The moment is finally here! It's the trailer for the upcoming Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy, which appeared on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! Check it out below!
Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer
Interesting, wasn't sure how it was going to look on the big screen. Still apprehensive that its not gonna go over well. Might be too much of a comedy, but still pumped to see it. Winter Solider is up first though.
@inferiorego What are your thoughts on it?
I'm fine with the comedy route they're taking. Marvel films keep their stuff pretty light-hearted, so it's expected.
Also, here' my opinion of the film:
@inferiorego What are your thoughts on it?
I posted them one minute after you asked! We're simpatico!
I think it goes along with their game plan. They are trying to make it appealing to the general audience rather than just the comic fan base. What better way to draw in people that know nothing about the source material than give them something to laugh at and looks packed with action. I'm sure they will give us a better trailer in another month or so. Fingers crossed though.
Looks fantastic, I get mighty sick of people whining that marvel adds comedy to their movies. They add it because it works everything does not have to be gritty and dark. These are comic book movies they are meant be fun and tell crazy over the top stories not be as cynical as possible ( Like Man of Steel or Dark Knight Rises)
My favorite part was when they just briefly showed all the cool action and special effects, but spend awkward amounts of time on unfunny jokes.
However, based on the stuff that that was glossed over, I think this movie is going to be amazing. Also, Karen Gillan looks great!
So many people on this website are just ungrateful to the fact that someone is taking their time to make this movie happen. Yes, it might suck or it might be amazing, but you cannot seriously sit there and judge an entire movie based on a 2 min trailer.
Comic book fans are the worst people to comic book movies.
Comic book fans are the worst people to comic book movies.
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@bigl: Besides that makes the false dichotomy that Comedy dosen't equal serious when you have films like Catch 22, Robocop, and the like that are made all the more serious by their black comedy and satire. Not that Guaridans is in any way a satire. But "serious" comes from taking the characters and their issues and world seriously. Not acting dour and "stoic" all the time.
I was totally MEH with this idea of making GOG into a movie, not because I dislike the series but because I LOVE IT. I was very scared that they would screw up the tone of each character. But from the trailer
Gamora-Her look isnt what Id expect, but I am very pleased with her F you kind of face she makes. Much like her character
Quill-Hes always been that "I am the only savior for your race...Ooo look women" kind of att and i think they are conveying that perfectly
Drax...never said much and if he says even less in the movie ill be happy. Tats could be more like comics but i do love his look. And im going to give the B man some credit, since i am sure this will be a better role for him than what he had in Riddick
Rocket...he spit at the floor. And if they say the R word and he freaks im going to fangasm in the theater
Groot...his curiousity to what was going on during the scene was just like the comics.
Plus the little bit of Nebula we saw, who if i remember correctly is a crazy psycho b1tch from hell...is shown in full
CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS
(even though I have a horrible feeling people will not see it simply because they have no idea who these characters are.)
......wtf??
Are they trying to turn this into a comedy?
I mean,some parts looked great,like Star Lord in full uniform in the snow,and Rocket/Groot killing guards,but.......why does this look mostly like a comedy?
Because it is about (among other things) a man who is a tree, a green lady, and a space raccoon.
It's a way of suspending disbelief. Using humour to let the audience sink into a groove, so to speak, and then - as seems to be the case, if you had paid attention to the trailer - break out with the full-on action stuff. The Avengers did it that way; the team's getting together, it's fun, we're having fun, it's a jovial movie, and then it hits it out of the park with scenes like Hulk's first transformation. Once you believe something, once you've lulled the audience into a state of comfort, then you can raise the stakes.
A fish out of water protagonist (Star Lord) is going to be very useful. Comedy is going to be essential in making things seem natural but Star Lord being like a normal guy is going to be the most important part of not turning everyone who isn't the most dedicated Marvel/sci-fi fans away. It's a clever little trick, honestly. Screenwriting 101.
I must admit I was caught off guard by the trailer. But that's what made it awesome! GotG was one of the last things we expected to be made into a live action movie - it even beat Justice League! - and so I think they are making fun of that with an unexpected trailer. I don't think anybody saw this coming and this will get people talking. Whether or not the movie will be full comedy, full action, or a mixture of the two is unknown. And that will draw people there to find out.
