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[inm8num2]

Q&A with James Gunn

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I absolutely love the scene where Quill flies out into space to save Gamora and puts his mask on her, starts freezing, and then Ravagers show up. Such a beautifully shot scene

 

[Mengy]

I absolutely love the scene where Quill flies out into space to save Gamora and puts his mask on her, starts freezing, and then Ravagers show up. Such a beautifully shot scene

Yeah, that scene was well done.

I've watched this twice since Tuesday already, such a great fun movie. My girlfriend's favorite scene is when Groot lights up the inside of the Dark Aster for them, she likes the contrast of this surprisingly beautiful thing happening smack in the middle of all of this seriousness and chaos. My favorite scene is at Knowhere when they are all waiting and goofing off for a bit. Rocket and Drax are gambling and drinking, while Gamora and Quill are simply talking out on the balcony. That scene right there feels more like Star Wars to me than anything in the prequels did, lol. So did the ship battle around the Dark Aster too.

Such a fantastically made movie. I have to wonder if they will even be able to make a sequel that is of the same caliber.

 

[petethepanda]

It's a shame the bluray doesn't have the (occasional) larger frame from the IMAX version, it really improved some of the action scenes.

 

[#1 defender]

It's a shame the bluray doesn't have the (occasional) larger frame from the IMAX version, it really improved some of the action scenes.

The 3D version does have it.

Gunn has revealed that the 3D Blu-ray presentation of Guardians of the Galaxy will be presented with a shifting aspect ratio (2.40:1 & 1.78:1), a la The Dark Knight. The 2D presentation will remain 2.40:1 for the duration of the film.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15134

 

[Brian Fellows]

Cool.

One of you guys should buy me a 3D TV.

 

[Tizoc]

The 3D version does have it.



http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15134

Is it only for the 3D ver. only?

 

[#1 defender]

Is it only for the 3D ver. only?

Yes, unfortunately.

 

[richiek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaaJyAjvajo

Dance-off bro! In HD.

 

[richiek]

http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/than...james-gunn-interview.html?mid=twitter_vulture

James Gunn talks about writing Thanos into the film.

 

[Neoxon]

Finally got the SteelBook Blu-Ray.

 

[Neoxon]

When Chris Pratt and I started working together on Guardians of the Galaxy, I gave him a mixe tape (okay, I admit, a mix CD) of Awesome Mix Volume 1, that he could listen to endlessly, so he’d know it backwards and forwards, just as Peter Quill knew the tape his mom gave him. As I’ve mentioned in the past, it contained a few songs that were not on the eventual soundtrack.
Here is that original list - the newer songs have a * -

- I’m Not in Love - 10cc
- Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
- Go All the Way – Raspberries (band)
- *Never Been to Spain – Three Dog Night
- Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede
- *Magic - Pilot (band)
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes
- *Livin’ Thing – Electric Light Orchestra
- Moonage Daydream - David Bowie (Official)
- Fooled Around and Fell in Love – Elvin Bishop
- *Fox on the Run - The Sweet 
- Cherry Bomb – The Runaways
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- O-O-H Child – Five Stairsteps
- *Surrender – Cheap Trick

Some of these songs were in the first cut of the movie - the mean blue guard danced through the prison listening to Magic on Quill’s headphones, and Livin Thing featured in a montage in the Milano after the gang left the prison. We shot Quill singing “Never Been to Spain” at the Nova guards in an aggressive manner when he was having his mug shot taken, but the winding-up-the-finger gag worked better, so it never made the cut. The rest were never really in, but I thought this would give you a good idea of the complete Awesome Mix to which young Peter Quill might have lived his life.

So Spirit in the Sky was in the movie at one point.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

So Spirit in the Sky was in the movie at one point.

Fox on the Run. Surrender. Not bad.

 

[Prosopon]

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[vazel]

The 3D Blu-ray is back down to $19.99 at Amazon. I'd nab it up before it goes up to $29.99 again. To re-iterate, the 3D Blu-ray is the only way to see the IMAX shots.

