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EP 81: Guardians of the Galaxy | What's Better Than a Raccoon in a Jogging Suit?

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Bridget:

Foreign.

Billy:

Good morning, I'm Bridget. I'm Billy. And this is Flicking Beans.

Bridget:

You may have noticed Wendy's not here today and I have a lovely co host.

Billy:

Billy, that's me.

Bridget:

We usually talk about what coffees we're drinking, but today we've got some cocktails. Cocktails? It's not morning. Let's cheers.

Billy:

Cheers.

Bridget:

Why don't you explain this cocktail?

Billy:

Classic Negroni it is. Gin, Campari, then. Then some sweet vermouth. It's delicious, isn't it?

Bridget:

It's a real sipper. Okay, so this week our movie is Guardians of the Galaxy.

Billy:

Yay.

Bridget:

Up to couple three weeks ago, I'd never seen a Marvel movie, period.

Billy:

Oh, what did you see?

Bridget:

Venom.

Billy:

Oh, fun.

Bridget:

And it was surprisingly funny. As is this.

Billy:

This is so funny.

Bridget:

I can't say I loved it.

Billy:

Fair.

Bridget:

But we'll get to that.

Billy:

Sure.

Bridget:

I have a synopsis of the storyline from IMDb, but my notes say it's just too much. What's the plot again? Too many adversaries.

Billy:

It is a intro. You really ought to see the other two movies. It just gets one warmer and more heartwarming.

Bridget:

Okay, well, here's what IMDb says that the storyline is after stealing a mysterious Orb in the far reaches of outer space, Peter Quill from Earth is now the main target of a manhunt led by the villain known as Ronan the Accuser. To help fight Ronan and his team and save the galaxy from his power, Quill creates a team of space heroes known as the Guardians of the Galaxy to save the galaxy. It's about that ball. Did they ever, ever explain what this ball does?

Billy:

The ball is protecting the stone that's on the inside. It's the thing that Peter grabbed and about blew himself up.

Bridget:

Oh, that thing.

Billy:

Yeah, it's just to protect it so that people don't touch it.

Bridget:

Oh, it's a Holy Grail.

Billy:

Oh, yeah.

Bridget:

The Holy Grail.

Billy:

Yeah. There are a lot of themes. Peter has daddy issues and he's looking for a daddy.

Bridget:

He has mommy issues.

Billy:

Yeah. In the end I was like, oh, yeah, it's actually mommy issues. It's so funny. But he does, in the beginning, you know, talk about how, you know, like my dad, my mysterious dad.

Bridget:

But the tape, the Walkman, the music was because of Mom.

Billy:

Yes, of course. It was all really about mom, because she died. He didn't have. Yeah, he didn't have the contact. The whole. And then I think he was snatched up.

Bridget:

What? Aliens? Oh, there was a big ship throughout. I'm going to gush about how good everything looks.

Billy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

How.

Billy:

Yeah, amazing. Yeah. It's visually. Visually stunning. Colorful.

Bridget:

Completely worth it.

Billy:

Absolutely.

Bridget:

Comedy worth it.

Billy:

Absolutely.

Bridget:

Storyline confusing.

Billy:

You know, part of it is that a lot of those characters are. I know this from my childhood and reading Marvel comic books, not from watching Marvel Universe. This is mostly what I've ever watched of the quote, unquote.

Bridget:

You were a little boy.

Billy:

Well, I was. I was older than a little boy when I was still reading them. Right. But nerd alert. But. So like the Thanos and Ronan, those are characters that are strewn throughout. I agree with you on the sort of convoluted plot line. It was like a pilot episode.

Bridget:

It was an over two hour pilot.

Billy:

There was so much, like, introductory stuff that sort of give you an idea of who people are, but only just a little idea. Yeah.

Bridget:

It felt like sometimes they would just meet up with a person, encounter a person that was their enemy, and then just kill them.

Billy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Yeah. Way too much for me to follow.

Billy:

Right.

Bridget:

And that's not saying that the movie's bad. The budget for this film was $170 million, and I don't think that's all that. Check this opening weekend, US and Canada gross 94 million.

Billy:

Wow.

Bridget:

And then overall, worldwide, 773 million. Hugely popular. For the same reason. I'm wondering if I go to see the Minecraft movie, but have I have zero knowledge of Minecraft.

Billy:

Ditto. Then ditto.

