The Big Picture: Who Are The Guardians of the Galaxy?
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This looks fun. That's about all I can say, it's awesome that their tie-ins are starting to spiral into weirder places, but feels right doing so. Also, awesome seeing Chris Pratt be a lead, he seems to have gotten himself fit since Parks & Rec.
Edit: Also... speaking of Parks & Rec, DAMN do I want Disney to just go with the Patton Oswald Filibuster idea for the Marvel / Star Wars movies.
Edit: Also... speaking of Parks & Rec, DAMN do I want Disney to just go with the Patton Oswald Filibuster idea for the Marvel / Star Wars movies.
in the last version of the comics, star lord si the son of,j'son ,jason of spartax, the king of the spartax empire. when his spaceship crashed on earth,he fell in love with a woman and had a child, peter. i am guessing that is the origin they will go for. but we will find out for sure in august
Glad we're doing a Let's Watch the Trailer in a Big Picture show. Very refreshing.
Movie looks good. Can't wait.
Movie looks good. Can't wait.
We already know that Disney/Marvel have a long-term strategy in mind, but this is getting ridiculously weird. I did not expect it to get this weird and to branch out into god knows how many other movies. Not even after the Avengers credits.
CAPTCHA: willy nilly
I think the Captcha's got this trailer in a nutshell. Mind you, it's willy nilly in a good way. I think someone was having way too much fun with this particular movie and just how random the material is...and that usually ends up being a good thing. Just look at how well the Lego Movie ended up with a similar "it's random but let's have fun with it" concept. Definitely looking forward to this.
I think the Captcha's got this trailer in a nutshell. Mind you, it's willy nilly in a good way. I think someone was having way too much fun with this particular movie and just how random the material is...and that usually ends up being a good thing. Just look at how well the Lego Movie ended up with a similar "it's random but let's have fun with it" concept. Definitely looking forward to this.
Cool rundown. It's rare I am more knowledgeable on a comic book topic than Bob is, but he still hit all the important points. I actually didn't know Riley was playing Dey. I hope that means Richard Rider gets an awesome appearance on the silver screen at some point as well. Rider's one of my all-time favorite Marvel characters.
That's pretty awesome, Bob, but don't you usually write a column about this sort of thing instead of devoting a Big Picture episode to it? Not really complaining, just curious as to why. I assume there simply isn't that much to talk about lately?
On topic: I still have no f***ing idea who these people are. The movie looks neat, but the shifting and contrasting tone of the trailer feels odd. It's hard to tell if they're going for a full-on, Avengers-styled action movie (evocative of Thor, specifically) with some humor, or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy styled lampoon with some action... or both at once, somehow. I feel like either would be insufficient, given what I "understand" about the material, but doing justice to both is exceedingly difficult. (see: Bay's Transformers) Come to think of it, this movie has similar smell to the "Bayformers" all over it... minus the alien robots, of course. (...having designs that look like someone tossed pieces of scrap metal in the air and sketched how they landed into humanoid form, like some sort of bizarre combination of oracle bones and Rorshach tests, but that's a whole other rant.) Point being: There's a very thin line here between "pretty good" and "complete shit"; between Firefly and Star Trek: Enterprise. A single movie just doesn't have the scope to cover everything that's important, and the material is too obscure, for lack of a better word, to launch a trilogy or support a series. (see: The Last Airbender).
Still... like most of the other movies I mentioned, I will approach this with cautious optimism. In the worst-case scenario, I continue not caring about the Guardians of the Galaxy, so I have nothing to lose here. (Maybe that's what Disney/Marvel is banking on?)
On topic: I still have no f***ing idea who these people are. The movie looks neat, but the shifting and contrasting tone of the trailer feels odd. It's hard to tell if they're going for a full-on, Avengers-styled action movie (evocative of Thor, specifically) with some humor, or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy styled lampoon with some action... or both at once, somehow. I feel like either would be insufficient, given what I "understand" about the material, but doing justice to both is exceedingly difficult. (see: Bay's Transformers) Come to think of it, this movie has similar smell to the "Bayformers" all over it... minus the alien robots, of course. (...having designs that look like someone tossed pieces of scrap metal in the air and sketched how they landed into humanoid form, like some sort of bizarre combination of oracle bones and Rorshach tests, but that's a whole other rant.) Point being: There's a very thin line here between "pretty good" and "complete shit"; between Firefly and Star Trek: Enterprise. A single movie just doesn't have the scope to cover everything that's important, and the material is too obscure, for lack of a better word, to launch a trilogy or support a series. (see: The Last Airbender).
Still... like most of the other movies I mentioned, I will approach this with cautious optimism. In the worst-case scenario, I continue not caring about the Guardians of the Galaxy, so I have nothing to lose here. (Maybe that's what Disney/Marvel is banking on?)
I love the look of this movie. It looks like it'll be a good contrast to Winter Soldier(which also looks amazing). This was a great breakdown, I knew some of it from wandering various wikis, but a lot of the tidbits were new to me. I didn't know the gray guys were supposed to be Sakaarans. I wonder if that's because they're known to work with the Nova Corps or if there'll be a Planet Hulk somewhere down the line.
I have to Be Honest, off the Top of it, the only Reason id watch this movie is Rocket Raccoon, im sure i will like the rest of bit, but a Raccoon with a Gun kinda is a good Draw for me, says the Bird with a Grenade