Wonder Woman 1984
The nefarious Maxwell Lord could possess a Chaos Shard inWonder Woman 1984 , explaining the surreal twists in the plot of land of the upcoming DCEU movie . Warner Bros. has finally reveal the first trailer forWonder Woman 1984 , which seesdirector Patty Jenkinsreunited with wizard Gal Gadot . Stylistically , it ’s very dissimilar from the first film , and a spate of its plot of ground twist are currently unexplained .
TheWonder Woman 1984trailer suggests thatPedro Pascal ’s Maxwell Lordhas somehow gained the ability to allot people their heart ' desires ( " think about having everything you ’ve alwayswanted , " he instructs in a voice - over).For Diana ofThemyscira , this mean the regaining of Steve Trevor , the humans she loved and mislay decades ago . ForKristin Wiig ’s Barbara Minerva , it mean granting her the power to be a peer for Wonder Woman , and unfortunately set her on a path of ego - destruction . The inquiry remain , however , how these two regard are granted .
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It ’s easy to pretermit , but one detail in the trailer may put up an important clew . There ’s a shot of Maxwell Lord holding a inscrutable lechatelierite , staring into it reverently . Dialogue accompanying the shot appear to hint that this is the secret of Lord ’s power . Visually , this seem to correspond with a little - known aim from DC Comics known as a Chaos Shard , which does indeed have the power to award wishes .
In the comics , Batman andSupermanstumbled upon an objective known as the Chaos Crystal , a staggeringly powerful aim that could be used to destroy entire humankind . The line of the Chaos Crystal is uncertain ; some comics have advise that it hail from the dark world of Apokolips , and was mined from the major planet ’s core and forged into a vitreous silica eon ago . Others have claim that it was in reality a relic from the Sphere of the Gods , cat down to Earth . Whatever the truth may be , the superheroes were forced to destroy the Chaos Crystal , shattering it across the Multiverse . So - called " Chaos Shards " were scattered across time and space , each own less power than the Chaos Crystal itself , but dangerous nonetheless .
A Chaos Shard is a unnerving weapon , permit its bearer inviolable control of reality . They can stare into the Chaos Shard , and it will rewrite reality itself to grant them their meat ’s desire . cave in Barbara Minerva is an archeologist , it ’s solely potential that her film rendering will expose the Chaos Shard , and that both she and Diana will gaze into its reflection — and receive a undercover compliments . However the Chaos Shard is found , though , theWonder Woman 1984trailerseems to confirm that it will end up in the hand of Maxwell Lord — driven by greed and avarice , he ’s a very life-threatening man to wield this sort of might .
This theory neatly explains a mass of details in theWonder Woman 1984trailer . TheWhite House action scenescould be the result of Maxwell Lord ’s wish , as he seem into the Chaos Shard and is grant his ambition of almost unlimited powerfulness and influence . It ’s reasonable to assume the easiest fashion to end Lord ’s sovereignty would be to break the Chaos Shard , which could potentially reverse everything it has done . If so , though , Wonder Woman will devote a sinewy price for doing so : she will once again lose her beloved Steve Trevor .
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