Guardians of the Galaxy

[RIDDICK]

From the beginning comic books had dark overtones, including Marvel's.
Violence, massive destruction and death are very much a part of comics, light comedies they are not.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I LMAO when

Spoiler

Rocket said he needed that guy's cybernetic eye and then started snickering!

 

[Ultron-7]

Agreed. So disappointing that they didn't let Ronan kill half the world, then snap his neck, then pair up and make out before smugly telling the survivors not to come looking for them as they headed out for a well earned lunch in Italy.

My major problem with the film was the lack of tornado suicides.

Yeah, it was too optimistic and upbeat.

I also had a problem with the characters being so colorful in both appearance and personality. They should have been more subdued in my opinion.

Peter should have gotten beat up by Ronan halfway through, then fought him exactly the same way at the end. except he wins this time because it's the end.

And then snap his neck.

And then marry the blue chick.

. . .by convincing his enemy to walk into a tornado?

Yes but the tornado is a guy in a suit.

Also, when Quill as a child tells the story about the frog, his mother should have said, "And that's why you should always let the children die, rather than saving them, if the opportunity ever comes up. **** those little bastards. I'm gonna commit suicide now, and you better not stop me!"

Maybe it's just me, but that would have given the movie a lot more emotional resonance. Also, would have made it more "grounded" and "realistic."

Lmfao - Just got back from watching this again and this was great to come back to

Quill is a buffoon so he is indeed in character in that scene.
The problem is Ronan, in character he would have killed Quill the second he opened his mouth not just stare at him.
Does Ronan really strike you as the kind of guy you can surprise with such a stupid move?
Like I said, bad writing.

No Ronan striked me as the kind of guy who was in the midst of giving a speech to the Xandarians about how he's going to enact vengeance on them for his fathers and their fathers etc. he was giving a speech puffing his chest showing his might before he was going to finally achieve the moment he'd been waiting for for so long, but Quill ruined his moment, completely taking Ronan out of his moment as Quill had removed all importance from Ronans words by simply dancing in front of him. Ronan, a kree full of honour to the Kree way shown throughout the film would not simply accept Quill doing that and destroy the planet having to live with that soured victory forever. It's only bad writing if you fail to understand it.

But no-one will change your mind, you went into the film biased against it and thats that, you will not like it, you will just try to plant seeds of hate against it.

 

[YoNoSe]

Violence, massive destruction and death are very much a part of comics,

Yeah but usually the heroes try to do something about that.

light comedies they are not.

You must have a very narrow collection. I suggest Justice League International.

 

[Tourist]

Yeah but usually the heroes try to do something about that.
you must have a very narrow collection. I suggest Justice League International.

I have a very substantial collection of 70's and 80's Marvel comics (well over 5000) and every single DC comic book published in the past 20 years.
I also have hundreds of European graphic novels.
How's your collection?

 

[YoNoSe]

I have a very substantial collection of 70's and 80's Marvel comics (well over 5000) and every single DC comic book published in the past 20 years.
I also have hundreds of European graphic novels.
How's your collection?

My collection is fine, but somehow in far fewer books there's much more diversity than you describe. Have you tried reading them?

 

[Tourist]

Ronan, a kree full of honour to the Kree way shown throughout the film would not simply accept Quill doing that and destroy the planet having to live with that soured victory forever.

Ridiculous, it should read: "Ronan, a kree full of honour to the Kree way shown throughout the film would not simply accept Quill doing that and kill him on the spot"
When I said earlier that some of you come up with contrived explanations to justify poor writing I wasn't kidding.
Judging by the way you phrased your comments I can tell good writing isn't really your thing anyway.

...you went into the film biased against it and thats that, you will not like it, you will just try to plant seeds of hate against it.

To think that I pay to see a movie I'm biased against is just stupid.
I don't like wasting money and time is too precious.
I very much wanted to like this but didn't, simple as that.

 

[YoNoSe]

I wonder if Weaving's apparent reluctance to reprise that role have played any role in his being gone this long? He played such a major role in the WS comic storyline that I really did expect him to show up in that movie. But he should be THE central villain in the Marvel U considering Doom and Magneto are off limits IMO. And any threat he might present will seem pretty tame relative to Thanos, so maybe they want to wait until that storyline is resolved to bring him back? Maybe he'll help off Evans Cap.

If I remember correctly he said that he wasn't keen on reprising the role but was contracted to. Despite the fan backlash he seemed pretty professional about it. Just wasn't up his alley. I imagine if they have a plan to bring back RS he will reprise.

 

[Khev]

I don't like wasting money and time is too precious.
I very much wanted to like this but didn't, simple as that.

It always cracks me up when someone says "this movie was a waste of my time/my time is precious" and then spend hours, weeks, even months on a messageboard trying to convince people how "bad" that same movie was. GOTG is a huge critical and commercial success, no two ways around it. All right Tourist, YOU didn't like it. Clock is ticking now. Let's see how much "time" you spend trying to convince us that we are wrong.

 

[jye4ever]

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[YoNoSe]

Nice sweater.

 

[Khev]

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Ah yes, the Raiders of the Lost Ark of movies based on the novel Push by Sapphire.

 

[sifu74]

So what was up with the end credit? Totally wasted a good scene to lead to AOU

 

[karamazov80]

You must have a very narrow collection. I suggest Justice League International.

Psh. It doesn't get any darker than this.

Goyer/Snyder were right. . .right I tells you!

 

[YoNoSe]

Psh. It doesn't get any darker than this.

Goyer/Snyder were right. . .right I tells you!

The important thing is that he controls the cookies, they don't control him.

 

[Khev]

So what was up with the end credit? Totally wasted a good scene to lead to AOU

Avengers this, Avengers that. I applaud Marvel for not referencing a single member of the team in any way, shape or form, both before and after the credits. I greatly look forward to seeing the GOTG team up with the Avengers in Phase III or whenever but this movie belonged to them alone.

 

[karamazov80]

I kinda get how folks are annoyed with the ending, but don't share that view. It's another thing that fits perfectly with the rest of the movie, and for old school Marvel fans it can't get much better.

The important thing is that he controls the cookies, they don't control him.

Did you see the episode of Brave and the Bold with the JLI? Was glorious.

 

[bransen2099]

Avengers this, Avengers that. I applaud Marvel for not referencing a single member of the team in any way, shape or form, both before and after the credits. I greatly look forward to seeing the GOTG team up with the Avengers in Phase III or whenever but this movie belonged to them alone.

Agreed, we got the perfect lead in scene at the end of TWS.

 

[jye4ever]

Hopefully they make Rocket PQ dad.

 

[YoNoSe]

I kinda get how folks are annoyed with the ending, but don't share that view. It's another thing that fits perfectly with the rest of the movie, and for old school Marvel fans it can't get much better.


Did you see the episode of Brave and the Bold with the JLI? Was glorious.

I've never seen the show, regrettably. I have heard that Ted makes an appearance as BB, too.