Here is the
first trailer for Marvel’s latest and hopefully next big franchise, “The
Guardians of the Galaxy”.
This trailer
looks to be just something to introduce the characters and give us an idea of
the tone, which is obviously humor with guns-a-blazin’ action. Opening with the
homage to “Raiders” and adding the humor is pretty bold, but that along with
the music choice, it appears to be right up the alley of its co-writer and director
James Gunn. Whose writing credits
include a Troma film, the Scooby Doo movies, and the “Dawn of the Dead”
remake. While his only two directing
credits are for two much underrated films, 2006’s “Slither” and 2010’s “Super”. With “Slither” he was able to balance gross-out
horror with humor with an always fun Nathan Fillion performance. And “Super” was the slightly more grounded
version of “Kick-Ass” that never was.
Both films show that he’s primed for a big-budget comic-book property.
I think he’s
perfect for a film like “Guardians” mainly because like him they are under the
radar, and not as popular as The Avengers and that gives Gunn the chance to surprise
both comic fans as well as the masses.
And I also believe he’s been chomping at the bit to take on something like
this. Plus think about it, the last time
Disney/Marvel gave a cult geek their big hero movie it was Joss Whedon, and
that turned out okay for everyone.
Right?
--Robert L.
Castillo
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