GotG was the kind of book which would be described as having a "rabid fanbase" moreso than being a big seller for Marvel. That book, along with Nova and the Annihilation story threads, garnered huge response from a relatively small segment of the fandom. Personally I think that GotG could be a really fun, high energy space opera type of movie. I am thinking something old school like the OT of Star Wars, not weighed down by lots of drama and such. Just a thought.
On Monday, July 16, 2012 2:26:30 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > How popular is it, really? I don't even think it is an active book, at > least I couldn't find sales numbers for it. > > Wikipedia says its first printing in 2008 did sellout, but its run was > less than 40K. It was the 61st highest selling title that month. Not sure > what its peak number were. > > Ron > > > > *From:* Shag <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2012 11:45 AM > *Subject:* Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Guardians of the Galaxy will feature > Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora and Drax > > Here is my take on this... Marvel/Disney is looking for the next big film > franchise. They want to stay close to the superhero genre, but don't want > to overdue Avengers too soon. So the very popular Guardians of the Galaxy > seems logical. For those of you who haven't followed Marvel Comics in a > while, Guardians of the Galaxy exploded in popularity a few years ago > thanks to a big event called "Annihilation". Also, I'm sure Marvel/Disney > executives are already having daydreams of Rocket Raccoon being the most > merchandised CGI character in history. Move over Shrek and Garfield, here > comes the world's funniest and cutest Raccoon! > > My opinion is that Guardians of the Galaxy is a comic that worked in that > situation. Meaning it was the right time, the right writers, the right > artists, etc. It worked at that moment, but probably wouldn't have if any > of those element were different. I think the same of James Robinson's > Starman, and Neil Gaiman's Sandman. It struck at the perfect time, was > wildly successful, but trying to recapture that magic probably isn't > feasible. (And yes, I'm aware DC just announced a Neil Gaiman Sandman > prequel. It'll sell well, but when it's over will it really be remembered > often and fondly?) > > Now Marvel Studios hasn't produced a dud yet, and they are smart guys. So > I'm sure they'll make the Guardians of the Galaxy a fun and exciting > movie. They'll probably even tie it loosely into their other superhero > movies to generate some buzz. Using a Disney analogy... when it's all > over, I think Guardians of the Galaxy will be like Disney's Pocahontas. > Lots of people saw it, everyone seemed to think it was fine, but a few > years later and no one talks about it anymore. And hey, Pocahontas had a > raccoon too. > > Just my two cents. > > The Irredeemable Shag > > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would have preferrf the original Guardians of the Galaxy. With it > being set in the future, it easily ties into the Avergers, such as the > search for Cap's sheild, the alien race, The Stark, Asgardians are > immortal, and they could introduce Vance Astro in another movie before he > gets stuck in hypersleep (which I only now realized the > man-out-of-time simularities to Cap). > > They had the new GotG in a recent episode of the Avengers animated series > a few weeks ago, and I couldn't tell you who/what half those > characters are. I don't mean just that I didn't recognize them then, but > I don't remember them now. Not very memerable. Let's see, there was > Rocket Racoon and Drax, some Quasar-like lady,an Ent-like guy, and a human > in a space suit. > > I don't see this a great idea. > > ~Ron > > *From:* Jason Service <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2012 9:04 AM > *Subject:* Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Guardians of the Galaxy will feature > Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora and Drax > > I used to be a reader of Marvel. I quit in the 90's. Most of these names > mean NOTHING to me. Drax the Destroyer and Rocket Racoon are names i have > heard of. Never read a single comic they were even in as a cameo that i can > recall. > > This makes me really have serious concerns about this one...I read Marvel > for more than a decade and don't know who these characters are. I hope that > Marvel makes this work, but i am not in any way excited about this group. I > am sure with proper marketing and trailers, they could get my interest, but > this may be a HUGE test for Marvel...getting fans of their more traditional > properties interested in this group, but a more difficult proposition, > getting folks with no comic history/interest to come see this. It'll be > interesting. > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: > > The worst kept secret in Hollywood is now official. > > Should be a lot of fun seeing how the hype for this is handled. I forsee > a lot of "Is Marvel crazy?" and "Green Lantern PROVED cosmic heroes DON'T > WORK!!!!!" type of chatter balanced against the True Believers who will be > shouting "I AM GROOT!" and "Rocket Racoon for the win!!" > > On Sunday, July 15, 2012 10:23:29 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > > http://www.hitfix.com/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-will-feature-star-lord-rocket-raccoon-groot-gamora-and-drax > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/cC25IGuRT54J. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mailto:theuniquegeek%[email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]>. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mailto:theuniquegeek%[email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mailto:theuniquegeek%[email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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