Text Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot Your Innermost Secrets

[roseofbattle]

Text Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot Your Innermost Secrets

A Twilio developer has developed an SMS chatbot for people send text messages to Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot delivers life lessons to anyone who wants to text him, thanks to an SMS chatbot developed by Ricky Robinett of Twilio, a cloud communications company. Groot's response is exactly what you'd expect.

TechCrunch reports Groot's number is (866) 740-4531. The chatbot over 60,000 messages to people. [https://twitter.com/rickyrobinett/status/511600566666280960]

Guardians of the Galaxy is a superhero film based on the comics of the same title about a band of misfits who must protect the galaxy from a villain who gains dangerous power. One of these misfits [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/135173-New-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-Poster-Showcases-Rocket-and-Groot] is a tree-like creature named Groot whose grasp of language allows him to only vocalize, "I am Groot."

Vin Diesel, who voiced Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, repeated the line over the course of the movie in multiple languages and varying emotional complexity. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4Step_EXE]

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn will return to write and direct the sequel [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/136437-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-Co-Writer-James-Gunn-Will-Write-and-Direct-Sequel].

Source: TechCrunch [https://twitter.com/rickyrobinett/status/511600566666280960]


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[Davroth]

Spoiler

We are Groot.

 

[Tactical Pause]

Slightly unrelated, but... whoever took that screenshot needs to recharge their phone right the hell now.

Yes it's silly, but it gets to me, dammit.

 

[Booklover13]

Slightly unrelated, but... whoever took that screenshot needs to recharge their phone right the hell now.

Yes it's silly, but it gets to me, dammit.

Don't worry, it bugs me too. I mean, how are we supposed to enjoy all the greatness of Groot if the phone dies.

 

[immortalfrieza]

I wonder how many responses Groot gets back have been some variation of "I AM GROOT".

 

[MegaGame]

how much "developed" was done if it just says "I am Groot"?

 

[Weaver]

Is "I am Groot" going to be the new "The cake is a lie"?
Can this not happen?

 

[debtcollector]

Not gonna lie, the memetic ascension of Groot is getting old already. There's only so many ways "I am Groot" can be funny, and most of them were in the movie.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

Okay, not today but in days to come, I'll look back on this and think this is stupid but for now I think it's pretty fun.

 

[FPLOON]

Is "I am Groot" going to be the new "The cake is a lie"?
Can this not happen?

"I am Groot. The cake is a lie."

OT: Dammit, Groot! Quick making me want to cry with your words of wisdom!!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

This phrase will pass into obscurity in a decade but I'm saving this number forever.

 

[AwesomeDave]

Until I learned of these characters, I thought DC always had the dumbest ideas out of the 2 companies... now I'm not so sure...

 

[Malbourne]

This is one of the few celebrity texting systems I can get behind. I feel like Groot understands his audience better than most pop culture figures.

 

[Grumman]

Text Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot Your Innermost Secrets

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