Bridget:

Where the game. And it's chunky.

Billy:

Yeah. Where we're of a generation, apparently.

Bridget:

I saw some kids one time playing with oversized foam swords and.

Billy:

Oh, yeah.

Bridget:

I mean, I am hip enough to know that's a Minecraft sword. Let's talk about the characters a little bit.

Billy:

All right.

Bridget:

Okay. So we got Chris Pratt, who, until we really encounter his new friends, is just about the only dialogue that's.

Billy:

Oh, yeah. He's also weirdly like those. That outfit he's wearing. Yeah.

Bridget:

He's like us. He's like normal. And everyone else is from outer space.

Billy:

Right. He seems like a regular human rather than. He has no prosthetics.

Bridget:

His dialogue literally saves this movie for me. And of course, he's beloved. He's great in everything he's been in.

Billy:

His character has heart, isn't like the ravagers that he came from. He's not a.

Bridget:

Makes me want to watch Parks and Rec again.

Billy:

Oh, yeah.

Bridget:

His band must play.

Billy:

Absolutely.

Bridget:

Also, the name Peter Quill. You got it too.

Billy:

I think it's pretty funny. Yeah, That's a funny name.

Bridget:

I was like pencil d***.

Billy:

Yeah. Yeah.

Bridget:

Or d*** Pen.

Billy:

Yeah. You know, it's mightier than the sword.

Bridget:

D*** Feather. Okay. I don't.

Billy:

I don't know either. I don't know.

Bridget:

And I have to say that's not because you're a man, because Wendy and I talk about d***.

Billy:

I am aware.

Bridget:

Okay.

Billy:

I do have to be ready.

Bridget:

Raccoon.

Billy:

Rocket. Rocket. I love how expressive he is for being a raccoon.

Bridget:

Okay, so it's Bradley Cooper's voice.

Billy:

Yeah. And his act. I think he did body action stuff too.

Bridget:

Oh, that's great. Yeah, it's based on a real raccoon.

Billy:

Yeah. That's funny.

Bridget:

Of course he was basing the voice on Joe Pesci. I thought that was pretty good. I thought I was Joe Pesci. The f****** soundtrack from the get go.

Billy:

Brilliant. I got that written down from the get go.

Bridget:

I was in love. It was awesome. And it so fit him. But not the movie. Yeah, it was in a wonderful way.

Billy:

I thought the same thing. It was just like the right time to throw that in there.

Bridget:

That's.

Billy:

And I liked how all the aliens liked it.

Bridget:

Oh, yeah. Music is universal. Well, Wendy and I talked about that in Close Encounters. I have a fun fact. The awesome mix number one soundtrack album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. The first film soundtrack ever to do so without any original music.

Billy:

Nice.

Bridget:

And nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for best soundtrack.

Billy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

I'm thinking now I want that on a record.

Billy:

I have it. At first you think it's like a mixtape, but it's mom's mixtape. When I hear the music, I think mom is of my generation.

Bridget:

Right.

Billy:

Those songs are all songs from my childhood.

Bridget:

The first thing I wrote down as soon as was, it's like a Sunday drive. Just cool a** music.

Billy:

It's a lot of variety.

Bridget:

Okay, the other characters. Let's talk about Groot.

Billy:

I am Groot.

Bridget:

I am Groot.

Billy:

I am Groot. So much more there. Thank. Meets the eye in there.

Bridget:

He's a sweet soul.

Billy:

Oh, my goodness. So sensitive.

Bridget:

Well.

Billy:

But also a badass in the fight.

Bridget:

That all trees are. Well, yeah. Because trees talk to one another. I liked how big and simple he was at one point. He like, rooted out.

Billy:

Yeah, like, that's cool. I liked the one scene where he ended up smashing up all the guys in the hall. And then when he stopped and he turned around and he grinned all big.

Bridget:

Like, hey, no, I'm not drinking out of the fountain.

Billy:

Yes, you are. Yeah.

Bridget:

And raccoon. To say something is dirty is hilarious. Okay. And I consider a character, one character, to be the Orb, mostly because it looks exactly like this thing my grandma had, and you would plug it in and it would do these chirpy bird sounds on a loop.

Billy:

Shut up.

Bridget:

Oh, I loved it. But now, as an adult, I can see why she was done with it within 5, 10 minutes.

