Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

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In the store as #511, Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Avengers: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Avengers ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy (the host's read). Thanos' Chitauri subcontracting sets up the cosmic films; Guardians is next on their Marvel list.
    “We're gonna we're gonna cover Peter movie soon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:34:57 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 4 lines the host's read ×4

  1. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (the host's read). The sequel deepens Yondu's relationship with Quill so the first film's scene reads differently in retrospect.
    “Knowing what you know about their relationship that you learn in the sequel, you know, colors this scene a little bit more”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:26:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou).
    “this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Ant-Man: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Ant-Man (the host's read). After Guardians' success with unknown characters, Ant-Man was an easy next gamble.
    “you do Ant-Man after that because you're just like, yeah, let's do Ant-Man.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:17:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Sonic the Hedgehog (upcoming film): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Sonic the Hedgehog (upcoming film) (the host's read). The new Sonic design looks like it copied Rocket's design.
    “I also think they copied Rocket's design for the new Sonic.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:32:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 6 lines lineage ×3 verdict ×2 craft ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The sequel deepens Yondu's relationship with Quill so the first film's scene reads differently in retrospect.
    “Knowing what you know about their relationship that you learn in the sequel, you know, colors this scene a little bit more”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:26:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel: 4 lines craft ×2 lineage ×1 programming ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Guardians of the Galaxy. As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou).
    “this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Avengers: Infinity War: 3 lines programming ×1 lineage ×1 industry ×1

  1. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Infinity War. Guardians 3 is certain and Star-Lord is now a primary MCU figure.
    “Chris Pratt, obviously, there will be a Guardians 3.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:52:39 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 3 lines lineage ×2 craft ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Rocket is a Han Solo and Chewbacca pairing: Groot is the one only Rocket understands, and Rocket pretends he doesn't care about the group.
    “Oh, the way I'm also thinking now, like, how rocket is kind of like Han Solo?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:16:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Thor: The Dark World: 3 lines contrast ×2 programming ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Thor: The Dark World → Guardians of the Galaxy. The next film, Guardians, becomes candy colored, which is what that film needs, versus this serious look.
    “you get to like Guardians next and it like becomes like candy colored”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:34:19 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Trek: The Original Series: 2 lines craft ×1 lineage ×1

  1. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Trek: The Original Series. Brightly colored aliens echo original Trek, where skin color alone makes a film more interesting.
    “I mean, classic like original Star Trek, just like, what are we painted in blue?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:24:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Suicide Squad: 2 lines contrast ×2

