[Marvel] Guardians of the Galaxy trailer for the trailer.

[Purple Dragon Knight]

Orthos wrote:

I pretty much grew up on stuff like This and This

Also This but that's DC of course. But it's awesome enough to need mentioning.

You're lucky. I grew up on stuff like this

[Tacticslion]

One of my son's favorite things right now, PDK.

[SeeDarkly_X]

Purple Dragon Knight wrote:

Orthos wrote:

I pretty much grew up on stuff like This and This

Also This but that's DC of course. But it's awesome enough to need mentioning.

You're lucky. I grew up on stuff like this

Oh please... there was NOTHING wrong with that at the time.

Anyone growing up on that had nothing better to compare it to.

I would also know. ;)

(I admit though, many advancements in animation and storytelling have improved the entire form over time. Leaving really no excuse for things like Ultimate Spider Man or TTGo... ugh)

[Hama]

That is not available in your country.

[Rynjin]

Hama wrote:

That is not available in your country.

Here's a synopsis for you.

[Skeld]

Orthos wrote:

Is that how we got all the 90s Marvel cartoons I grew up on? Because if so I'm 100% cool with that.

The ones I remember are from the 80's. ;)

[Benchak the Nightstalker]

Orthos wrote:

I pretty much grew up on stuff like This and This

Also This but that's DC of course. But it's awesome enough to need mentioning.

I grew up on that Spidey cartoon too, and I have a lot of fond memories of it...but I watched it again recently...and it does not hold up. :(

I'd honestly rather watch the old '69 series, at least it has a sort of kitschy charm to it.

However, for my money, the best Spider-Man cartoon was The Spectacular Spider-Man. Truly a bummer that it got canceled.

/Spidey Tangent

[GregH]

SeeDarkly_X wrote:

Purple Dragon Knight wrote:

Orthos wrote:

I pretty much grew up on stuff like This and This

Also This but that's DC of course. But it's awesome enough to need mentioning.

You're lucky. I grew up on stuff like this

Oh please... there was NOTHING wrong with that at the time.

Anyone growing up on that had nothing better to compare it to.

I would also know. ;)

(I admit though, many advancements in animation and storytelling have improved the entire form over time. Leaving really no excuse for things like Ultimate Spider Man or TTGo... ugh)

I agree with SeeDarkly_X. If you're a child of the 70s then this was the s&*%.

Of course it did raise interesting questions. Like what *was* spiderman swinging from when he was swinging over the tree tops in Queens?!? :)

[Kthulhu]

The 90s animated series had plenty of it's own problems...a Spider-Man who never actually fought, way WAY too much voice over narration, the fact that the g$$@*!n Kingpin was behind absolutely everything, and plenty of other complaints. I'll echo the sentiment that "The Spectacular Spider-Man" is the best animated adaptation of Spidey to date. Unfortunately, it was cancelled in favor of "Ultimate Spider-Man", which probably takes the prize for the WORST adaptation ever.

[Hama]

Though Kingpin was awesome. His accent was amazing. And that line while he's crushing spidey in a bear hug:"Did you know that only 4% of my body mass is fat?".

Awesome.

[Purple Dragon Knight]

Hama wrote:

Though Kingpin was awesome. His accent was amazing. And that line while he's crushing spidey in a bear hug:"Did you know that only 4% of my body mass is fat?".

Awesome.

I think the Kingpin's personal trainer lied so he wouldn't get killed :)

[Orthos]

Skeld wrote:

Orthos wrote:

Is that how we got all the 90s Marvel cartoons I grew up on? Because if so I'm 100% cool with that.

The ones I remember are from the 80's. ;)

Heh. I was only 5 in 1990 so... =)

[Ambrosia Slaad]

GregH wrote:

...Like what *was* spiderman swinging from when he was swinging over the tree tops in Queens?!? :)

This comic explains it.

[VM mercenario]

Back to GoTG: Did anyone else notice that at one point in the climax it becomes live-action Space Invaders?
Also, best scene in the whole movie:

Spoiler:

Dancing baby/sapling Groot.

