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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
It's definitely rather different from the books.
For one thing, Ramona feels...I don't know, happier? More emotive, that's for sure.
It also helps that it takes place over a longer period of time.
Oh God! Natural light!The supporting cast is all aces, though. And the visual aesthetic—which I'm positive is the only reason Wright wanted to do the film—is fantastic.
I enjoyed the Scott Pilgrim movie. Despite it not being especially good.
edited 10th Jul '15 5:54:30 PM by Wackd
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
I do as well. I'll try to find it. Off the top of my head I think the major changes from her draft were said to be that Nova was in it, none of the stuff with the music or Walkman was in it, and most of the jokes and stuff with Yondu ended up coming from Gunn.
edited 10th Jul '15 6:12:32 PM by comicwriter
I feel like if the Walkman wasn't in it, the movie would have tanked, and I'm only kind of joking. Music was such a big part of Guardians.
My various fanfics.I think we talked about the MCU music before Ao U came out and aside from Gotg(which is mostly licensed music)we could only really recall 6 or 7 tracks. Licensed tracks and the main Avengers theme stand out.
edited 10th Jul '15 6:33:15 PM by LordofLore
Yeah, Gunn added in the Walkman and the entire soundtrack, but the rest of the characters and settings came from Nicole Perlman. (Although the first draft was said to have both Nova and Bug, I believe.)
On the whole, I think Gunn might have changed the dialogue significantly, too, but the overall characters and plot details may be quite similar to Perlman's version. (Which is probably why Marvel wanted her to write another movie.)
Am I the only one who notices that Jon's shirt doesn't have the Punisher Skull?
Speaking of The Punisher, something I wanted to ask.
We know Frank's family will be shot to death, but my question is...who should be the ones pulling the triggers:
- Agents of HYDRA, which could tie well with the bigger side of the MCU since WS made them a legit threat in the 21st century. (Not to mention it could give way to Easter eggs concerning possible threats to HYDRA's plans.) Or...
- ...followers of Fisk, which could tie well with the grittier side of the MCU as it would give Frank enough reason to hunt down Fisk and be at odds with Matt?
Yeah all that really matters is that they weren't supposed to die. That's sort of the point. They were innocent people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It's probably not a good idea to wear that in public during the daytime.

A Caper has to be fun. I can't think of any heist movie which doesn't have an element of fun in it.