Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Mickeroo

pixelburp wrote: »

I'm curious to know what someone who'd never even heard of GotG would make of the trailer - assuming most who have replied here are at least vaguely aware of the comic; I suspect they'd be a bit lost and underwhelmed.

I'd never heard of the comic until the film was announced and still haven't read any of them. I've read plenty of Marvel comics but very few outside of more well known characters, I'm approaching this more as a fan of movies like Star Wars or Serenity.

norrie rugger

pixelburp wrote: »

I'm curious to know what someone who'd never even heard of GotG would make of the trailer - assuming most who have replied here are at least vaguely aware of the comic; I suspect they'd be a bit lost and underwhelmed.

I never heard of it until the movie announcement... I am very interested

pixelburp

Mickeroo wrote: »

I'd never heard of the comic until the film was announced and still haven't read any of them. I've read plenty of Marvel comics but very few outside of more well known characters, I'm approaching this more as a fan of movies like Star Wars or Serenity.

I'm same as yourself, only know what I learned from articles around the film, I just mean those whose first encounter would be that trailer; would it have sold the idea?

norrie rugger

pixelburp wrote: »

I'm same as yourself, only know what I learned from articles around the film, I just mean those whose first encounter would be that trailer; would it have sold the idea?

So you mean "Shut your faces lads, you are already geeks and of course this would appeal to you":D

pixelburp

norrie rugger wrote: »

So you mean "Shut your faces lads, you are already geeks and of course this would appeal to you":D

Ha, I'd never say such a thing we do tend to be of a particular demographic around these parts though, yes

Mickeroo

pixelburp wrote: »

Ha, I'd never say such a thing we do tend to be of a particular demographic around these parts though, yes

Yeah there's an obvious demographic that will lap this up, but whatever about adults I don't think there's a 12 year old boy on the planet that would watch a trailer like that and not want to see this film.

As for what that says about the likes of me....no comment. :pac:

norrie rugger

Gun wielding crazy racoon??? what 12 year old will not love that!

I have noted that, as I moved into my 30's, and embarrassment about going to these kind of films has gone. I now just do what pleases me. I think that Marvel have also copped that and are targeting the usual 12 year old boys AND their father's

Tefral

norrie rugger wrote: »

Gun wielding crazy racoon??? what 12 year old will not love that!

I have noted that, as I moved into my 30's, and embarrassment about going to these kind of films has gone. I now just do what pleases me. I think that Marvel have also copped that and are targeting the usual 12 year old boys AND their father's

I think you hit the jackpot with that comment. Except my missus loves these movies. It was the one thing that drew her into them at the start, the kind of humour from Iron Man, now shes hooked and im less of a nerd ha ha

norrie rugger

My missus loves them too but I know that she would not go to see them, were it not for me.
The way society is moving, it is acceptable for a guy to still love the things that he loved as a child. My father's generation was totally "that's for kids, so you can not like it anymore"

Adamantium

Trailer gave me that whole "Han Solo on the Death Star feeling"

That's good.

pixelburp

Ah yeah, don't get me wrong, the idea of the film nearly in our cinemas got me more excited than the actual trailer itself if you catch my drift; it just felt a bit choppy and unfocused, and for once I thought it a trailer that could do with more plot & context, not less.

You can't argue with the visuals therein though: I am a total geek for some good spaceship designs and looks like GoTG will have some eye-candy in that regard - the sight of an aesthetically pleasing craft tearing across the screen gets my inner 12 year old very excited every time

*mutters something about Zoe Saldana and Karen Gillen being the other type of eye-candy*

johnny_ultimate

I'd have a few concerns about this tonally. I'm curious if Gunn's rather twisted, eccentric worldview can make it through Marvel's PG filtering process. While I think Pratt is great in Parks & Recs, having seen him in Her and The Lego Movie I'm not sure if I'll be able to buy him as a sci-fi badass - his performances aren't exactly a varied bunch.

It's currently the only Marvel film I have some vague interest in (well, Ant Man's a wait and see), but at the same time I'm just not sure if the studio has the capability of offering the sort of riskier, idiosyncratic effort I'd expect when James Gunn is directing a film where a raccoon is one of the main characters. But the trailer tells us basically nothing, so can only wait it out to find out which directions this goes. With their last couple of films being terminally bland, Marvel's output need a bolt of imagination.

Soft Falling Rain

I'm not usually one for the laugh out loud moments but Pratt had me a couple of his times in this trailer. It seems that like RDJ's Stark, Quill is a dickhead. The difference though is that Stark's nobbishness can grate at times because, well....it's well founded (billionaire genius).

Quill on the other hand seems to be endearing loser which should provide plenty of entertainment if his co-stars are up to it.

Necronomicon

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

With their last couple of films being terminally bland, Marvel's output need a bolt of imagination.