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

VM mercenario wrote:

Back to GoTG: Did anyone else notice that at one point in the climax it becomes live-action Space Invaders?

Also, best scene in the whole movie:** spoiler omitted **

It was subtle but I lol'd.

[Pan]

Actually my favorite moment is

spoiler:

When Batista's character was confessing his friendship to the group. Then Nebula jumps out and says a bunch of figthing words and batista's character blasts her away. "Nobody talks to my friends like that." I have to admit when I first saw the big Jamoke I didnt think he would be anything but the stoic strong guy. Batista did a great job with his lines and added a lot to this movie.

[Orthos]

Pan wrote:

Actually my favorite moment is

** spoiler omitted **

Drax =)

[Skeld]

Pan wrote:

Actually my favorite moment is

** spoiler omitted **

I liked that part, too. Honestly, I ended up liking Drax much more than I thought I would. The only one that I didn't like was Gamora. She was just... I don't know... Boring?

slight Zoe Saldana rant:

As much as I've heard people (not so much on this board as IRL) talk about what a great actress she is, I've never seen her in a movie role where I thought she was really good or brought something special to a role/character. She's always just kinda "meh." Maybe I'm not watching the right movies.

[MMCJawa]

Honestly Gamora was given probably the least to do of any of the major characters, so I would blame that.

Although I did like her "pelvic sorcery" or whatever she said line.

[SeeDarkly_X]

"A finger across the throat means death!"

[Deadmanwalking]

Skeld wrote:

Pan wrote:

Actually my favorite moment is

** spoiler omitted **

I liked that part, too. Honestly, I ended up liking Drax much more than I thought I would. The only one that I didn't like was Gamora. She was just... I don't know... Boring?

** spoiler omitted **

I wouldn't blame Zoe. She wasn't given a whole lot to work with, which is pretty much my one major issue with the movie.

[Pan]

Deadmanwalking wrote:

Skeld wrote:

Pan wrote:

Actually my favorite moment is

** spoiler omitted **

I liked that part, too. Honestly, I ended up liking Drax much more than I thought I would. The only one that I didn't like was Gamora. She was just... I don't know... Boring?

** spoiler omitted **

I wouldn't blame Zoe. She wasn't given a whole lot to work with, which is pretty much my one major issue with the movie.

I wouldn't either there were a lot of characters to develop in this first feature. I wouldn't be surprised if the Gamora character has a much bigger part in the next movie.

As for Zoe Saldana, the parts she has had that I've seen are always small roles. Small roles in pretty big movies, but small none the less. Jury is still out for me on her as an actor I guess no strong feelings one way or the other.

[Irontruth]

Skeld wrote:

Pan wrote:

Actually my favorite moment is

** spoiler omitted **

I liked that part, too. Honestly, I ended up liking Drax much more than I thought I would. The only one that I didn't like was Gamora. She was just... I don't know... Boring?

** spoiler omitted **

My two observations about Gamora...

Spoiler:

1) She doesn't really go through much development. Things get revealed about her, but she doesn't change. The revelations don't really get driven home either or feel that major.

2) A lot of her dialogue deals with moving the plot forward. Basically she speaks as a way to introduce the next scene or remind the audience about what is going on.

She's a (potentially) interesting character and I think Saldana did a decent job with her, but it was flawed writing about the character IMO.

[John Kretzer]

Irontruth wrote:

Skeld wrote:

Pan wrote:

Actually my favorite moment is

** spoiler omitted **

I liked that part, too. Honestly, I ended up liking Drax much more than I thought I would. The only one that I didn't like was Gamora. She was just... I don't know... Boring?

** spoiler omitted **

My two observations about Gamora...

** spoiler omitted **

She is also the straight woman for the group.

[Purple Dragon Knight]

In the comics, Gamora is about as interesting as a sack of bricks.

Kudos to Zoe Saldana to make that character even slightly better than a sack of bricks.

