Which version of the Guardians of the Galaxy do you want to see on film?

[RaZaTrOn]

I can't wait for this, it'll be great. I do hope Nova steers clear for the first film as a cosmic character. I'd really want him to be introduced in a New Warriors film and then have him show up in GotG 2 in a cosmic world and then maybe have him in a solo film with the Nova Corps. Which would be a strange way to do a trilogy, because rather than a film trilogy it'd be a character trilogy.

As long as we get Groot and Raccoon the film will be great. Drax and Star-lord, Gamora and Moondragon and have Adam Warlock lead the team.

 

[def28]

Id be cool with them introducing Nova in a GOTG film. Seems right.

 

[RaZaTrOn]

I'd rather see him introduced as an Earth hero because I think it'd be more interesting to see the evolution of the character when he is flung into space.

 

[def28]

I'd rather see him introduced as an Earth hero because I think it'd be more interesting to see the evolution of the character when he is flung into space.

Same here, I would assume they would have to connect with earth somehow cause of The Avengers.

Im stoked theres a possibility of the character and that were getting a GOTG film. 5 years ago I never thought that would happen.

 

[KangConquers]

I'm thinking the team needs to be like six people max. As long as Gamora and Warlock are part of the team, I'm satisfied .

 

[Zarex]

I think a mash-up of the original 70's version of the Guardians along with their modern counterparts would work best. I caught up with the original story way back in Defenders #26, and I found the abridged version a compelling read. And I love the idea of setting the movie in the distant future with the potential for homages to the present time MCU.

The 70s team shares a lot of the same characteristics as the original on-screen X Men - there is a lead character who introduces the audience to this new universe in Vance Astro, most of the Guardians (Nikki, Charlie 27 and Martinex) have a common origin, and the team both shares a common residence and are lacking secret identities.

Like the original X-Men movie, I would start with a small initial team - Vance Astro along with the three mutated humans and perhaps a genetically modified raccoon. The initial group would then add allies and enemies from the current popular comic book run, and perhaps lose a member or two from the original team in dramatic fashion. Whatever path they choose, it should be a terrific film.

 

[bunk]

Guess I better pick up some GotG stuff since I know nothing about it.

 

[KangConquers]

I think a mash-up of the original 70's version of the Guardians along with their modern counterparts would work best. I caught up with the original story way back in Defenders #26, and I found the abridged version a compelling read. And I love the idea of setting the movie in the distant future with the potential for homages to the present time MCU.

The 70s team shares a lot of the same characteristics as the original on-screen X Men - there is a lead character who introduces the audience to this new universe in Vance Astro, most of the Guardians (Nikki, Charlie 27 and Martinex) have a common origin, and the team both shares a common residence and are lacking secret identities.

Like the original X-Men movie, I would start with a small initial team - Vance Astro along with the three mutated humans and perhaps a genetically modified raccoon. The initial group would then add allies and enemies from the current popular comic book run, and perhaps lose a member or two from the original team in dramatic fashion. Whatever path they choose, it should be a terrific film.

Star-Lord can just as easily offer a human perspective to the whole outing. Also, I think doing a GOTG to build up Thanos without Adam Warlock (his eternal rival) and Gamora (his adopted daughter) is kind of silly.

 

[Zarex]

Star-Lord can just as easily offer a human perspective to the whole outing. Also, I think doing a GOTG to build up Thanos without Adam Warlock (his eternal rival) and Gamora (his adopted daughter) is kind of silly.

Star-Lord could serve as the human perspective. I just find the Vance Astro origin - a human volunteers for the first interstellar travel and then wakes up in the future to find that his multi-century journey was for naught due to the advent of faster than light travel - to be a far more compelling story.

I would also love to see Adam Warlock on the big screen - one of my first comic purchases was "The Power of Warlock" #8 - but he has a very complex backstory. You could introduce him either in the first movie or a sequel, but complexity is not your friend when introducing a futuristic space opera to an audience completely unfamiliar with the subject matter.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Would absolutely love this to be true, loved the modern team in Conquest, and if they added Nova to the mix that would be even more amazing.

Drax alone also has me very hyped.

 

[darthhalen]

WOW Super pumped for this! My perfect team would be Star-Lord, Drax, Adam Warlock, Gamora Rocket Racoon and Groot, with may Nova thrown in(which I think Marvel will really do). Like Kang says it would be really dumb not to have Warlock and Gamora in the movie, and I'm personally rooting for then to have Nova as well. Hopefully Richard Rider and not the new kid.

 

[Raiden]

Part of me think a GOTG movie may be a bad idea, because they've been doing a good job grounding the universe in realism, even with the alien invasion story in The Avengers, and now we're going to have a team full of alien superheroes and a talking racoon among them. I don't want the Rocket Racoon to become the new Howard the Duck and ruin it whenever it's on the screen, and I hope Feige and Marvel Studios would think it through and not just doing this because of Thanos' impending appearance in a TA sequel.

 

[KangConquers]

Star-Lord could serve as the human perspective. I just find the Vance Astro origin - a human volunteers for the first interstellar travel and then wakes up in the future to find that his multi-century journey was for naught due to the advent of faster than light travel - to be a far more compelling story.

