Post by ThatGuy on May 13, 2018 14:03:13 GMT
I think at a minimum they did a horrible job explaining what the heck baby groot was and especially since we didn;t know what the heck grown up Groot was. I believe most thought he was some kind of tree version of a resurrection. It was Groot as a baby which means he would act as a baby.
Just doing a quick search backs that assumption up:
mashable.com/2018/02/27/guardians-of-the-galaxy-groot-dead/#ytWnqM1bUiqA
As Gunn goes on to note, this is far from the first time he's confirmed that, yes, Groot is dead. Indeed, he's been having different versions of this conversation basically since the first Guardians came out.
Back in the day, he used to be cagier about the answer. In November 2014, a few months after Guardians hit theaters, he answered a question about whether or not Groot was invincible with another question: "Is Baby Groot, Groot? Or is Baby Groot actully Groot's progeny?"
A few months later, he said Groot "might be dead." A few months after that, when a fan asked on Facebook whether Baby Groot was Groot's son, Gunn replied that it was "complicated," and added that Baby Groot does not retain the original Groot's memories.
(Worth noting: Apparently, even Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige's been confused by this question – he told press in 2016 that Baby Groot has Groot's memories, which is incorrect.)
By last year, though, Gunn was being very clear about his answer. "Baby Groot is not Groot," he stressed in a March 2017 interview with SFX (via GamesRadar). "He’s a different character and he does not have that character’s memories."
When the issue came up yet again last fall, Gunn said in no uncertain terms that "Groot is dead," explaining:
Although I don't necessarily think it's obvious in Vol. 1, it's important to say that if you exploded and a little glob of you started growing into a baby, I would not assume that baby was you.
I do think it's more obvious in Vol. 2, as Baby Groot has a different personality than Groot, none of his memories, and is much, much dumber.
Back in the day, he used to be cagier about the answer. In November 2014, a few months after Guardians hit theaters, he answered a question about whether or not Groot was invincible with another question: "Is Baby Groot, Groot? Or is Baby Groot actully Groot's progeny?"
A few months later, he said Groot "might be dead." A few months after that, when a fan asked on Facebook whether Baby Groot was Groot's son, Gunn replied that it was "complicated," and added that Baby Groot does not retain the original Groot's memories.
(Worth noting: Apparently, even Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige's been confused by this question – he told press in 2016 that Baby Groot has Groot's memories, which is incorrect.)
By last year, though, Gunn was being very clear about his answer. "Baby Groot is not Groot," he stressed in a March 2017 interview with SFX (via GamesRadar). "He’s a different character and he does not have that character’s memories."
When the issue came up yet again last fall, Gunn said in no uncertain terms that "Groot is dead," explaining:
Although I don't necessarily think it's obvious in Vol. 1, it's important to say that if you exploded and a little glob of you started growing into a baby, I would not assume that baby was you.
I do think it's more obvious in Vol. 2, as Baby Groot has a different personality than Groot, none of his memories, and is much, much dumber.
Further, Rocket has now lost both the Groot he knew the longest along with baby Groot.