Guardians of the Galaxy, eh?

[seriousfic]

I suppose I'll have to read the comic to figure out how much I should hate it when the movie casts a rapper as... anyone. But I take it GotG is basically Farscape with superheroes? You know, one token human and a bunch of crazy aliens. There's been some talk over the toke humie being Nova or Major Victory--I think I speak for everyone when I say "Who?" Apparently Nova is pretty much a gay Green Lantern... wait, no, I'm just hearing now that he isn't even that interesting. He's a straight Green Lantern.

So here's my proposal. Fuck that shit. Boot Nova or Vance Astro. Put in Carol Danvers. I don't think she really has an iconic origin or arch-nemesis to fill a solo film (you could do it, I mean Iron Man pulled off his own movie, but it'd be hard). So just make her the lead of GotG. She gets into a crazy Kree explosion, the Guardians pick her up, next thing you know she's helping them save the universe as Captain Marvel. You can even keep Major Victory as the leader, put in a little sexual tension between the only two human-looking folks (c'mon, we've seen Farscape, we know how this works).

Then, Avengers 2 rolls around, Carol joins the team. Instant motivation--"I know Thanos. He killed a friend of mine."--and team dynamics--"You idiots need to listen to me, none of you have any idea what you're dealing with." It pulls Guardians of the Galaxy into the Marvel movieverse without having the whole team show up and it makes Avengers 2 less of a sausage-fest. It's like a win/... something.

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[liliaeth]

I don't know, I've had a fondness for Rich (aka Nova) going back to his time in the New Warriors, but gained respect for him after he saved the galaxy by pushing his fist through the Annihilus' chest and tearing his heart out.

He also gained points for his first visit back to earth after the war, where the AI in his suit warned him he couldn't take off the suit, because he was in quarantine, cause he just spent months fighting alongside various alien species and was carrying several germs of alien virus'. The fact the writer considered that risk, instantly made him rise in my estimation.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I have to give credit to Nova as well. Speaking as a DC fan who's always been bored to tears by all of the non-Thanos-related Marvel cosmic stuff, Abnett and Lanning made me a convert with this excellent, excellent Annihilation crossover and their subsequent Nova series. By playing him off of the sentient master computer in his helmet, Nova became a really interesting and awesome everyman protagonist, where his personality was far less Hal and far more Kyle at his least annoying. Really, please do check out the Annihilation stuff if you ever get the chance. It's by FAR the best stuff that Marvel's put out over the past decade, and a wonderful antidote to the all of the Quseada/Millar/Bendis wankery.

All that said, Nova's not really in Guardians, since they're off in their own separate titles within the shared Marvel cosmic stuff. The token humie there is Star Lord, and while I like Star Lord, yeah, I would be just fine with putting Carol in there.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

And really, if you're concerned about avoiding a sausage fest, I take it then that you're not familiar with the relationship of Phyla-Vell and Moondragon, two of the best characters in the entire Annihilation saga?

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Somehow, I just can't see Moondragon in the Avengers. Tony's doing a headcount, he gets past Black Panther to "and a... bald... martial artist... telepath... cosmic... bisexual... lady..." Doubtful.

[liberty-stewart.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind seeing Ms. Marvel or Captain Marvel in your instance in a movie. Though my selling point of the team was Rocket Raccoon and Groot. I honestly don't know who Groot is and Rocket Raccoon only became popular due to Marvel vs Capcom 3, but both of them are non humans and seem more interesting to me.