Billy:

So you call it. The Orb is its own character. It kind of had its own thing going on.

Bridget:

You didn't even see the Orb enough.

Billy:

After the Stone was gone from the Orb, they didn't have the Orb because the Stone was in Ronan's possession. So, Groot, wasn't he cool in that, how he, like, he popped up that flower hills to the.

Bridget:

You know, I didn't get that little girl's expression. And I wrote in my notes, what the is this flower?

Billy:

Oh, thank you. That was weird, right? I liked how how pissy Rocket was compared to how Groot was, but also how childlike Groot was.

Bridget:

Well, they were yin and yang.

Billy:

Yeah, it was really. They fit together very nicely. And you know how he's always scooping up Rocket? I mean, he's like.

Bridget:

It was protector.

Billy:

Yeah, it was really nice.

Bridget:

Protector. I wouldn't say he was childlike, but he was simple. Their friendship was deep, as though a person and their dog.

Billy:

Who's the dog?

Bridget:

Groot. He couldn't communicate verbally, but he was a solid companion.

Billy:

I felt like Rocket and actually, other people ended up being able to kind of understand what he was saying. Well, even though he's saying, I am.

Bridget:

Groot, they get it because of his body language.

Billy:

When he grew himself around and saved everybody. Buddy. And ended up as the twig.

Bridget:

Oh, baby.

Billy:

I know. That's when it started to become like, oh, this is. I've seen that baby Groot in a pot. Dancing, dancing baby Groot. Somebody at work had one.

Bridget:

Oh, my God. I want one. It's so cute. Okay, I have fun facts about Vin Diesel. They showed the film all around the world, and Vin Diesel recorded all his lines in several different languages.

Billy:

Oh, fun.

Bridget:

Russian, Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French. So they could all use his real voice in the film.

Billy:

My little note says that he recorded I am Groot over a thousand times. Yes.

Bridget:

He loved doing it. And he went around at the premieres or wearing a T shirt saying, I am Groot.

Billy:

That's great.

Bridget:

How fun is that?

Billy:

That is super fun. Let's see other characters. The character that is Drax the Destroyer, my sister named one of her golden retrievers is named after that guy. He's my favorite character to Be honest.

Bridget:

Oh, his quote.

Billy:

He's so. I liked his simplicity. How his words were simple. What he had to say was often quite deep. He had feelings, but he guarded them like a big guy would. I really liked him. I thought almost everything he said was hilarious.

Bridget:

Is he the one that said, spare me your foul gays woman?

Billy:

Exactly.

Bridget:

And why would I put my finger on his throat?

Billy:

Yes, I will slice his entire head off. I will cut his head off.

Bridget:

Expression for killing someone.

Billy:

Don't you ever call me a thesaurus again.

Bridget:

Let us put more of this liquid into our bodies. High five. Woo.

Billy:

Just something about his literal view of the world. Deep feeler, great rage. But also, you could tell that he really cared. He's actually my favorite Groot. Right up there too. But everything he says just cracks me up. And then there's like the blue guy. Yondu. He's the guy who abducted Peter. Supposedly for his father. One of the guys says we should have delivered him to his father. He was supposed to. Oh, that guy was an a******. So he didn't deliver him because he was an a******. Also, I liked that that character was the dude from Walking Dead.

Bridget:

Yes.

Billy:

It's a great character for him to play. Yeah. And then there's Nebula. That's the low talker. That's what I wrote. Why you talk so low, girl?

Bridget:

Hey, girl.

Billy:

Why you talk like this?

Bridget:

Nice.

Billy:

Yeah, there just a funny little voice. Gamora, these guys are all kind of quote unquote losers. Kind of on the wrong end of the stick.

Bridget:

You're a bunch of losers.

Billy:

And they're bad. Yeah.

Bridget:

Folks who've lost stuff.

Billy:

They kind of became a family. I think that's one of the themes they call it Found Family.

Bridget:

That whole gang bonding together.

Billy:

Yeah. And there was a lot of fun. Just dumb scenes that were where they were putting more of this liquid in their body. And they were watching that. Whatever that weird gambling game was, which was essentially a lizard eating smaller lizards that were like rats.

Bridget:

Can we talk about the prison?

Billy:

Ooh. Yeah. That was something, wasn't it?

