10 thoughts on “Latest Guardians of the Galaxy trailer triggers the Nerd’s Prayer.”

  2. Define “Suck”. Star Trek IV (the search for whales), Star Trek V (the search for a coherent plotline) or Fantastic Four (the search for any plotline at all)?
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    Mew

    1. Completely back on topic, YouTube doesn’t want to play the video .. gotta click through to the web site to see it .. worth the click, but .. they’re apparently attempting to see how many fans or potential fans there are..
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      p.s. looks like it might just not suck… maybe.

  6. It’s camp. The only way they can ruin it, is to take it too seriously.
    And even though trailers always lie, I think we’ve seen enough to dispel that fear.
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    What, the characters, situations, and physics are unrealistic? The plot has no angst?
    Who cares?
    It’s a bunch of ridiculously over-the-top characters doing ridiculously-over-the-top things, powered only by the Rule of Cool (with occasional incursions by the Rule of Funny).
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    My analogy is this:
    Deathstroke is to Deadpool
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    Doom Patrol is to Guardians of the Galaxy.
    In both cases, Marvel ripped off a grimdark DC property and had more fun with it than many jurisdictions allow.
    This is like Pacific Rim. If it’s done well, I want to see it. If it’s done poorly, I still want to see it–with some sarcastic friends!

    1. Ruined by taking too seriously? Ang Lee’s “Hulk”.
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      Ruined by *excessive* camp, though, is also possible .. it’s a matter of opinion, but .. “Mystery Men”.
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      Mew

      1. You just made me cringe.
        I don’t think one of the many problems with Mystery Men was excessive camp. Being a comedy with a complete lack of comedic timing would have to top the list. After that, it’s a bit like shoveling out the Augean stables. (Or running a similar postmortem on Mars Attacks!)

        1. Ah, but “Mars Attacks!” had two glaring flaws – too many of those involved appeared to feel superior to the material (the same flaw that doomed “The Mullets”..) – and, as with much vintage Burton, it was heavily laden with pop references that rapidly went stale. “Mars Attacks!” is, simply put, no fun to watch a second time.
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          “Mystery Men” is at least somewhat fun to re-watch, the critical flaw there – and the one that I fear “Guardians of the Galaxy” may rediscover – is that it’s quite possible to play against one trope, but playing against two simultaneously is *very* difficult to do well.
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          Mew

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