Just got back from GotG. Both I and the guy sitting next to me reacted at the give a shit line because it was so obviously metaphorical and that never got called out by Mr Literal.

I just saw GotG. OMG I loved it. I laughed, I cried, I went eww. I am in love with Rocket and want to marry him and have little Groot babies.

Yondu being Redneck Smurf was jarring and mysterious. I expected banjos. But whatever, it didn't bother me that much.

Lee Pace did well enough. They all did well enough. I was very happy with it. I will see it again in the theater at least once.

The after-credit scene has destroyed my world. That character cannot exist in my universe. I deny it.

Avengers is still #1, but the margin is much closer now!

Also, I don't have a headache anymore, so GotG also has healing powers.

Also, I don't have a headache anymore, so GotG also has healing powers.

It's Groot! Herbs heal, right? He's a plant...ergo...

I have a mad crush on Rocket and am hoping for many years of Legolas/Gimli-like buddidom from those two.

So glad your headache is gone, Zen!

If they don't make a little dancing Groot in a vase for us to buy, they are missing a huge marketing opportunity.

So true.

they are missing a huge marketing opportunity.

Someone is certainly taking that opportunity.

This comic is relevant (and 100% non-spoilery) for GotG: [link]

Someone is certainly taking that opportunity.

But, does it dance? Favorited, nevertheless.

I don't know how many people have heard the "news" that Studio Ghibli is closing down. Apparently that's not precisely correct--a translation of an interview with Toshio Suzuki (a Ghibli producer) who says instead "We're thinking about disbanding the production department and making a big change to the larger view of Studio Ghibli."

Discussing Miyazaki's retirement, he says "right about now, we will take a short rest and think about what's next."

So the news isn't as bad as it initially was reported (source, Tumblr screenshots with untranslated Japanese subtitles--I don't understand how if Wikipedia is not a reliable source, TUMBLR should be reported verbatim from, but whatevs...)

Whatever the news really is, the landscape will change beyond Miyazaki's retirement, it seems.

So, I went to see GotG last night, like I said. And I did enjoy it, I really did. But I have feminist issues with it (and a few pop culture reference/linguistic issues, because I am Super Pedantic).

As I was watching, I thought, "Man, she's awfully Widow-esque." And, when I said this to my brother, he said, "Well, she's an assassin. What kind of daughter would you expect Thanos to have?" And I didn't argue with him, but that is the LEAST interesting choice for which of the group is gonna be a girl, if we're only going to have one girl (which, let's be clear, I don't see any reason that has to be the limit).

I mean, I would really have loved to see a lady playing Rocket or Drax* (and, while we're at it, how about Yondu?). I don't think Peter would have played well, sadly, because sexism.

* Yes, Dave Batista was basically perfect, but the point stands, I think.