An accompaniment to the io9 Easter egg dump that Ned posted above:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-2-end-credit-scenes-who-were-ravagers-1000653
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
We'll need an Adam Warlock casting thread soon imo
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
Must be more genetically perfect than Elizabeth Debicki
― jmm, Monday, 8 May 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link
Kurt was a fantastic choice for this role. So good.
― Nhex, Monday, 8 May 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 May 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
$146 M weekend
congrats all, here's a lollipop
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 May 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
This movie essentially is a lollipop.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 May 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
no!!!!!
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 May 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
the Emily Dickinson biofilm is *almost* to $500 G btw
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 May 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link
Haha I know
of fucking course a Reddit person suggested Owen Wilson, possibly without irony: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/5p7bik/dream_casting_for_adam_warlock/
And some site I've never heard of has this list which, like other neural networks, has fits of brilliance in between the complete misapprehensions of what anything means:
Alexander SkarsgårdEwan McGregorCharlie HunnamTravis FimmelMatthew McConaugheyKarl UrbanMatt BomerRodrigo SantoroRyan McPartlinBilly CrudupSharlto CopleyRyan KwantenStuart TownsendMichael ShanksBarry PepperHugh DancyJoseph MawleAdrien BrodyLaurence FoxChristian Camargo
All of this is utter garbage of course. Adam Warlock belongs to Wanda Sykes.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 19:44 (seven years ago) link
I think Michael Fassbender could be a good contender? He has the required Aryan good looks, and he's capable of doing the smugness and intellectual superiority that's Warlock's trademark. Though I guess they can't use him cos he's in that other Marvel franchise...
― Tuomas, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
I think "required aryan good looks" is exactly the wrong way to go about casting adam warlock
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
this is their opportunity to make amends for casting a white englishwoman as the Ancient One
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:36 (seven years ago) link
if it has to be a dude, then I vote Richard Ayoade
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
ansel elgort IS adam warlock
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
Well his origin story is that he was genetically engineered by supervillains to be an Übermensch, so I don't see why it would be a wrong choice?
― Tuomas, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
oh god i just had a nightmare vision of armie hammer as adam warlock
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Though in the movie he's engineered by aliens, but those aliens felt pretty fascist too, with all their talk of genetic superiority.
― Tuomas, Monday, 8 May 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
"genetically engineered ubermensch" looking like some ripped-but-not-roided edition of Dolph Lundgren is outdated, bad, racist, sexist and unimaginative
it's a wonderful opportunity to cast against type and they should take it as far as it can go
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
young Viggo would have been good, but not old Viggo
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Rebel Wilson
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
They'll probably make him all CGI.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Warlock:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kj65h9M9PhY/TlQNerRBbYI/AAAAAAAAANc/precImo1q6E/s1600/ANDY-SERKIS-007.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 May 2017 22:08 (seven years ago) link
So nobody besides Marvel nerds - and really, Starlin Marvel nerds, a specific subset - have an attachment to any specific idea of Adam Warlock. What we do know is that whoever emerges from that cocoon is probably going to be covered in gold paint, and a version of a supreme being. Why go aryan when you can go happy buddha? I'm changing my vote to Bishamber Das.
(I'll keep the remainder of what probably comes across as performative wokeness to myself unless there's a really, really good one)
(But if they cast a tall white guy I'll be really fucking pissed)
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 8 May 2017 22:25 (seven years ago) link
you know it's gonna happen
― Nhex, Monday, 8 May 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
It's going to be Steven Mnuchin.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
OK, I'm sorry already. Let's go back to talking about the movie that exists.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
Sly is such a stiff actor I can't imagine him convincingly pulling off fast, witty banter/insults, which is what this movie or this type of movie requires. (I think it was the NPR review that basically said it was literally and figuratively about a bunch of squabbling children.) Even the handful of lines Sly gets are kind of off, imo. I like him as an actor, but he's stronger when he's slower (Rocky/Creed, etc; Copland) and weaker when he's doing screwball (Demolition Man, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot.)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
Eh, it's one scene of him being a hardass military commander/dad type. Easy pickings for him.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 02:26 (seven years ago) link
Here's a thing. I watch a lot of movies with antiheroes and I enjoy the arc of the schmuck as much as anyone - I am that schmuck, that is my arc (I cried at the end of Bridge Of Spies, for fuck's sake (I was on an airplane so prob in the bag, but that's not the point) but when the antihero sacrifices himself, I'm usually like oh, fuck that noise, that's a horrible way to die. This movie probably has the most memorable antihero death I can think of without doing some research, and also, I'm 100% OK with shooting myself into space while I drag my kid up into orbit with me so I can save them. That is the best death. Yondu is the most committed metal space dad ever. I cried a little while I wrote this.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 02:43 (seven years ago) link
otm
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
Rooker is a deceptively strong actor
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 03:58 (seven years ago) link
i think rooker might need a strong working relationship with directors cuz i've seen him be mediocre-to-bad in plenty of stuff, but he's good-to-great in everything he's done with james gunn
― PROFESSOR JIGGLY is loose in the Cat Room (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 08:29 (seven years ago) link
This movie probably has the most memorable antihero death I can think of without doing some research
Does Han Solo no longer qualify as anti-hero? That one had more shock value at least.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:22 (seven years ago) link
Pffft everyone in the packed theater I saw Force Awakens in knew he was going to die as soon as he and Chewie split up
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:37 (seven years ago) link
Spoilers!!!
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:51 (seven years ago) link
It turns out Han is Chewie's dad. Shit, spoilers, sorry!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
this was a lot of fun
"cranky puppy" made me laugh really hard, as did the "practical joke"
― HONOR THE FYRE (sleeve), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
I wish I could have been in the design meeting where someone pitched "how about 40 foot Lladro figurines"? and hear everyone else say "YES!!! How many do you want?"
― PURE, BEAUTIFUL OIL (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 05:52 (seven years ago) link
awful awful awful movie
awful
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
So what you're saying is
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
(Also, you are wrong.)
shocker, deems hates fun
Maybe they should have included The Killers on the soundtrack
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
im not trying to upset yis but i read yr posts yes yr posts and thought this would be good also the first one was great and light and made such good use of the talents and visuals and lightness and size of universe but guuuuuuuuuuuuys cmon you know how bad this was
yeah btw some killers wouldve helped
this wasnt even worth two posts noting how bad it was so im morbsing it outta here
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 23:13 (seven years ago) link
still lurking iow
― remy bean, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
hey we figured out how to get rid of deems who knew it was that easy
:D
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
i liked this a lot. i might not have liked it as much as the first one but that might just be because when i saw the first one i was so shocked and surprised that i was enjoying a marvel movie so much. i would have to go back to john carter to think of a movie that was as fun to me.
i do wish they had traveled around more. being on one planet with one foe - and yeah the golden people were foes but they seemed more like comic relief and i never thought of them as a threat - made me wish for more people/places/aliens/etc. still lots of fun though. and i did get choked up by some of the family stuff as corny as some of it was. and there was still plenty of cool stuff to look at.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
sums it up more or less. It ran a little long and the body count was a little too explicitly high for my taste but generally a good time that I'd probably sit through again.
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 00:54 (seven years ago) link
the off screen surround sound tape gag had me proper laughing.
― mark e, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 08:21 (seven years ago) link
I had myself convinced at one point that the climatic moment of the movie would be Starlord kicking his dad in the balls. And it would have worked, too.
― JRN, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 09:40 (seven years ago) link