"Guardians of The Galaxy" Offical Movie Thread

[Pencilero]

I don't agree. I feel it falls apart in the last half, and that's because it's based off a manga where it's last arc went on for a couple of years.

The problem with the story in most of the Japanese cartoons you cited is that they're condensed versions of sprawling comic series.

Unless you meant the Fist of the North Star TV series, and not the movies.

Going beyond that, are we still going to use decades old Japanese cartoons as a yard stick? They're still cool visually to me, and I still enjoy some of the characters; but modern Japanese cartoons really fall flat for me. The industry has become more insular, like the American comic book industry, and it's beginning to cater more and more exclusively to fans of the cartoon culture and tropes.

The medium has changed. Modern anime is not what I fell in love with in the 70's and 80's. Now anime caters to "herbivore men", and the character types and tropes I enjoyed are long dead.

If I were to list my favorite anime in recent memory, only one of them is close to what "anime" used to be known for and that one is Mazinkaizer SKL. Which is just another take on the decades old proven Go Nagai formula for Mazinger.

The other two are Michiko to Hatchin and Kaiji, and I'd be surprised if these were what Huerta meant.

Another reason I lost interest in anime is because in a lot of cases it's just an adaptation of a comic which has far better art and pacing.

[50%grey]

They're all condensed versions of mangas, or filler movies based of an existing anime. They rarely do a feature based off an original IP.

We will take Sword of the Stranger as the example. New IP, breathtaking cinematics with a weak story.

The movie format is its own artform. To be able to tell a solid story in a such a limited amount of time takes a special type of skills.

Snyder should be looking at Kurosawa for filmaking not the asian anime market.

[Pencilero]

They're all condensed versions of mangas, or filler movies based of an existing anime. They rarely do a feature based off an original IP.

I feel the same way about a lot of the Warner Brothers direct to video animation as well. I've yet to see one that has held my interest from start to finish, or didn't begin to feel long in the tooth after the first 30 minutes. The pacing feels massively uneven. Even in Dark Knight Returns, I thought the first movie was okay, but the second half just felt like it dragged on. Wonder Woman and Green Lantern both had neat visuals, but also dragged on.

So far I think their collections of shorts, while uneven, are far better than the feature length animated movies.

Meanwhile their television animation manages to kick ass and take names.

The movie format is its own artform. To be able to tell a solid story in a such a limited amount of time takes a special type of skills.

Snyder should be looking at Kurosawa for filmaking not the asian anime market.

I'd agree with that, but I'm honestly not interested in Snyder as a film maker. He'll continue to kick around until Michael Bay can no longer make movies, and then supplant the Duke of Demolition at the box office.

[50%grey]

Under the Red Hood, and Flashpoint are both solid films. They only have like 11 films out currently. Some of them better then others.

They're definitely some stinkers in there ( *cough Public Enemies *cough), but the good ones far outweigh the bad ones.

I doubt you will see any original stories anytime soon, since there back catalog is way too big.

Movies based off existing content doesn't really bother me to be honest. it's not an excuse for poor storytelling just because you have to condense it down.

[Jim]

OMFG, that trailer is so awesome. Totally psyched for this film now.

[dmario]

need a new link folk

[Tight-Pants Jack]

Just keep searching YouTube for “Guardians of the Galaxy" videos, filtering search results to “Today" and you'll eventually find it.

[dmario]

i found it immediately after posting that...forgot to come comment.

yeah, thats a raccoon with a machine gun.

[PTX40]

You think the world is ready for that, dmario?

[dmario]

they better get ready, cause itsa comin

[joekey]

New trailer tomorrow on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ugh)

[50%grey]

I can't wait!!

Also Gamora looks like a female version of the mask in that photo,

[Teratophile]

it looks fun.

[PTX40]

... I better see a helmet on that shmoe. No way I am going through another "this hero should be wearing his ****ing badass helmet but ISN'T" fiasco like with Thor.

[Pencilero]

... I better see a helmet on that shmoe. No way I am going through another "this hero should be wearing his ****ing badass helmet but ISN'T" fiasco like with Thor.

But then they girls won't go because they can't see all the dreamy superhero guys.

I'm with you though.

I might just have to start watching sentai shows, because they're not afraid of costumed heroes.