Now that Marvel has kicked us in the nuts by announcing that we’ll have to wait until 2015 for the Avengers sequel, we have no choice but to hunker down and get by on the excitement of the sequels to the individual character films like Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Thor: Dark World, as well as whatever is happening with The Incredible Hulk. Of course we also have the mysterious Guardians of the Galaxy film now, which lost a little more mystery over the weekend with the announcement that James Gunn will direct.
Gunn, who is not the really annoying fashion guy as I first thought, previously wrote and directed Super, which starred Rainn Wilson as the Crimson Bolt, and because of his “geeky sensibilities” Marvel is convinced he can tell this story well.
Guardians of the Galaxy will be Marvel’s greatest challenge, though, at least throughout these first two phases. It’s primarily a space-set adventure featuring various creatures, including a badass gun-toting racoon. The latest plot synopsis claims the film will be “about a U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants.” It’s a tough sell, but Gunn is an inspired choice and one we applaud. (Via Movies.com)
As we’ve previously discussed, this is a really ballsy film in general. With this latest news, it just got about 100-times ballsier. I like the story idea – a lost Earth pilot ends up in the middle of a galactic battle – a lot, because it vaguely reminds me of The Last Starfighter, which in turn reminds me of Star Crunch, which is the greatest snack cake ever made.
However, as has been our concern since this film was announced – and despite how people choose to read this – we’re still talking about a movie about a team of alien vigilantes, including a tree man and a talking raccoon. I don’t have a prediction as to how Gunn will do, but no matter how anyone spins this idea to me, I still can’t stop thinking about this…
Ah, the 80′s. When it was acceptable to make movies about women having sex with ducks.
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‘Gunn, who is not the really annoying fashion guy’
TAKE IT BACK!
Actually, I met Tim Gunn once, and he was very nice.
Cool story, Boots.
Aaaaand cue the flood of people demanding that Nathan Fillion be cast in this movie.
I liked Slither, though.
Um, he would I actually make a pretty good Star-Lord, no foolin.
I might be in the minority but I thought Slither and especially Super were terrible movies.
And yeah, this is just what we need, another guy with Nathan Fillion ties to get a big superhero project.
I thought Super was both terrible and kinda awesome. It flipped flopped scene-to-scene.
Knowing James Gunn, a woman having sex with an anthropomorphic duck could probably be one of the more normal things in the movie.
Cameo by Sgt. Kabukiman or GTF… actually, no, nevermind.
Slither and Super were great movies. He also wrote both Scooby Doo films so at least he has experience with talking animals.
But more importantly:
“about a U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants.”
Isn’t this the plot of Farscape?
Is Ben Browder too old to be in movies?
Between Racoon and James Gunn, they should finally be done…
To shoot off the legs of their rivals.
Nice Beatles reference
+1 Internet point.
Then there is his Troma movie “Lolli-love” with his ex-wife Jenna Fischer.
I met Jenna Fischer once. She misheard my name as “Fence.” True story.
Nice name drop brah.
As far as names go, Fence Mancini is pretty gate.
I once met a dude named “Battery.” I was like “your parents named you ‘Battery?’” And he was all “Your parents named you Jon?” And then I stabbed him to death behind the In and Out in Bakersfield.
Listen Rocket Raccoon and Groot are perfectly cromulant characters. A tree man and a Raccoon man are the perfect team for space justice.
Space justice is coons in trees? I guess it really is the final frontier.
Sarah Jessica Parker as Beta Ray Bill or GTFO.
I’ve met the Venice Beach Tree Man. Whenever he leaves a room he says, “Tree you later.” Casting gold.
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Yes, this sounds like Farscape without the large-breasted blue plant lady and the well-endowed brunette cop/soldier or the medium-sized perky breasted hippie con-chick. What’s the point?
Hey, if they stick by the comics they’ll have a large-breasted green homicidal lady and a well-endowed white-haired cop/soldier and a medium-sized perky-breasted hippie green chick.
The point is none of those are Groot. And Groot is awesome.
Hey goddammit, Star Crunch’s aren’t snack cakes, they are cosmic snack cookies.