The Guardians of The Galaxy Effect on Ninja Turtles Success?

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Don't be so sure. Word of mouth I've heard and seen has been good, and a lot of fans of other Marvel movies are curious to see it, either because they've seen the hints about it in Thor 2, heard about Thanos being in it- from Avengers- or they are Marvel fans who are already familiar with the characters. Personally, I fall under the first two categories, and aprtly in the third in that I'm a fan of ALL Marvel films, and most of their characters in general. There are plenty of people who will see it simply for the novelty, as well- how many superhero movies feature a talking raccoon? Yeah, that's got me curious, too....

[sdp]

I don't see GotG being very big, hell even Captain America and Thor weren't that big and they're household names, GotG is just really big with the fans. TMNT is likely to have a huge marketing push.

[Coola Yagami]

Honestly I only recognize Rocket Raccoon cause he's in Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3. When I saw him in this movie I'm like 'ooooh so that's where he came from!'

[CyberCubed]

Nobody outside comic fans will see a movie with a talking raccoon and a talking tree. The movie is a complete misfire and I bet critics will tear it a new one.

It also really isn't a superhero movie, but more of a sci-fi flick.

[chrisdude]

I saw Thor 2, and I don't know what hints you guys are talking about. But I, like most people, have absolutely no familiarity with GotG. I don't know who the people are, or what it's about.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by chrisdude

I saw Thor 2, and I don't know what hints you guys are talking about. But I, like most people, have absolutely no familiarity with GotG. I don't know who the people are, or what it's about.

During the Post Credit scene from Thor: The Dark World

Spoiler:

Benicio del Toro shows up as The Collector

a character that will appear in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

[turtlefanforever]

No familiarity with gotg besides the fact that "Batista" is in it.

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

During the Post Credit scene from Thor: The Dark World

Spoiler:

Benicio del Toro shows up as The Collector

a character that will appear in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

Ah. Yeah, see, that wouldn't mean anything to someone who didn't know them. It didn't to me. The average Joe didn't know who Thanos was, either. I suppose moviegoers would draw a connection in the future, if they saw the same character in a Guardians of the Galaxy promotion.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Nobody outside comic fans AND PARENTS OF YOUNG KIDS will see a movie with a talking raccoon and a talking tree. The movie is a complete misfire and I bet critics will tear it a new one.

It also really isn't a superhero movie, but more of a sci-fi flick.

Fixed that for you. Kids love movies like that. It will bank on THAT, if nothing else! And for the record, it is a superhero movie in space, which makes it BOTH. These are the COSMIC heroes, the ones culled from other worlds besides just Earth. Technically, Thor is one of those, too!

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Fixed that for you. Kids love movies like that. It will bank on THAT, if nothing else! And for the record, it is a superhero movie in space, which makes it BOTH. These are the COSMIC heroes, the ones culled from other worlds besides just Earth. Technically, Thor is one of those, too!

Have these guys been around? Is there fan base big? I really never heard of them until the movie.

[DONATELLO DUZMACHINES]

Many may be operating under a certain bias since this is a TMNT forum, I can't say which movie will take off or which one will fail since I seen absolutely nothing from one movie, and only a little of the other. I will say that GOTG has a better cast in my opinion, and just because its fan base isn't as big as turtles doesn't mean that it wont be a hit. Personally I hope both movies do well because I'm a huge Marvel fan and huge TMNT fan.

[Drose18]

Wtf is guardians of the galaxy

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by Joshdonnie

Wtf is guardians of the galaxy

these guys


they are a Marvel team

don't know much about them other than that.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Joshdonnie

Wtf is guardians of the galaxy

This is an actual still from the film:

[turtlefanforever]

And you know that Batista is gonna keep talking about it every chance he gets in WWE.

[CyberCubed]

This movie is going to bomb so badly. They're already obscure characters from the comics, so making a film about them is ridiculous.

Even most Marvel fans see them as third-tier characters compared to Spiderman, X-men and the Avengers.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

This movie is going to bomb so badly. They're already obscure characters from the comics, so making a film about them is ridiculous.

Even most Marvel fans see them as third-tier characters compared to Spiderman, X-men and the Avengers.

Well, Iron Man was a B lister back in 2008, and look what his movie did to him.

[bridgegrn]

Don't sleep on GOTG. It has way better buzz than Ninja Turtles right now not to mention the fact that it's a Marvel Universe movie and Marvel movies (even the weaker ones) are opening big. I know we're all turtle fans here, but let's not kid ourselves ...

[CyberCubed]

Unless Marvel markets the hell out of it I don't see it doing well. As said its not really a superhero movie, its more of a traditional sci-fi flick. Sci-fi movies appeal to less of a mainstream audience than superhero movies do.

[bridgegrn]

They are obviously going to market the hell out of it, especially since they want to make a franchise out of it and especially because it ties into the big bad they are setting up for Avengers 3, Thanos