I remember seeing the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, and thinking what a good solution it was to have Star-Lord's mask appear and disappear with a click of a button on his neck. I could accept it with alien technology and it meant we could see the actor's face more. Marvel, however, has really taken the idea and run with it. Now it seems like everyone has these magical types of helmets. Iron Man, War Machine, Ant-Man, The Wasp, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Yellowjacket... pretty much anyone who wears a helmet seems to have access to that movie-friendly yet improbable tech. I love the movies, but that's always been a minor nit pick for me.
Star-Lord met Hal Jordan in STF #2604...
This is only Part One of a Three-Part epic - so make sure that you return tomorrow for the middle chapter!
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"The Blue Man Group?" Funny and a perfect Star Lord line even if I had looked for the mute performers at first.
This looks great!
I can not believe Starlord has ever heard of "Blue Man Group" with as much as he is away from Earth!
They were formed 32 years ago in 1987, the timing works out.
The "R" in "Starlord" makes it look a lot like "Starload". XD!; Fonts matter!
Part 2: Rocket and Ch'p?
2Ross: What makes you think that Tony Stark didn't just reverse-engineer, and then adapt, some confiscated alien tech (from the NYC invasion) in between sequels?
I don't think it's a bad bit of technology for multiple sources to develop independently; Shuri gives a good, albeit partial, explanation of it in the Black Panther film. It's certainly a feature I'd want for my own helmet if I had access to it. Rather than its ubiquity, the part that bugs me about it is overuse: many heroes are taking their masks/helmets off at times that seem, shall we say, tactically inappropriate (like with a heated battle going on). I do some acting, and it strikes me as a weakness when an actor can't effectively express himself (or herself) using just voice and body language. (This is a lesson I got from LeVar Burton, who found his style challenged with the role of Geordi La Forge when he found that his eyes, normally his most expressive feature, would be hidden almost all the time.)
Glenn: I think Starlord's been back to Earth enough to have heard of BMG. At least in the MCU, that one brief stop would likely have been enough to at least learn about their existence, though I don't think they'd be quite to his taste.
@Anon@8:39: Rocket and Ch'p have met before on this blog, though I can see how the current story could lead to a return. (They are, I think, most likely to win a battle through shock and "Awwwww!" #BadPunNoCookie)
Maybe one Halloween season cover could have Itchy & Scratchy (The Simpsons) meet the Mutant League (who debuted in animation 25 years ago (and had Itchy & Scratchy-style violence and word play similar to the title names of the Itchy & Scratchy episodes)).
Mutant League? Was that the stop-motion 1980's series with a seemingly naked He-Man action figure?
@Anon@4:42: I believe you're thinking of Action League Now!, which was a recurring segment on Nickelodeon's KaBLam! in the late 90's.
Mutant League was an animated series in the mid-90s based on the video game franchise of the same name.
Thanks, Dav. :-)
On a lighter note; how about Sonic the Hedgehog meets Star-Lord?
I can just see the word balloon now: "No! It's not that kind of quill."
Why not? It's not like Sonic has been depicted here more than once.
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