Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy: General Discussion & Speculation Thread - Part 2

[SuperSAINT]

Can really feel the Star Wars vibe. Just looking at this picture makes me think of this song.

[YT]JaPf-MRKITg[/YT]

Agreed.

 

[Crimson King]

star wars cantina vibe which i love

Is that one of the Infinity Gems in his hand?

 

[ctsketch]

Is that one of the Infinity Gems in his hand?

too big and square IMO

 

[SuperSAINT]

Is that one of the Infinity Gems in his hand?

More importantly, is that Obadiah Stane that he's showing it too?

 

[Crimson King]

It's Ming the Merciless

 

[Son of Coul]

Awesome stuff. Yeah, the SW-vibe is undeniable. I feel like they intended for this to be a return to that SW OT feeling before Disney bought Lucasfilm.

Now that Episode VII is due a year later than this, I wonder if we'll have a little bit of "Who wore it better?" between Gunn's GOTG and Abrams' Episode VII.

 

[cherokeesam]

It's Ming the Merciless

Ming the Merciless with plumber's crack.

Seriously, I'm wondering who the two humans (humanoids) are, and why they look so....human. I was really thinking Quill would be the only human in space, but it's beginning to look like he'll have a lot of species company in this film. Could this be the 31st century after all, and PQ not only crosses space but time as well? Would be easier to reconcile the appearance of more humans (including, maybe, Nova....? fingers crossed) in space.

Also, that ship in the second pic is most likely the Guardians' own Icarus. The smaller ship below it, though, I'm getting a Nova Corps vibe from. Hate getting my hopes up this early, but I'm starting to see more entirely circumstantial evidence piling up for Nova in the film....

 

[ctsketch]

I've always pictured a firefly meets star wars vibe for GOTG. I am excited

 

[Rock Sexton]

Ming the Merciless with plumber's crack.

Seriously, I'm wondering who the two humans (humanoids) are, and why they look so....human. I was really thinking Quill would be the only human in space, but it's beginning to look like he'll have a lot of species company in this film. Could this be the 31st century after all, and PQ not only crosses space but time as well? Would be easier to reconcile the appearance of more humans (including, maybe, Nova....? fingers crossed) in space.

Also, that ship in the second pic is most likely the Guardians' own Icarus. The smaller ship below it, though, I'm getting a Nova Corps vibe from. Hate getting my hopes up this early, but I'm starting to see more entirely circumstantial evidence piling up for Nova in the film....

Drax is at the table, he's the one with his arms folded. Actually all the Guardians are there at the table. Drax is on the right of Rocket. Groot is to the right of Drax. Quill is next to Groot. I believe that's Gamora with the lighter blue face.

 

[Surfer]

What is so great about this image is that alot of people have said what a hard time the audience will have buying Rocket Racoon and Groot and yet in this image they fit in flawlessly and the setting feels perfectly natural.

Surfer

 

[Mr. Dent]

I never understood anyone's confusion. The property was mentioned as a phase 2 possibility several times over the course of 2011 and 2012. By the third or fourth mention, I took the hint and caught up on my Guardians reading.

After I saw the Avengers mid-credit scene, my certainty that Guardians of the Galaxy was the (then un-announced) second 2014 movie shot up to nearly 100%. Anyone who still thought we were getting Black Panther or Doctor Strange after seeing Thanos's ugly mug simply wasn't thinking.

I agree. I took the hint back in 2011 after that reports came out talking about the Guardians being a serious contender for a film. I'm betting we'll see a similar situation when the Inhumans are announced.

Speculating, of course... could those be Nova ships?

I think it's more likely the big ship is Icarus, the 90's Guardians' ship. The small one may be a Nova ship...although I wouldn't be surprised if it's just Rocket and and Groot's old ship.

Awesome stuff. Yeah, the SW-vibe is undeniable. I feel like they intended for this to be a return to that SW OT feeling before Disney bought Lucasfilm.

Now that Episode VII is due a year later than this, I wonder if we'll have a little bit of "Who wore it better?" between Gunn's GOTG and Abrams' Episode VII.

I think the aesthetic and some scenes may be reminiscent of SW but honestly I don't think this movie will be nearly as similar in tone to SW as people seem to be thinking.

 

[cherokeesam]

Drax is at the table, he's the one with his arms folded. Actually all the Guardians are there at the table. Drax is on the right of Rocket. Groot is to the right of Drax. Quill is next to Groot. I believe that's Gamora with the lighter blue face.

I *know* all that....I was talking about the two human guys at the far left of the table. Ming the Merciless and Noodle from Gorillaz. They're not Guardians, and they don't look particularly friendly to the Guardians, either. I'm wondering who *they* are.

 

[Mr. Dent]

It would make a lot of sense for them to tell this from the perspective of a time hopping story, since it's easier to get than Peter being teleported to the other side of the universe for some reason. Thing is, how the eff would Thanos fit in that way?

