![]() Other Guardians, such as Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), and Kraglin (Sean Gunn), each wrestle with various issues surrounding anger, self-worth, and purpose. Floating wistfully through the ramshackle colony, Gunn’s camera non-verbally establishes where each of the characters stand, all set to an acoustic cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” Rocket, as per song choice, feels like an outcast (a “weirdo,” you might say), meanwhile Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) still drunkenly mourns the loss of his teammate and girlfriend Gamora (Zoe Saldana), whose alternate-dimensional version barely acknowledges his existence. The film’s tonal distinction from its predecessors is made obvious from the opening sequence, which follows Rocket Racoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) as he moodily traverses the drifting space settlement Knowhere, where the Guardians have set up home base. 3 is all about that journey – from trauma to redemption. He’s ended up a lot better than he left off, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. In the meantime, he helmed a reboot of The Suicide Squad for DC, and now spearheads the entire DCEU going forward as the Kevin Feige of his own universe. Disney rehired Gunn after a massive groundswell of support from the Guardians main cast, who drafted an official statement advocating for his reinstatement on the project. Of course, things did end up going a little differently. My days saying something just because it’s shocking and trying to get a reaction are over.” “Today I try to root my work in love and connection and less in anger. “I am very, very different than I was a few years ago” Gunn said of the dismissal. For Disney, it didn’t matter that Gunn, who began his career with the famously in-poor-taste Troma Entertainment in 1995, had already acknowledged and apologized for his off-color jokes in the past. ![]() Pre-production on the long-awaited threequel was thrown into serious question after James Gunn’s sudden firing from Disney in 2018, which came after a series of years-old tweets were “discovered” and circulated by right-wing commentators – including noted conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich (who once claimed that date rape was “liberal fiction”) – on Twitter. We almost never got Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. ![]()
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