Over on FB, one of P-C's friends called GotG "Marvel Farscape," which makes me need to see it RIGHT NOW. (I mean, I was planning to see it anyway, but we don't really have time until next weekend. We could maybe possibly we see a late movie tonight. Hmmm.)
I'll be in my bunk.
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Steph L. - Aug 01, 2014 8:49:25 am PDT #27485 of 30000
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Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2014 9:02:07 am PDT #27486 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"Farscape meets Avengers" is an apt description of the movie.
Consuela - Aug 01, 2014 9:16:16 am PDT #27487 of 30000
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"Farscape meets Avengers" is an apt description of the movie
Awesome! I'm going tonight with my niece.
Burrell - Aug 01, 2014 9:59:22 am PDT #27488 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That movie is actually very faithful to LA geography.
Yes it is, I've always considered it an LA movie. So many movies set in LA get it completely wrong.
beekaytee - Aug 01, 2014 11:56:32 am PDT #27489 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Marvel Farscape
This is genius in how perfectly apt it is.
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2014 1:03:02 pm PDT #27490 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found GotG fun, but not up to the hype. Or even the previews. They were funnier.
Juliebird - Aug 01, 2014 1:18:02 pm PDT #27491 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I think I must be the only person in the universe who isn't interested in GotG, even with the hype and good reviews. Maybe because it skews too much on the goofy comedy side, it seems from the trailers, and I just don't go in for comedies, even on DVD, let alone the theatre?
I might go see it to listen to Vin Diesel, though, provided he has enough dialogue...
Jesse - Aug 01, 2014 1:20:39 pm PDT #27492 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, phew. I was in danger of overhyping myself.
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2014 1:44:28 pm PDT #27493 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I might go see it to listen to Vin Diesel, though, provided he has enough dialogue...
To tell, or not to tell...
But if you don't like comedies, you shouldn't bother go seeing one. Even though I thought it was definitely less funny than the trailers imply, it's still clearly a comedy.
Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2014 1:45:34 pm PDT #27494 of 30000
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I found GotG fun, but not up to the hype. Or even the previews. They were funnier.
I agree that it doesn't live up to the hype, but there was a lot of really funny shit in the movie that wasn't in the previews. The thing with Rocket asking for the guy's leg and then the guy's eye killed us.
Maybe because it skews too much on the goofy comedy side, it seems from the trailers
The movie is actually not as relentlessly goofy and comedic as the trailers make it look. It has a lot of lighter moments and typical undercut-the-drama Marvel humor, but it's also very much a dramatic movie. Pretty good balance.
I might go see it to listen to Vin Diesel, though, provided he has enough dialogue...
Uh, well, he does say, "I am Groot," a lot. (Also I love that he recorded that dialogue in other languages for foreign releases.)