I never expected Iron Man to be good. It’s not that I didn’t have faith in Jon Favreau or Robert Downey Jr., it’s just that I never cared that much about Iron Man. My expectations were so low that I waited for the movie to show up on home video before I ever gave it a chance. I regret not seeing it in the theater because Favreau and Downey Jr. made a character that I only sort of cared about, into one of Marvel’s top tier franchises. Iron Man 3 is on the way and I couldn’t be more excited. I am all aboard on Marvel Phase 2.
Obviously I figured Phase 2 would consist of the characters primarily featured in The Avengers, but then Marvel announced that a Guardians of the Galaxy movie was on the way. After I went to Wikipedia to find out exactly what the hell Guardians of the Galaxy was, I asked myself, “Why should I care?”
I’m only something of a casual comic book fan. I’ll watch just about any comic book movie, i.e. Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, etc. I try to read comics when I can, but I don’t necessarily keep up with titles that don’t include the words Spider, Bat, or Man. So if I offend any die-hard fans of the Guardians I do apologize. I have to give Marvel Studios the benefit of the doubt, as we all should, simply based on their track record. I never thought I’d go see a Thor movie and yet there I was in the theater on opening day. I’m sure Marvel knows what they’re doing but here is a list of 5 ways to make me, the casual comic/movie fan, care about the Guardians of the Galaxy movie…
5. Make Thanos the Main Villain
I’m not sure if it has been officially announced yet, but I’ve read about some rumors that Thanos will be the villain of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Very good move on the part of Marvel if this is the case. Marvel/Whedon teased Thanos at the end of The Avengers and prompted non-nerds to look up the character and his history. Since the Guardians are a team that is based in outer space, and Thanos is all about outer space, it will be a great way to do a Thanos movie and establish him as a huge threat in The Avengers sequel.
He should definitely be the main villain of the film. If the main villain of this film is someone who, like Loki in The Avengers, you find out is working at the behest of Thanos, then that’s not really something I’d be that interested in. Make it Thanos for 2 hours, and my ticket is sold.
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Great article, good read
I’m not sure about point #1. One of the more interesting things about the concept for me is how the Avengers will interact with the Guardians. It would also be a very depressing way to end the film.
If the current comic book run Marvel NOW! has any hints to the cinematic universe, Iron Man may end up with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
The Guardians are badass. Theyre not very famous but I’m sure if the character development and fight scenes are good enough people will enjoy them and it wont be necessary to kill all of them off. But I do see them losing to Thanos. Who is basically the most interesting character in the entire film.
Yes to #1! We don’t need yet another superhero franchise to deal with
I can’t agree more. Kill them all.
3. Make an Outsatnding Trailer
lol had to do it….
PROOFREAD before posting!
I’m hoping Thanos is the bad guy for GotG – but only in the background for Avengers 2 & Phase 3 leading up to him being an epic cosmic bad guy in Avengers 3.
I don’t agree that the Captain America film just felt like it was setting up The Avengers. It was a self-contained period film with a clear start/middle/end. It was only the modern day bookends and Easter Eggs that linked it in really.
Regarding Point 1, I think some but not all should be killed (to allow survivors to warn Earth and/or join the Avengers and/or for GotG2). But some death and destruction will show the might of Thanos.
We have to wait to see what they have. If they have one of the incarnations of Adam Warlock you cant kill them all because they will have need of the soul gem. Assuming that we are going to go down the path of the infinity gauntlet which in the end will be flat out amazing! IMO
When we see the Infinity Gauntlet in Thor does it have the Gems in it or would these need to be collected by whoever steals the Gauntlet?
If they need to be collected I’ve been thinking that the Cosmic Cube will turn out to be the Space Gem and Loki’s Staff powered by the Mind Gem.
This would allow the other Gems to be collected across Phase 2 and 3 (GotG, Dr.Strange, Thor 3 etc) leading up to a version of the Thanos & Infinity Gauntlet storyline in Avengers 3…
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Oh my!
Magnificent piece!!!
I certainly agree with the first four points. But, no, kill them all? That would be pointlessly like killing an X-Man. Try doing that to Batman and see where it gets you.