Saw Guardians of the Galaxy yesterday afternoon – good movie! It really wasn’t at all what I expected, but entertaining nonetheless. And despite the Marvel pedigree, not really a superhero movie either, actually – more like a weirder version of Firefly (swashbuckling ‘western in space’ story) with bits of Star Wars (space dogfights complete obvious copy of, some of the plot elements are also very ‘anakin vs luke’ and The Fifth Element (the orb they are seeking, a lot of the production design, spaceships, etc.) thrown in.

And two nits (spoilers?) – if Chris Pratt’s character has the Sony Walkman with him playing classic tunes (on cassettes that lasted apparently 20+ years, hmmmm) – where does he get the AA batteries to power it? 🙂 Also, who the heck is Thanos and why does he spend his time just floating around in a big ‘space chair’ (cartoon image of same here) – kinda silly – but then again, I never understood why the original Baltar did it either?

And given that GOTG were a pretty obscure comic to begin with – they only appeared a few times in the 70s – Marvel obviously felt comfortable going in a completely different direction. Here’s what the originals looked like:

Anyway – entertaining movie, good actors and smart-a** dialogue – definitely all the great elements of a lazy Saturday afternoon matinee… 🙂

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