#Marvel’s Newest, Oldest Heroes Save Some Helpless Humans

As you can see — and as you can probably guess from their names — Makkari and Kingo aren’t messing around. She has Flash-like super-speed, and apparently, enough super-strength to knock a huge monster off a sea cliff. He shoots energy blasts and orbs from his winning finger guns, while their fearless leader, Richard Madden’s Ikaris, shoots energy beams out of his eyes like Superman or Cyclops.

According to MCU lore, the Eternals have been around for a good 7,000 years. They don’t look a day over 6,000, but you might say their movie is an adventure 7,000 years in the making — not unlike “Jurassic Park,” except younger and less prone to spitting poison on actors named Knight who have played characters named Nedry or Newman.

Personally, I can’t help but think there’s a big missed opportunity here. Why not go further back in time a full 65 million years and have the Eternals fighting dinosaurs? Maybe they could even tame some dinos, saddle them up, and ride around saving cavemen. They could start with the GEICO Caveman, who could be spun off into his own solo film and shared GEICO Cavemen universe.

“Eternals” also stars Gemma Chan, Angelina Jolie, Brian Tyree Henry, Lia McHugh, Don Lee, Barry Keoghan, Salma Hayek, and Kit Harington. Here’s the synopsis:

“Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces [the Eternals] out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, The Deviants.”

“Eternals” is in theaters only on November 5, 2021.