Also, after thinking about it, maybe Icarus/Ship will be a Nova-jacked ship? We know Star-Lord and crew are being branded as space pirates in this, so it would make sense for them to jack a ship from Nova. Looking more closely at the concept art, that looks like a Nova fleet/platoon too, with several ships being in the background surrounding the larger one.

 

[Surfer]

Drax is at the table, he's the one with his arms folded. Actually all the Guardians are there at the table. Drax is on the right of Rocket. Groot is to the right of Drax. Quill is next to Groot. I believe that's Gamora with the lighter blue face.

I think the 2 humanoid characters cherokeesam was mentioning as well as questioning are located down and to the left of Gamora and to the left of Quill. Personally though, I don't think they are necessarilly Guardians just because they are sitting at the same table, as much as they might be a group of mercenaries or space pirates that they are doing business with, not unlike Han Solo used the bar to conduct his business in Star Wars.

Surfer

 

[cherokeesam]

I think the 2 humanoid characters cherokeesam was mentioning as well as questioning are located down and to the left of Gamora and to the left of Quill. Personally though, I don't think they are necessarilly Guardians just because they are sitting at the same table, as much as they might be a group of mercenaries or space pirates that they are doing business with, not unlike Han Solo used the bar to conduct his business in Star Wars.

Surfer

I didn't say those two guys are Guardians....
They're clearly "guests" at the table. Probably trying to haggle with Quill for whatever treasure he's got in his hand. My guess is: bad guys. All I'm wondering is who the **** they are....!

 

[Surfer]

Also, is that a droid to the left of Gamora? If so it is kind of cool that they used that in the production art to further play up the Star Wars feel.

Surfer

 

[Son of Coul]

I think the aesthetic and some scenes may be reminiscent of SW but honestly I don't think this movie will be nearly as similar in tone to SW as people seem to be thinking.

Well of course it won't be spot-on, we can probably expect something more comedic with a Marvel twist. But the way they've previously talked about it lead me to believe they want to at least sort of tap into that tone.

 

[Mr. Dent]

Well of course it won't be spot-on, we can probably expect something more comedic with a Marvel twist. But the way they've previously talked about it lead me to believe they want to at least sort of tap into that tone.

I didn't mean in a more comedic way, but okay.

 

[Son of Coul]

Okay then.

 

[Surfer]

I didn't say those two guys are Guardians....
They're clearly "guests" at the table. Probably trying to haggle with Quill for whatever treasure he's got in his hand. My guess is: bad guys. All I'm wondering is who the **** they are....!

cherokeesam,

I think you may have misinterpreted what I wrote or at least what I meant.

I was actually telling Rock Sexton that you were questioning who the 2 guys were (that were not part of the Guardians Team) as he had listed off every one of the Guardians at the table in response to your initial comment related to 2 humanoid characters. Therefore, I didn't feel like he was understanding which 2 characters you were refering to. So, in essence I was not in disagreement with you, just trying to clarify for him what you were talking about to avoid confusion. Unfortunately, I think in the process it may have caused more confusion with you believing I was saying, the 2 characters you were questioning were part of the Guardians of the Galaxy team, when I was not saying that at all. If I did confuse you in any way I apologize, but I was only trying to help.

Surfer

 

[HUMANIMAL]

I *know* all that....I was talking about the two human guys at the far left of the table. Ming the Merciless and Noodle from Gorillaz. They're not Guardians, and they don't look particularly friendly to the Guardians, either. I'm wondering who *they* are.

look like space thieves to me...great concept art by the way

 

[Dark Raven]

I don't think those two guys are anyone in particular. They probably have as much significance as these villains in Indiana Jones that he gets into a fight with in a market or like those at the beginning of Temple of Doom at the Chinese restaurant place with the turntable. Just throwaway villains.

Or a bit like the villains Captain Kirk gets into a barfight with at the beginning of Star Trek 09 before he's recruited by Captain Pike.

 

[Surfer]

I don't think those two guys are anyone in particular. They probably have as much significance as these villains in Indiana Jones that he gets into a fight with in a market or like those at the beginning of Temple of Doom at the Chinese restaurant place with the turntable. Just throwaway villains.

Or a bit like the villains Captain Kirk gets into a barfight with at the beginning of Star Trek 09 before he's recruited by Captain Pike.

Exactly this!

Surfer

 

[Surfer]

look like space thieves to me...great concept art by the way

Yeah, what I like about it is that the 2 guys look like they think they are all bad @$$ and they are trying to be all imposing and what not. I mean you can tell by the one guy grabbing for Gamora and the other one making gestures probably demanding money or something. Well they just messed with the wrong group me thinks!

Surfer

 

[Mr. Dent]

We might not even see those guys in the movie. This is all just concept art.