Maybe you’re thinking of the Defenders? That’s where I first learned about them. They were a band of renegades from a future timeline where an alien race called the Badoon had conquered and enslaved Earth’s solar system.
This latest version draws most from Thanos story lines and via Thanos you can pretty much tie-in any character in the Marvel universe(s). Silver Surfer? Check. Dr. Strange? Sure. Spider Man? Yup. Professor Xavier? Of course.
I think every time Marvel wants to reboot their universe they put Thanos at the center of it somehow. Thanos the Retconner!
You are right, I was mistaken. For some reason I thought the original GOTG were the Imperial Guard from the Shi’ar Empire. Therefore my knowledge of the original Guardians is zero.
This looks really good but it looks like they went out of their way to make fun of some of the sillier aspects before anyone else could. That suggests they don’t have confidence in the material.
I’ll admit, prior to watching this, I was decidedly meh about the upcoming movie. Now I’m excited.
I’m also trepidatious, because I know my kids will obsess over the Gaurdians to the point where I no longer want anything to do with them (the Gaurdians, no my kids), like they did with Star Wars and The Avengers.
I’ve seen the trailer about a dozen times by now and I think this is going to be good. How can you not cheer for a gun toting raccoon? Unless it’s in your trashcans, I guess.
The phrase “I’ll be in my bunk” is tossed around so casually these days. And yet, I would like to excuse myself for a moment while I have some private time in my designated quarters.
FWIT, my wife, who is decidedly NOT a comic book movie fan and didn’t really care for The Avengers - thought that this trailer was great and she’s excited to see it.
Dude, he was so popular that in the second movie, he was a main character: he had become an agent and wore the suit, etc. Heck, he was even J’s partner until J got K back. My point is that the average 2014 movie-goer won’t be at all turned off by a murderous talking raccoon any more than they are turned of by any other anthropomorphic animal-as-comic-relief-/-plot foil that we’ve seen in the last 20 years.
I understand the skepticism. Frankly, at this point, I’m skeptical of any actual superhero movie. But stuff like this, a goofball comic book movie, is something that IMO Hollywood actually does much better than the big superhero movies. Now if only they’d get started on that Cerebus movie…
I forgot to mention one thing about the trailer that I found a little jarring:
I don’t know who the actor is that plays the Starlord guy, and he seems to do a decent job, but every time he moved or opened his mouth, I just kept wondering why they didn’t just hire Seann William Scott for the role; it seems to be written for him.
