Everything Wrong With 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Video; Plus James Gunn Addresses Walkman Issues And Avengers Quotes
A filmmaker would be the first to admit that sometimes, there are leaps of logic in their movies. The main response is, "It's a movie." The whole point is to show you things that are impossible and exciting, logic be dammed. But that's not the place CinemaSins lives in. Their "Everything Wrong With" videos thrive in that space between fun and logic, nitpicking even the most stupid little thing.
This time though, it just so happens their latest video – Guardians of the Galaxy – is timed with the film's director, totally independently, explaining one of the "sins" of Guardians of the Galaxy. That being the fact Peter Quill's Walkman and the Awesome Mix Vol. 1 still works after 26 years. Below, see the video and read Gunn's response – which also includes some clarification of the Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Avengers: Infinity War quotes.
First up, here is the latest CinemaSins video which, as usual, is entertaining in the most infuriating way.
Everything Wrong With Guardians of the Galaxy
Coincidentally, in time with that release James Gunn wrote a statement on Facebook. It primarily addresses some misconceptions about the Guardians/Avenger crossover quotes but it also says this:
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'm getting a lot of questions about the AA batteries in Quill's Walkman, and how Quill's Walkman can survive for so long.
GUYS, THEY HAVE THE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY TO TRAVEL FASTER THAN LIGHT BETWEEN PLANETS, I think they can figure out an alternative power source for the Walkman, and they likely also have technology to slow the degradation to the tape and player. This seems obvious to me.
Love it. So perfect.
As for the rest of the statement, he's basically referring to quotes such as this one and this one. I thought he'd been pretty clear that he won't say whether or not the Guardians and Avengers will cross over, but that each is independent, important and when and if it happens, it won't be like people expect. It's all in shades of grey at this moment. But still, some people are confused and here's Gunn's response:
I'm not going to tell anyone what happens to the Guardians, especially two or three movies down when who even knows if I'll be around anymore. Whatever the case, there's been a lot of anger around me – at me, from people defending me at others, and so on. And it's all people who love Marvel, like me, and just want to see awesome and amazing and moving stories.
There are many more important things going on in the world right now, but this is clogging up my feed, so let me do my best to set the record straight. Perhaps sometimes I say things imperfectly, unclearly, or inelegantly. All I've ever tried to say was the Guardians are an important part of the MCU, and they definitely share an existence with the Avengers and other characters in the MCU. But the week after the movie opened I walked into the Marvel offices, and I sat down with Kevin Feige and some of the other folks at Marvel. We had a long discussion about where the Guardians were headed and what was happening to them. I told them exactly what I wanted to do with the sequel to Guardians, and everyone was on board and excited. And, regarding the bigger picture, we all agreed on one thing, and that was to keep huge chunks of the Guardians separate from the Marvel heroes of earth, because they have a whole galaxy to explore. We wanted to use them as a way to make the MCU bigger, not smaller. We wanted to make sure they have their own mythos, as opposed to only one that is intertwined with the earthbound characters. They ARE connected, of course, but that connection would not be the purpose of their stories and fictional lives.
When I'm asked about the Guardians and their future, and whether they'll meet up with the Avengers I really don't have all that much to say, because some of it isn't decided yet, and I don't want to give away what is decided. So I speak in these general terms. They aren't things that I'm just saying on the spot, and they aren't things that have been decided on by me alone. But they are sometimes incredibly general, and that can lead to those words being taken in a lot of different ways.
So, I'm sorry for all the different ways my words have been taken. Overall, we'll just have to wait and see where the Guardians go, who they meet, and what they do in the MCU. But know that I love them and will take the best care of them I possibly can for as long as I'm around.