Trailer for the next Guardians of the Galaxy movie
"You just need to find a woman as pathetic as you." -- words to live by, Drax. Words to live by.
Also, Rocket and Baby Groot, tug my every heart string.
Lookin' good O0
I'll be there. Because, "Nothing gets past me. I am too fast. I would catch it".
Sweet!
+1 O0
Excellent
O0
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 19, 2016, 02:40:57 PM
I'll be there. Because, "Nothing gets past me. I am too fast. I would catch it".
I knew Star Lord's character would be funny in the first one. But Drax stole it every time. :2funny: O0
"Drax stole nothing! He pays for everything he takes".
I watched the original again a couple of days ago, and was pleased (again) at how well it holds up despite a few problems here and there. Bautista especially grows on me as Drax each time I watch it -- although he and/or the director do bungle the payoff to the brick joke about the finger to the throat meaning death. The timing was too quick to re-introduce the concept properly, and the shot composition obscures Drax holding a finger to the henchvillain's throat.
Still, so many feels (even in regard to some subtle fanboy ret-canon, since a Novacorps' guy's family doesn't get killed unlike in the original story). And Ronan the Accuser remains an underappreciated villain; his actor has good comedy timing, too, as a straight man, though he rarely gets to show it. The blooper of him taking the dance-off challenge at the end (with that same expression on his face) is priceless. :2funny:
been laughing at this all night :)
O cannot wait for it to come out.
O0
DC - this is how you make movies :notworthy: :DD
Hope they make so much money they can afford to buy Grax a shirt-- that fits. But not Gamora, she dressed just right.
Drax, not Grax. Drax the Destroyer
Grax....smh
Quote from: Sir Slash on December 04, 2016, 04:24:31 PM
Hope they make so much money they can afford to buy Grax a shirt-- that fits. But not Gamora, she overly dressed just right.
Drax the Shirtless.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 03, 2016, 10:52:05 PM
been laughing at this all night :)
I was as well. Of all the MCU films currently coming out, this is almost certainly the one I'm looking forward to the the most!
Newest Trailer. Check out Star Lords father at the end;
I want to see it now!!!
I knew all along that Snake Pliskin was Starlord's Father. After I found out he wasn't really dead I mean. I foresee a new Snake movie, "Escape From Paternity". :DD
Quote from: Sir Slash on March 01, 2017, 12:06:55 PM
I knew all along that Snake Pliskin was Starlord's Father. After I found out he wasn't really dead I mean. I foresee a new Snake movie, "Escape From Paternity". :DD
That would have been a nice spoiler-free 'Whoa!' movie moment, wouldn't it?
I'd already heard rumors about him being his dad, so no surprises there.
Sly's in the movie also, but doesn't say what part he's playing.
he's the real dad.
Or is he the 'Mother'? No. Guess that would be Samuel L. Jackson.
Ohhhh, considering which realllly big character Kurt Russel is actually playing, I expect we've been seeing him in several scenes since the first trailer. Just not obviously.
LEGO THE LIVING PLANET!
...he was in that trailer.
Seriously.
That video was sponsored by Snap-On Tools.
As opposed to Snap-Off Tools, which is a very serious condition requiring immediate surgical reattachment.
Wait, the Telltale game series is out already? All of it?? Batman took months! -- how did I miss this!?!?
"Because deep within every adventure game player is the heart of a serial killer," is NOT a good explanation, HT!
Vol 2 soundtrack
http://io9.gizmodo.com/here-are-the-songs-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2s-a-1794451582
Adam Warlock to be Guardians 3
http://io9.gizmodo.com/marvels-cosmic-hero-adam-warlock-will-appear-in-guardia-1794510792
Makes sense at this point -- I've been wondering whether there's supposed to be a phase of films between the Infinity Wars, and Warlock traditionally factors huge into anti-Thanos stories, and there was already an Easter Egg (or more?) set up for Adam Warlock in the first Guardians film. His wife, "Her" (iirc), was rumored to be involved in Guardians 2, but that may have been a misidentification with... um, whoever the golden lady and her team is. (I haven't kept up enough to recall who that's supposed to be, and at this point I'm avoiding hunting up further direct spoilers.)
I'm now hearing from some early reviewers of GotG2 that the Stan Lee cameo this time features him dressed in the classic Watcher garb standing around watching what's going on, thus nodding to the fond fan theory that during his cameos in most other Marvel films (regardless of producer or distributor) he's playing the Watcher, getting a little involved in human life instead of passively watching.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy-james-gunn-director.html
My daughter cannot wait for this to come out.
I'm amazed at how much she likes the Marvel movies.
My kids are pumped to see it.
If that's a metaphor, Drax won't understand it. "I am----going to see---- Groot".
