Guardians Of The Galaxy vol. 2 sneak peak

[BigNorseWolf]

Dragon78 wrote:

Did anyone else see Jeff Goldbloom's character from Thor Ragnarok dancing during the end credits?

That was real? Phew.

[Thomas Seitz]

Well there goes MORE spoilers I didn't know about...

[Rysky]

I love how the first fight (the one with the tentacled beast in the trailers) is.

Every.

Single.

MMORPG.

Boss Fight.

Ever.

[Hama]

Oh man I loved this movie. It was amazing. I cried at the end. And I really rarely cry.

[Rysky]

Ish okay to cry.

[MMCJawa]

This was a great movie...Gunn definitely knows how to pull on the heart strings five minutes after making you laugh.

[MMCJawa]

Marc Radle wrote:

OK, first, some background ...

I've had zero interest in these Guardians Of The Galaxy movies. Heck, I'd never even heard of the Guardians Of The Galaxy back when I was reading Marvel comics (admittedly more then 20 years ago). Seeing trailers and clips made me think more of dopey stuff like Howard the Duck than of more "serious" super hero movies.

But, now that they will apparently be in the next Avengers movie, I guess I can't kind of ignore the movies - I guess I might need to see them.

So, here's my question: I used to dig Nova back when I was reading comics. I've been hearing lately that there was some sort of cross over between the Guardians Of The Galaxy and Nova comics at some point, and, more importantly, I've heard that there have been some nods to Nova in these movies. Is this true?

If these Guardians Of The Galaxy movies lead to a cool version of Nova being added to the Marvel cinematic universe, then I might have to warm up to these movies after all

If you generally enjoy the Marvel movies, than you will probably like Guardians...basically Marvel doing space opera. In fact I would rank them in the upper tier of the MCU movies, up with Winter Soldier.

I think we will almost certainly get a Nova movies, and probably in Phase 4 or Phase 5.

[Rysky]

MMCJawa wrote:

Marc Radle wrote:

OK, first, some background ...

I've had zero interest in these Guardians Of The Galaxy movies. Heck, I'd never even heard of the Guardians Of The Galaxy back when I was reading Marvel comics (admittedly more then 20 years ago). Seeing trailers and clips made me think more of dopey stuff like Howard the Duck than of more "serious" super hero movies.

But, now that they will apparently be in the next Avengers movie, I guess I can't kind of ignore the movies - I guess I might need to see them.

So, here's my question: I used to dig Nova back when I was reading comics. I've been hearing lately that there was some sort of cross over between the Guardians Of The Galaxy and Nova comics at some point, and, more importantly, I've heard that there have been some nods to Nova in these movies. Is this true?

If these Guardians Of The Galaxy movies lead to a cool version of Nova being added to the Marvel cinematic universe, then I might have to warm up to these movies after all

If you generally enjoy the Marvel movies, than you will probably like Guardians...basically Marvel doing space opera. In fact I would rank them in the upper tier of the MCU movies, up with Winter Soldier.

I think we will almost certainly get a Nova movies, and probably in Phase 4 or Phase 5.

...

[Rosgakori]

Hama wrote:

Oh man I loved this movie. It was amazing. I cried at the end. And I really rarely cry.

Spoiler:

"they didn't leave him...even if he was temperous, made everyone mad all the time, and stole batteries...they came for him!" -Rocket

Damn it, don't make me cry with apt comparisons to character growth dealing with poisonous self-hatred.

[atheral]

Yeah Guardians vol2 lived up to it's hype for me, the humor was great again, the music choices were spot on, and the action scenes were a ton of fun.

spoiler:

Yondu's death and funeral at the end was rough, I saw a few folks with tears in their eyes at that one, myself included.

The amount of Easter eggs and references in the movie are massive. I can't help but think I didn't even catch the half of them.

It's a film I will be seeing again in theaters for sure.

Also does anyone else want to see them go to Rocket's homeworld?

[Charles Scholz]

I give it 4 1/4 stars.
Would have been 4 1/2 if they would have shown Ego actually talking, instead of what looked like a still picture of him.

[Set]

Just saw it. Very fun.

My favorite line;

Spoiler:

Rocket "You guys don't have a freezer full of body parts, do you?"
Yondu "No."
Rocket "We'll just agree to never speak of this again."

[CapeCodRPGer]

Anyone else notice

Spoiler:

In the Sovereign area with everyone piloting the pods. I think the sounds was from old arcade games

[Rysky]

CapeCodRPGer wrote:

Anyone else notice ** spoiler omitted **

Yep :3

[Lathiira]

Heard that too. I'm sure I heard Space Invaders at least!

[Aberzombie]

And it's pulled in an impressive amount of cash so far already. According to Box Office Mojo, it's grossed in the neighborhood of $420 million worldwide already. That puts it around #6 in global earnings for the year.

[Pan]

Michael Rooker is the best.

[Rysky]

Pan wrote:

Michael Rooker is the best.

Agreed!

Yondu's my favorite character in both movies.

[Tim Statler]

Aberzombie wrote:

Saw it today. Enjoyed it. Lots of funny. Decent plot. Some great easter eggs.

