First Guardians of the Galaxy set pictures

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Steve Wilkos?
 
This movie is going to do well at the box office, I think the one's saying it's going to bomb are the same one's that said Dark Knight Returns was going to do better than Avengers.
 
I think a problem with this movie is that, like me, I doubt a lot of people have ever heard of the comic(?) characters
My nephews (6-10 yr olds) seem to be getting the message out just fine. They're already looking forward to the movie, having never read the comic.
 
So fucking hyped, everyone looks great though I want to get a better look at Gamora. Also the rate at which these videos are getting taken down is incredible, Disney astroturfing Gaf?
 
As great as Rocket Raccoon is, marketing for this film I think will benefit tremendously by focusing on the "band of misfits" cast diversity and sheer lunacy of the spectacles. Showing strong, likeable characters with interesting, snappy banter between then has a better chance of luring in new fans as they quickly grow attached to particular groups of characters and want to see how they develop.

It's not an impossible thing to market a blockbuster/superhero movie without having the groundwork done by pop culture. If it were, we'd have no original premises ever. They just need to remember marketing it as something familiar, like The Avenges, isn't going to work. It's gotta be marketed as a fun new adventure, not a culmination of familiar faces.

EDIT: I also think it's impossible to judge how this will be received until Marvel actually bother pushing it in the mass market streams.
 
Don't be silly, of course they have. They're pretty iconic chars who've been around for decades. How many adults(who buy the tickets) have really heard of anybody from Guardians?

No one knows who jake sully and neytiri are! Their movie is definitely going to bomb big time.
 
Don't be silly, of course they have. They're pretty iconic chars who've been around for decades. How many adults(who buy the tickets) have really heard of anybody from Guardians?

They don't need to. Fun space movie + MARVEL name + big name cast = success

My 11 year old sister is excited for this purely because of Marvel.
 
Don't be silly, of course they have. They're pretty iconic chars who've been around for decades. How many adults(who buy the tickets) have really heard of anybody from Guardians?

I think you're over estimating their popularity. Iron man at least was beyond obscure. No one knew about him. Even people that followed comics barley knew about him. Saying they have been iconic for decades is ludicrous and simply not true. Iron man has always been obscure up until the 2008 movie lol.

Now thor is a little bit different since he's in nordic mythology. But the comic book interpretation of him? Very obscure before the movies.
 
Don't be silly, of course they have. They're pretty iconic chars who've been around for decades. How many adults(who buy the tickets) have really heard of anybody from Guardians?
Iron Man and Thor were not popular characters among the mainstream audience before the movies in Europe. Before iron man, marvel was synonymous with Spiderman, Xmen and Hulk.
 
Remind me... is Annihilus packaged in with the Fantastic Four rights? What a blow to the potential of this series if so.

Oh man I didn't even think of that... could very well be. The negative zone is a very FF thing...

Shit.

I want Annihilation GDI.
 
People saying it going be a hard sell to mainstream public are correct. Unlike Iron Man and the rest GOTG is wayyyy more fantasy and outlandish then rest of Marvel films which are heavily grounded. Thor is closest got to fantasy but it not crazy as GOTG from what we seen so far.

GOTG doing well could open the floodgate for Dr. Strange and the rest more out there series to be made into film
 
Remind me... is Annihilus packaged in with the Fantastic Four rights? What a blow to the potential of this series if so.

As far as I know, only Reed, Sue, Ben, Johnny, Doom, and Galactus are tied up with Fox. The Silver Surfer rights just reverted back to Marvel recently.
 
Don't be silly, of course they have. They're pretty iconic chars who've been around for decades. How many adults(who buy the tickets) have really heard of anybody from Guardians?

no one in europe (comic fans aside) knew anything about the two and the films have been huge here. and hell: if a movie about a speaking teddybear (ted) can make millions and be a huge hit, marketing a submachine gun firing racoon should be possible.

edit: and disney/marvel, just release a short teaser trailer in hd, ok?
 
People saying it going be a hard sell to mainstream public are correct. Unlike Iron Man and the rest GOTG is wayyyy more fantasy and outlandish then rest of Marvel films which are heavily grounded. Thor is closest got to fantasy but it not crazy as GOTG from what we seen so far.

GOTG doing well could open the floodgate for Dr. Strange and the rest more out there series to be made into film

GotG is basically Abrams Star Trek. Hell, it even has Zoe Saldana. It'll be fine.
 
Don't be silly, of course they have. They're pretty iconic chars who've been around for decades. How many adults(who buy the tickets) have really heard of anybody from Guardians?
Yes. The well-known reputation of Iron Man and Thor made the movies are success. Especially overseas where no one knew about Iron Man, Thor or Captain America except for comic book nerds.

Iron Man was success because of RDJ, great screenplay etc.. Thor and Captain America was a success because it was a movie in the universe Marvel studios created with Iron Man.
 
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