Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

*Andrew NDB* · 08-03-2022, 12:10 AM

So they're calling it the epilogue to Phase 4.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/guardia...e-4s-epilogue/

... which begs the question, an epilogue to what over-arching story, exactly?

I'd bet there's some juicy Gamora stuff in it. Maybe her memories are restored, or something. Something holiday cheery like that, which leaves Guardians Vol. 3 to have a nice clean start with all the principals in top shape.

*Autbot_Benz* · 10-25-2022, 12:30 PM

*IMJ* · 10-25-2022, 01:11 PM

Interesting.....

*ProphetofGanja* · 10-25-2022, 04:26 PM

Never thought they'd bring Kevin Bacon into the MCU as himself

this should be fun, if nothing else

*neatoman* · 10-25-2022, 04:31 PM

So... What if... Kevin Bacon... Is a fake identity for Sebastian Shaw?

*IMJ* · 10-25-2022, 04:48 PM

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So... What if... Kevin Bacon... Is a fake identity for Sebastian Shaw?

BOOOM!

Mind blown

*TigerClaw* · 10-25-2022, 05:39 PM

Cosmo is gonna be in it, Also Cosmo will be female since her voice was recently announced at D23.

*Andrew NDB* · 11-25-2022, 10:45 PM

Saw it. Eh, so that's all this is? It's not really anything. "Cute," I guess. It's like 45 minutes of the dance off at the end of Guardians 1, basically.

~~AquaParade~~ · 11-26-2022, 07:25 AM

I didn’t really like this.

I can’t vibe with Gunn’s humor. I respect the guy and I like that he doesn’t shy away from the violence, the edge, or the insanity of comics, but it just doesn’t come together for me in the writing.

Actually it sort of feel like it’s simultaneously for adults and children, without truly suiting either group. Although plenty of people love his work, so that’s just my minority opinion.

The music was just annoying. Lots of just bad sounding “pop punk Christmas!” type stuff. Nearly turned it off in the first few minutes because of the goofy music scene.

Anyway, I think a holiday special for Disney+ was a great concept. I hope they do more stuff like this with different creators and characters. And I’m still looking forward to Gunn running the DC films. I think he’ll do well with that job.

~~Leo656~~ · 11-26-2022, 05:43 PM

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And I’m still looking forward to Gunn running the DC films. I think he’ll do well with that job.

I'm not, and I don't, but we'll see. SO much of his "humor" is more about blowing up how absurd and silly comics are and "Since it's ALL stupid let's just make it all be extra stupid." He's like Waititi with more of a penchant for dick jokes, from what I've seen. I'm all about verisimilitude, so basically, his vibe is pretty far away from what I like. I have very little hope that the "new" DCEU will appeal to me. The most I'm hoping for is a Cavill Superman project that isn't too bad, but they may end up just doing all the awful stuff from Josstice League with him, but stretched over two hours of a solo film.

I mean, anything can happen. Like always I'm just not gonna celebrate until I see something worth it. So far, nah.

~~AquaParade~~ · 11-27-2022, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

I'm not, and I don't, but we'll see. SO much of his "humor" is more about blowing up how absurd and silly comics are and "Since it's ALL stupid let's just make it all be extra stupid." He's like Waititi with more of a penchant for dick jokes, from what I've seen. I'm all about verisimilitude, so basically, his vibe is pretty far away from what I like. I have very little hope that the "new" DCEU will appeal to me. The most I'm hoping for is a Cavill Superman project that isn't too bad, but they may end up just doing all the awful stuff from Josstice League with him, but stretched over two hours of a solo film.

I mean, anything can happen. Like always I'm just not gonna celebrate until I see something worth it. So far, nah.

He isn’t afraid to take risks which is what I like about him. I also think that great filmmakers will want to work with him and be willing to trust him more than they might trust someone like Hamada or previous heads of the studio. He’s someone from their side of the fence, he’s generally well liked, and he has proven himself.

I don’t expect him to inject his humor into every project.
If they were naming him as the new director of all DCU movies, I’d be concerned. Then again, there’s a hint of that when you look at Feige and the MCU, so I can see the concern. Still different though imo.

With Feige, it’s like they’ve set up a “superhero movie factory.” I don’t expect Gunn to go that route but who knows at this point.

*MikeandRaph87* · 11-27-2022, 11:57 AM

It's basically Mantis and Drax getting into hijinks as they go to Los Angeles retrieve Kevin Bacon. Nebula, Groot, Rocket all have little to do.

I did like Gunn putting the parallels of Santa Claus Conquers The Martins in the forefront by having Kevin watching the film. Originally against his will though would bring Christmas to the alien society.

Though how did Bacon have cell phone reception in outer space?

Overall, it was good not great.

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 11-27-2022, 01:19 PM

It was dark and campy with some police hate & kidnapping thrown in... for fun? Typical democrat garbage rolled out as cosmic misunderstanding & "fun".

The only good thing was Quill finding out he has family... which could have been dropped anywhere else prior to this.

*Allio* · 11-27-2022, 03:45 PM

Just a little 30 minute romp. Nothing too special. It’s okay for what it is.