I agree with that sentiment. I'm hoping that the sheer obscurity of the premise will be enough to set it apart, though the trailer suggests that it will be tonally similar to the other Disney Marvel offerings.

For anyone with an interest in reading the series, it's pretty easy to jump on board - the title was relaunched last year, so there are only around 12 issues to catch up on. It is somewhat tied to previous continuity, but it is certainly not inaccessible. It's a really fun space opera, and I'm hoping that the film will follow suit.

As for the trailer, I'm pretty happy that they have kept Rocket Racoon and Groot relatively under wraps. I'd be happy if I heard neither of them speak until I was sitting in the cinema.

Sleepy

Something tells me this is going to be the massive flop that many have been predicting for the event / comic book movies that Hollywood's been churning out for the past decade.

I'll probably bring the little fella to see it as it's right up both of our streets but I can't see it garnering anything like the numbers you'd get for one of the Avengers movies.

conorhal

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I'd have a few concerns about this tonally. I'm curious if Gunn's rather twisted, eccentric worldview can make it through Marvel's PG filtering process. While I think Pratt is great in Parks & Recs, having seen him in Her and The Lego Movie I'm not sure if I'll be able to buy him as a sci-fi badass - his performances aren't exactly a varied bunch.

It's currently the only Marvel film I have some vague interest in (well, Ant Man's a wait and see), but at the same time I'm just not sure if the studio has the capability of offering the sort of riskier, idiosyncratic effort I'd expect when James Gunn is directing a film where a raccoon is one of the main characters. But the trailer tells us basically nothing, so can only wait it out to find out which directions this goes. With their last couple of films being terminally bland, Marvel's output need a bolt of imagination.

I reciently re-watched 'Howard the Duck' and I'd more or less forgotten how completely bonkers is its what with the duck tits, interspecies sex and cigar smoking animals. Unsurprisingly, it bombed like the flightless bird it's eponymous hero happened to be. Of course it too was a toned down version of a pretty edgy and idiosyncratic comic book. I got a few Howard flashbacks watching the trailer....

Corholio

I'm a bit disappointed that the trailer structure was like 'Iron Man in Space'. A quick quip here, some action, some joke about how cocky/asshole like the character is and then more action. I too share johnny_ultimates concern about if Gunn's complete output will shine through in the film.

I also hope there's a lot of the film that's not just inside big metal rooms, hopefully there's an interesting world that's on show too.

Case of wait and see I guess.

Penn

Mickeroo

There's no way Gunn will have gotten too much of a free reign in this, if it feels like a James Gunn movie in much the same way IM3 felt like a Shane Black film and Avengers felt like a Whedon film then I'll be happy.

I think where Gunn will shine through will be in the aesthetics rather than the story and that.

norrie rugger

Yeah don't be expecting Super here (might get a bit of a Slither vibe from it, if we are lucky)

Mickeroo

norrie rugger wrote: »

Yeah don't be expecting Super here (might get a bit of a Slither vibe from it, if we are lucky)

Got a very Slither vibe off some of the stuff in the Thor 2 post credits scene.

Potential-Monke

norrie rugger wrote: »

So you mean "Shut your faces lads, you are already geeks and of course this would appeal to you":D

I've heard of Guardians of the Galaxy, but i was never a comic book reader, and i have no idea who any of those characters are. I'm also of the belief that Green Lantern is part of GotG? I could Google it, but i won't.

Anyway, yeah, i'm excited. It looks like it'll be right up my street. I'm 30.

JP Liz V1

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Full trailer

Looks good and I have faith in Chris Pratt

norrie rugger

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I've heard of Guardians of the Galaxy, but i was never a comic book reader, and i have no idea who any of those characters are. I'm also of the belief that Green Lantern is part of GotG? I could Google it, but i won't.

Anyway, yeah, i'm excited. It looks like it'll be right up my street. I'm 30.

wrong universe. GL is part of DC and a member of the green lantern corps and the Justice League.

norrie rugger

Mickeroo wrote: »

Got a very Slither vibe off some of the stuff in the Thor 2 post credits scene.

what cameo will Nathan Fillion have?

expectationlost

looks like fun, i think you get the gist, fun

Potential-Monke

norrie rugger wrote: »

wrong universe. GL is part of DC and a member of the green lantern corps and the Justice League.

Reinforces my lack of knowledge in the comic book universe! I've led a sheltered, country life!

I think that leaves me at an advantage, as i won't be disappointed by certain decisions taken in relation to characters, ie: the whole Mandarin thing in IM3 (I thought it was hilarious!). So GotG is a clean slate for me!

norrie rugger

Oh god, don't get me started on the Mandarin!!

Sad Professor

This looks like the Farscape movie I always wanted.

phasers

I know nothing about the comic books but Chris Pratt's glistening abs have sold me and I am now desperate to see this movie. Great trailer!