Thread:SwagMasterDbl/@comment-29362220-20171207164550/@comment-26838855-20180227175238

I don't like doing this, but for timeline purposes it's necessary. I may or may not have found a better quality version of Black Panther to watch somewhere and skimmed to the important parts to make a few more notes.

First, this is the opening sequence:

(Stars) Millions of years ago, a meteorite made of vibranium (meteorite appears), the strongest (Earth appears) substance in the universe, struck the continent of Africa (it hits Africa), affecting the plantlife (trees show) around it (the trees are imbued with the vibranium power). And when the time of men came, 5 (hands appear) tribes settled on it and called it (grasp each other in a circlce) "Wakanda" (the hands dissolve and spears appear). The tribes lived in constant war (war is shown) with each other until a warrior shaman received a vision from the panther goddess (Bast appears) Bast, who led him to the heart-shaped herb (herb appears), a plant which granted him superhuman strength, speed (ingests it), and instincts. The warrior became king and the (his appearance has turned into him wearing a Panther habit) first Black Panther, the protector (crosses arms) of Wakanda. 4 tribes agreed to live under the king's rule, but the (Jabari mountains shown) Jabari tribe isolated themselves in the mountains. (The Wakandan city begins to grow from the ground) The Wakandans used vibranium to develop technology more advanced than (the city is complete) any other nation. (War elephants and fighting appear) But as Wakanda thrived, the world around it (ships are shown in war) descended further into chaos (tanks and planes, WWII). To keep vibranium safe, the Wakandans (dome is built) vowed to hide in plain sight, keeping the truth of their power (zooming out) from the outside world.

The 1992 opening scene does indeed make it seem like Klaue has recently attacked, but makes no mention of how recent. T: "Let me see how you are holding up... You look strong." N: "Glory to Bast, I am in good health. How's home?" T: "Not so good. There has been an attack. This man, Ulysses Klaue, stole a quarter tonne of vibranium from us and triggered a bomb at the border to escape. Many lives were lost. He knew where we hid the vibranium, and how to strike. He had someone on the inside." N: "Why are you here?" T: "Because I want you to look me in the eyes, and tell me why you betrayed Wakanda."

Other minor notes. Grace Jones can be added as existing. The exact line is, "The tiny nation of Wakanda is mourning the death of its monarch, King T'Chaka. The beloved ruler was one of many confirmed dead after a terrorist attack at the United Nations a week ago. The suspect has since been apprehended." Elledy was right, the ticker seems to say something like "King T'Chaka [something, presumably "reigned"] for 35 years." It's hard to make out. No time on the cameras at the museum, but the director does say it's morning, which works with my notes. The ambulance's number plate is 59, which is fine, that just means the film is set after September 2009. I couldn't find that calendar Marvelous mentioned, that will have to wait for proper home release. And the cameras in Busan during Klaue's escape say it's 02:16 (presumably 14:16 local time), so I'll make a slight adjustment there to the timezone timings.