James Gunn says goodbye to Marvel and the Guardians of the Galaxy with the third installment of the saga. It’s a nostalgic occasion for fans of the beloved band of outlaws turned heroes, but as they say, the laughs and great moments were not lacking… And now that the denouement has arrived, there are also great references about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.
Don’t worry, if you haven’t seen it, we will not spoil the story of this third part (We already saw it here and we can tell you that it is one of the best Marvel movies of recent times). But what we can tell you are some curious details that will help you before or after you see the tape.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3’ is an emotional story
We already knew that this was going to be emotional, but we didn’t imagine that much… As we already saw coming in the trailers, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 It is a journey in which we will know the dark and tortuous past of Rocket.
On this journey, Rocket’s life and past causes Star-Lord and company to face a powerful villain known as the High Evolutionarywho is seen by many otherworldly civilizations as a god (or something close).
Of course, one of the pluses in the story is that we finally see Adam Warlock in action… Yes, James Gunn’s farewell to Marvel Studios, we tell you, is quite nostalgic and emotional.
5 Cool Details and References in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3’
As we said before, there are many references about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 quite interesting of which we will see some below. And we reiterate: rest assured that you will not find spoilers or substantial details of the plot.
Lylla had already been mentioned in the first ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movie
Prior to the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3Marvel Studios released a special preview clip titled it’s good to have friends. In it, we see a younger Rocket talking in a cell with other animal friends of his, and one of them is the otter Lyllawhich is an important part of the past of our favorite raccoon.
Although his appearance is given until this film, Lylla had already had a small mention in the first Guardians tape. His name appears on Rocket’s detention sheet, right in a tiny ‘associates’ section, when the Nova Corps capture him at the beginning of the movie. Here the screenshot.
Cosmo, the space dog, is a reference to Laika.
The character Cosmo had already appeared in scenes from the past movies of Guardians of the Galaxy. She then made an extended appearance in the 2022 Guardians Christmas Special, where James Gunn gave her a female identity, with actress Maria Bakalova providing the voice of the genius canine..
Why did he change gender? Well, this is known to have been done by James Gunn as a tribute to Laika, a Soviet dog who traveled on the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in 1957. The original Cosmo from the comics is inspired by Laika herself, and for this third film installment, director Gun decided to renew the homage.
If you want to know more about the history of Laika and her space trip, here we tell you everything in more detail.
The reference of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3’ to a classic by Stanley Kubrick
Yes, surely you are already imagining what’s up… Around December 2022, James Gunn shared an image of the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy on set in different colored space suitss. The following trailers gave us a closer look at what the characters looked like wearing them.
Speculation began immediately and there was no shortage of those who thought that the colorful space suits were a reference to the video game Among Us. Quite curious that comparison, but no…
James Gunn took to Twitter at the time to explain that the multicolored costumes of the Guardians actually are inspired by the space suits used by the crew of the ship 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick.
James Gunn, his collaborators of yesteryear and some who have a second role in the MCU
James Gunn is going to DC full-time now, yes, but it’s fair to say that put a lot of love to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. And of course, for this delivery, he brought several figures with whom he has worked for some time… some of them, who also They already appeared in DC productions commanded by Gunn himself.
In the new Guardians, Nathan Fillion (who worked with Gunn on Slither) plays a head of security at an experimental space base. Jennifer Holland (Gunn’s wife who also appeared on The Suicide Squad) have a cameo, just like Daniela Melchior (also part of the cast of The Suicide Squad).
Judy Greerwho played Scott Lang’s ex-wife in Ant-Man 1, she voices a servant of the High Evolutionary named War Pig. AND Linda Cardellini en Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 does the voice of Lylla. Fun fact: Cardellini is the actress who played Hawkeye’s wife in Age of Ultronand made Vilma in the live-action two thousand years of Scooby-Doo Directed by James Gunn precisely.
A phenomenal soundtrack as always
One of the hallmarks of the saga of Guardians of the Galaxy is the music and in 10 years of the franchise’s existence in the cinema, They have given us very cool soundtracks. For Guardians 3the trend continues with songs that are going to hit them very hard.
“Creep” de Radiohead, “No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn” de Beastie Boys, “Do You Realize?” de The Flaming Lips, “This Is The Day” de The The, “Dog Days Are Over” de Florence + The Machine… Once again, the musical selection is beautiful from every point of view.
And of course, we will never get over that one of the Guardians’ ships have been named the Bowie (not spoiler because it had already appeared in the Christmas special a few months ago). The references of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 they are great by where you see it, without a doubt.
