[movie] Guardians of the Galaxy

[CeeKay]

coming from Marvel in 2014.  with the reveal at the end of The Avengers Guardians almost makes perfect sense to set up The Avengers 2.

they'll be working with the 2008 version of the team, who have had a decent history with a certain purple villain.

oh, and as a friendly warning, spoilers from The Avengers may pop up in this thread, so if you haven't seen the movie then read at your own risk.

[metallicorphan]

Hopefully going to finally see The Avengers today


I am really glad that these movies are being made(That goes for the others as well Iron Man,Thor etc)because it introduces me to a lot more from the Marvel Universe,rather than just the main hero i already knew from popular culture ..same goes for the Marvel Pinball(not bought the new one yet),i hadn't even heard of Moon Knight,and looking at that list of Guardians of the Galaxy,i don't know any of the current members either

My comic book childhood consisted of Batman and The Beano(and then later Mad Magazine)

[Harkonis]

I know a fair amount about Marvel comics, but I'm not familiar with any of the Guardians stuff at all.  I read the beginning of the wiki, noticed I knew none of the names listed and decided that I will remain ignorant until I see the movie.  It will be interesting seeing it without having prior knowledge.  I wonder how much better/worse the current movies would feel to me if I had not known anything at all about the characters.

[WarPig]

Oddly, I have the first 20-odd issues of the original Guardians published in the 90s. I have read a few of the new ones, and they have practically nothing in common, except for an appearance by Starhawk. The original Guardians were like 1000 years in the future, the 2008 versions are in the present. From what I read during the Secret Invasion story line, it could be cool.

[Teggy]

Whoa, they have Kratos?

[Harkonis]

and a raccoon...

[CeeKay]

Drax and Rocket Raccoon.

[hepcat]

I'm not sure how they'd handle Rocket Raccoon without looking making it look like Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 2.

[Harkonis]

If they can make him look 'real' and not at all cuddly I'll be impressed

[hepcat]

That's the same problem God had with me.   

[Harkonis]

That's the same problem God had with me.   

you're wearing the wrong glasses

[Teggy]

When's the Squirrel Girl movie?

[CeeKay]

some production art:

[metallicorphan]

Marvel want Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler for roles in GotG



Hopefully perhaps its voice work.....I hate Adam Sandler,HATE,HATE,HATE!!!

[metallicorphan]

Zero Dark Thirty's Chris Pratt to be in GotG
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/02/05/chris-pratt-set-to-lead-guardians-of-the-galaxy/

EW has confirmed that the Parks and Recreation funnyman will play the lead character in Marvel’s upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, a key part of Marvel’s Phase Two plan. Deadline first reported the news.

Pratt, who recently slimmed down (and bulked up) for his role in Zero Dark Thirty (pictured above), will play Star Lord, the half-human half-alien leader of a bio-engineered team of space-traveling heroes that includes a green-skinned warrior, a gun slinging raccoon, a female alien assassin, and a fearsome tree-being.
With director James Gunn, the man behind the shlocky masterpiece that is Slither, and newly-crowned leading man Chris Pratt, is there a chance that Guardians of the Galaxy will be an outright superhero comedy? The source material certainly suggests that the film could work as a totally ridiculous adventure, but, obviously we’ll have to wait and see what tone the filmmakers choose.

funny they should mention it being a comedy,with the post before this one about Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler

[CeeKay]

I really hope they don't go for outright comedy.

[farley2k]

It will be like Mystery Men #2!

[hepcat]

Think we can get a couple of hulk dogs in this one?

[CeeKay]

Drax the Destroyer cast.

[CeeKay]

Jim Starlin (creator of Thanos and Gamora) talks about Guardians:

When asked his thoughts on the Guardians Of The Galaxy movie, Jim Starlin said, “You know the gal who plays Gamora, I kind of like, I’ve seen her in a couple of things, I can’t think of her name off the top of my head. The wrestler they got for Drax looks pretty cool. Apparently Thanos does make some kind of appearance in there, which makes sense because Gamora is sort of his foster daughter.”

Jim Starlin added, “I really don’t know much anything about it other than that. They don’t ask me down to the set on a regular basis or ever. So I really can’t tell you too much about Guardians Of The Galaxy.”

sounds like he is puzzled by their choice to do a film based on them though:

When asked out of all the Marvel properties if Guardians Of The Galaxy was one he thought they would have chosen for a film, Jim Starlin said, “No, because Guardians Of The Galaxy was one of the worst selling books for the longest time. I mean how many times did they bring that thing back and it disappear. I mean, well, you can say the same thing about the X-Men. They’ve come and gone several times.”

I'm confused about his X-Men comment though.

[sgoldj]

X-men were teetering on eXtinction for a long time iirc. Seems to me that most of the X-men run before giant size #1 were reprints from earlier in the 60s

[CeeKay]

X-men were teetering on eXtinction for a long time iirc. Seems to me that most of the X-men run before giant size #1 were reprints from earlier in the 60s

ah, yeah, forgot about that.  I think it was a 4-5 year break in the 70's.