, Victoria Kord,
03:16 played by Speed Racer's mom, Susan Sarandon,
03:19 surrounded by kids with the word humanitarian above them.
03:22 A reminder that, just like in our world,
03:23 a billionaire's philanthropy work is usually used
03:26 to cover up the more shady stuff they're doing.
03:28 Too real!
03:29 Plus we also see some examples of Kord tech,
03:31 like their version of a VR headset
03:33 or a Google Glass type of product.
03:35 Kord may be the DCU's version of Apple,
03:37 but you know, evil, or I should say more evil.
03:40 We then see a great closeup of the Scarab,
03:42 as Jenny tells us it's called,
03:44 hooked up to what's probably a bunch of Kord equipment
03:46 as they're trying to study the alien tech's capabilities.
03:49 Theo Rudy sports an EMC chain around his neck,
03:52 which, knowing his anti-fascist ideology,
03:54 may stand for everything must change, which is dope.
03:58 - Oh baby.
03:59 - Stop, stop, stop!
04:00 - Host overreacting.
04:01 - Overreacting?
04:03 - No!
04:04 - You kidnapped me!
04:05 - I'm gonna hit you with that gun on me.
04:07 - Threat approaching.
04:09 Engaging host protection.
04:11 - Dig it like a Jew, dog.
04:12 - Whoa!
04:13 - And when we get in mode,
04:14 I'ma jog it like a coochie.
04:15 - Whoa!
04:16 - Threat eliminated.
04:18 - Trying on them!
04:20 - Like we've seen before,
04:21 we get to re-experience the glory
04:23 that is the Scarab suiting Jaime up for the first time.
04:26 And once that cheeky alien tech voice kicks in,
04:29 we learn that she's got a real personality too.
04:31 - Stop, stop!
04:32 - Host overreacting.
04:34 - Overreacting?
04:35 (laughs)
04:36 - Host overreacting, classic, that's great.
04:38 One other thing we wanna make sure to point out
04:40 is the brilliant little sound of amazement
04:42 that Jaime lets out while his suit
04:44 is slicing through the city bus.
04:46 (siren blaring)
04:48 It's just a great acting choice, or writing choice,
04:50 or whoever's choice it was deserves all the praise
04:53 because it's hilarious.
04:54 (siren blaring)
04:55 Also, right after this moment,
04:57 we get a shot of a little brown kid in the bus
04:59 looking up to see the superhero.
05:01 And we're sure this moment was very purposeful,
05:04 reminding us how little we've seen
05:06 Latino superhero main characters in big projects like this,
05:09 and how much Jaime Reyes and his story means to us all.
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06:30 Next up, we're gonna point to this really cool
06:33 military-looking Arctic installation,
06:35 probably built by Accord Industries,
06:36 complete with their own version of the Las Vegas I-Orb.
06:39 Sweet!
06:40 This actually brings us to a great shot
06:42 with some folks you may recognize.
06:43 Susan Sarandon, as Victoria Cord,
06:45 is in the middle, of course,
06:46 looking super cool in her Arctic gear,
06:48 with two great actors flanking her on either side.
06:51 On screen left, we've got Raul Max Trujillo,
06:54 we saw earlier in the trailer
06:55 attending some fancy schmancy party,
06:58 as Conrad Karapax, aka the Indestructible Man,
07:02 here rocking a really badass-looking poncho,
07:04 probably covering up some cool tech of his own.
07:07 Check out his hand!
07:08 And on screen right, we've got Harvey Guillen,
07:11 who you may know as Guillermo
07:12 from the What We Do in the Shadows series,
07:15 and who you may have heard as the voice of Perrito
07:17 in Puss in Boots, The Last Wish,
07:19 the best movie of last year,
07:20 here playing Dr. Sanchez,
07:22 a scientist working with Victoria Cord and Cord Industries,
07:25 himself rocking a very cozy-looking jacket and hat.
07:28 We have a feeling that he may be
07:30 the type of scientist character
07:31 who realizes the error of his ways
07:33 and turns on the bad guys,
07:35 because how can you ask audiences
07:36 to root against Harvey Guillen?
07:38 He's a damn international treasure.
07:40 - Watch out, watch out!
07:41 ♪ There's another way, but the way don't stop ♪
07:45 - Oh, he's pissed.
07:46 (dramatic music)
07:49 - Listen to me!
07:51 - I'll tell, baby.
07:52 - You got the wrong guy!
07:54 I'm a nobody, I swear!