  1. contrast (contrast): Guardians of the Galaxy → Suicide Squad. Guardians' needle drops come from an emotional spine (the mixtape), while Suicide Squad's songs relate too directly to the action.
    “Suicide Squad, you feel like every needle drop is trying too hard to relate directly to what's going on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:33:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers: 2 lines industry ×1 programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Avengers → Guardians of the Galaxy. Thanos' Chitauri subcontracting sets up the cosmic films; Guardians is next on their Marvel list.
    “We're gonna we're gonna cover Peter movie soon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:34:57 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Alexis Denisof: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Alexis Denisof → Guardians of the Galaxy. Denisof, known as Wesley on Buffy and Angel, appears as the Other and is typically kicked around in his roles.
    “It's also so funny that Wesley is treated so shittily in both Buffy and Angel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:44:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ant-Man: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Ant-Man. After Guardians' success with unknown characters, Ant-Man was an easy next gamble.
    “you do Ant-Man after that because you're just like, yeah, let's do Ant-Man.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:17:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Avengers: Age of Ultron: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Age of Ultron. Infinity Stone exposition scenes tend to halt a movie, but this one works because the heroes are chasing the stone.
    “I tend to feel like the Infinity Stone scenes always grind the movie to a hold, however shorter long they are.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:10:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bradley Cooper: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Bradley Cooper → Guardians of the Galaxy. His Rocket Raccoon voice work is cited as good.
    “I mean, you know, Rocky Raccoon, that was good.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:32:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain America: The First Avenger. It is the first Marvel origin movie since Captain America, after a run of sequels and Avengers-world films.
    “This is the 1st Marvel origin movie since what, Captain America?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:15:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Summer 2014's box office was weak, with Winter Soldier and Lego Movie topping the year until Guardians overtook them.
    “Lego movie made 257 by Winter Soul.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:10:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Cruel Intentions: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Cruel Intentions. Needle-drop costs can sink a song choice, as with Bittersweet Symphony in Cruel Intentions.
    “Bittersweet Symphony costs so much because you have to pay the Rolling Stones.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:06:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Doctor Strange: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Doctor Strange. Feige's goal of growing the universe: Guardians is the cosmic layer, Doctor Strange the magical one, areas once thought too silly or expensive.
    “Like Doctor Strange is like sort of the magical element.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:17:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Eternals: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (comparison): Eternals → Guardians of the Galaxy. Eternals feels like an unknown cast of space characters, like Guardians, but Guardians had one-liners as the hook.
    “Guardians feels like a very unique proposition where it was like, this is in space and we're going to introduce all this stuff, but really just come for the one liners.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:10:52 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fantastic Four (speaker's unmade high-school pitch): 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Guardians of the Galaxy → Fantastic Four (speaker's unmade high-school pitch). The mixtape-as-superstructure idea resembles a speaker's high-school Fantastic Four script built around Jackson 5, played by Reed Richards to annoy Doom.
    “It sort of had a similar superstructure with the Peter Quill mixtape in this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:05:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Finding Nemo: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Finding Nemo. Like Nemo, it opens with the biggest tragedy (a death) and then moves on, so the audience is with it from the first minutes.
    “The Finding Nemo thing, where it's like, if you start with like the eel, the barracuda, like eating all the babies, then you're like with it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:15:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Hereditary: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Hereditary. Cinema scores: horror films like Us and Hereditary draw low scores that don't track quality, with a list of Fs mostly great movies.
    “And almost all of them are great movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:34:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Howard the Duck: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Howard the Duck. The credits tag with Howard the Duck leads to talk about the comic being better than the Lucas film and Kevin Smith's animated show.
    “Not the George Lucas film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:13:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Inception: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Inception. The simultaneous multi-location tasks in the climax are parallel action like Inception.
    “Like, this is that thrilling like inception shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:44:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Iron Man: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Iron Man. It opened to Iron Man-sized numbers, defying fears it was too weird to cross over.
    “It opened to like Iron Man numbers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:07:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jack Huston: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Jack Huston → Guardians of the Galaxy. Huston tested for Star-Lord.
    “He tested for Star-Lord.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:59:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

James Gunn: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): James Gunn → Guardians of the Galaxy. The Guardians humor belongs to one writer, Gunn, who is the driver.
    “like gun is sort of the driver.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:49:57 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Joseph Gordon-Levitt → Guardians of the Galaxy. Gordon-Levitt turned down Star-Lord, which they call a huge mistake.
    “Joseph Gordon Levitt was like, no, which is like Dodge Bullet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:26:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Josh Brolin: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Josh Brolin → Guardians of the Galaxy. The Thanos of Guardians was a couple of scenes in a chair and very different in design and performance.
    “the character is very, very different in Guardians of the Galaxy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:27:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Kevin Feige: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Kevin Feige. Feige set goals to expand the universe into cosmic and magical corners that were thought too silly, big or expensive.
    “Like all these areas that people thought you couldn't put in the movies because they were too silly or too big or too expensive.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:17:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Laura Haddock: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Laura Haddock → Guardians of the Galaxy. Haddock cameos as an autograph seeker here and returns as Star-Lord's mom; she is also in a Transformers and Last Night.
    “Laura Haddock is her name.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:00:29 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Lee Pace: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Lee Pace → Guardians of the Galaxy. Pace was a long-running Star-Lord contender and then took the villain role Ronan instead, committing to the operatic performance.
    “Lee Pace was one of the guys who stayed in the running the whole time.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:26:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Marcus and McFeely: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Marcus and McFeely → Guardians of the Galaxy. They do not totally nail Guardians-style humor, though Drax gets great lines.
    “Do not totally nail the humor of...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:49:51 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Reservoir Dogs → Guardians of the Galaxy. The soundtrack was a cultural moment of the kind Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy are for kids today.
    “They may feel that way about Guardians of the Galaxy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Sean Gunn: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Sean Gunn → Guardians of the Galaxy. Sean Gunn is best known as Kirk from Gilmore Girls, the town weirdo with every job.
    “He's Kirk from Gilmer Girls.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:00:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sonic the Hedgehog (upcoming film): 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Sonic the Hedgehog (upcoming film). The new Sonic design looks like it copied Rocket's design.
    “I also think they copied Rocket's design for the new Sonic.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:32:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The 40-Year-Old Virgin: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. A famous guest's point: Marvel movies are comedies and Guardians effectively replaced mainstream studio comedies.
    “Guardians of the Galaxy is a comedy, and Guardians of the Galaxy has effectively replaced mainstream comedies”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:18:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