Bridget:

There was a bit of a jailhouse rock feel because there were a bunch of guys up on the balcony all dressed alike. And then here comes Rocket marching in. And I was like, what's cuter than a raccoon? A little jogging suit. Second thought was the prison shoes are way cooler than the Crocs. They brought out idiocracy.

Billy:

Yeah, right.

Bridget:

That's how they took off, by the way.

Billy:

Oh, really? From that movie.

Bridget:

They were a startup. Yeah. And they were like, these are Cheap. Let's just get all these yellow shoes.

Billy:

Wow.

Bridget:

Exactly.

Billy:

Wow.

Bridget:

Why did they give him a tomato sauce shower?

Billy:

Yeah. Was it tomato sauce? I was like, that's like a tomato bisque, Right? It was orangey and. And it was kind of weirdly milky.

Bridget:

You know what, though? No. It was like that tomato juice where you use the can opener and you put a great big triangle on one side.

Billy:

You do on the other side, like you did with high C on the other side.

Bridget:

And then you could.

Billy:

We're dating ourselves right there. Yeah.

Bridget:

We did talk about how cool it is to look at. Not only have they got a growing imagination for spaceships.

Billy:

Mm. They're good looking.

Bridget:

So many of those backgrounds look like Hubble telescope imagery.

Billy:

Right.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Billy:

When there's that scene where Peter and Gamora are, like when he. I think when he had. Puts the headphones on her, says, listen to this, and they're out there, which is great. I also really thought it was hilarious that Peter constantly spoke in terms of when he was growing up. You know, he talks about all the TV shows. I like how the people that he's talking to often push back. There was once where she goes, I don't know who that is or what. I don't know what. What Knight Rider is.

Bridget:

Yes. Well. Footloose.

Billy:

Oh, yeah. I don't.

Bridget:

Assassin. Stone Dance. This classic movie called Footloose with a great hero, Kevin Bacon. The whole town has sticks up their b***.

Billy:

Yeah. How did. Who put the sticks up their butts?

Bridget:

That's cruel.

Billy:

Who put those.

Bridget:

That's not nice.

Billy:

Just the whole thing how, like, he stays true to what he knows. Eight years old. That was the end of it. And then he was up in base with these guys who are like, I guess pirates, ravagers. I don't know.

Bridget:

Star Lord.

Billy:

Star Lord.

Bridget:

Pretty cool. Nobody could remember it.

Billy:

No. That's how you see him at the beginning. He's wearing that crazy long coat that's like Matrix clothes. Matrix?

Bridget:

Just an outfit.

Billy:

Yeah. What, this? Yeah. So he's wearing that and all this. And then at some point he says that his name is Star Lord. Right there at the very. In the beginning. And you're thinking, what? Come on. And so do the people that he's saying that to. I mean, oh, my God, that is. That's the best.

Bridget:

That's a good. Like, to escape a situation kind of.

Billy:

Misdirection.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Billy:

Redirection. I mean, hey, they show you at the beginning, Peter's just like, one thing after another is just piling on. How does he Meet Rocket and Groot. They're trying to catch him while he, at the same time, is running from Gamora. The world is really leaning hard on you, my friend. It's not going too well.

Bridget:

I mean, why not just stay home?

Billy:

Well, I don't know. There's. At some point I feel like they go to that place, the Ravager place, and it doesn't seem very nice. Benicio Del Toro, he loves to play a weird character. There's a lot of them. That character was fun. What is he called? The Collector. And he had all that weird s***. The dog with the space suit. What the h*** was that?

Bridget:

I have no idea.

Billy:

Oh, my God. I like it because it's funny. All the things that you like about it is the reason I like it. I like it's funny. I have watched the ones after it and they do develop more in character wise. The third one in particular, I think is my favorite. It's really funny. There's a funny twist that you don't see coming. It's worthwhile. Overall, I don't even think of them as Marvel movies. They're just funny action movies. Only in outer space.

Bridget:

I think after you've said, this is a pilot, and after we've talked about it, I think I would be inclined to watch the next one. You're saying, oh, wait till the third.

Billy:

Oh, next one's good too. I mean, see, they develop those characters more.

Bridget:

Okay.

Billy:

You only can do so much in however long.

Bridget:

Did we do it?

Billy:

We've done it. We flicked some beans.

Bridget:

We flicked some beans.

Billy:

Okay, love you.

Bridget:

Bye.

Billy:

Party all night long.

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