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turtlecrunch: May 14, 2013; Hesitation is defeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dvD7nYYXcs

Here is the trailer so that you, too can know that the real definition of exXxtreme is skiing down a DIRT hill

# ? Jul 24, 2016 02:58

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# ? May 22, 2024 13:46

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

davidspackage posted:

I don't think so, it's just provided a subset of people with what they think is an acceptable outlet for their own racist ideas. It might have given them more confidence that is is acceptable, though.

There's this trend of the past years where white westerners seem to feel like racism is over and it's time to start pushing back hard against PC and reclaim imaginary lost ground, but that probably has a lot more complex beginnings.

On a related note, I'd never heard redheads referred to as "gingers" outside of British TV shows before that one South Park episode, then it seemed like loving everyone used it.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 03:34

Gonz: Dec 22, 2009; "Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"

From James Gunn's Facebook page:

quote:

Whoa! So we just got off stage at the San Diego Comicon showing not one, but THREE Guardians clips: 1) A piece from the film featuring Yondu, Rocket, baby Groot, and the Ravagers, 2) A behind-the-scenes featurette of me and the cast working on the forthcoming Guardians attraction at Disneyland, and 3) A special glimpse at a montage of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

I thought I�d share with you guys what we shared with everyone there.

If you don�t want minor spoilers from the film, don�t continue to read. I won�t hold it against you, I swear.

Here are the headlines �

THE RAVAGERS ARE A BIG PART OF VOL. 2

Most were on hand for the SDCC presentation, disrupting the proceedings as Ravagers are prone to do. We learn that they�ve had a somewhat contentious, even mutinous, relationship with Yondu since Vol. 1, due to the fact that Yondu let Peter Quill go without reprisal after not giving them the orb.

The leader in all of these shenanigans is the incredibly-powerful yet incredibly ridiculously-named TASERFACE, played by Chris Sullivan (it�s worth noting that four years ago when I was hired for the first Guardians film, I joked that I was going to make Taserface my villain. I suppose it�s no longer a joke).

Joining Chris in full Ravager regalia, was, of course, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, as well as these new Ravagers, all featured in the film:

Wretch, played by Evan Jones
Half-Nut, played by Jimmy Urine
Brahl, played by Stephen Blackehart
Gef the Ravager, played by Steve Agee
Oblo, played by Joe Fria
Narblik, play by Terence Rosemore

MICHAEL ROOKER SHOWED UP IN FULL YONDU MODE

With a big-rear end fin on his head. �Nuff said.

NEBULA IS A MAJOR PART OF THE FILM

As Karen Gillan knows � because I told her during my first meeting with her � GotG Vol. 1 was just a glimpse at a character I had major plans for in the future of the Guardians-verse. I did not lie.

ELIZABETH DEBICKI PLAYS AYESHA

Ayesha is the golden High Priestess of a genetically-perfect people called the Sovereign. She�s not a woman to be screwed with � she, and her entire world, are extraordinarily deadly.

WE CAUGHT A FIRST LOOK AT MANTIS

Our look for Mantis is similar to her original look in the comics � she�s the same color as Pom Klementieff, the actress who plays her (i.e not green), and she has antennae. We saw just a tiny little glimpse of her in the Comic-Con footage. More will be coming. She�s been one of my favorite parts of making this film.

YES, SYLVESTER STALLONE IS IN THE FILM

This was an amazing experience for me, considering I ran around in my backyard as a kid pretending I was Johnny Rambo. Working with Sly was one of the high points of shooting Vol. 2 for me.

Who does he play? Well, I can�t reveal that quite yet� but we do see him interacting with Yondu in the teaser.

TWO SONGS PLAYED IN THE FOOTAGE

�Come a Little Bit Closer,� by Jay and the Americans, played during the clip where Yondu faces off against some of the Ravagers.

�The Chain,� by Fleetwood Mac was the song used in the montage.

Am I saying these songs are part of Awesome Mix Vol. 2? Not necessarily. But they are great tunes�

A NEW DISNEYLAND GOTG ATTRACTION IS COMING

I�m a huge Disneyland fan and the Tower of Terror is my second favorite attraction there (Space Mountain is number one). So when the folks approached me, asking me to be involved with a new Guardians attraction, I was apprehensive.

But then the Walt Disney Imagineering folks showed me what they had in mind and MY MIND WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN. It was awesome (see the attached concept art for a very small taste). Exhilarating and novel and interactive. I can�t be more pleased to have partnered up with Walt Disney Imagineering in this production, helping to direct and shape the experience so that it has all the heart and fun and humor Guardians movies do.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and I, along with a few other members of the Guardians cast, put our full effort into making it as great as we knew it could be. We shot most of it while we were in Atlanta shooting Vol. 2, and I can�t wait for you guys to see it and experience it firsthand the next time you visit the park.