07:56 ♪ I was down, but they see I'm up now, baby ♪
07:58 - But going back to Karapax,
08:00 we get to see a fierce battle
08:01 between the villain and our hero, Blue Beetle,
08:03 but you may have missed some of the detailing
08:05 of the bad guy's armored suit.
08:07 It looks like we've got at least two versions of Karapax,
08:10 with one looking a bit more like an exoskeleton,
08:12 that's the one taking on Jaime as he yells,
08:14 "You got the wrong guy!
08:16 "I'm a nobody, I swear!"
08:17 And another shot of a more fully-armored Karapax,
08:20 maybe reaching his final form of the indestructible man.
08:23 We think taking place after that pretty gnarly shot
08:26 of wires and cables inserting themselves
08:29 into Karapax's arm and body.
08:30 We think we're gonna get Kord siphoning
08:32 some of the Scarab's power into this armor
08:34 and giving us a Red Beetle version
08:36 of the good guy, Blue Beetle.
08:38 - I have an arsenal at my disposal.
08:40 - Anything, please!
08:41 - Watch and learn, Jaime.
08:43 - Whoa!
08:44 - Whatever you can imagine, I can create.
08:48 - Yeah, that's more like it.
08:49 - And after a kick-ass line from the Scarab itself.
08:54 - Watch and learn, Jaime.
08:55 - We see a blink-and-you'll-miss-it detail
08:57 glowing in the Blue Beetle's weaponry,
08:59 symbols that may be the alien Reach's language,
09:03 also cleverly looking reminiscent
09:05 of Earth-Egyptian hieroglyphics,
09:07 tying in some of that sci-fi history of the Reach
09:10 with the DC Universe's own fictional Egyptian history,
09:13 of which there is a connection in the comics.
09:15 (dramatic music)
09:16 - Ah, yeah!
09:17 (dramatic music)
09:20 - That love you feel for your family makes you weak.
09:25 - You're wrong.
09:26 My family, that's what makes me strong.
09:28 (crowd gasping)
09:30 - Oh, I forgot how bad it looks.
09:32 - Target the family.
09:34 - Sorry, my mama.
09:39 - Jaime?
09:40 - Then after a fantastic tagline telling us
09:43 he's a superhero whether he likes it or not,
09:45 we get to see another example of that initial reluctance
09:48 that Jaime has to being the Blue Beetle,
09:50 because the alien Scarab has attached itself to his back
09:54 and it doesn't look exactly comfy.
09:56 After an awesome shot of the second Blue Beetle,
09:59 Ted Kord's flying vehicle, the Bug,
10:01 in action with the word animal spray painted
10:04 across the front,
10:05 we get to my single favorite moment of the trailer,
10:07 where the wise Uncle Rudy imparts
10:09 some invaluable inspiration to our hero.
10:12 - You are a superhero, Cabron.
10:14 - For those in the viewing audience
10:15 who may be of a lighter complexion
10:17 and may not know what the word Cabron means,
10:20 allow me to introduce you to one of the most versatile words
10:23 in any human language.
10:24 Roughly translating to male goat,
10:27 but here used with Mexican love
10:29 in a more colloquial usage closer to (beep)
10:32 the word Cabron has been sorely lacking
10:34 from any and all superhero media
10:35 and we're elated to finally get to hear it
10:38 in a major trailer.
10:39 (speaking in foreign language)
10:40 (upbeat music)
10:43 - Y'all take shots, y'all aim, whoa!
10:47 - You're the Blue Beetle.
10:48 - I could use that arsenal right about now!
10:50 - God, you never ask.
10:52 - Hell yeah!
10:54 (upbeat music)
10:56 - Bust it down, bust it down.
11:05 - Nana?
11:06 - I advise we back away.
11:07 (gun cocks)
11:08 (woman screams)
11:09 - Whoa!
11:10 ♪ I was down when they see I'm up now ♪
11:12 - Lastly, after the badass thought you'd never ask moment
11:15 and getting to see more of the nanotech looking sonic weapons
11:18 that Blue Beetle is using to dish out some pain
11:20 on the Kord equipped bad guys,
11:22 we get a stinger that drives home the point brought up
11:24 earlier in the trailer,
11:25 that Jaime Reyes' strength comes from his family
11:28 because we see Nana wielding some sort
11:30 of futuristic gatling gun.
11:32 I have to quote my friend, Augustine Rios,
11:34 who said after seeing this moment,
11:35 "That's a hell of an upgrade from the Chancla."
11:37 That moment also solidified that we're all bringing
11:40 our abuelas to see this movie
11:41 and they are going to lose their minds.
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