I hope this is actually funny
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james_davis_nicollThey seem to have cast the guy who plays the loveable loser on Parks and Rec as a loveable loser....
james_davis_nicollThey seem to have cast the guy who plays the loveable loser on Parks and Rec as a loveable loser....
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Date: 2014-02-20 05:01 am (UTC)It has a talking gun-toting raccoon, and the trailer set its big action clip montage to "Hooked on a Feeling." While I don't doubt it will have emotional and dramatic events, and a plot that advances the second phase of the MCU's stories, there is no way it won't go for humor...and as I see it, the MCU has generally hit humor when it aimed for it.
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Date: 2014-02-20 04:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-20 05:22 am (UTC)Anything's possible, though.
ETA: this was meant to be a response to scifantasy above. Stupid ipad.
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Date: 2014-02-20 06:37 am (UTC)A look at one of the textbook instances of the Law of Narrative Compulsion quickly shows us that, whenever someone dismisses the protagonist and his string as "a bunch of A-holes", he is certain to have an experience later on which is hilarious (except to him) and memorable (especially except to him).
But you're right about there being nothing intrinsically odd about about a raccoon being typed as a maniacally enthusiastic killer. Can't recall who came up with the character, but it may have been someone who lost a hunting dog to one.
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Date: 2014-02-20 07:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-20 09:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-20 07:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-20 05:23 am (UTC)I hated that trailer, btw -- it looks stupid. I will love to find out otherwise.
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Date: 2014-02-20 12:49 pm (UTC)It was also a lot of cognitive dissonance because, as I discovered upon googling, the Guardians of the Galaxy *I* know are a completely different team (invented in 1969, as opposed to these guys who were invented in 2008).
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Date: 2014-02-20 01:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-20 03:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-20 04:33 pm (UTC)They have Yondu
Date: 2014-02-21 12:36 pm (UTC)The trailer doesn't give us much, but IMO what it does give us is very tentatively encouraging, viz., the cinematography looks competent. As the parent of tween kids, I'd love to have a big loud summer movie that's also funny. It's a lot to ask, and I'm not getting my hopes up. But while the trailer isn't much, it doesn't make me think "ah crap, guess it's either the third Hobbit or Captain America: Winter Soldier".
Doug M.
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Date: 2014-02-21 01:00 pm (UTC)Tangent: there's an online push to collect more money for the care of Bill Mantlo, who created Rocket Raccoon in 1976 and then suffered permanent brain damage in an accident in 1992. Details, and how to donate, here:
http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2014/02/20/help-guardian-galaxys-rocket-raccoon-creator-bill-mantlo-hero-need
And if you want more details of what happened to him, here's the story (warning: not happy):
http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2011/11/07/tragic-tale
Doug M.
Ye Gods!
Date: 2014-02-22 04:02 am (UTC)