Marvel Reveals Official Guardians of the Galaxy Synopsis

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Marvel Reveals Official Guardians of the Galaxy Synopsis

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The official synopsis reveals that the fate of the galaxy is once again at stake in the upcoming film in Marvel's Cinematic Universe.

Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the stranger Marvel titles out there, following the adventures of a group of alien heroes as they tangle with the Kree, the Shi'ar, and super villain the first screenshot [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/8425-Who-Was-That-in-Thor-2].

Guardians of the Galaxy stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, who finds himself the target of a manhunt after stealing a mysterious orb. Ronan (Lee Pace), the film's villain, is relentlessly pursuing the orb. Quill must join forces with four unlikely teammates: Rocket Raccoon, a gun slinging raccoon (Bradley Cooper); a sentient tree named Groot (official site [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/130777-Vin-Diesel-to-Play-Sentient-Tree-Groot-in-Marvels-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy].

Guardians of the Galaxy has been lining up an impressive cast. The film features Micheal Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Commander Rael, and Lollipop Chainsaw [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/124577-Benicio-Del-Toro-Signs-On-For-Multiple-Marvel-Studios-Films] and both writing and directing the film Slither. Gunn also produced the screenplay for Guardians of the Galaxy, based on the story written by Nicole Perlman and Gunn.

Guardians of the Galaxy releases August 1, 2014 in the United States. Other upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe films include: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, due out April 4, 2014; Avengers: Age of Ultron releasing May 1, 2015; and Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/130704-Anchorman-Co-Star-Set-To-Play-Marvels-Ant-Man] and scheduled for July 31, 2015.

Source: Marvel [http://marvel.com/news/movies/2014/1/3/21707/read_the_official_synopsis_for_marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy]


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[AJey]

Could not be less impressed. Superhero genre in comics has been hemorrhaged with cliches and terrible writing for decades, and now they are bringing it all to big screen. Sorry, but as a writer, I just dont see a single interesting thing in this. Story looks boring, characters look boring (Bautista is a terrible actor), and this whole thing looks so damn silly. Sorry to the fans, but I just cant take this seriously one bit.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Mmm interesting roster, isn't Drax a villain and I thought that green woman was Mantis? Also isn't Star-Lord is a a cyborg of some kind? Lastly man Rocket Racoon look slim compared to his comicbook apperance.
Either way I am more hype up!

 

[XaVierDK]

It's a different super-hero movie at least. Hopefully it can stay up to Marvel's standards of at least fun popcorn movies. Though I hope for more, it's probably not going to change Marvel's plans for their other franchises anyhow.

 

[JenSeven]

Could not be less impressed. Superhero genre in comics has been hemorrhaged with cliches and terrible writing for decades, and now they are bringing it all to big screen. Sorry, but as a writer, I just dont see a single interesting thing in this. Story looks boring, characters look boring (Bautista is a terrible actor), and this whole thing looks so damn silly. Sorry to the fans, but I just cant take this seriously one bit.

You're a writer?
Cool, I could use something good to read, and sounding by your reply here, you should know your stuff.
Where can I find your books and under what name have you published them.
After reading though Frank Herbert, H.P. Lovecraft, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and George Orwell I could use some change of writers.

As for the movie, no idea. I will see how it ends up, but as it stands... a bit silly.
But then, when you read the synopsis on Thor, you would think so too, and it turned into a pretty fun movie.

 

[EyeReaper]

I always thought Vin Diesel was kind of a wooden actor, but this is just silly
I actually don't know about any of these characters (except for rocket raccoon, and that's only from UMvC) so I don't know what to expect. Actually, I do. I expect Star fox quotes when my friends see Rocket Raccoon. but besides that? I dunno. could be good.

 

[Coakle]

The main character wears a red vest with a blue under shirt. I feel like I've seen that outfit a lot, I just can't remember
where.

He's also looks like an uninterested slub. The kinda guy who's on a couch when he's introduced. I haven't read the comics, so maybe this guy is actually a blast when he shows up.

I'm still excited though. from the wiki, his early life is comedy gold. I'm also assuming he'll get into a more interesting custome. Kinda like Tony Stark and the Iron Man suit.

Spoiler: Early Life

Peter Quill is born during an unusual astronomical phenomenon when many of the planets align. Seeing no resemblance, the man who believed he was Quill's father accuses his wife Meredith of infidelity and attempts to kill the infant, but dies of a sudden heart attack. Quill is raised by his single mother until she is killed by an alien when he is eleven.

HAHAHA

 

[SecondPrize]

I think they're overestimating how much weirdness people are willing to take in movies. Just because everyone liked the Avengers doesn't mean the signed on for the stranger bits of comic-dom.

 

[MrBaskerville]

I can't say this sounds too promising, but i'm pretty burned out on superheroes so that might be the problem. I just really find it hard to care about all these "nerd-movies" or whatever Moviebob would call them, it's getting boring. I'd rather just get back to the old style of simple cop action movies of the olden days, where the climax involves two guys punching each other at a rundown factory instead of all these movies with racoons fighting space dinosaurs, or whatever . Maybe i'm just getting old... I guess Avengers was the last straw for me.

 

[Mr. Q]

I've already expressed my interest to see this movie in previous posts. So I'm gonna offer some speculation on how this will connect to the previous movies and Thanos in the spoiler box.