[Sissyl]

"Nothing goes over my head! My reflexes are too fast. I always catch it!"

[EltonJ]

Well, hmm..

I'm a big Star Wars fan so it's pretty telling when I say this:

Guardians of the Galaxy > Star Wars.

My gosh, the movie was fun. :) The whole movie was pretty much D&D in space. Star Lord is your Bard, Groot is a druid, Rocket Raccoon is a tech genius, Gamora is an assassin, and Drax -- BARBARIAN baby! :)

And it was all wonderfully acted. Ronan had his big acting scene when Star Lord tried to distract him with a certain song from the '80s. And he was believable.

I was impressed with Bradley Cooper's voice acting, he made Rocket Raccoon believable.

Secondly, I was most impressed with Thanos. The guy was brilliantly made, and he had this grin, like he enjoyed his work -- getting all the Infinity Gems -- and what ever else Thanos does. Thanos trumps Darth Sidious as the best space villain of all time.

Everyone had done a great job on the movie. Except for that guy at the beginning, the criminal who worked with Ronan that said, "You're who?"

[Hama]

That's Djimon Honshou. And he took the role because his son told him that he wanted to be white because all the cool people in movies are white.

In the end, his character is really forgettable.

[Cthulhudrew]

I want a movie about the guy whose knife Drax stole.

[Kthulhu]

Hama wrote:

That's Djimon Honshou. And he took the role because his son told him that he wanted to be white because all the cool people in movies are white.

In the end, his character is really forgettable.

So this was him supporting his son's opinion?

[Hama]

Well, here's hope that his son think that the character is cool.

[Durngrun Stonebreaker]

Cthulhudrew wrote:

I want a movie about the guy whose knife Drax stole.

Uh, spoilers? C'mon, man!

[Hama]

Really. Cause that spoils everything.

[Pan]

Oh man knife guy is in the movie I cant wait.

[GM Xabulba]

Irontruth wrote:

Skeld wrote:

Pan wrote:

Actually my favorite moment is

** spoiler omitted **

I liked that part, too. Honestly, I ended up liking Drax much more than I thought I would. The only one that I didn't like was Gamora. She was just... I don't know... Boring?

** spoiler omitted **

My two observations about Gamora...

** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:

If they included the bits that made Gamora want to run away from daddy Thanos it would have gone a long way in making her a more interesting character. But her backstory was done in exposition which added nothing to the character.

[Rynjin]

EltonJ wrote:

My gosh, the movie was fun. :) The whole movie was pretty much D&D in space. Star Lord is your Bard, Groot is a druid, Rocket Raccoon is a tech genius, Gamora is an assassin, and Drax -- BARBARIAN baby! :)

Star Lord is more like a Rogue/Gunslinger. Highly skilled, max ranks in Bluff, and he can shoot a pistol like nobody's bizniss.

[Sissyl]

I dunno, I felt it might have been a bad idea to

Spoiler:

tell Ronan to "really bring it down hard",

considering.

[Hama]

Spoiler:

Still, Ronan's reaction was priceless "What are you doing?". Completely dumbfounded. I loved it.

[Deadmanwalking]

Rynjin wrote:

EltonJ wrote:

My gosh, the movie was fun. :) The whole movie was pretty much D&D in space. Star Lord is your Bard, Groot is a druid, Rocket Raccoon is a tech genius, Gamora is an assassin, and Drax -- BARBARIAN baby! :)

Star Lord is more like a Rogue/Gunslinger. Highly skilled, max ranks in Bluff, and he can shoot a pistol like nobody's bizniss.

Definitely an Archaeologist Bard + one level of Gunslinger (for Dex-to-damage with guns, since it's a high gun setting). Best of both worlds.

[Purple Dragon Knight]

you need five levels of gunslinger for the dex to damage thing

[Rynjin]

Deadmanwalking wrote:

Rynjin wrote:

EltonJ wrote:

My gosh, the movie was fun. :) The whole movie was pretty much D&D in space. Star Lord is your Bard, Groot is a druid, Rocket Raccoon is a tech genius, Gamora is an assassin, and Drax -- BARBARIAN baby! :)

Star Lord is more like a Rogue/Gunslinger. Highly skilled, max ranks in Bluff, and he can shoot a pistol like nobody's bizniss.