 

[Neoxon]

The 3D Blu-ray is back down to $19.99 at Amazon. I'd nab it up before it goes up to $29.99 again. To re-iterate, the 3D Blu-ray is the only way to see the IMAX shots.

I've already watched the movie 6 times per medium (Blu-Ray discs, phone, etc.). A same I can't see the IMAX shots on my phone or laptop.

 

[Creamium]

Hah, even the deleted scenes are great. I don't get why they cut the prison guard dancing, and apparently Gunn doesn't either. I didn't know there was audio commentary, might give it a listen.

I got the regular edition. The steelbook price is pretty high on ebay... Really should've pre-ordered that thing.

 

[Neoxon]

Hah, even the deleted scenes are great. I don't get why they cut the prison guard dancing, and apparently Gunn doesn't either. I didn't know there was audio commentary, might give it a listen.

I got the regular edition. The steelbook price is pretty high on ebay... Really should've pre-ordered that thing.

Holy shit, I must have lucked out.

 

[neojubei]

Hah, even the deleted scenes are great. I don't get why they cut the prison guard dancing, and apparently Gunn doesn't either. I didn't know there was audio commentary, might give it a listen.

I got the regular edition. The steelbook price is pretty high on ebay... Really should've pre-ordered that thing.

thankfully i pre-ordered 2 of them

 

[hwalker84]

Finally got my darn Best Buy steelbook. Stupid UPS to USPS handoff.

 

[Scoot McNairy]

Wow, I just saw this, and it was amazing. This is coming from someone who hasn't really got a taste for Marvel films at all other than the three main Spider-Man movies. The screenplay and acting were unexpectedly brilliant. Chris Pratt is a genuine movie star now, I've only ever seen him here and there before this. Great casting.

Also, the design of the villain was brilliant. He looked like someone I would have dreamed up as a kid. Did they get Marilyn Manson to do his make-up, because I've seen Manson with almost identical get up at some point I'm sure.

Day 1 for the sequel. Looks like there is so much backstory to be explored with these characters too. Reminded me of Serenity, a little.

 

[Neoxon]

Just showed my little cousin Guardians. She loved the movie, & her favorite characters were...

1. Rocket
2. Groot
3. Yondu
4. Everyone Else

It's amazing how much Rocket & Groot steal the show, & even more amazing how Yondu was a surprise favorite.

 

[Neoxon]

Just a piece of GotG concept art.

If you look closely, you can find Spike's ship repainted blue.

 

[#1 defender]

Just a piece of GotG concept art.

If you look closely, you can find Spike's ship repainted blue.

It sure does look like the Swordfish, nice find.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Just ordered this:

 

[mrklaw]

I've already watched the movie 6 times per medium (Blu-Ray discs, phone, etc.). A same I can't see the IMAX shots on my phone or laptop.

If you rip the 3D bluray you can encode just the left eye as a 2D MKV and you'd get the IMAX bits.

 

[Neoxon]

Here's some more GotG concept art.

HOLY SHIT!!!!! I really hope some of these locations are in the sequel. I mean, goddamn.

 

[Mengy]

Here's some more GotG concept

HOLY SHIT!!!!! I really hope some of these locations are in the sequel. I mean, goddamn.

Woah, that concept art is mind blowing awesome. That's incredible.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Here's some more GotG concept art.

HOLY SHIT!!!!! I really hope some of these locations are in the sequel. I mean, goddamn.

This is more inspired than many scifi/fantasy video games. Woah.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I just realised that Gamora has a skull-shaped belt buckle here:

 

[Quick]

I just realised that Gamora has a skull-shaped belt buckle here:

Yeah, one of the things I noticed on the outfit, which I thought was pretty subtle way of referencing her comic outfit.

