6 key 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' teaser moments you missed
LOS ANGELES -- There are two types of beings in the universe: Those who watched the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 "sneak peek" a couple of times, and those who dance.
And by "dance," we mean obsessively pick it apart, frame-by-frame.
May 5, 2017, is too far off to reasonably expect much from the first 90 seconds of footage, which Marvel/Disney dropped on Wednesday. But make no mistake, there's actually a lot going on here if you look closely enough.
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Thanks to a couple hundred views (and a little help from the internet) we've identified the things you might've missed.
1. Gamora's Flying Leap
At first blush, it looks like The Most Dangerous Woman in the Universe is running up the loading ramp of a ship, or some kind of staging structure. But look closely: That is definitely a tentacle, and in profile you can see another tentacle flying across the middle of the screen.
So what have we here?
That would almost certainly be the same beastie that Empire revealed in concept art back in August, some kind of Space Octosaur, or Dinopus, or ... Kraken?
Anyway, it looks nasty:
2. Yondu is not fin-ished
We last left Yondu grinning at Star-Lord's trolling troll-doll, but he's clearly not finished with the Guardians -- in fact, he's apparently joined them. Or at least one of them: Rocket Raccoon and the Zatoan Ravager are obviously working together in some kind of breakout situation, judging by all the guards who are likely falling victim -- literally, falling victims -- to his guided arrow.
But did you notice that he's growing out his red mohawk "fin"? Just a nice grooming touch is all.
3. Nebula's un-hooding
Gamora's sister Nebula wasn't too swayed by the family bond in the first Guardians, but Marvel isn't hiding the fact that she's joined them for Vol. 2.
Not only does it seem like she may be the prisoner that Yondu and Rocket are after in the above frames, but this very CBGB & OMFUG poster Disney released alongside the trailer Wednesday would seem to seal it:
4. Backpacks!
This is not an insight, per se ... we just love that they have backpacks!
You can't crash your spaceship and just wander off about the forested planet without provisions, right? And frankly, if Drax the Destroyer can't be your pack mule, what's even the point of having a beefcake one.
5. Star-Lord's spiffy new chest plate
Our main man Peter Quill upgraded his space-gear to something a little bulkier, a little more substantial.
It's a better look, no?
6. And finally, that Baby Groot Blink
You didn't blink and miss this part because you knew it was coming, right? And rewound over it a bunch? Obviously.
But we also knew you'd want to linger on it one more time:
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