Got my tickets for the 7pm showing tomorrow. Will post some thoughts afterward for you poor working class people that.... have to work. \m/
I went to see this last Friday with my daughter.
It didn't capture the huge appeal I found in the original. But that's not fair because - apart from Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, what sequel turns out to be better than the original.
However, we loved it.
Visuals were great. Music was superb. Baby Groot was amazing and another fine acting role for Vin Diesel. Rapport between the characters was again superb though I thought they "humanised" Drax a bit too much, perhaps too soon I think. Story was.....ok
There were some negatives but I don't want to mention them here giving anyone a downer before they go - and I have to be honest, they were minor.
Usual caveat - I know nothing of "the universe" so continuity and character manipulation/progression are not things I could critique on.
But we came away thoroughly satisfied as paying cinema customers.
There now follows a Public Saftey Announcement
If you do NOT get off your f***ing phone in the f***ing cinema, I'll rip it from your f***ing cold dead hands and shove it up your f***ing Kazoo!
Here ends your Public Safety Announcement.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 04, 2017, 12:38:43 AM
There now follows a Public Saftey Announcement
If you do NOT get off your f***ing phone in the f***ing cinema, I'll rip it from your f***ing cold dead hands and shove it up your f***ing Kazoo!
Here ends your Public Safety Announcement.
This is why I have found that I like going to the first daily showing of movies during the workweek (yes I will take off)
Theatre may have 20 people tops and you are guaranteeing there are no teenagers unless they are ditching that day.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 04, 2017, 12:38:43 AM
It didn't capture the huge appeal I found in the original. But that's not fair because - apart from Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, what sequel turns out to be better than the original.
Uhhh...
Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
Evil Dead 2 & Army Of Darkness
The Dark Knight
Road Warrior/ Mad Max 2
The Devil's Rejects
Hellboy 2 Golden Army
almost anything in the X-Men movies were better than the original
and so on..
:bd:
Taking kids for Saturday noon showing.
Let us know what you thing sans spoilers. I am sure my son and I will hit it in the next couple of weeks as well. It looks like a hoot.
Quote from: mirth on May 04, 2017, 08:57:54 AM
Taking kids for Saturday noon showing.
If I don't take O this weekend, she's most likely going to beat me with one of her crutches.
I'm not expecting as great a film as the first movie-- along the lines of what Dredd says. But that's good enough for me even with Snake Pliskin in the movie.
Godfather 2
Jaws 2
Gremlins 2
Captain America 2
Spider-man 2 (Raimi's)
The list could continue for a while, although I think things get more obscure from there.
>:D
Thor 2. :clap: Or, Thor 2 too.
OK. But the point is, if the first one was great, the sequel is seldom better. Guardians of the Galaxy was freaking awesome...and this was very enjoyable.
I have to agree. It was a very close second to the first movie which pleasantly surprised me. I thought it tried a little too hard to be funny and was a tab predictable but otherwise was great. I was also surprised at what a natural actor Bautista is. He had the best lines in the movie and handled them very well. Well worth the admission price-- 3-D I'm not so sure about.
Drax definitely had the funniest lines in the movie. Him and Baby Groot. Opening scene was superb and very well orchestrated. There's sooooooooooooo much going on and yet you're focussed solely on one thing.
I agree they seemed to push the humour here - but it did work well and wasn't overly distracting.
Oh - and although this seems like an afterthought - Rocket was pretty awesome too.
The one thing that got me - and I'm giving nothing away here that's not in the trailer - is the tape. I don't know the background of the characters - but Rocket is portrayed as the McGyver of the bunch right? So wtf does he need tape to cover the death button - question actually being, why is there a button on his device that can set it off immediately?
That was bugging me for months. Whilst I found the tape scene funny, it was, in the words of a very special space scientist, illogical.
Drax's line, "You people have hang-ups" struck me as wtf isn't he literal anymore? Somebody else should've said it and he could then say, "Why would you want to hang people up"? But overall a really great example of how good a movie can be made without preaching or politics or pandering to explain every little detail that happens in it.
So I agree with what has been said here and in several reviews - not as good as the first, but still very good. Felt like it was trying a little too hard in spots. I thought the facial CGI for the young Kurt Russell was almost as off-putting as what was done to Carrie Fisher in Rogue One. Wish they'd just stop trying it.
There were some great action set pieces. I thought Michael Rooker/Yondo was the one who really stole the movie.
Well worth seeing.
I'm going to go against the grain and say it was better than the first. Lots of humor and action, both subtle and happy you in the face. Character development was done well. A well done mix of very different elements. I will see it again. <:-)
Quote from: mirth on May 06, 2017, 02:41:33 PM
So I agree with what has been said here and in several reviews - not as good as the first, but still very good. Felt like it was trying a little too hard in spots. I thought the facial CGI for the young Kurt Russell was almost as off-putting as what was done to Carrie Fisher in Rogue One. Wish they'd just stop trying it.