 

[Dalek]

Very cool post by James Gunn on Facebook today. I love the way his mind thinks:

Of all the Chris Foss paintings that inspired Guardians of the Galaxy, this may be the one that inspired us most. Yellow is an underused color in films, especially science-fiction and fantasy films. In Guardians, I used it as a signifier of change, rebirth, and redemption - the yellow prison uniforms, Drax drowning in the yellow spinal fluid, the yellow Groot spores, and the yellow interlocking Nova Corps net... I believe color is a part of what made Guardians successful. When so many huge, spectacle films have the beige color palette of Saw, the brain becomes thirsty for color. We were that technicolor pitcher of water at the edge of the summer desert.

This doesn't mean all movies should be colorful, just that color in general is important, and too much of one thing is boring. If, over the next few years, films become oversaturated with bright colors, brains will be relieved by a film entirely hazel and gray.

Anyway, this painting, along with other Chris Foss works, was a part of my original presentation to Marvel when I pitched myself as director and I explained the visual direction I was going to take with the film. They were immediately on board, and we ended up hiring Chris Foss to help design some of the spaceships in the film. He was, of everyone, my biggest visual inspiration on Guardians.

 

[BLACKLAC]

Gunn is so damn awesome.

 

[Neoxon]

This is more inspired than many scifi/fantasy video games. Woah.

Gunn is so damn awesome.

 

[Creamium]

I really need to listen to his audio commentary. Gunn had the right approach for everything, he just gets it.

 

[inm8num2]

8-bit GotG

 

[BLACKLAC]

Awesome!

 

[richiek]

Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 Soundtrack Is Certified Platinum

 

[Neoxon]

Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 Soundtrack Is Certified Platinum

 

[Neoxon]

James Gunn did a Q&A on his Facebook page a few days ago. Three of the questions are actually of significance.

Q: Are there any plans in the works to dive a bit deeper into Rocket's back story, like Halfworld and characters associated with that at all? Or is it too early for me to ask about that?

James Gunn: I have it all worked out, but I'm not sure when it would be the best to go into it. I think it's some great stuff. It's different from the comics.

Q: Would you like to see Nova come to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and tie in with the Guardians? How would you do it?

Gunn: Yes I'd eventually like to see that. How I'd do it would be secret [sic] tho.

 

[Dalek]

I love that he's embraced the fans and always answering questions and still posting stuff about Guardians on his FB page. You can tell he loves this stuff as much as the fans.

 

[Neoxon]

I love that he's embraced the fans and always answering questions and still posting stuff about Guardians on his FB page. You can tell he loves this stuff as much as the fans.

This is why I can't wait for the sequel.

 

[BumRush]

Who.
Is.
Starlord's.
Father (in the movie)?

 

[Neoxon]

Who.
Is.
Star-Lord's.
Father (in the movie)?

We don't know yet. But it's not Jason/J'Son.

Spoiler

The popular theory is that its Adam Warlock.

 

[BumRush]

We don't know yet. But it's not Jason/J'Son.

Spoiler

The popular theory is that its Adam Warlock.

No, I know we don't know but I want to know, you know?

Who do YOU think it is?

Also, my wife is in love with Chris Pratt and wants to know who starlords dad is for valentine's day

 

[Neoxon]

No, I know we don't know but I want to know, you know?

Who do YOU think it is?

Also, my wife is in love with Chris Pratt and wants to know who Star-Lord's dad is for valentine's day

Spoiler

I think it's Adam Warlock. Either him or a completely different take on J'Son that's not what we know from the comics.

 

[Donos]

Praetor Gladiator is not in Marvel's hands? Damn. He's Superman on crack. He should play an important role in Inhhumans movie.

 

[Neoxon]

Praetor Gladiator is not in Marvel's hands? Damn. He's Superman on crack. He should play an important role in Inhhumans movie.

He's tied up with the X-Men rights, unfortunately.

 

[Donos]

He's tied up with the X-Men rights, unfortunately.

Having just read all the Annihilation, War of Kings etc. comics it makes sense but i don't see FOX doing anything outside of earth with the X-Men in the "near" future.