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When the OW2 reveal trailer dropped back in 2019, I made a thread praising this particular moment for its flawless execution. At the time, I remember a few people saying that it was just Overwatch's attempt at an "on your left" moment that ultimately fell flat compared to its Avengers equivalent. I (and some others) felt that this was a much more impactful scene and executed more effectively (and beautifully) than the "assemble" moment in Avengers Endgame.
Now, over a year later... I wanna know what the prevailing opinion is on this comparison.
I'm voting for OW2's Zero Hour trailer for the following reasons:
When the OW2 reveal trailer dropped back in 2019, I made a thread praising this particular moment for its flawless execution. At the time, I remember a few people saying that it was just Overwatch's attempt at an "on your left" moment that ultimately fell flat compared to its Avengers equivalent. I (and some others) felt that this was a much more impactful scene and executed more effectively (and beautifully) than the "assemble" moment in Avengers Endgame.
Now, over a year later... I wanna know what the prevailing opinion is on this comparison.
I'm voting for OW2's Zero Hour trailer for the following reasons:
- I think OW's world- and character-building through all of the animated shorts that have come out since the first game's release really add a lot of earned gravitas to this moment of former OW heroes reuniting at a critical moment. On the surface this kind of scene isn't incredibly original, but it's just executed to such polished perfection here that I get goosebumps every time I watch it.
- The music. My god. I think it's fair to say that the music scoring this scene (and most of the trailer) plays a significant role in the impact that the proceedings impart on the viewer. It's just a fantastic composition and woven into this scene flawlessly. It gets your blood pumping, especially if you like these characters and the OW universe as its depicted in the animated shorts.
- Genji in a hoodie.
- In general I find most of the MCU to be pretty middling in quality and lacking in emotional heft, so this climactic scene fell a bit flat for me because of the typically rushed/uneven CGI being applied liberally throughout. That's a big reason why most of the MCU films have never resonated much with me. It's so clear that they are under super tight time budget constraints because you'll see some scenes in which the heavy use of CGI is of shockingly poor quality for films that rake in such large sums of cash.
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