Obi-Wanma

I guess I noticed it before, but it didn't really sink in until now that Drax isn't green. I guess two green skinned aliens is one too many.

Solid Snake

Drax still looks green. Just a bit more muted.

Obi-Wanma

He looks brown to me, but the one image isn't really much to go on. Also, I may not be the best judge if it's very slight, as I do have a touch of red/green color blindness.

Solid Snake

Crazy. So does that make Predator look like it takes place in the fall or what?

taffer

Here's a much bigger picture:

MrSmearkase

I still want to fuck Zoe Saldana.

Obi-Wanma

Ok, I can see the green in the bigger picture, with the red body art. In the smaller image it just all ran together for me.

Artman

Her frame looks a little bigger too - arms, chest, etc. I approve!

Groucho

Impossible. We learned in the Wonder Woman thread that girls can't bulk up.

Solid Snake

No. Just the Israel women. Black women bulk up all the time.

Dr. DVD

Can anyone recommend a good collection of stories to help one familiarize themselves with this material? Thanks!

Solid Snake

Pretty much just Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2 from 2008. To get their essence, so to speak.

To get the "backstory" on what led up to their coming together is Marvel's Annilihation: Conquest. The sequel to Annihilation. Conquest featured the GotG members. So I guess that matters too. And to get an understanding of Conquest, I guess that story matters too.

I'd just say GotG from 2008 though.

Don't read the current GotG to "get" them. The Avengers film changed marvel Comics for the worst.

taffer

Tom Creo

Don't know if this matters or if this was posted before but here is a supposed list of Hasbro GotG offerings for the summer:

Solid Snake

Ok. Maybe not the worst. But it did affect how some moves in the comics are now done.

Damn. That's a lot of Rocket Raccoon.

Tom Creo

Yeah it is. I'm just wondering if we get in the film.

resinrats

Considering comic sales are in the toilet, showing off the characters in movies is probably the best chance they have to get new readers. New readers= more chance the comic has to keep being published. So Marvel/DC will make the comics more resemble the movie aspects so their new audience will likely stay with it.

taffer

I misread your original statement. I thought you were saying Avengers was a bad movie. Personally I think the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the best thing Marvel has done since about 1990.

Also, comics adapting things from movies is nothing new at all. The Superman comics adapted the cold sterile Krypton after the Donner movies. The Batman comics adapted the all black suit after the Burton movies. The X-Men comics adapted the black uniforms after the X-Men movies. The Spider-Man comics adapted organic webbing after the Raimi movies. Plus many more...

GuessWho

Has DC ever adapted Lex Luthor's nephew?

taffer

I don't think so, but after Superman Returns, Chris Kent was introduced in the comics.

Dr. DVD

I kind of disagree with that approach. I think the comics need to be the comics and the movies the movies. The movies should draw inspiration from the comic but do something to remain unique for their medium. Sounds like comics are trying to capitalize on the interest generated by the movies and trick new readers into thinking they are reading in movie canon.

Tom Creo

Solid Snake

I'm not arguing the MCU. It existing is a great thing. But I do have issue when they're shoehorning movie elements into the comics. I can't say much for the older DC cuz I didn't roll the comics in the years they did that. But with Marvel, the ones that I followed, it was felt. Going organic web shooter Spidey added a lot of BS stuff to him. Saying that it did get a storyline that I really liked for the most part, that being Ezekiel's existence. I thought he was a great and interesting character for a while.

I've never had an issue with a Sammy J. Nick Fury cuz the Ultimate Fury seemed to be different enough from his normal interpretation, the 616, that it was fine to make him black and Samuel Jackson. It was kind of cool for me actually. Now that they're putting in a Sammy J. Nick into the 616? What? And as Nick Fury's son? C'mon, get the fuck out of here. Now we're shoving IM into GotG cuz he's so goddamn popular and amazing to have. Let's have Hawkeye change his costume to resemble the movie too. Though I didn't mind Ultimate Barton's suit originally being like this. Different worlds gave different vibes and made some things more ok than others in a way.

Pretty much how I feel. I don't mind if they're inspired by some elements of a film but if they're just shoving movie shit into the comics just to remain current for the audience? Fuck that.

I dunno. I kind of hope not. I think that if people saw The Avengers and if we're getting the GotG into a film as well, the big thing to put them together would be well...the big T. Which we don't know if he'll LITERALLY be in GotG but his existence should be rather much felt, I'd think. Thor 2 rolled the ball a bit more into the GotG realm, which stuck out horribly where they placed it but I thought it was alright.

I will admit...it is fucking exciting to see where they will go with this cuz again...nothing like this has ever existed in the film realm. But something like this is very common for it's origin base. I am excited for GotG. Groot and Branches, bitches!

Groucho

I would be more surprised if they DIDN'T do that. They had The Collector in Thor 2, after all, and there hasn't been an MCU film yet without a cameo and/or foreshadowing.

superdeluxe

Cooper is going to nail Rocket out of the park.