I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 tonight and oh my gosh was it a good flick. Highly recommend. The villian was a celestial tentacled light god in the form of Kurt Russell/David Hasselhoff.
People sometimes mock these Marvel movies but really they are amazingly strong storytelling. This one explores Quill's daddy issues and does so by not only hitting all the appropriate mythical notes but also with great wit. I mean: David Hasselhoff? C'mon. The audience was LOLing.
Yes. There is something in our DNA that wants certain story patterns and good storytellers know how to deliver that and do so in a fresh way.
And just so I'm clear: it's David Hasselhoff playing David Hasselhoff.
Also, the tentacle thing, I keep thinking about it – it was a very smartly done leitmotif right from the beginning:
In the opening credits the guardians fight a tentacled space monster and the scene isn't about the monster so much as the funny bits while they are fighting, so the audience probably doesn't really think about the fact of the tentacle theme, but it's been introduced.
Then later on, when Kurt Russell/David Hasselhoff enters, his home is filled with tendril-like arches and the arms of the sofas are tentacles – and he explains that the whole world they're in came from his own mind. The filmmakers really wove in the idea that these signify danger without hitting the audience over the head with it. Then when the finale comes, it's operatic, super-huge, celestial laser/tentacles (and Kurt Russell/David Hasselhoff).
I'm still amazed that the Homeric works were originally orally disseminated by wandering bards or Homer (if he even existed) himself, some of the first written documents after Greek script was invented, made it from wax to papyrus to paper to bits and bytes over a thousand year span and are still compelling.
The David Hasselhoff meme never stops giving.
It's good to see that there's not just a gratuitous use of Tentacles in this story. Not that I'm opposed to gratuitous tentacle usage, mind you.
BALLS
I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 tonight and oh my gosh was it a good flick. Highly recommend. The villian was a celestial tentacled light god in the form of Kurt Russell/David Hasselhoff.
Sold, and not just for the theatrical tentacles, though that always seals the deal.
I like that raccoon fella. Smartass.
People sometimes mock these Marvel movies but really they are amazingly strong storytelling. This one explores Quill's daddy issues and does so by not only hitting all the appropriate mythical notes but also with great wit. I mean: David Hasselhoff? C'mon. The audience was LOLing.
Good storytelling is good, regardless of the platform it's in. A David Hasselhoff Tentacle Villain is brilliant, come on now!
Yes. There is something in our DNA that wants certain story patterns and good storytellers know how to deliver that and do so in a fresh way.
And just so I'm clear: it's David Hasselhoff playing David Hasselhoff.
Also, the tentacle thing, I keep thinking about it – it was a very smartly done leitmotif right from the beginning:
In the opening credits the guardians fight a tentacled space monster and the scene isn't about the monster so much as the funny bits while they are fighting, so the audience probably doesn't really think about the fact of the tentacle theme, but it's been introduced.
Then later on, when Kurt Russell/David Hasselhoff enters, his home is filled with tendril-like arches and the arms of the sofas are tentacles – and he explains that the whole world they're in came from his own mind. The filmmakers really wove in the idea that these signify danger without hitting the audience over the head with it. Then when the finale comes, it's operatic, super-huge, celestial laser/tentacles (and Kurt Russell/David Hasselhoff).
I'm still amazed that the Homeric works were originally orally disseminated by wandering bards or Homer (if he even existed) himself, some of the first written documents after Greek script was invented, made it from wax to papyrus to paper to bits and bytes over a thousand year span and are still compelling.
The David Hasselhoff meme never stops giving.
It's good to see that there's not just a gratuitous use of Tentacles in this story. Not that I'm opposed to gratuitous tentacle usage, mind you.
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*snert*
Also too: That's what I mean about having David Hasselhoff in it – it was brilliant and hilarious.
Aaaaand again…
Bill D. Burger • at the front page.
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HA!!
"Ludicrous Speed" still cracks me up.