5 things to know from the new 'X-Men: Apocalypse' trailer
"We'll take everything from them."
That's what Michael Fassbender's Magneto says in the new trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, which, other than hammering home how much danger the world is really in, also has a lot going on. Never fear, because we at Entertain This! truly love watching trailers over and over and over again, for you. Even if that involves listening to a Coldplay song, like this time (at least it was a cover).
We break the trailer down into the five things you really need to know.
1. Magneto seems to be going after humans, as usual
"Together we will cleanse the Earth, for the strongest." That's what Apocalypse intones in his deep, villain-y voice. He seems to be intimating that his goal is to rid the Earth of humans so mutants can thrive, which is a familiar theme for X-Men fans. It's been the goal of anti-hero Magneto in several movies, for instance. If this is Apocalypse's aim, it explains why our favorite metal-manipulating mutant (say that five times fast) is on Team Four Horsemen.
2. They're finally using Quicksilver to his full potential
Remember when they introduced a super-powerful, super-speedy mutant in X-Men: Days of Future Past, used him in one incredible scene, and then flew away on a plane without him? Yeah, that was weird. It may have had something to do with weird legal rules about the Quicksilver character (you saw a version of him in Avengers: Age of Ultron, only they couldn't call him a mutant because, like we said, rights are weird) and the fact that he was kind of jammed into an already packed movie. This time around it looks like Evan Peters wise-cracking version of the character is finally getting a leading role, which suits us fine.
3. Mystique is stepping up
Except for a bit at the beginning and a distressing looking shot at the end, our perennial HMIC (head mutant in charge) Charles Xavier is weirdly absent from the trailer. Taking on the leadership role instead? Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique, who is swinging to the "hero" side of her anti-hero status to lead the X-Men into battle. Lawrence has mentioned that Apocalypse will likely be her last X-Men movie, so does taking on leadership also put her too directly in the line of fire? (Remember all that time travel in Days of Future Past means Singer can re-write things so Rebecca Romijn's version of the character never exists.)
4. It's time for the kids to grow up
Hi kids! It's nice to meet pint-sized versions of Jean Grey, Cyclops, Nightcrawler and Jubilee. But now that we've met them as teens, it's time for them to immediately grow up. It looks like in addition to giving new roles to old favorites like Mystique, Xavier and Magneto, it's also a big debut for this (yet another) new generation of mutants. Whatever keeps the franchise ticking on, guys.
5. Someone decided to cover up Oscar Isaac's beautiful face
Listen we've all seen and made fun of Oscar Isaac's big purple Apocalypse costume. We're stuck with it at this point. But the new trailer revealed that he didn't always look like that. And then someone made the decision to cover up the beauty of the Internet's boyfriend. Why we ask. Why.
You can watch the full trailer below.
And just in case you missed it, here's the first trailer:
