The Old Guard 2 trailer analysis!
I’ve watched it so much already and I can’t quiet my mind, so here are all my thoughts!
• Andy and Nile banter to open the trailer is wonderful, I’m so glad it seems like their relationship will continue to be a focus. Also Andy generally seems a bit more full of life since last time which is equally amazing to see. The two of them at the table mirrors Nile’s first dinner scene, which really gives the opening that found family feel.
• Nile jumping through the window - finally getting her São Paulo ‘34 moment!
• There are six motorbikes in the field - assumedly this is Andy, Nile, Nicky, Joe, Booker and Henry Golding’s character Tuah.
• Nile seems to be leading ahead of Andy and Booker - does this mean their formation has shifted since we last saw them and Andy has actually let her go first?
• Discord related flashbacks including her being present at Quynh’s drowning, which begs the question of what other moments we may get to see through her eyes.
• Cutting to Nicky and Joe when Tuah says ‘your relationships’ - there were rumours their relationship would be toned down in the sequel, however it doesn’t seem to be the case which is wonderful!
• ‘You and your friends don’t have much time left.’ Does this mean Andy doesn’t have much time left with them, or are they ALL at risk??
• Andy vs Quynh - the trailer doesn’t hint at their connection so it’s understandable that we’re apprehensive about how they will be handled. On the bright side, Nicky and Joe’s relationship wasn’t explicit in the original film’s trailer either, so hopefully they’re just keeping it a surprise for non-comic fans!
• ‘Do you think she knows that I’ve lost my immortality?’ assuming ‘she’ here is Quynh
• ‘Nothing that lives lives forever’ repeated in a sad voice could be some dangerous foreshadowing… also Booker is so full of regret the whole time bless.
• Nicky, this is what happens when you don’t wear a seatbelt. (I’m very stressed)
• Who is being stabbed by Discord in the close up? Judging by skin tone/arm build I’m guessing either Tuah or Joe?? The hand also has a ring on the same finger that Joe wore a ring on in the first film … (you can see the ring clearly by watching the ‘Old Guard Hair and Makeup Test’ on YouTube!)
• Andy screaming and crying at the end hopefully means the film will maintain the focus on emotion/character we loved so much from the first one, even if it is leaning more into huge action set pieces this time around.
Thats’s all I have right now, more things will probably occur to me when I rewatch it a further hundred times between now and July!
I’m sure Nicky and Joe wil be toned down in TOG2 and won’t have the same amount of meaningful screen time.
I also want to point something that bothered me a LOT: the (new) oldest woman on Earth is another blonde. Goes against everything science told us about the oldest woman on Esrth on real life - Lucy, from Africa - and it is extremely closed minded.