It's not that "humor" is bad, it's that the last couple movies Marvel had made have had bad humor in them. Iron Man 1 had some funny lines, but it wasn't corny cringe-worthy humor like Darcy and Ian that detracts from the movie.
Having humor is ok, but when the humor over powers the movie, and you have people telling jokes during serious scenes, it just becomes annoying.
Comic book fans are the worst people to comic book movies.
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However, I thought it was pretty cool. I could have down with a bit more action and a bit less comedy, but it introduced the characters, who they were, and a brief rundown of what they're like via their rapsheets. We even got a look at Nova Corps. Can't ask for much more from a trailer, especially about a team as fairly obscure as the Guardians of the Galaxy, which HAS to get across who the hell these people are ASAP in order to make sure any action they show means something.
......wtf??
Are they trying to turn this into a comedy?
I mean,some parts looked great,like Star Lord in full uniform in the snow,and Rocket/Groot killing guards,but.......why does this look mostly like a comedy?
Because it is about (among other things) a man who is a tree, a green lady, and a space raccoon.
It's a way of suspending disbelief. Using humour to let the audience sink into a groove, so to speak, and then - as seems to be the case, if you had paid attention to the trailer - break out with the full-on action stuff. The Avengers did it that way; the team's getting together, it's fun, we're having fun, it's a jovial movie, and then it hits it out of the park with scenes like Hulk's first transformation. Once you believe something, once you've lulled the audience into a state of comfort, then you can raise the stakes.
A fish out of water protagonist (Star Lord) is going to be very useful. Comedy is going to be essential in making things seem natural but Star Lord being like a normal guy is going to be the most important part of not turning everyone who isn't the most dedicated Marvel/sci-fi fans away. It's a clever little trick, honestly. Screenwriting 101.
Hm. Never thought about it that way. To be honest though,I wasn't completely fond of Avengers,but that's just me.
I just REALLY hope that it doesn't seem too campy,and that comedy is the main focus of it.
I saw a part of this when it got leaked a few months ago...seeing it in its entirety just makes it worse.
This trailer could have been so much better. It seemed that Star Lord was the focus of this trailer. I wanted to hear Rocket and Groot speak, see Ronan the Accuser, more of Drax and Gamora. I'm hoping the second trailer will give us those things.
Looks great, the tone looks like a more comical DnA issue of Guardians. There are so many ridiculous things about the guardians that comedy helps make it feel a little more real. Plus all of the more serious characters had no speaking lines so there very well may be many serious scenes free of comic relief. Go home whiners I think this is gonna be good.
@inferiorego: Word.
Human civilization was created just so we could have this movie.
Pack it up folks. We've peaked.
PS. SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
so you have a badass raccoon killing people and shouting bam killed you!
talking tree who says three words
wise cracking leader
are people seriously complaining this has comedy in it? what did you expect? read the comics, theres comedy in them too. This is one of the few CBMs im fine with comedy in it
I think they played this just about perfect. I'm a decent enough comic fan and I only know Gamora and Drax out of this crew. The general audience is going to be like, "I like Marvel movies, but who are these characters? The Guardians of the what?" That's why they had characters in the trailer asking those same questions. It invites people in and makes it OK not to know anything about it. It just shows this is going to be a big, fun, sexy, adventure in space! It's such a risk by Marvel to go with C and D list characters. More power to them if the trailer's an indication!
Could be good. I'll go just to see the ever sexy miss Zoe Saldana. Looks like they're over doing the comedy, but that's what I've come to expect from the MCU.
so you have a badass raccoon killing people and shouting bam killed you!
talking tree who says three words
wise cracking leader
are people seriously complaining this has comedy in it? what did you expect? read the comics, theres comedy in them too. This is one of the few CBMs im fine with comedy in it
I have read every issue of the DnA series, and yes, it has humor, and it can be funny. What it does not have is derpy dude-bro humor, which this movie has. The problem is not humor, it's that Marvel keeps putting in bad humor worthy of stuff like Transformers, instead of funny timely humor like in Iron Man 1.
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