Spoiler

Judging from the synopsis, the "orb" Star-Lord steals looks to be another Infinity Gem or Infinity Stone as mentioned in the end credits of Thor: The Dark World. The Collector already has one since he possesses the Aether and Asgard has one of their own (the Tesseract). It's possible The Collector will be working alongside Thanos to get the "orb" before Ronan. Unless Ronan is in cahoots with Thanos in this adaptation but, unless there is further evidence, that has yet to be seen. I'm still wondering how Thanos will gain the Tesseract in the first place but that is for another time.

 

[Angelous Wang]

The only thing this movie has going for it is that everyone is ether expecting it to fail or doesn't care, which means if does fail it won't do anything bad to marvel, however it turns out at least half decent or better it's just going to boost marvel even more than they already are.

 

[Auberon]

Sounds awfully Silver Age to me. This must be seen without any common sense, as per tradition of the time.

 

[AJey]

Could not be less impressed. Superhero genre in comics has been hemorrhaged with cliches and terrible writing for decades, and now they are bringing it all to big screen. Sorry, but as a writer, I just dont see a single interesting thing in this. Story looks boring, characters look boring (Bautista is a terrible actor), and this whole thing looks so damn silly. Sorry to the fans, but I just cant take this seriously one bit.

I don't need to be a writer to say I smell some serious bull coming out of you. And being a 'writer' as you apparently claim gives no real validation or backing to what is otherwise just one little joe-shmoe's opinion. And yes, thank you for telling us that a wrestler who has been in a mindblowing 7 flicks (most of which straight to DVD), his massive film career is full of nothing but bombs.


Sarcasm aside, being a 'writer' means jack squat if you're going to spout the same general nonsense that almost any comic-movie-hater throws out. And depending on the roll, Batista could actually be pretty decent, if good, in the movie. It's as much the director and script as it is the actor when it comes to their portrayal of the character. It's just easier (and lazier) to assign blame to the actor alone.

I'm sorry, but I have trouble understanding where all your claims are coming from. First of all, by claiming to be a writer I do not demand validation. Writer is simply a perspective. I dont mean to assume a higher intellectual position by stating my profession, just a point of view - as someone who has previously created fictional worlds, I have my share of doubts about Guardians of the Galaxy. Nothing more, nothing less.

Secondly, I never intended my words to be anything else but opinion, because I indeed am just another joe-shmoe, with my personal tastes, and standards, and interests. I dont understand why you are so passive-aggressive about it.

Thirdly, I hate neither mediums you mentioned. Although I was not raised in comic book-saturated environment, I value their input into the culture over the decades. I grew up loving X-Men, I enjoyed Iron man and Spider Man cartoons, and I was pleasantly surprise with comic book transition onto the big screen. First Iron Man is the best superhero movie yet. X-Men First Class finally put character into character development. And Avengers revolutionized how we perceive movie continuity. So I have no idea why you assume I hate comics or movies. All I do is criticize them when I see something wrong (and yes, 'wrong' might be subjective most times). Look at movie release list for the next few years. It's over-saturated with superhero movies. And no, not everything related to superheroes is good. Comics are riddled with terrible characters, bad writing, and many worlds that are just extended piles of crap. So of course I dont want to see them on big screens. How does that make me a hater?

 

[Sniper Team 4]

They guy who wrote Lollipop Chainsaw is directing this movie? Sold. Just, sold. This movie and the characters in it are already shaping up to be so off the wall that I'm looking forward to seeing it. Marvel has been having a fairly solid track record with their movies, and I have faith that they will pull this off.
But hearing that the guy who wrote LC--a game that is about as crazy as I've ever seen--is going to be in charge of what appears to be the craziest Marvel film is solid gold. Can't wait.

 

[Something Amyss]

Could not be less impressed. Superhero genre in comics has been hemorrhaged with cliches and terrible writing for decades, and now they are bringing it all to big screen. Sorry, but as a writer, I just dont see a single interesting thing in this. Story looks boring, characters look boring (Bautista is a terrible actor), and this whole thing looks so damn silly. Sorry to the fans, but I just cant take this seriously one bit.

Stephanie Meyers is also a writer. What does "as a writer" have to do with it?

 

[Nimzabaat]

Could not be less impressed. Superhero genre in comics has been hemorrhaged with cliches and terrible writing for decades, and now they are bringing it all to big screen. Sorry, but as a writer, I just dont see a single interesting thing in this. Story looks boring, characters look boring (Bautista is a terrible actor), and this whole thing looks so damn silly. Sorry to the fans, but I just cant take this seriously one bit.

Stephanie Meyers is also a writer. What does "as a writer" have to do with it?

Ninja'd damnit. Also you'd think a writer would be able to use contractions properly Come to think of it, that's not how one uses the word "hemorrhaged", unless he meant that all the bad writing had bled out leaving only literary gold.

OT: Since when is it a "common theme" that a superhero team has to save the galaxy? So far the only "save the galaxy" superhero movies I can think of is the aforementioned Thor 2 and possibly Green Lantern.

I wasn't sure about this movie until I saw the teaser. Now i'm pretty optimistic.

 

[TheNaut131]

Look, there's going to be a raccoon strapped with every gun known and unknown to man unloading said guns in gratuitous fashion while most likely piggy-backing on the shoulder of a giant sentient tree yelling it's name over and over again and flailing around while most likely firing it's own platitude of weapons in a gratuitous fashion

In Space

Fuck you, I'm going to see this movie and I'm going to enjoy it.