WE DISCLOSED THE IDENTITY OF PETER QUILL�S FATHER

This is the biggie, I guess. And, yes, as many people guessed, or assumed, Kurt Russell is playing Peter Quill�s father. And Peter Quill�s father is (as almost no one has guessed)�

EGO.

Known in the comics as Ego the Living Planet.

Yeah, his dad is a planet. Sort of. It will all be explained in the film..

But to me, this is the absolute center of Vol. 2, and one of the reasons I�ve been so excited about it. When Marvel first approached me with the first movie, I thought, �Wait a second? A talking raccoon? Isn�t that a rather ridiculous idea to base a movie around?�

It was then that I took a step back and asked myself: Okay, if a raccoon could talk, and shoot a machine gun, how could that be? And answering that question ended up being the entire foundation of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1. There was a sadness in the answer. Rocket was an animal experimented upon, torn apart and put back together, without compassion. He was the only being of his type, had never known any hint of kindness, and was utterly and completely alone until he met his fellow Guardians. And, one of them in particular � Groot � thought it was worth sacrificing his life for his sake. This melancholy and beautiful undercurrent helped to ground the character for me. He had far more in common with Frankenstein�s monster than he did Bugs Bunny. And I related to him, greatly, and I hoped other folks who felt like outsiders would as well.

Ego seemed, in many ways, like an even more ridiculous character. But I asked myself, if a planet was alive, how could that be? And how could it father a child?

The answers to those questions took me to a far deeper place that I expected. I don�t want to give away too many answers at this time. But what Nova Prime said about Peter�s father at the end of Vol. 1 is certainly true � he is something ancient and unknown. And, as we will discover, being a cosmic being, alone for eons, is perhaps even more lonely than being the universe�s sole talking raccoon.

I can�t wait for you guys to see Kurt Russell bring this character to life onscreen. It has been a rapturous experience creating Ego with him. We have both pushed ourselves as far as we can go in making him real, and grounded, and emotionally centered.

I also can�t wait for all of you to see this movie. I really, really love it. Never has anything I�ve done flowed as smoothly as this project, and been so true and consistent from the first day I started writing it until today, as we edit it and create our visual effects.

And, worry not. Although you�ve learned a lot today, we have countless more surprises for you as we get closer to our release date. And even more of them in the movie itself.

Stay tuned to this page for more updates as we approach May 5, 2017 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!

Thanks!

James

# ? Jul 24, 2016 04:44

Cool Dad: Jun 15, 2007; It is always Friday night, motherfuckers

Is James Gunn loving with me right now

# ? Jul 24, 2016 05:30

Riot Bimbo: Dec 28, 2006

is that paternity spoiler a thing in the comics? it sounds dumb in a way that comic books would do.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 05:34

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

hemophilia posted:

is that paternity spoiler a thing in the comics? it sounds dumb in a way that comic books would do.

In the comics Peter's dad is the ruler of the Spartax Empire but otherwise just kind of a normal guy.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 05:37

sam16: Oct 29, 2007; Pillbug

So, uh, Max Landis is writing a Pepe Le Pew Movie for WB.

Setting aside Max, it seems really weird for WB to try a movie of Pepe of all characters. I'm not sure how a sexual harasser will go down as a protagonist for a kid's cartoon movie in 2016.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 08:37

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

Make it Austin Powers with a skunk: sexy international Sexymans loses his mojo/strong scent. He is sent on a personal journey that shows him the futility of NeggingKinos and how everyone is special.

The refurb of Tower of Terror away from Twilight Zone into Guardians is a war crime. But it serves to show how Modern sci-fi is basically dominated by comics and Marvel in particular.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 08:47

Rough Lobster: May 27, 2009; Don't be such a squid, bro

Also Pepe LePew is probably horribly offensive to the French, and they've had a pretty rough year so let's ease up.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 08:49

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

there is no way that movie isn't the result of some sort of a bet

# ? Jul 24, 2016 08:52

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

A dartboard with pictures of Looney Toons characters on it.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 09:06

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

A: An accident leaves Pepe LePeu, raconteur and gigolo, in the body of Joe (Jonah Hill). Without his trademark looks, he must find a new meaning in life.