There were some great action set pieces. I thought Michael Rooker/Yondo was the one who really stole the movie.
Well worth seeing.
Yondu was good. Drax was a hoot. I enjoyed little Groot more than I expected. Saw it in IMAX and young Kurt Russell actually looked ok. Better than young Carrie Fisher.
Quote from: Sir Slash on May 04, 2017, 01:56:29 PM
Thor 2. :clap: Or, Thor 2 too.
True, too: can't believe I didn't think to include that!
Halloween 2. Ranks up there with Jaws 2 in sequels I thought were better than the original.
Jaws 2 was not better than the original. No frickin way.
Just couldn't get your teeth into it?
The premise was a bit fishy.
I'm surprised someone didn't take that bait earlier! I couldn't decide if I had buried it too well, or if enough people surprisingly agreed with me on it! <:-)
Objectively better than J1 in several ways, not as artistic tho. (And missing both Hooper and Quint, the latter for obvs. So admittedly less good in that regard. But the script design turns around and makes that lack a feature not a bug!)
just read the last 3 posts and understand why youre friendzoned so much.
The second time I did it with my Ex was better than the first. Does that count?
Quote from: mirth on May 06, 2017, 02:41:33 PM
I thought the facial CGI for the young Kurt Russell was almost as off-putting as what was done to Carrie Fisher in Rogue One. Wish they'd just stop trying it.
Frighteningly enough, there was no CGI used to de-age Russel for the film. I read an article in the Washington Post where they asked Gunn how they'd pulled the effect off, and it was done almost entirely with makeup. They cleaned it up by having another actor that looks like a young Russel, Aaron Schwartz, mimic Russell's movements in a second take, and did some superimposing.
I agree that it was a bit uncanny valley, but can't help but be impressed by the method.
^it is impressive as a technique then. I assumed it was mostly CG (as did several reviewers). It's become almost common place now.
Quote from: mirth on May 12, 2017, 03:10:20 AM
^it is impressive as a technique then. I assumed it was mostly CG (as did several reviewers). It's become almost common place now.
Just saw it today. Agree on the young KR not really being "good".
I also thought some of the humor / one liners felt a little forced.
I did like the overall story line however.
The wife and I saw it tonight. With her being out of town so much it took us a bit to get to it.
We thought it was either equal or better than the first one. The villain was much better. Teenage Groot in the end clip was perhaps the funniest thing in the entire movie. Well, my wife thinks that "crabby puppy" was better since we have a "crabby schnauzer mongrel."
Finally got to see this today. I swear, I wasn't sure if I was in a comedy or scifi movie for the first 15 mins. I finally decided I was in both, a SciFiCom?
I thought it was just a little behind the 1st one, but not by much, and I think that's more to do with the first one being such a surprise.
posted before
worth posting again :)
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I literally couldn't believe this was a legitimate release promo from Marvel at first. I thought it had to be a spoof.
I was right, but Marvel was doing the spoofing.
that's awesome
1-844-552-GOTG- I'm going to call today!
And it has EFF-ex! :bd:
ROFL :DD
That is .... .. some funktastic marketing they continue to do!
:2funny:
Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous!
WOW! Stan and David had the vision to make that video clear back in the 70's. Was that Slash at the end of the video taking a bow?
Came here to post this; was only slightly disappointed to be too late. :dreamer:
That wasn't me taking a bow but it could've been a MUCH younger Mirth. :wow:
Finally watched it - forgot to post about it. Good movie. Not as epic as the first, but damn good on its own!
I rate it six Republicans out of nine CAALLL-i-forn-ya Loves.
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I liked it, too. Not as much as the first one, but, it was still pretty good.
Quote from: Nefaro on August 06, 2017, 02:34:59 PM
^And that, sir, is f-ing EPIC! Marvel totally gets it.
The once-and-current Nostalgia Chick, Lindsey Ellis (whose last name I correctly remembered to remember correctly this time ::) ), essays on why despite her broad meh of the MCU and superhero film oversaturation generally.... reaaaaally, liked GotG2. In her dry inimitable way. :smitten:
Note: she talks a lot (and appreciatively) about both films, so don't worry, there's context.
While we're at it, not sure if this was already posted upthread -- it goes back to May, and uses 'filmed' footage from a showing (i.e. bootleg footage) -- but it's nicely full of explanations for a lot of the details in the movie...
...including the
two hidden meanings of Quill's shirt that looks like it reads "Yeah, Baby" (but not exactly) in an alien language,
and why the little shot of Baby Groot freezing his dancing when Drax looks at him, has an actual meaning in the film.
