Saturday, March 30, 2013

Guardians of the Galaxy NOW!

So Guardians of the Galaxy is essentially the flagship title now for Marvel's cosmic universe. Nova is already out, but that's just a kid. Thanos will have a mini-series coming out soon, but that's just a ramping up for a bigger cross-over. No the team of Star-lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Groot, and Rocket Raccoon are essentially the main book if you want your space cape book from Marvel. And they've done a pretty good job with the first issue. You have Peter Quill(Star-Lord) hitting on Kree, the King of the Galaxy his father interrupting it. Was he really hitting on her? Yeah, but I think there was some other plan going on.
There is a new addition to this team, Iron Man. Yeah Tony Stark for some odd reason chooses now to leave Earth behind and go on vacation. Not like he couldn't have done that before the events of Civil War. He may have had a clearer mind when he got back and saw his buddies being thrown in jail for not signing up to be a government lap-dog. For whatever his reasons for going to space, and he gives several. He's not a member of the Guardians after a trial-by-fire recruitment against a Badoon ship that is going to invade Earth. Groot gets turned into a splinter... again.
Gamora VS. Spartax Royal Guards
I suppose I should talk about the upcoming movie, and the possible cast. I think what we see in this book is officially the cast. Yes, that include Iron Man. Stark has a space-suit in Iron Man 3, so why not? It only makes sense to me, that or keep it in storage until Thanos comes. Whom he doesn't know is coming, so yeah going into space to take a break after all the events that have happened to him in such a short span of time. He runs into the Guardians, and things get weird. I've heard rumors Chris Pratt from Parks and Recreation and Zero Dark Thirty will take the role of Peter Quill, and honestly I think that's great. Vin Diesel as Drax is the only answer, the man has had experience playing a badass alien before. As for the rest I don't really care, John DiMaggio(Bender) would be great at Rocket.
Badoons versus Dr. Who?
I'm sure I'll talk more about this series as it progresses and inevitable crosses over with the Thanos book. It already has crossed over with Nova, technically. I think Brian Michael Bendis is doing a bang up job after spreading away from the Avengers books. All New X-men and Uncanny X-men are great, Guardians is good, and hopefully he'll be writing a Heroes for Hire book with Cage and Iron Fist. His Age of Ultron mini-series is too new and going too slow to really gauge it's worth. However, the ending should be A+ since Neil Gaiman will be co-writing it. I smell Miracleman...

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