The first trailer for a hotly anticipated blockbuster flick is sensory overload; viewers try to quickly absorb all of the shiny new quotes and images and holy hell, was that the Hulkbuster armor?! Right, sorry, I’m fine. But the second trailer is a matter of newness, of what fresh information has been surrendered that wasn’t already shown in the first spot. It’s comparative by nature.
The follow-up to October’s original Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer ran last night on TV during the College Football Playoff championship game and offered up some big, gleaming goodies. (And I’m not just talking about the Hulkbuster armor, which gets some tantalizing extended playtime.) The new spot sticks with the baffling soundtrack of its predecessor, juxtaposing the destruction with a supremely creepy rendition of “I’ve Got No Strings” from Pinocchio. But beyond that, there’s lots of heretofore unseen material. Commanding special attention is a brief glimpse of a dark-skinned figure disrobing in a cave at the 32-second mark; perhaps this will be the introduction of Wakandan peacekeeper Black Panther that Marvel has teased for so long. Either way, take it all in below:
The trail of the tape
Title: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Director: Joss Whedon
Screenwriter: Joss Whedon
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, James Spader, Mark Ruffalo
Release date: May 1, 2015
The entire trailer in one line of dialogue: “Oh, boy.”
The entire trailer in one screengrab: 
This spot plays up the infighting element that will threaten the Avengers in Age of Ultron. Part of what made the first Avengers film work was Whedon’s understanding of the team’s fragile chemistry, that the unstable reactions between egos represent as pressing a threat to the group as any outside force. But it appears that a new dynamic will disturb the Avengers topography even further. Was that a look of affection between Black Widow and the Hulk at 1:00? Perhaps a little something-something is cooking between the Jolly Green Giant and Nathasha Romanov. Though it could just as easily be the hero attempting to chill out her enraged, violent pal. For this writer, some closure on the Hulk-Black Widow unresolved sexual tension will be reason enough to get a ticket come May.