Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Avengers are way more powerful.

Just Hulk, and Thor alone could rip the GOTG in half, and they have no one that can mind control.

GOTG has some really powerful members such as Adam Warlock, but they are not in the Movie team yet.

Urlithani_sl said:

Help out a non-marvel guy here: What's the power level of the GotG? I'm sure it varies based on the writer (just like every comic book hero)

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As always



But yeah, in general they are more like a space Navy Seal team than a bunch of powerhouses taking down global threats head on.

Yeah, star lord isn't even close to Ironman.
Alot of his deal is he's mostly just a normal human totally playing out of his weight class. Resourcefulness+10000000
First incarnation did have cybernetics, etc. flight via them. element gun Basically space ghost.

The rest of the guardians WAY out level him.

Gamora is top tier. "enhanced" by Thanos twice. and taught by him. assassin. could fight Gladiator, Thor, etc and win basically.
Drax as noted. basically Thing/Hulk level. his purpose is to kill Thanos.
Groot is very hard to kill. survived his body being broken more then once. royalty, very smart. Very strong. As noted. used to be able talk normal. but as a joke, just says "I AM GROOT!" now. With the joke being hes actually having a conversation, but we just hear that. Rocket can understand him.
Rocket is a tactical genius. loves big guns. always has big guns.

Others not here.
Nova. Nova corp are pretty much literally green lanterns.
Cosmos. telepathic russian cosmonaut dog. yes. he really needs to be in the movie.
Mantis. also physic. Pretty strong one.
Warlock. basically the beyonder level.
Phyla-Vell Captain marvel for a while. super str/flight. energy absorbtion/emission.

The team is more misfits then gods. Fighting unwinable fights.

From a recent issue of All New X-men.

Groot wants that ASS

Tred_sl said:

From a recent issue of All New X-men.

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Hopefully my shop will have that variant edition so I can pick it up. GotG and All New X-Men have a good story running through them that I'm enjoying right now, "The Trail of Jean Grey".

New Guardians footage from tonight's special

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=96354

lanx_sl said:

this is 616 (current marvel universe) what i call a reboot of the characters for 2007 (so like star-lord having an element gun, i won't mention)

starlord - alien/human hybrid, *had* cybernetic implants gone (in movie they are there) maybe a bit stronger than a human, tactician/inspirational leader is his abilities. (capt america w/o the steroids and shield)

drax - created to destroy, stronger than a human, once he has a goal (usually coinciding with destroying something) he gets it done. (hulk with way less muscles, a bit more smarter and stabbing instead of smashing)

gamora - is augmented in some places... think a more effective black widow, prefers edged weapons.

groot - a scientist of royalty has been retconned to just say "i am groot" with different inflections, think GOT, Hordor, since groot usually carries around rocket and is rocket's weapons platform, strong tree

rocket - racoon with high intelligence, works really well with heavy weapons and one of the best strategic minds. (doesn't lead well, cuz racoon)

no, the powerset of the avengers is x100 more than GoTG. Avengers has a God and a Hulk.

currently, iron man pal'd around with GoTG and his technology was considered pedestrian compared to what GoTG had.

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This post is incorrect. Caliane is correct.

Movie will be a risk in anycase. Even non-comic fans had heard of Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor. GOTG is hipster level obscure for the public at large. The special last night even admitted it is a risk.

Now granted, if they market it right AND the movie is extremely solid AND gets good word of mouth, it may do well. But they are banking on the Marvel brand selling it, whereas the previous tentpole films had recognition of characters even if your average filmgoer had no clue what company published the comics.

All movies can be considered a risk, I suppose. Granted a sequel can be a little less risky. But, seriously, if a movie is fucking good, where's the risk? In the entire history of movies, how many awesome movies have failed at the box office? Yeah, occasionally one will slip through due to bad marketing or some other snafu, or just the fact that the majority of humans are dumbfucks. The only real risk, I think, is when you're experimenting with some new gimmick. A good movie is a good movie, regardless of the IP. In the case of sci-fi, the hardest part is getting the average moron to go see it instead of the latest romcom or other bullshit.

Raes_sl said:

In the entire history of movies, how many awesome movies have failed at the box office?

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Citizen Kane? Wizard of Oz? Blade Runner? Dazed and Confused? Office Space? Shawshank? Scott Pilgrim? Fight Club? Dredd?

Making a great movie is absolutely no guarantee of success.

Raes_sl said:

All movies can be considered a risk, I suppose. Granted a sequel can be a little less risky. But, seriously, if a movie is fucking good, where's the risk? In the entire history of movies, how many awesome movies have failed at the box office? Yeah, occasionally one will slip through due to bad marketing or some other snafu, or just the fact that the majority of humans are dumbfucks. The only real risk, I think, is when you're experimenting with some new gimmick. A good movie is a good movie, regardless of the IP. In the case of sci-fi, the hardest part is getting the average moron to go see it instead of the latest romcom or other bullshit.

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Huh? There have been a bunch of movies that they themselves were good but their box office take was shit.

Baron Munchausen is the first that pops into my mind.

With tiny effort on Googles a bunch of "cult" favorites did terrible in the box office, Blade Runner, It's a Wonderful Life, Wizard of Oz, Big Trouble in Little China, some Shawshank thing, holy shit Citizen Kane, Labyrinth, Dredd and a lot more. These are all movies considered above average or better, if for no other reason than we still watch them today, that did shit.

It is actually surprising how many there are. Here is a list of 50, I'd sat at least 20 we could probably all agree were great movies.http://bit.ly/1aha9MI | TotalFilm.com

Let me repeat."Yeah, occasionally one will slip through due to bad marketing or some other snafu, or just the fact thatthe majority of humans are dumbfucks."

"If you make an great movie it will succeed. Unless it doesn't."

Bold stance.

Ridiculous. The majority of the time good movies succeed, that is a fact. If it wasn't, the movie industry would have crashed and burned a long time ago. Wtf?


Edit: There's also the fact that the movie industry is really kinda weird. Compare 2 movies. One a 200 million dollar sci-fi extravaganza, the other a 10 million dollar drama. They're both about the same length, and the tickets cost the same. They both pull in 75 million, but one's a failure, and the other is a crazy success. Because success is measured in profit, of course.

I don't watch much TV so I don't get to see commercials/TV spots/etc. How is this movie being marketed? I mean, is it being marketed as part of the Marvel universe (which it obviously is) or is it being marketed as more of Sci-fi adventure, with the Marvel tie-ins being more like easter eggs?