[Movies] Guardians of the Galaxy
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Screw that. I was one of those lucky kids who's parents subscribed to the Disney Channel before it sucked.
I know nothing about GotG. An anthropomorphic badass raccoon doesn't sound problematic to me. That's not to say it won't be silly. I don't think it has to be by default.
I think people got a little caught up in my silly references to Squirrel Girl and Howard the Duck that my overall point was lost. So I will be blunt.
The marvel universe is full of utter wacky insanity. I don't have issues believing a raccoon with guns is part of a space crime fighting force because this is the same universe with a silver guy that rides a surf board through space.
Do I think general movie-going john and jane will be turned off by someone like Rocket Raccoon? Who knows. Anthropomorphic characters have had hits and misses since cinema began. I honestly don't think RR will break this movie more then the shitty marketing or if the story blows chunks.
The marvel universe is full of utter wacky insanity. I don't have issues believing a raccoon with guns is part of a space crime fighting force because this is the same universe with a silver guy that rides a surf board through space.
Do I think general movie-going john and jane will be turned off by someone like Rocket Raccoon? Who knows. Anthropomorphic characters have had hits and misses since cinema began. I honestly don't think RR will break this movie more then the shitty marketing or if the story blows chunks.
What a bunch of A-holes.
GasBandit
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Your point wasn't lost, the counter point that was made was, as far as movie sales go, the comics (and therefor the "marvel universe") are irrelevant and might as well not even exist.
Edit - ok, I watched the trailer. I liked that they were very self-effacing about how dumb a name "Star Lord" is, and downplayed Rocket a little. And yes, the A-holes line was good. We'll see what happens.
As I said, I think the strongest point in its favour is flying under the Marvel/Avengers banner. That alone gives me hope it'll do better than, say, Pacific Rim
On the bright side, however it sells over here, you can guaran-damn-tee it'll sell like gangbusters in China and Japan. They love weird shit.
Also, if this trailer doesn't tell you that this movie is totally a fun, light-hearted sci-fi romp then I don't know what to tell you. The Star Lord stuff with "Obscene Gesture Alert" alone should've sold it for you.
On the bright side, however it sells over here, you can guaran-damn-tee it'll sell like gangbusters in China and Japan. They love weird shit.
Also, if this trailer doesn't tell you that this movie is totally a fun, light-hearted sci-fi romp then I don't know what to tell you. The Star Lord stuff with "Obscene Gesture Alert" alone should've sold it for you.
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I will say that Rocket is the only character in this group that I have 'heard' of before the movie was announced. He is 40ish after all.
So it's just the trailer they showed at Comic-con then, that's a bit disappointing. Nice to see in full quality, sure, but still. Starlord comes off as more typical "Chris Pratt lovable oaf" in attitude than really fits the character, but we'll see how that holds over the whole movie.
What I'm seeing in this thread is basically these three endlessly looping conversations of confusion, which have by now merged into one giant mecha confusing endlessly looping conversation.
Ladies and gentlemen, Karen Gillan...
as Nebula!
Very happy they went with the "Genetically Modified" angle for RR rather then making him an alien.
Goddamn... I'm scared.
Burt Macklin, you son of a bitch!
So yeah I still know next to nothing about this series except what the trailer has revealed to me, and I'm still in.
The trailer was really played up for non-nerds, I think. Having them in a police line-up is a perfect excuse to introduce each super-obscure character. They have the tone right, too, in that they really are kind of a bunch of a-holes. That works perfectly with the underdog feeling that comic has, so it looks like the movie is making all the smart marketing decisions there.
Man, that trailer was great. Would have liked to hear the rest of the team interact a bit, but all in all
Have you seen The Raccoons and the Lost Star? It's seriously one of the most surreal kids movies ever made.
When people think of the Raccoons, it's invariably this song that comes to mind:
I have... in chunks, over the course of the years. It's one of those specials that has been hard to track down. Never found it on youtube, or for sale. And don't turn me towards questionably legal options because I won't click.
I do remember a music episode however where they had a bunch of clips from the Lost Star and a few of the other specials edited together for some music videos.
Hopefully we get a longer trailer with Cap 2, maybe with more focus on the rest of the team.
"Hooked On a Feeling" has been stuck in my head all day.
figmentPez
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Unlikely. They'll probably just use the same one.