WOW! Batman V Superman AND Suicide Squad in one week?! This trailer wasn’t supposed to have been released this soon, but apparently after being unable to stop a leaked version from spreading throughout the internet DC decided to go ahead and release the high quality version online. You can watch the Suicide Squad trailer here. For those of you who have already watched it, which as of this posting was about four hours ago, would you like to see some of the things I noticed? If so, then scroll on down!

POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!

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Alright, lets get started! So I’ll start with the biggest scene I saw that is found quite a bit throughout the trailer and actually makes a lot of sense: Harley Quinn’s origin story. I would be SO disappointed to watch them give the Joker a definitive origin, but Harley? Hers is an origin that would fit right at home in these movies and it really looks like they’ve woven it in to part of either this film’s plot or another’s. So I’m going to assume that the next eight pictures are entirely an introduction scene purely because they are all connected, are a huge part of the trailer, and obviously show Harleen Quinzel before her transformation in to Harley Quinn. Here is what I wasn’t expecting: Rick Flag and Harleen were an item? That’s sure how it’s looking at least, and it’s also looking like they’re in Harleen’s office (another reason that this is definitely before her alter ego).


Next we have what looks like some kind of production center. Now my first thought is weapons and you can see why if you look closely. They definitely look like missile heads or some sort of explosive. But why would anything like that be produced in what should be Arkham Asylum? For a second, I wondered if maybe the goons were just recycled and used in two different locations, but I don’t think so. Try to remember that goon in the panda suit, he’s important later.



WELL HELLO THERE! Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. J. Who’s your guest there? He looks fairly distinguished and he walks with the quickness of someone who knows the place inside and out. If you play the trailer at this scene at .25 speed you can see the Joker holding what appears to be a long knife, although he doesn’t appear to be threatening this mystery man with it.


Remember that cuddly, gun-toting Panda Goon? Well, here he is again! And Distinguished Mystery Man is with him apparently forcing Harleen Quinzel on to her own table.


Enter the Joker... and Panda Goon manning his post on the left.


That is DEFINITELY Quinzel, although I have a feeling she’s not going to like that name soon.


And Rick Flag! WHAT THE. RICK HOW DID YOU GET HERE... And why did you shave your head?

In Rick Flag Jr’s original origin, he shows signs of instability... I think being presumably tortured by the Joker and his henchman and then being a forced viewer of your love interest’s torture would make you lose it just a little, and look at that face. He’s losing it just a little.


WHEW. That was kind of a big chunk of what I found in the trailer, but honestly I think DC meant to do that. Why would they show a ton of footage of the actual plot when they could show small, cut up scenes of the introduction and origins of characters we mostly knew already? They aren’t spoiling any plot, they aren’t really spoiling anything by doing so. And I think that’s perfect. Plus, in doing so, any little plot points in this scene can be kept contained within the full movie and not slapped on every trailer from now until 2016.


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If that all wasn’t grim enough for our characters, I’m really hoping I’m not right about what I’m about to type: I think Deadshot’s daughter dies. I hope not, because if so, honestly, what is Deadshot fighting for? But here’s why I think that: There are a couple scenes that are clearly flashbacks of Deadshot and what I can guarantee is his daughter walking through the city. Deadshot is holding a long “travel case” in one hand and a normal sized luggage bag in the other; his daughter is also holding luggage. These scenes are the only ones of him wearing earrings by the way. In the first picture here, you can see him looking around as if he’s scanning for something. And in the next picture his hat is gone, he’s sweaty, and he’s aiming what looks like a pistol at someone or something. I’m kind of expecting this little scene to be the extent of Deadshot’s backstory, but DC please, please, please don’t tell me you kill off the only thing that is really supposed to keep him somewhat responsible for anything. Honestly, she could be a hostage kept by Amanda Waller and that’s how she keeps Deadshot in check. I hope that’s the case anyways, but we’ll see.



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Here is Enchantress, I’m assuming, before her transformation. Actually I’m betting this is where she first finds however DC decides to give her her powers in this continuity. If you zoom in, there are skulls EVERYWHERE. There’s also a point where it shows her sitting in a pool with a pentagram above her head. I think this and that scene are linked as part of her own origin and it could become where Enchantress’ duality comes from: innately she is a good person but being persecuted could lead her down dark paths. Honestly, that would be a lot easier to show on-screen than an inner struggle, especially with DC taking a more realistic approach to their characters. When Harley Quinn says, “Are you the Devil?” I believe she’s talking to Enchantress.


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I didn’t get a whole lot out of this scene other than the fact that it’s pretty obvious Captain Boomerang is going to be his normal bastard self. And that’s totally cool! Honestly if anyone should be that way, it’s him. So I’m really excited to see how his sarcastic comments and, hopefully, increasingly aggressive jabs at the team (like in Assault on Arkham) are portrayed on screen. Obviously Katana is tired of him by this point.


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So there ya go! Like I said before, I really think that the whole point of this trailer was to give a little background information and that they come together grudgingly as a team and that’s it. I mean really, what, out of the main plot, could we have learned from the trailer alone that wasn’t “Well, they get a mission”? Obviously Harley Quinn’s origin story is going to play a HUGE part, and I’m incredibly excited to see who the Distinguished Mystery Man is, why he doesn’t like Harley specifically, and why he teams up with the Joker of all people. Maybe Harley learned something from a former Joker goon in Arkham and the Joker has dirt on the Warden? Or maybe the Warden is dirty and also stupid so he turns to the Joker for help? Who knows. But another interesting point is going to be seeing how Flag and Quinn interact after their respective transformations and how it will affect the rest of the team, ESPECIALLY if they get close again only for the Joker to interfere and toy with Harley’s emotions as usual.


I hope you all enjoyed reading and if you noticed anything else I missed or just want to discuss the trailer, make your words known in the comments section.

EDIT

So a few people have said that they think it is Cara Delevingne (Enchantress) in the room with Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag) and not Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn). At first, I’ll be honest, I just dismissed the claims (mainly because they blatantly called me an idiot without much reasoning for their comments), but after I began seeing it more I realized I had missed a pretty crucial and blatant point: This woman’s hair is brown, not blonde! But many women change their hair color all the time, so I took to Photoshop to see what I could find!


Ears are wonderful things. A lot of times characters will change their bodies, facial makeup, hairstyles, etc. but a lot of times their ears won’t ever change. So in my test, that’s mainly what I used for the proportion. Now, lets be clear, it was a longshot I was going to find these two actresses in the exact same pose as the scene in the movie, but I worked with what I could find.


Obviously Cara had a better picture to work with, but even so, Margot just didn’t seem to fit. I couldn’t exactly figure out why though, so I tried matching the back of her neck up with the scene.


No matter how I positioned the neck, it just didn’t quite seem to fit. In the picture I found, it didn’t quite seem like her shoulders were really matching, her neck, or anything really when individually paired. And in any case, if you look at Cara’s picture, it blends nearly perfectly at various points, including the distance between her chin and lower lip, thickness of her neck, and the point of her nose. So after all this, it appears it IS Enchantress in the room with Rick Flag after all. How does that change the still of him looking a little... out of it? I honestly don’t know. It made more sense to me when it was Harley Quinn as his love interest, but with it probably being Enchantress... I’m really not sure. Maybe it’s his on-screen military origin story freakout? We’ll just have to find out!


I’m excited to see what that scene is all about no matter which actress it is, and no matter whomever you choose to believe it is with Rick Flag, Suicide Squad is looking like it’s going to be a great addition to the DC universe. And to those who pointed out my wrong: I’m sorry and thank you. Cheers!