Definitely an Archaeologist Bard + one level of Gunslinger (for Dex-to-damage with guns, since it's a high gun setting). Best of both worlds.

Ooh, yeah, that one's better, for sure.

Purple Dragon Knight wrote:

you need five levels of gunslinger for the dex to damage thing

Not in a Guns Everywhere setting. They lose Gunsmithing (I believe), guns become Martial weapons for everyone, and Gunslingers get Gun Training at 1st level.

[Purple Dragon Knight]

I'm guessing Guardians of the Galaxy is guns everywhere, yes :)

[VM mercenario]

Deadmanwalking wrote:

Rynjin wrote:

EltonJ wrote:

My gosh, the movie was fun. :) The whole movie was pretty much D&D in space. Star Lord is your Bard, Groot is a druid, Rocket Raccoon is a tech genius, Gamora is an assassin, and Drax -- BARBARIAN baby! :)

Star Lord is more like a Rogue/Gunslinger. Highly skilled, max ranks in Bluff, and he can shoot a pistol like nobody's bizniss.

Definitely an Archaeologist Bard + one level of Gunslinger (for Dex-to-damage with guns, since it's a high gun setting). Best of both worlds.

Bard definetly, but I'm not sure about Archaeologist. He did

Spoiler:

use a Fascinate Bardic Performance on Ronan.

Also Ronan is an obvious Fighter. He wears full plate, he has a crappy Will save...

[Deadmanwalking]

VM mercenario wrote:

Bard definetly, but I'm not sure about Archaeologist. He did** spoiler omitted **
Also Ronan is an obvious Fighter. He wears full plate, he has a crappy Will save...

Eh, a Bluff check would seem to work for that. :)

[Lord Snow]

Rynjin wrote:

EltonJ wrote:

My gosh, the movie was fun. :) The whole movie was pretty much D&D in space. Star Lord is your Bard, Groot is a druid, Rocket Raccoon is a tech genius, Gamora is an assassin, and Drax -- BARBARIAN baby! :)

Star Lord is more like a Rogue/Gunslinger. Highly skilled, max ranks in Bluff, and he can shoot a pistol like nobody's bizniss.

It's probably a spell-less bard, I think, given his pelvic sorcery. Maybe some levels in gunslinger, I guess.

And, he's better at diplomacy than bluffing, honestly. He mostly spoke the truth in a convincing manner during the movie.

[Caineach]

Finally saw it last night.
I felt like Gamora had the most character development of the group. The problem was her character was bland and uninteresting, so it didn't matter how much they developed her.

Rocket stole the scene whenever he was on camera.

[MMCJawa]

VM mercenario wrote:

Deadmanwalking wrote:

Rynjin wrote:

EltonJ wrote:

My gosh, the movie was fun. :) The whole movie was pretty much D&D in space. Star Lord is your Bard, Groot is a druid, Rocket Raccoon is a tech genius, Gamora is an assassin, and Drax -- BARBARIAN baby! :)

Star Lord is more like a Rogue/Gunslinger. Highly skilled, max ranks in Bluff, and he can shoot a pistol like nobody's bizniss.

Definitely an Archaeologist Bard + one level of Gunslinger (for Dex-to-damage with guns, since it's a high gun setting). Best of both worlds.

Bard definetly, but I'm not sure about Archaeologist. He did** spoiler omitted **

Also Ronan is an obvious Fighter. He wears full plate, he has a crappy Will save...

Ronan actually strikes me as a anti-paladin...

[SeeDarkly_X]

GotG took #1 back this weekend.

We really are Groot!

[Purple Dragon Knight]

that's unreal

[Hama]

Well GotG is a million billion times better than Ninja Turtles. Of course it's back.