This suddenly came up on Netflix in the US earlier in the week.
Quote from: BanzaiCat on December 12, 2017, 08:26:29 AM
This suddenly came up on Netflix in the US earlier in the week.
Yep. I watched it the other day. I actually like it more after multiple viewings.
Watched it again the other day (for the 2nd time I think, maybe 3rd), and suddenly thought to myself: Kurt Russel is playing Gene Hackman playing 'that' character. :smitten:
Also, the execution of the main villain's plan ends up making little sense, even though the broad shape works fine.
Quote from: JasonPratt on December 12, 2017, 09:09:07 AM
Watched it again the other day (for the 2nd time I think, maybe 3rd), and suddenly thought to myself: Kurt Russel is playing Gene Hackman playing 'that' character. :smitten:
I keep wanting to ask my buddy Dave what it was like to work with Kurt Russell and Marky Mark in Deepwater Horizon.
Quote from: JasonPratt on December 12, 2017, 09:09:07 AM
Also, the execution of the main villain's plan ends up making little sense, even though the broad shape works fine.
The villain plan in any of the Marvel movies is always the weakest point. It's better not to think about it beyond, "Big Bad must be stopped".
Quote from: mirth on December 12, 2017, 09:15:25 AM
Quote from: JasonPratt on December 12, 2017, 09:09:07 AM
Also, the execution of the main villain's plan ends up making little sense, even though the broad shape works fine.
The villain plan in any of the Marvel movies is always the weakest point. It's better not to think about it beyond, "Big Bad must be stopped".
To be fair, that's always the way it was with the comics, wasn't it?
A) I'm going to destroy the world!
B) I'm going to take over the world!
C) I'm going to destroy (superhero group)!
Though I know this is a totally valid point. It's funny, the only time where Marvel storylines were believable and engaging for me both were the What If comics, especially the What If Phoenix Lived one.
Quote from: BanzaiCat on December 12, 2017, 09:24:51 AM
Quote from: mirth on December 12, 2017, 09:15:25 AM
Quote from: JasonPratt on December 12, 2017, 09:09:07 AM
Also, the execution of the main villain's plan ends up making little sense, even though the broad shape works fine.
The villain plan in any of the Marvel movies is always the weakest point. It's better not to think about it beyond, "Big Bad must be stopped".
To be fair, that's always the way it was with the comics, wasn't it?
Pretty much. I don't get too hung up on plot or continuity with any comic book movies because comics themselves have never been much concerned with such things.
Except when it comes to DC movies, though it's like shooting duck candy in a barrel.
Quote from: BanzaiCat on December 12, 2017, 09:24:51 AM
Quote from: mirth on December 12, 2017, 09:15:25 AM
Quote from: JasonPratt on December 12, 2017, 09:09:07 AM
Also, the execution of the main villain's plan ends up making little sense, even though the broad shape works fine.
The villain plan in any of the Marvel movies is always the weakest point. It's better not to think about it beyond, "Big Bad must be stopped".
To be fair, that's always the way it was with the comics, wasn't it?
A) I'm going to destroy the world!
B) I'm going to take over the world!
C) I'm going to destroy (superhero group)!
Though I know this is a totally valid point. It's funny, the only time where Marvel storylines were believable and engaging for me both were the What If comics, especially the What If Phoenix Lived one.
Back in the 70's there were a few Marvel/DC crossover comics, some of them in a large edition format. One of them brought together Superman and Spiderman, as well as Lex Luthor and Doc Octopus. in this megacomic Lex and Doc work together to break out of jail, amass some sweet loot, and then capture the two superheroes afterwards. As a grandiosely gloating Lex Luthor suddenly reveals his psycho plan to destroy the entire Earth Spiderman says to a shocked Doc Oc "So, now where are you going to spend your loot?"
IIRC, those crossover comics were almost always giant advertisements produced specifically to pimp one product or another.
Other than to pimp each other >:D I don't recall what that crossover would have done. It was pretty high quality art as I recall, too, and largely centered on the then-new Skylab. They followed up with a sort-of sequel later, not quite so art detailed. (In the sequel Superman briefly fights the Hulk and Spider-man briefly fights Wonder Woman.)
There was one Spidey comic I had as an 8-year-old that had some crossover to it. I can't recall the product but remember it was pretty much like one of those one-page Hostess Twinkie ads, but over the entire comic. That might have been the exception though.
That was probably the second Super/Spider crossover. The main villains were Dr. Doom and the Parasite. (Doom drained the Hulk and Wondy's strength into the Parasite, and wanted to add Supes in order to overload the purple guy into creating a crystal from his body or something like that. I've haven't seen it in decades. It wasn't REMOTELY as 70s stylish as the first Super/Spidey crossover.)