*Andrew NDB* · 11-27-2022, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mrmaczaps

It was dark and campy with some police hate

Yeah, that was a little off-putting. The "movie" comes to a halt for like 4 minutes while Drax and Mantis attack a lot of police, throwing cop cars around.

Also, you just know they wanted to live action the animated front and backends but, y'know, money. Time.

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 11-27-2022, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Yeah, that was a little off-putting. The "movie" comes to a halt for like 4 minutes while Drax and Mantis attack a lot of police, throwing cop cars around.

Also, you just know they wanted to live action the animated front and backends but, y'know, money. Time.

I almost shut it off when it started as animated... lol.

Parts of it seemed really off. But there were some decent parts. Together though its just off putting to watch. I really hate supporting Disney pedos at all...

*Cowabung-Gal* · 11-27-2022, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mrmaczaps

I really hate supporting Disney pedos at all.

Then don’t. I don’t even have Disney+.

*Coola Yagami* · 11-27-2022, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

Then don’t. I don’t even have Disney+.

Same. The only thing going for it were the new (at the time) Marvel shows. I just never liked the concept. Agents of SHIELD was one thing, but all these new MCU shows.... it just never felt right for me. The MCU started as movies, it should stay as movies. I shouldn't have to watch this or that show to understand the new MCU movie. Most of 'Phase 4' are these stupid shows. Naw, **** that ****. Ya blew it Marvel.

*ProphetofGanja* · 11-28-2022, 12:43 PM

Man y’all really love to bitch, huh

I thought this was pretty fun for a holiday-themed straight-to-streaming special about the Guardians of the Galaxy (although it was mainly just Drax and Mantis). It was nice seeing the two of them get some real characterization again.

*Cowabung-Gal* · 11-28-2022, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja

Man y’all really love to bitch, huh

Sorry. Not all of us can wear huge grins on our faces and skip on rainbows 24/7.

08-03-2022, 12:10 AM	#1
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,560	Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special So they're calling it the epilogue to Phase 4. https://www.darkhorizons.com/guardia...e-4s-epilogue/ ... which begs the question, an epilogue to what over-arching story, exactly? I'd bet there's some juicy Gamora stuff in it. Maybe her memories are restored, or something. Something holiday cheery like that, which leaves Guardians Vol. 3 to have a nice clean start with all the principals in top shape. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 08-03-2022 at 01:25 AM.

10-25-2022, 12:30 PM	#2
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10-25-2022, 04:26 PM	#4
ProphetofGanja Dub Professor Join Date: May 2013 Location: Dub Side of the Moon Posts: 3,497	Never thought they'd bring Kevin Bacon into the MCU as himself this should be fun, if nothing else __________________ "We've been frantically trying to reach you, Dude."

10-25-2022, 05:39 PM	#7
TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 14,165	Cosmo is gonna be in it, Also Cosmo will be female since her voice was recently announced at D23. __________________ Follow me on my Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@tygerclaw305

11-25-2022, 10:45 PM	#8
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,560	Saw it. Eh, so that's all this is? It's not really anything. "Cute," I guess. It's like 45 minutes of the dance off at the end of Guardians 1, basically. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

11-26-2022, 07:25 AM	#9
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	I didn’t really like this. I can’t vibe with Gunn’s humor. I respect the guy and I like that he doesn’t shy away from the violence, the edge, or the insanity of comics, but it just doesn’t come together for me in the writing. Actually it sort of feel like it’s simultaneously for adults and children, without truly suiting either group. Although plenty of people love his work, so that’s just my minority opinion. The music was just annoying. Lots of just bad sounding “pop punk Christmas!” type stuff. Nearly turned it off in the first few minutes because of the goofy music scene. Anyway, I think a holiday special for Disney+ was a great concept. I hope they do more stuff like this with different creators and characters. And I’m still looking forward to Gunn running the DC films. I think he’ll do well with that job.

11-27-2022, 11:57 AM	#12
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,189	It's basically Mantis and Drax getting into hijinks as they go to Los Angeles retrieve Kevin Bacon. Nebula, Groot, Rocket all have little to do. I did like Gunn putting the parallels of Santa Claus Conquers The Martins in the forefront by having Kevin watching the film. Originally against his will though would bring Christmas to the alien society. Though how did Bacon have cell phone reception in outer space? Overall, it was good not great. __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

11-27-2022, 01:19 PM	#13
~~mrmaczaps~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 2,619	It was dark and campy with some police hate & kidnapping thrown in... for fun? Typical democrat garbage rolled out as cosmic misunderstanding & "fun". The only good thing was Quill finding out he has family... which could have been dropped anywhere else prior to this.

11-27-2022, 03:45 PM	#14
Allio Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,208	Just a little 30 minute romp. Nothing too special. It’s okay for what it is. __________________

11-28-2022, 12:43 PM	#19
ProphetofGanja Dub Professor Join Date: May 2013 Location: Dub Side of the Moon Posts: 3,497	Man y’all really love to bitch, huh I thought this was pretty fun for a holiday-themed straight-to-streaming special about the Guardians of the Galaxy (although it was mainly just Drax and Mantis). It was nice seeing the two of them get some real characterization again. __________________ "We've been frantically trying to reach you, Dude."