'Guardians of the Galaxy' Won't Have a Stan Lee Cameo

He did have a cameo though.......

expect he did!

Well Stan Lee did create Groot

I am bummed that Stan isn't going to show, but his reason makes a TON of sense and I was thinking earlier that the film would have to go out of their way to explain Stan Lee in space. So, this is for the best.

Ed Sheeran is going to do a great job as Star Lord.

Stan Lee resurrected Cappy and created his modern persona. Read some of the 40's Cappy stories; they might have the same name & origin, but they are different characters. For all intents and purposes, Stan created the Steve Rogers we have come to know and love.

As far as this cameo thing goes, did we forget that Stan did not appear in either Ghost Rider movies nor did he show up in any of the Punisher flicks, Man-Thing or Elektra? Stan did not create these characters and decided not to cameo. So, the precedent was set more than a decade ago.

Case closed, my geek brothers & sisters!

He didn't create Captain America either, but he had a cameo in Captain America.

I've always enjoyed Stan's cameos, but since all the franchises he appeared in were his creations, making an appearance in a film based on characters someone else created really isn't a break from tradition, as this article states.

All you said was that Stan Lee wrote the character. I was simply specify what he wrote about the character.

91, but still with great media instincts.

He didn't make GotG, so this makes sense.

Curses, while I enjoy seeing Stan the amount of cameos in the lego game was terrifying

That's what we are saying,bro...

@chaddum96: having Stan play a Nova corps memeber would complete my life.

I like the cameos, they should be fun and creative like the Iron man/Hugh Hefner line, but if he is not going to be in one, that fine, just no need for the press release to explain why. I enjoy them, but it isn't a critical element of these movies

I still would like to have seen him make a cameo.

Aww well that sucks. But at least he has a good reasoning for it and I respect that.

This is straight up blasphemy.

Unless Stan Lee said he didnt want to do it he should be there. I'm not that disappointed by it, but it just such a fun gimmick to have while Stan Lee is still alive and able.

Never cared for his cameos, so nothing bad for me.

Stan Lee's first published work in comics was in Captain America Comics #3. So while he didn't create Captain America, the character did play a big role in his early career as a comic book writer. So when you think about it it makes sense that he made an appearance in the movie.

I geuss you could say he's out of there....*puts on shades*

Lee-gue.

That's fine with me, I honestly feel like his Cameos actually detract from the film. They feel a little forced in my opinion to be honest.

wow....the GOTG look kinda lame in that picture....

More on topic: I don't really care if Stan makes an appearance. It was funny and cool the first couple times, but now it's just a little distracting anyway.

that god i fell like its my birthday just seeing this news

Kind of selfish

If you should believe Marvel Comics: The untold Story Stan Lee hasn't been interesting in the comics since he stopped writing and has been focusing and getting movie deals instead.

Fair enough. After giving us Spider-Man, the Fantastic 4, the Hulk, Iron Man, and Stripperella, I think that if anyone deserves a break from cameoing, it's him.

I guess this means nothing of importance will happen in GotG since STAN THE WATCHER won't be around. Kidding, kidding, I really enjoy his short cameos but this I understand.

true

Seems logical.

Fair point.
He wrote him though....

@tupiaz: You would think he might get familiar with them having a major film about to be released though. No big thing I just find it funny he doesn't take a moment to read up on them a little.

Also, Dave Stevens made a cameo in The Rocketeer film.

Makes sense.

Frank Miller was in Daredevil (he gets killed by Bullseye). Todd McFarlane was a bum in the Spawn movie. There is probably a few more out there.

That isn't anything new. Stan Lee has allegedly once asked who wolverine and several others was when the 90's cartoon was in production.

Every Marvel Studios movie has a Stan Lee cameo and this will allegedly (can't confirm yet if he'll appear in Winter Soldier, obviously) be the first exception. Seeing as some people have fun spotting his cameo or it gives them a good laugh, it's definitely worth pointing out.

I have no hate for Stan Lee, but I'm pretty neutral to his cameos. Him not being in it doesn't make me sad nor happy.

Good, the Stan cameos were getting overblown. What would be cool would be to see a statue or a building saying "Mantalo".

dont know whats sadder, that this is a story, or that it interest me.

Makes sense I guess.

Oh Stan Lee is a part of the universe. Someone needs to tell Shield about that old guy that's been around since the 1940s :p

Yeah, it makes sense. While I like the novelty of Stan, sometimes it's too distracting.

Kind of sad, but completely understandable.

While this certainly sucks, it makes sense, since he didn't make the characters. And it's not like I'm not gonna see the movie just because he's not in it.

@chaddum96: oh ok, I didn't know that. We'll see. I don't llike that thing as Drax :)

Happy about this. As the man said, he doesn't know some of the characters and had nothing to do with them. I like the guy, but he doesn't need to be in everything just for the sake of it. He created a lot of characters, but he didn't create them all. Seeing cameos by other writers, artists and so on, would be kind of cool.

@matteopg: James Gunn has said that that picture isn't the finished version of them, so by the end he could possibly look cooler....hopefully.

It makes sense that Stan wouldn't be in it except for his help in forming Groot. But still, Stan Lee cameos are always fun to look for. He could have been like some old Nova Corp guy or something. Oh well :/

@2cool4fun said:

@daredevil21134 said:

Good.But he didn't create Captain America either and that didn't stop him

Yeah but that's because if he didn't bring cap back with avenger ( number 4-5 I think? idk ) he would have forever been lost as a 40s superhero.

Yeah, it was Avengers #4. He and Jack Kirby decided to bring him back shortly after creating the Avengers.