Not spoiling anything, but I thought the way they handled the during/after credits scenes was pretty good. They had more scenes, but they were spaced out to break up the normal tediousness of the credits.

Although, the credits themselves had some fun going on as well.

"No raccoons or tree creatures were harmed in the making of this movie. The same cannot be said for the handlers of said creatures."

[Alzrius]

Lathiira wrote:

Heard that too. I'm sure I heard Space Invaders at least!

"That guy was playing Galaga. I saw it!"

[John Kretzer]

Saw it and loved two things I found very interested in relation to Pathfinder...

1) Drax plan to attack the thing from the start of the movie from the inseide....I thought of how many players have gotten the same idea while playing PF...

2) Did anybody else think of Hermea when the Sovereign?

[Kryzbyn]

I'm Mary Poppins ya'll

[BigNorseWolf]

John Kretzer wrote:

2) Did anybody else think of Hermea when the Sovereign?

a little. But that feature was more tell their ..personality hat was more show, and hermea doesn't share that.

[Pan]

My biggest laugh was..

spoiler:

when Yondu's friend is trying to master the whistle arrow and accidently stabs Drax in the shoulder. Batista is so animated its hard not to laugh out loud :)

[ShinHakkaider]

One of the things I was really impressed with is Dave Bautista's comic ability and delivery as Drax. His interactions with Mantis were some of the funniest scenes in the movie.

[MMCJawa]

Mantis's awkward smiling was pretty damn great. She vies with Groot as being the most adorable marvel character ever.

[Hama]

Pan wrote:

My biggest laugh was..

** spoiler omitted **

And the fact that he just kept screaming, and screaming and screaming in the same tone of voice.

[Rysky]

Hama wrote:

Pan wrote:

My biggest laugh was..

** spoiler omitted **

And the fact that he just kept screaming, and screaming and screaming in the same tone of voice.

Also an awesome moment for Drax,

Spoiler:

since his flesh stopped the damn thing when it's gone through a freaking ship before, though it could be Kraglin sending out a very hasty stop command as well.

[MannyGoblin]

No doubt because he was still trying to use it. Yondu would have swiss-cheesed Drax.

[Thomas Seitz]

Manny,

MCU Drax isn't nearly as tough as Comic Book Drax...

[The Mad Comrade]

Maybe ... but then, the whistle dart has been shown to one-shot a fighter craft in GotG Vol. 1 ...

[Pan]

Whistle arrow appears to be scorching hot so maybe its worse if it gets stuck in your arm?

[Charles Scholz]

I think Drax was faking. I think he actually caught it and was messing with Kraglin.

[Set]

Thomas Seitz wrote:

Manny,

MCU Drax isn't nearly as tough as Comic Book Drax...

Spoiler:

He slammed into a few trees during the crash landing, which suggests he is monstrously tough. I like that, as it makes him closer to comic book Drax, and a bit more impressive in a super-powers sense than 'bodybuilder with a knife.' Granted, I like the original slimmer flying energy-blasting Drax the Destroyer to this new musclebound knife-dude look and powerset he's got going on, but I can't blame Gunn for that, since Drax was changed in the comics before the movie.

I still have Fleetwood Mac's The Chain stuck in my head...

[Rysky]

Set wrote:

Thomas Seitz wrote:

Manny,

MCU Drax isn't nearly as tough as Comic Book Drax...

** spoiler omitted **

I still have Fleetwood Mac's The Chain stuck in my head...

Come a Little Closer is stuck in mine.

[atheral]

Something just occurred to me, and I may have just missed it but

spoiler:

What happened to Star Lord's helmet before the escape from Ego's planet? Either I missed him losing it in someway or there wasn't a reason for Yondu to give him the only space suit.

[Set]

atheral wrote:

Something just occurred to me, and I may have just missed it but

** spoiler omitted **

Said item got broke, I think, when he was hit in the side of the head during a fight. I only vaguely remember that, and could be totally making it up...

[Skeld]

Rogar Valertis wrote:

CapeCodRPGer wrote:

Saw it a couple nights ago, loved it. They expanded on the first movie really well.

Just one thing I may have missed.

Spoiler:

Why did Ego have to give Quill's mom cancer? I did'nt get how that fit in with Egos plan

Because

Spoiler:

he was falling in love with her. He says it himself: he went back to heart 3 times for her and knew he would have forgotten about his mission if he went a fourth, so he gave her brain cancer to kill her off and not having to worry about forgetting his mission of "seeding" the galaxy.

Pretty twusted but given he's presented as a "celestial" planet eternal thing it works, actually.

My theory:

Spoiler:

That's certainly what Ego told Peter, "I loved your mother but i had to give her brain cancer and kill her off so I wouldn't be tempted to stay and ruin my millions of years old plans!"

I think that rubbish, a lie that Ego told Peter. I don't think he cared at all about Peter's mother and he needed Peter to be an orphan so he would have a few emotional ties to earth as possible to make him more pliable for Ego's plans. If Peter hadn't had enough Celestial DNA he would've wound up in the bone pile with all the others.