The Breakfast Club: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Guardians of the Galaxy → The Breakfast Club. The misfit team facing a deadline plays like the Breakfast Club or a group project nobody did.
    “And they're the Breakfast Club, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:30:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Princess Bride: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → The Princess Bride. Drax is like Andre the Giant's Fezzik-style revenge figure, Rocket like Wallace Shawn's Vizzini, Gamora like Robin Wright's Buttercup.
    “He's kind of like the character who's like, you killed my...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:14:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Thor: Ragnarok: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Thor: Ragnarok. Guardians is among Marvel's most beloved and its success, like Ragnarok's, shows the brand outrunning the character's profile.
    “I think in some ways that is among their most beloved movies too”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:17:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Transformers: Age of Extinction: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Transformers: Age of Extinction. Guardians became the biggest summer 2014 hit after the previous leader, Transformers 4, was viewed as a disappointment.
    “It was Transformers Age of Extinction 245.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:11:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Vin Diesel: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Vin Diesel → Guardians of the Galaxy. Diesel campaigned to play Vision, and Groot was the concession.
    “Then after they gave him Groot, which was the concession to him not being able to play.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:21:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Zoe Saldana: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Zoe Saldana → Guardians of the Galaxy. Saldana did something similar as Gamora in the Marvel movies.
    “Obviously, we've seen her do something somewhat similar as Gamorrah in the Marvel movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:10:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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career (5)

  1. career (career): Bradley Cooper → Guardians of the Galaxy. His Rocket Raccoon voice work is cited as good.
    “I mean, you know, Rocky Raccoon, that was good.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:32:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Zoe Saldana → Guardians of the Galaxy. Saldana did something similar as Gamora in the Marvel movies.
    “Obviously, we've seen her do something somewhat similar as Gamorrah in the Marvel movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:10:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Alexis Denisof → Guardians of the Galaxy. Denisof, known as Wesley on Buffy and Angel, appears as the Other and is typically kicked around in his roles.
    “It's also so funny that Wesley is treated so shittily in both Buffy and Angel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:44:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Sean Gunn → Guardians of the Galaxy. Sean Gunn is best known as Kirk from Gilmore Girls, the town weirdo with every job.
    “He's Kirk from Gilmer Girls.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:00:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Laura Haddock → Guardians of the Galaxy. Haddock cameos as an autograph seeker here and returns as Star-Lord's mom; she is also in a Transformers and Last Night.
    “Laura Haddock is her name.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:00:29 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (6)

  1. contrast (contrast): Reservoir Dogs → Guardians of the Galaxy. The soundtrack was a cultural moment of the kind Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy are for kids today.
    “They may feel that way about Guardians of the Galaxy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Josh Brolin → Guardians of the Galaxy. The Thanos of Guardians was a couple of scenes in a chair and very different in design and performance.
    “the character is very, very different in Guardians of the Galaxy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:27:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Guardians of the Galaxy → Thor: The Dark World. A dark elf in a cage reminds them of Thor 2, though they note the Cree villains are a different race from the Dark Elves.
    “These are the same dark elves from the Thorn.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:26:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Guardians of the Galaxy → Suicide Squad. Both are teams of wild cards, but Suicide Squad is unbearable where Guardians works.
    “And it's trying to do the same thing where it's like every character's a wild card, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:12:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): Guardians of the Galaxy → Suicide Squad. Guardians' needle drops come from an emotional spine (the mixtape), while Suicide Squad's songs relate too directly to the action.
    “Suicide Squad, you feel like every needle drop is trying too hard to relate directly to what's going on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:33:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Thor: The Dark World → Guardians of the Galaxy. The next film, Guardians, becomes candy colored, which is what that film needs, versus this serious look.
    “you get to like Guardians next and it like becomes like candy colored”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:34:19 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (10)

