Superhero Comics 101

[bfmusashi]

I thought he was using it as a synonym for venal, but then, why didn't they sneak the word venal in.

[Chronowraith]

Saw Guardians of the Galaxy. Really enjoyed it, but had a few problems with it:

-First half seemed to drag a little, wasn't completely engaged with it Not bad just, meh, I don't know. Got a lot better though.
-Oh ha ha, the male lead sleeps with so many women he can't remember their names, that never gets old
-Kind of sick of seeing badass women characters introduced by having their first failure occur involving the mail protagonist
-Where are all the womens? The Nova Corp had Glenn Close and a couple of others but everyone actually seen putting their lives at risk were male.
-Lots of scantily clad women in bar scenes and some unnecessary shots of Gamoras bum
-No female Ravagers?
-Needed more Nebula
-Drax is overrated, had like two very amusing lines and the rest was meh? Could have swapped him out for another female member of the GotG and had a much mor interesting team dynamic
-Gamora ends up being the 'srs girl who rolls eyes at the wacky boys because girls are nags' character a lot of the time
-Why did Mr Literal Drax call Gamora a wh*re when she wasn't literally a sex worker?

But a lot of those issues faded in the second half which was really good. Looking forward to GotG but I REALLY WANT A NEBULA+GAMORA FILM! Like Frozen, but with a lot more violence.

Difference of opinion but that's about it... a few comments about your own comments though...

*Understand what you are saying about Gamorra but her first scene was in Ronin's command room. Also to be fair... when she was introduced to Peter Quill they all kind of failed since that is when they were arrested.
*Ever been to a real seedy dive bar? That's what you'll find. Questionably dressed women and overly aggressive men... Also, while there were plenty of unnecessary shots of Gamorra's rear.. there were plenty of unecessary shots of Peter Quill's abs too.
*In the comics there are no female ravagers because the male ones would rape and eat them.
*Drax is an integral part of the revised Guardian's of the Galaxy team as written by Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett. While he was portrayed with a certain amount of mediocrity in the movie he's still a quintessential character of the group. Th eonly female that is really missing from the equation is Moondragon.
*Again... read the comics. Gamorra may not be as literal as Drax... but she is serious with little sense of humor. She isn't a nag.. she's simply all business because her idea of playing *IS* business (i.e. killing people).
*As others have mentioned I took the comment of wh*re to mean unscrupulous. Certainly a more modern definition but then we are talking about a space adventure... not medieval Europe.

I only have two complaints about the movie and both of them center on female characters. For someone who is supposed to be a major bad@$$ Gamorra certainly gets beaten around quite abit. Seemed a bit incongruous. Nebula seemed simply tacked onto the story and completely unnecessary. Definitely would have liked to see her more integral to the plot.

Just my two cents. Your mileage may vary.

[eldargal]

Well the depictions be accurate to the comics but they are still kind of tropey, Gamora was a bit of a humourlass nag and even she is like that in the comics it is still a trope. A really boring one too. Why can't the female badass by the silly joking one for a change? Stuff like their only being male ravagers for whatever reason is really just excuses, it could be retconned easily enough, its a creative choice and any creative choice which continues to exlude women from groups in scifi is just bull**** as far as I'm concerned.

Like I said they aren't huge complaints but just a few little things which kind of grounded an otherwise reasonably inventive and unusual scifi film in fairly standard tropes.

[Mr Mystery]

I too would like to see more Nebula and Gamora.

Spoiler free, but there's still a lot more to be explored in that relationship overall, given their common origins and common motivation.

[Gotthammer]

I took my little brother (who falls on the autism spectrum) to see Guardians of the Galaxy and after this scene he lit up like a Christmas tree and screamed “He’s like me! He can’t do metaphors!” And for the rest of the film my brother stared at Drax in a state of rapture.
So for the last 6 days I have heard my brother repeatedly quote all of the Drax lines from the movie verbatim (one of his talents), begin studying vocabulary test words, and tell everyone he knows that people with autism can also be superheroes.

Now I am not saying that Drax the Destroyer is, or was ever, intended to be autistic. All I am saying is that it warmed my heart to see my brother have an opportunity to identify himself with a character known for his strength, badassness, and honor. And that is pretty damn awesome.
So while I adored Guardians of the Galaxy as a great fun loving film with cool characters I can do nothing but thank Marvel Studios and Dave Bautista for finally bringing a superhero to the screen that my little brother can relate to.

[eldargal]

Like I said they need to make Frozen in Space with Nebula and Gamora.

Oh and I also agree that Gamora was certainly somewhat lacking in badass moments except against Nebula which is kind of problematic in itself, like she can beat up her sister and a few lackeys but that's it.

Edit: That makes me like Drax a little more.

[Mr Mystery]

I actually thought of Drax as one of the more stand out characters in the film.

He has a decent journey of development, and Dave Bautista seriously impressed me with his acting ability, thought I did admiteddly start with quite low expectations.

In fact, one of the things I enjoyed most about the film was not knowing a great deal about the heroes and their story. So I could just enjoy the plot as it unfolded, and inherently saw little to none of it coming.

[Deadlift]

I too would like to see more Nebula and Gamora.

Spoiler free, but there's still a lot more to be explored in that relationship overall, given their common origins and common motivation.

All the actors in Guardians have been signed for 5 more movies. So yes I am guessing we will see a bit more. Thanos and the infinity gauntlet to feature heavily. The inhumans are also now rumoured to be in the works with Vin D signed up for Black Bolt. Another role with little talking for him.

[Psychosplodge]

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[Darren Richardson]

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I LOL at this, and here I thought Logan was all alone in the bed!

Very clever panels