B: Pepe is the town's smallest runt. When he proclaims that Women Across the World will love him, he gets laughed at. But a chance encounter in Paris leads him on the adventure of a lifetime.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 09:12

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Isn't half the plot of those that a cat accidently gets a stripe painted on her back, yeah let's make a movie about a guy who tries to rape a woman for wearing too much makeup, that's a hilarious idea for a joke.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 09:15

claw game handjob: Mar 27, 2007; pinch pinch scrape pinch
ow ow fuck it's caught
i'm bleeding
JESUS TURN IT OFF
WHY ARE YOU STILL SMILING

Skwirl posted:

Isn't half the plot of those that a cat accidently gets a stripe painted on her back, yeah let's make a movie about a guy who tries to rape a woman for wearing too much makeup, that's a hilarious idea for a joke.

That may be literally the most Max Landis plot I've ever heard, so... it's not like they have the wrong guy attached.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 09:17

Babysitter Super Sleuth: Apr 26, 2012; my posts are as bad the Current Releases review of Gone Girl

You see, mademoiselle, I believe that all lives matter

# ? Jul 24, 2016 09:25

syscall girl: Nov 7, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Fun Shoe

Rough Lobster posted:

Also Pepe LePew is probably horribly offensive to the French, and they've had a pretty rough year so let's ease up.

Je suis chat

# ? Jul 24, 2016 09:41

Red Bones: Aug 9, 2012; "I think he's a bad enough person to stay ghost through his sheer love of child-killing."

END ME SCOOB posted:

That may be literally the most Max Landis plot I've ever heard, so... it's not like they have the wrong guy attached.

I'm still waiting to hear how his film about ~~black people~~ "fantasy orks in the modern world" is going, because that feels like peak Max Landis to me.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 10:04

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

The concept of Max Landis is too funny for me to ever feel any ill towards.

Hahaha, Max Landis.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 10:34

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

I hope his father does not hover around him, telling producers they should hire Max. John Landis is the last person you want to be a helicopter parent.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 10:38

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

The MSJ posted:

I hope his father does not hover around him, telling producers they should hire Max. John Landis is the last person you want to be a helicopter parent.

Max being asked if he would ever remake one of his father's movies
https://twitter.com/Uptomyknees/status/757061194557460480

Funny side note its kinda weird how his username is Uptomyknees that is about how much Vic Morrow lost

Snooze Cruise fucked around with this message at 10:46 on Jul 24, 2016

# ? Jul 24, 2016 10:44

Electromax: May 6, 2007

Skwirl posted:

Isn't half the plot of those that a cat accidently gets a stripe painted on her back, yeah let's make a movie about a guy who tries to rape a woman for wearing too much makeup, that's a hilarious idea for a joke.

He tries to rape the cat?

# ? Jul 24, 2016 12:07

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

FilthyImp posted:

The refurb of Tower of Terror away from Twilight Zone into Guardians

What?? Disney, you absolute fuckers. This will be worse than when they turned that alien thing into loving Lilo and Stitch.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 12:18

Rigged Death Trap: Feb 13, 2012; BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Electromax posted:

He tries to rape the cat?

Yup.
As she goes to increasing lengths to get rid of him.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 12:30

J.A.B.C.: Jul 2, 2007; There's no need to rush to be an adult.

Electromax posted:

He tries to rape the cat?

Go back and watch some old Pepe le Pew cartoons. He is the ur-creeper.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 12:31

Groovelord Neato: Dec 6, 2014

raditts posted:

On a related note, I'd never heard redheads referred to as "gingers" outside of British TV shows before that one South Park episode, then it seemed like loving everyone used it.

nah it was a term here before that.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 12:32

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

Electromax posted:

He tries to rape the cat?

Constantly.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 15:48

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Electromax posted:

He tries to rape the cat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgW9ausYzI

# ? Jul 24, 2016 15:53

Yoshifan823: Feb 19, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

raditts posted:

What?? Disney, you absolute fuckers. This will be worse than when they turned that alien thing into loving Lilo and Stitch.

It's just the one they built in CA when no one was coming to California Adventure, the original one is just fine.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 15:56

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

The MSJ posted:

I hope his father does not hover around him, telling producers they should hire Max. John Landis is the last person you want to be a helicopter parent.

Don't worry, I get the joke.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 16:00

K. Waste: Feb 27, 2014; MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.

I'm actually re/watching all the Pepe Lew Pew shorts because there are relatively few. Even just between the first two, Odor-able Kitty and Scent-imental Over You, Pepe's rapist/creeper status just escalates so quickly.

It's also really, really funny.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 16:05

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Yeah it really is undoubtedly funny.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 16:26

bring back old gbs: Feb 28, 2007; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

turtlecrunch posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dvD7nYYXcs

Here is the trailer so that you, too can know that the real definition of exXxtreme is skiing down a DIRT hill

I hope Fast&Furious movies make crazy profits until the end of time so Vin Deisel can leverage that stuff to get this stuff made.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 16:32

K. Waste: Feb 27, 2014; MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.

greatn posted:

Yeah it really is undoubtedly funny.