  1. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Guardians of the Galaxy. Everything in the film except Brie Larson's polished lead is silly fun closer to Guardians.
    “kind of silly fun, kind of closer to Guardians for lack of a better term.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:14:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Marcus and McFeely → Guardians of the Galaxy. They do not totally nail Guardians-style humor, though Drax gets great lines.
    “Do not totally nail the humor of...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:49:51 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): James Gunn → Guardians of the Galaxy. The Guardians humor belongs to one writer, Gunn, who is the driver.
    “like gun is sort of the driver.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:49:57 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Finding Nemo. Like Nemo, it opens with the biggest tragedy (a death) and then moves on, so the audience is with it from the first minutes.
    “The Finding Nemo thing, where it's like, if you start with like the eel, the barracuda, like eating all the babies, then you're like with it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:15:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Trek: The Original Series. Brightly colored aliens echo original Trek, where skin color alone makes a film more interesting.
    “I mean, classic like original Star Trek, just like, what are we painted in blue?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:24:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Vol. 2 used a brightly blue Yondu and a bright Milano interior to dodge the washed-out look of the first film's color grading.
    “He's just smart about working in, like, I'm going to make his skin so bright blue.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:25:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Age of Ultron. Infinity Stone exposition scenes tend to halt a movie, but this one works because the heroes are chasing the stone.
    “I tend to feel like the Infinity Stone scenes always grind the movie to a hold, however shorter long they are.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:10:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The prison-break action sequence has clear rules like the Death Star trench-run style 'we got to get through there' setups.
    “It's like Death Starship where it's just like, we got to get through there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:37:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Inception. The simultaneous multi-location tasks in the climax are parallel action like Inception.
    “Like, this is that thrilling like inception shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:44:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain Marvel. The Flarkin cat in Captain Marvel is a version of the Drax metaphor joke, but this film's joke lands better thanks to the cut to his face.
    “And you know, you know, the cat in Captain Marvel is like a version of this joke.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:46:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (13)

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. A famous guest's point: Marvel movies are comedies and Guardians effectively replaced mainstream studio comedies.
    “Guardians of the Galaxy is a comedy, and Guardians of the Galaxy has effectively replaced mainstream comedies”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:18:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Thor: Ragnarok. Guardians is among Marvel's most beloved and its success, like Ragnarok's, shows the brand outrunning the character's profile.
    “I think in some ways that is among their most beloved movies too”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:17:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain America: The First Avenger. It is the first Marvel origin movie since Captain America, after a run of sequels and Avengers-world films.
    “This is the 1st Marvel origin movie since what, Captain America?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:15:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Doctor Strange. Feige's goal of growing the universe: Guardians is the cosmic layer, Doctor Strange the magical one, areas once thought too silly or expensive.
    “Like Doctor Strange is like sort of the magical element.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:17:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Kevin Feige. Feige set goals to expand the universe into cosmic and magical corners that were thought too silly, big or expensive.
    “Like all these areas that people thought you couldn't put in the movies because they were too silly or too big or too expensive.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:17:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → The Avengers. It is the first Marvel film with a totally new cast since Captain America, so separate from the other MCU films.
    “And it's really the 1st one with a totally new cast since capt one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:18:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Sonic the Hedgehog (upcoming film). The new Sonic design looks like it copied Rocket's design.
    “I also think they copied Rocket's design for the new Sonic.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:32:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → Guardians of the Galaxy. Infinity War's Guardians scenes feel slightly off without Gunn writing and directing them, making them dread Guardians 3 under someone else.
    “And also, I mean, watching Infinity War was like, fuck, I don't want to see someone else direct Guardians 3.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:32:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Hereditary. Cinema scores: horror films like Us and Hereditary draw low scores that don't track quality, with a list of Fs mostly great movies.
    “And almost all of them are great movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:34:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Cruel Intentions. Needle-drop costs can sink a song choice, as with Bittersweet Symphony in Cruel Intentions.
    “Bittersweet Symphony costs so much because you have to pay the Rolling Stones.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:06:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Iron Man. It opened to Iron Man-sized numbers, defying fears it was too weird to cross over.
    “It opened to like Iron Man numbers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:07:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Summer 2014's box office was weak, with Winter Soldier and Lego Movie topping the year until Guardians overtook them.
    “Lego movie made 257 by Winter Soul.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:10:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Transformers: Age of Extinction. Guardians became the biggest summer 2014 hit after the previous leader, Transformers 4, was viewed as a disappointment.
    “It was Transformers Age of Extinction 245.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:11:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (9)