After Ego had dazzled Peter, he probably thought that the Celestial part of Peter's heritage would open him to willingly join in Ego's plans. He underestimated Peter's Human side and how knowing Ego had effectively killed Peter's mother would cause Peter to turn on Ego in a slit-second. But Ego was pretty well prepared for Peter to refuse his plan. He just sorta said, "Well, that's too bad."

[Charles Scholz]

Set wrote:

atheral wrote:

Something just occurred to me, and I may have just missed it but

** spoiler omitted **

Said item got broke, I think, when he was hit in the side of the head during a fight. I only vaguely remember that, and could be totally making it up...

I remember it breaking, but not sure when. I think it got broke during the opening credits fight.

[Rysky]

Charles Scholz wrote:

Set wrote:

atheral wrote:

Something just occurred to me, and I may have just missed it but

** spoiler omitted **

Said item got broke, I think, when he was hit in the side of the head during a fight. I only vaguely remember that, and could be totally making it up...

I remember it breaking, but not sure when. I think it got broke during the opening credits fight.

I didn't notice it during the opening but it very much got shattered during the final.

[Irontruth]

Rysky wrote:

Charles Scholz wrote:

Set wrote:

atheral wrote:

Something just occurred to me, and I may have just missed it but

** spoiler omitted **

Said item got broke, I think, when he was hit in the side of the head during a fight. I only vaguely remember that, and could be totally making it up...

I remember it breaking, but not sure when. I think it got broke during the opening credits fight.

I didn't notice it during the opening but it very much got shattered during the final.

I concur, it was really fast, but the item was shown as broken and ruined at one point several minutes before the climax.

[Thomas Seitz]

All I know is thanks to this movie, I'm one step closer to having Pip the Troll join the MCU.

Well that and maybe Moondragon...

[CapeCodRPGer]

Thomas Seitz wrote:

All I know is thanks to this movie, I'm one step closer to having Pip the Troll join the MCU.

There is a strong rumor that

Spoiler:

Peter Dinklage is playing Pip in Avengers Infinity War

[atheral]

Thanks folks, I thought it off that I didn't remember that event, must have been a blink and you miss it moment.

[Set]

Thomas Seitz wrote:

All I know is thanks to this movie, I'm one step closer to having Pip the Troll join the MCU.

Well that and maybe Moondragon...

One of my few quibbles is that Mantis showed up instead of Moondragon. Moondragon as both thought-to-be-dead daughter-of-Drax *and* another of Thanos' kidnapped-and-raised-as-his-personal-assassins 'daughters' would have lent a very different sort of 'family' vibe to the movie, and given Drax some pathos.

Instead we got Mantis, who I never liked in the comics, and didn't much care for in the movie, Drax, and the Nebula-Gamora arc which felt odd, since, in the last movie, Nebula said to Gamora, 'Of all our sisters, I hated you least,' which sort of flies in the face of her comments in this movie,

Spoiler:

which suggests that she hated Gamora *most.*

Then again, Nebula was fun, and I don't begrudge the actress a return, as she was really nailing the role.

The other quibble would be that we saw Howard the Duck again, and not Cosmo (save in the credits headshots). I like the telepathic Russian dog-mo-naut way more than the sarcastic duck. :)

[Rysky]

"Hated you the least" does not mean you don't hate them at all :3

[lowfyr01]

Set wrote:

Instead we got Mantis, who I never liked in the comics, and didn't much care for in the movie, Drax, and the Nebula-Gamora arc which felt odd, since, in the last movie, Nebula said to Gamora, 'Of all our sisters, I hated you least,' which sort of flies in the face of her comments in this movie, ** spoiler omitted **

Then again, Nebula was fun, and I don't begrudge the actress a return, as she was really nailing the role.

That got me thinking about what must the other silbings have done to her that she hated Gamora least. And who gets the title "Worst Dad of the Century" Thanos or Ego?

Regarding Thanos. That Gamora said after

Spoiler:

stopping Ego

, that they are not able to stop Thanos, just how strong is he in the MCU?

[Matt Adams 259]

I'm not sure how strong Thanos is in the MCU, but I know how strong he is in the comics. :/

[Charles Scholz]

Despite what it showed, Ego is probably still alive. He was thrown into the sun once, but a small portion was not destroyed and regrew into a full size planet again. Defeat does not always mean death.

[Thomas Seitz]

Charles might be right, but I think this is the first time in recent memory that I can recall someone using a nuke to take out his brain.

But regarding how powerful Thanos is in MCU? Probably at least on par if not great than Ego. He and Ego once fought each other in the comics and it was a stalemate.

Also Comics Thanos has already survived the following: an entire reality collapsing on him, the death of the ENTIRE known reality, blown up by at least TWO Phoenix Force powered individuals, Full on contact with an exploding Cosmic Cube...

So even if he's not as tough, MCU Thanos would be...pretty tough at only 20% strength.

As for Moondragon...I wouldn't MIND seeing that but maybe what might happen is Gunn decides to use Adam Warlock to recreate Moondragon and thus we have a kind of father daughter show down in Volume 3.