In For Scent-imental Reasons, Penelope is about to jump from a window because of him, and Pepe misconstrues this as an act of the devotion from which he must nonetheless save her. In doing so, he drops her out the window, and then joyfully commits to 'suicide' along with her. This is actually one of two suicide gags in the cartoon.

In Scent-imental Over You, Pepe reveals that he's not just a skunk who's trying to have sex with a dog dressed as a skunk; but that he's a skunk, dressed as a dog, dressed as a skunk, trying to have sex with a dog. It's this sort of thing that pushes Pepe's rapscallionism over the edge and makes it enjoyable. He's downright diabolical, but he rules.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 16:35

raditts: Feb 21, 2001; The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.

Old WB sure loved its suicide gags. My favorite is in "Ballot Box Bunny" where Bugs and Yosemite Sam are competing for mayor, only to be outdone by a literal dark horse candidate. For years I thought that was where the episode ended, because the repackagings they used to have on the local tv stations cut it off there. But then later on I saw the real ending, where Bugs and Sam proceed to try to shoot themselves in the head, but Bugs aims too high and shoots between his ears and into Sam's face.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 18:24

K. Waste: Feb 27, 2014; MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.

raditts posted:

Old WB sure loved its suicide gags. My favorite is in "Ballot Box Bunny" where Bugs and Yosemite Sam are competing for mayor, only to be outdone by a literal dark horse candidate. For years I thought that was where the episode ended, because the repackagings they used to have on the local tv stations cut it off there. But then later on I saw the real ending, where Bugs and Sam proceed to try to shoot themselves in the head, but Bugs aims too high and shoots between his ears and into Sam's face.

In Mickey's Amateurs, Donald Duck is doing bad on an open mic night, so he fires a gatling gun into the crowd.

Everyone's okay, though.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 18:39

Renoistic: Jul 27, 2007; Everyone has a
guardian angel.

K. Waste posted:

In Mickey's Amateurs, Donald Duck is doing bad on an open mic night, so he fires a gatling gun into the crowd.

Everyone's okay, though.

To be fair to Donald, the hecklers were being real dicks.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 21:26

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

K. Waste posted:

In Mickey's Amateurs, Donald Duck is doing bad on an open mic night, so he fires a gatling gun into the crowd.

Everyone's okay, though.

In the spirit of the forum, I want to point out that it's a tommy gun, not a gatling gun. Which given the period it was made, and the fact that you can actually hold it in your hands and be all animated, makes a lot of sense. (So much that I actually guessed what weapon he was actually using without seeing the clip.) Please take care to be more accurate in the future, otherwise I can hardly trust your interpretations of other stuff.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 22:30

Electromax: May 6, 2007

J.A.B.C. posted:

Go back and watch some old Pepe le Pew cartoons. He is the ur-creeper.

Never seen em but now I'm curious, found a feminist blog talking about PLP saying "she doesn't trust me but we'll fix that by making love", I didn't realize they could get away with stuff like that back when showing any kissing on TV was edgy. I guess it's from even before the Mad Men era, but seems like a weird angle for kid humor. Is he presented as the hero or the villain of his shows (does he 'win'/rape her at the end)? Wily or Roadrunner?

Never liked the Speedy G cartoons really. Bugs and Daffy were good

# ? Jul 24, 2016 23:03

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Sometimes he wins, sometimes he doesn't. One time they get happily married.

They get away with it because it's a skunk trying to gently caress a cat, and no one cared.

Have you ever seen "The Continental" sketches on SNL with Christopher Walken where he tries to ensnare a woman, as seen from the woman's first person view? It's basically exactly like that. Sexual assault is terrible, but terrible things presented in just the right context can be hilarious.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 23:08

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# ? May 22, 2024 13:46

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Electromax posted:

Never seen em but now I'm curious, found a feminist blog talking about PLP saying "she doesn't trust me but we'll fix that by making love", I didn't realize they could get away with stuff like that back when showing any kissing on TV was edgy. I guess it's from even before the Mad Men era, but seems like a weird angle for kid humor. Is he presented as the hero or the villain of his shows (does he 'win'/rape her at the end)? Wily or Roadrunner?

Never liked the Speedy G cartoons really. Bugs and Daffy were good

One of them ends with her deciding to go along with it and starts rolling around in garbage and stuff so she'll smell as bad as him, but in a gift of the magi like twist he bathes in rosewater and deodorant and can't stand her smell. It fades to black with her chasing him in much the same matter he was chasing her for the rest of the cartoon.

# ? Jul 24, 2016 23:10

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