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  • - Who's hiding behind Taskmaster's mask

  • in Marvel's Black Widow?

  • Monday might not have been the best day for Jared Leto,

  • because what should have been a home run for him,

  • the release of the first trailer for

  • his own Marvel movie Morbius appeared to be

  • all but overshadowed by the Oscar nominations

  • given to Joaquin Phoenix for Joker,

  • as well as a brand new look at the next

  • Marvel cinematic universe film Black Widow.

  • So, better luck next time Jared.

  • But luckily for fans that special look at Black Widow

  • gave audiences a better on screen look

  • at the film's villain, Taskmaster.

  • And this is reinvigorated a popular theory

  • about who could be behind the mask,

  • and there's a couple different takes on it,

  • so let's get into this.

  • But first, a spoiler warning,

  • because this episode is gonna be getting into

  • exactly that sort of territory.

  • So if you're sticking around, give us a like and subscribe,

  • otherwise, just plug your ears and subscribe anyway.

  • Now first of all, who is Taskmaster?

  • Well yes, I mean that's kind of the point of this episode,

  • but let's explain who the character is

  • a little bit in the comics.

  • Now Taskmaster first appeared in The Avengers back in 1980.

  • He's mainly a villain, though sometimes he's portrayed

  • as either an antihero or just a mercenary for hire.

  • But what makes him so special beyond his

  • sick ass skull mask and his cool outfit,

  • are his photographic reflexes.

  • It's an ability that lets old Tasky boy imitate

  • the physicality and movements of any person he sees.

  • And it looks like Taskmaster's gonna be

  • using this ability to good effect in Black Widow.

  • In the first trailer we see old Tasky boy

  • use a bow and arrow similar to Hawkeye,

  • and in the latest look we see Taskmaster

  • using a shield, in a way that we can't help

  • but be reminded of a character called Captain America.

  • Should imitate America's ass.

  • - That is America's ass.

  • - Now it's also important to note that while

  • Taskmaster might have used the alias Tony Masters,

  • from Brooklyn I guess,

  • it's never been absolutely confirmed in the comics,

  • and it could just be a clever rouse

  • to conceal Taskmaster's real identity.

  • Now all of this brings us back to that special look

  • where we see Natasha Romanoff face off against Taskmaster,

  • who's copying her moves in real time.

  • And she gives a very pointed line reading of...

  • - Who the hell is that guy?

  • - Who is this guy?

  • Fans immediately clocked this as odd,

  • and were quick to point out that this

  • felt like a misdirect for several reasons.

  • The first of which being that Marvel

  • is the king of trailer misdirects like Thor's eye,

  • Hulk in Wakanda during Infinity War,

  • Spider-Man's various suits in Far From Home,

  • the list goes on and on.

  • And this has reignited two fan theories

  • that Taskmaster isn't a guy at all.

  • Now the first option of who could be

  • behind Taskmaster's task mask is really

  • another person that we've seen in this trailer,

  • specifically Melina Vostokoff, played by Rachel Weisz.

  • While Melina's known as Iron Maiden in the comics,

  • Rachel Weisz described her character to us at Comic Con

  • as having gone through the Black Widow training

  • in the red room five times.

  • - Melina, my character, has been cycled through

  • the red room Black Widow system five times,

  • which is quite a lot of times.

  • She's a spy and an assassin and she's involved

  • in some scientific work.

  • - That's too many times.

  • Now this would certainly give her

  • the intense physical prowess we see

  • on display from Taskmaster in the trailer.

  • And it's a safe bet that Taskmaster's identity

  • is gonna be a major part of this movie,

  • and that identity will mean something personal to Natasha,

  • whether it's someone from her past

  • or someone we've seen before in the MCU.

  • Now we're leaning more towards Natasha's past

  • because this film is a prequel,

  • and it's probably gonna be a bit more self contained

  • than what we've seen previously.

  • Although, if they did reveal that Hawkeye

  • was secretly a villain this whole time,

  • well we'd be on board for that,

  • but really, the real villain here is whoever

  • gave Hawkeye that god awful haircut in Endgame.

  • Just a war crime on his head.

  • However, there's still a couple of hiccups to this theory,

  • specifically in the comics, Melina is already Iron Maiden,

  • definitely not Taskmaster.

  • And, it appears that in the new look at the film,

  • Melina is in her white suit in the same location

  • we see Red Guardian fighting Taskmaster.

  • So unless she's mastered the art of

  • the quick costume change, or if they revisit

  • this facility a few times throughout the movie,

  • well things are adding up she might not be old Taskmaster.

  • Unless, this second fan theory proves to be true,

  • and it's that Taskmaster is not this guy

  • but in fact there are multiple Taskmasters in the movie.

  • And this could be an explanation for Taskmaster

  • being able to have such a wide array of skills.

  • Now the trailers do show a new generation

  • of Black Widows being trained,

  • so maybe the advantage of having a masked villain

  • is that anybody can swap in as needed,

  • and this opens up the possibility that

  • multiple people in the movie are also a Taskmaster.

  • So you get to be a Taskmaster,

  • and you get to be a Taskmaster,

  • everyone gets to be a Taskmaster.

  • Wouldn't that be a perfect twist for an action thriller

  • about Black Widow, everyone's the villain?

  • Well we'll just have to wait and see

  • if any of these theories actually hold water

  • about Taskmaster's identity when the film

  • finally comes out this May.

  • But in the meantime, tell me, what do you folks think?

  • Is Taskmaster someone we already know?

  • Is it just some rando Brooklynite named Tony Masters?

  • Ey, gabagool, I'm tasking here.

  • And, do you expect to see any other

  • MCU cameos in Black Widow?

  • Iron Man, Spider-Man, anyone?

  • Let's discuss.

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