I would also love to see Adam Warlock on the big screen - one of my first comic purchases was "The Power of Warlock" #8 - but he has a very complex backstory. You could introduce him either in the first movie or a sequel, but complexity is not your friend when introducing a futuristic space opera to an audience completely unfamiliar with the subject matter.

I prefer Star-Lord's fallen hero story myself. He was given too much power, too young, used it irresponsibly, and caused a tragedy. Now, in his 30s, he's trying to make-up for it. He's a far more charismatic character than Vance imo, and Vance also suffers from a semi-Captain America knock off plot.

The simple solution to the problem you mentioned with Warlock is just not doing an origins story for every character; have the origin be the origin of the team, Warlock's story could also be simplified slightly while still keeping in line with the idea of a perfect, artificial human being with an imperfect soul. It's all about capturing the essence of the character.

Ultimately though, our opinions don't matter. Feige has already decided which Guardians he's going with, and he decided on the 2008 version, according to a few quotes early in the year.

 

[Zarex]

Part of me think a GOTG movie may be a bad idea, because they've been doing a good job grounding the universe in realism, even with the alien invasion story in The Avengers, and now we're going to have a team full of alien superheroes and a talking racoon among them. I don't want the Rocket Racoon to become the new Howard the Duck and ruin it whenever it's on the screen, and I hope Feige and Marvel Studios would think it through and not just doing this because of Thanos' impending appearance in a TA sequel.

If the rumors are true, this will be a completely new universe set 1,000 years or so in the future. Marvel will be able to get away with a lot of silliness without laying a glove on the relative realism of their movies set in present day MCU earth.

 

[Zarex]

Ultimately though, our opinions don't matter. Feige has already decided which Guardians he's going with, and he decided on the 2008 version, according to a few quotes early in the year.

Yes, but the recent rumor also states that it is going to be set in a future version of the MCU. So it will borrow at least that aspect from the original team, and I am guessing a few other plot points and characters as well.

 

[KangConquers]

http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/186641-exclusive-kevin-feige-spills-guardians-of-the-galaxy-news

When asked for to confirm that an upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie would be focused on the new team, as opposed to the original team, created in 1969 which had their own well-received series from Jim Valentino in the 1990s, he clarified: "Yeah. It's more Star-Lord and Drax and Gamora, and less Vance Astro and that team."


I'm assuming the whole 31st century babble that's going around came from a lazy search of the Guardians origins on Wikipedia, and they came up with the wrong team. It's obviously going to be the 21st century, Modern version.

 

[Captain Marvel]

If the rumors are true, this will be a completely new universe set 1,000 years or so in the future. Marvel will be able to get away with a lot of silliness without laying a glove on the relative realism of their movies set in present day MCU earth.

Nah, it won't be. Feige has already stated that when they make a Guardians of the Galaxy movie it'll be based on the current team and not the 31st century version.

 

[Neo_3]

Star-Lord can just as easily offer a human perspective to the whole outing. Also, I think doing a GOTG to build up Thanos without Adam Warlock (his eternal rival) and Gamora (his adopted daughter) is kind of silly.

Doesn't Thanos and Drax have more history?

 

[KangConquers]

Doesn't Thanos and Drax have more history?

If you consider being randomly killed by someone more history than raising someone, sure I guess. I'd definitely have Drax in the film too, though I'd hold off on Moondragon until a sequel.

 

[RaZaTrOn]

I would love to see Cosmo in this.

 

[Raiden]

I think although GOTG will be set in the MCU, I'd like to see them mostly focus on their own universe and not be too involved with the Earth-bound superheroes, so they can be in space as much as possible. If done right, I think GOTG can be expanded and become very popular and profitable franchise for Marvel, and they can be branch off into Nova and Ms. Marvel solo movies (if they cover the Kree/Skrull war).

 

[Captain Marvel]

Adam Warlock and Gamora are definitely a must for a first film. Drax is debateable depending on what they do with Thanos (For the first film, at least. He's an absolute MUST for the series, though, as is Moondragon). For instance, we're all assuming that he'll be the villain but that's not a given. He may very well turn out to be an ally who works with them against the main enemy of the villain. Not out of the goodness of his heart, naturally, but rather for his own purposes as he did when he teamed up with Adam Warlock against the Universal Church of Truth way back when. So in that case then Drax would be an obstruction and should be saved for a second film.

That type of scenario is what I'm personally hoping for. One where Thanos helps them defeat the villain, only for it to turn out that he only did so because the villain had an Infinity Gem in his possession and he needed the help to claim it, and he goes on his way without any of the heroes the wiser, at least until he's already long gone.

But who knows what Marvel will do. Whatever the case, I'm really looking forward to it and I'm extremely excited about the idea of the GotG getting their own movie. Even as a kid I was a huge fan of Adam Warlock and never in my dreams did I ever think he'd ever show up in a movie, so to hear now that he will be in a movie after all along with Thanos? I don't think it gets any better than that.

 

[Destructus86]

Racoon is gonna be soooo tricky to introduce to the GA.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Nah, if Racoons a badass, it's not going to be that difficult at all.

 

[Aztec]

My team would consist of:

Drax the Destroyer

Star-Lord:

Gamora:

Adam Warlock:

Groot:

Rocket Raccoon:

I think 6 is the optimal number; of course including one female member. Hey it worked for Avengers.