'GotG Vol. 2': First Reactions from Press Screening

'GotG Vol. 2': First Reactions from Press Screening Apr 23, 2017 15:29:00 GMT

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Post by coldenhaulfield on Apr 23, 2017 15:29:00 GMT

Apr 23, 2017 15:06:01 GMT ArArArchStanton said:

Apr 19, 2017 21:27:26 GMT coldenhaulfield said:

It's not that I can't STAND it, but it does strike me as strange and a little bit ridiculous that Disney is pushing all of it with a straight face. But, I mean, they're raking it in, so good for them, I suppose.

Why would that be strange? It's a great product, and when they reintroduced that version of the team in the comics it was massively popular.

Just because it was a newer team and not a part of the golden age comic characters you always think about doesn't mean it wasn't awesome. They knew it, and as a fan of the comic, I would say they nailed it. If you read the books, what you see in the films is what you get. It's fun, it's exciting, it's always new and wildly adventurous.

Why would they not push that?

They should push it. Because "they" are smart business executives whose job it is to make money for Disney's shareholders. But as a lifelong fan of comics in general, the announcement of a Guardians movie was the canary in the coal mine for me that they're basically scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point and putting lipstick on a gerbil. I would say lipstick on a pig, but Sony has rights to the pigs, and Fox has the rights to anything else with any actual legacy on which to draw that's worth adapting.

Personally: I think the IP is trash, the characters are sixth-rate, the hipster/"cool" packaging is too cute by half, and the characters have no significant history in comics in which I possess even a shred of fan interest. So it's strange for me to see it succeed since I genuinely see nothing redeeming in "Guardians" on any level whatsoever; it's hack as fuck and represents what I perceive to be the worst aspects of both Hollywood in general and comic book movies specifically. But I'm sure others might say the same thing (for different reasons) about stuff I like, etc. etc.