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Guardians of the Galaxy. As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou).
    “this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Trek: The Original Series. It has a Star Trek vibe, essentially a comedy with 60s Trek aesthetics.
    “It's like someone doing a comedy with 60s trek aesthetics.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:35:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. A scummy alien bar full of background characters is like the Star Wars cantina.
    “It's like a cantina from Star Wars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:38:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Infinity War. Thanos's 'I'll do it myself' in Infinity War is explained by this film's first-wave contractors who all blow it.
    “Yeah, is that he's he's contracted people to get all this shit for him and they all blow it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:46:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → The Princess Bride. Drax is like Andre the Giant's Fezzik-style revenge figure, Rocket like Wallace Shawn's Vizzini, Gamora like Robin Wright's Buttercup.
    “He's kind of like the character who's like, you killed my...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:14:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Rocket is a Han Solo and Chewbacca pairing: Groot is the one only Rocket understands, and Rocket pretends he doesn't care about the group.
    “Oh, the way I'm also thinking now, like, how rocket is kind of like Han Solo?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:16:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The sequel deepens Yondu's relationship with Quill so the first film's scene reads differently in retrospect.
    “Knowing what you know about their relationship that you learn in the sequel, you know, colors this scene a little bit more”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:26:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The sequel doubles down on Yondu's arrow by building its best action sequence around it.
    “And then that the 2nd movie doubles down on it with like building its best action sequence around the era.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:42:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Vol. 2 is the movie that develops Nebula's backstory with Gamora; this film is about Quill and dads in embryo.
    “Because 2 is the one that's gonna, you know, is trying to win you over to Nebula.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:43:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (6)

  1. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Ant-Man. After Guardians' success with unknown characters, Ant-Man was an easy next gamble.
    “you do Ant-Man after that because you're just like, yeah, let's do Ant-Man.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:17:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Infinity War. Guardians 3 is certain and Star-Lord is now a primary MCU figure.
    “Chris Pratt, obviously, there will be a Guardians 3.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:52:39 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel provides context for the Nova Corps Cree and a not-yet-crazy Ronan, and Jude Law's Yon-Rogg.
    “But the idea in Captain Marvel is he's not crazy yet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:59:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Howard the Duck. The credits tag with Howard the Duck leads to talk about the comic being better than the Lucas film and Kevin Smith's animated show.
    “Not the George Lucas film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:13:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Thor: The Dark World → Guardians of the Galaxy. The Collector mid-credits scene already shows the Guardians' comic space weirdness; the speaker thinks James Gunn directed it.
    “I think gun directed this. It's 100% difficult.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:59:51 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): The Avengers → Guardians of the Galaxy. Thanos' Chitauri subcontracting sets up the cosmic films; Guardians is next on their Marvel list.
    “We're gonna we're gonna cover Peter movie soon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:34:57 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (comparison): Eternals → Guardians of the Galaxy. Eternals feels like an unknown cast of space characters, like Guardians, but Guardians had one-liners as the hook.
    “Guardians feels like a very unique proposition where it was like, this is in space and we're going to introduce all this stuff, but really just come for the one liners.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:10:52 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Guardians of the Galaxy → The Breakfast Club. The misfit team facing a deadline plays like the Breakfast Club or a group project nobody did.
    “And they're the Breakfast Club, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:30:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Guardians of the Galaxy → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. They rank the first film at or near the top of Marvel, and prefer the second slightly because the first has the weaker spotlight on Quill sidelined in two.
    “I'm gonna actually, on the record, say, I think this is my favorite Marvel movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:17:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 → Guardians of the Galaxy. One host's only problem with the sequel is that Quill feels sidelined.
    “I think they sideline Quill too much in two.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:17:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (5)

  1. what-if (what-if): Jack Huston → Guardians of the Galaxy. Huston tested for Star-Lord.
    “He tested for Star-Lord.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:59:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Vin Diesel → Guardians of the Galaxy. Diesel campaigned to play Vision, and Groot was the concession.
    “Then after they gave him Groot, which was the concession to him not being able to play.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:21:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Joseph Gordon-Levitt → Guardians of the Galaxy. Gordon-Levitt turned down Star-Lord, which they call a huge mistake.
    “Joseph Gordon Levitt was like, no, which is like Dodge Bullet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:26:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Lee Pace → Guardians of the Galaxy. Pace was a long-running Star-Lord contender and then took the villain role Ronan instead, committing to the operatic performance.
    “Lee Pace was one of the guys who stayed in the running the whole time.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:26:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Guardians of the Galaxy → Fantastic Four (speaker's unmade high-school pitch). The mixtape-as-superstructure idea resembles a speaker's high-school Fantastic Four script built around Jackson 5, played by Reed Richards to annoy Doom.
    “It sort of had a similar superstructure with the Peter Quill mixtape in this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:05:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Guardians of the Galaxy: Amanda knows Guardians only as the raccoon voiced by Bradley Cooper, and Sean suggests she go by Amanda the Accuser.
    “perhaps you should go by Amanda the accuser in future podcasts.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Guardians of the Galaxy: Marvel's gamble: a wrestler, the Parks and Rec guy, and a raccoon; selling point was Marvel goes to space.
    “The selling point on that movie was Marvel Goes to Space.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:16:40 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.