Guardians of the Galaxy discussion thread

Since this movie has warmed the hearts of many an old jaded SW fan, I thought it deserved it's own thread.

I was curious about the Walkman that is Quill's prized possession. The ebay prices for a similar model before and after the movie came out are an eye opener!

Sony should make a modern replica with a MP3 player hidden inside. ;)

Ryan McAvoy said:

Daaamn. That thing is selling!

As this movie seems to be on a lovely nostalgia tip... I had this:

Sony Walkman WM-EX36

Many an "awesome mix tape" was enjoyed. Although given I got it in 1991, I also probably sent a lot of time listening to Michael Jackson's 'Dangerous' album ;-)

Look kids ^ it had "Auto Reverse"! That meant you didn't have to spend several minutes rewinding your tapes if you wanted to listen to the album again.

Welcome to the future.

 Funny thing is, I used to see old Walkmans littering thrift stores well into the 90's. This was well before the net, ebay, and retro electronics being in vogue though.

Quill's model was a bit old, even in 1988. Makes sense a kid would have a hand me down. I knew someone in high school who had the really tiny one no bigger than a cassette box, and that was an expensive model.

I lament my busted old Walkman is a Sanyo.

This is the first movie I've seen in a long time where the source music is so integral to the story. It's not just there to push a soundtrack album. I'm sure Disney would have loved to sneak something in by some fresh faced teenybopper band of the moment, but that would have broken the spell.

I could nitpick how a cassette tape could survive twenty years of a rough and tumble life in space, but if Quill could find someone to build the tape deck in his spaceship, anything is possible. :)

Maybe, but it has a clunky generic look of something reverse engineered. The group of redneck (blueneck?) hillbilly bounty hunters Quill grew up with seem to have pretty good technology.

I dug the gizmo Quill used that showed the ruins as they looked in the past, complete with inhabitants.

The scene where that whistle controlled spike thingy takes out a bunch of goons was pretty badass. Another thing I like about the movie is even the supporting characters got their little moments to shine.

Speaking of other terrans, the door is wide open for the Starjammers to show up, if the rights aren't tied up with the X-Men at Fox.

You do know there was a Starman tv series in the mid 80's, where he comes back and unites with his son? ;)

You did jog my memory about another Bowie song they can use in the next movie though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw

In any case, the bar for Episode 7 has gone up several notches. And space opera is fun again!

For the purposes of the film, they would really only need the cassette hubs to spin.

The broken ones probably only needed new belts, unless they were really badly taken care of. Sony built stuff to last back then.

The Star Wars vibe is definitely there. Ronan's look reminds me of the Reborn Sith from the Jedi Outcast game.

DominicCobb said:

Have to say I'd be disappointed if Episode VII was basically GOTG. I'm hoping for something better than that.

 At it's heart, GOTG is space opera. And it's fun in the way Star Wars used to be. (Something the prequels were in short supply of.) I'm sure Episode VII will follow it's own path, but it will also have to bring back the fun. That is what will bring in audiences beyond us old geezers.

I'm already itching to see the movie again, and 2017 is sadly a long way off.

Cast in lead? Some perv will lick that statue and take ill! ;)

I'd love an action figure based on Rocket's 1980's miniseries look.

I haven't read any of the later appearances, so I don't know if his origin story has been changed since then, or just tweaked for the movie. He certainly has more of an edge and attitude than I remember.