DRAX IS HILARIOUS IN *GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2*!!

[@Amadeus_A]

Amber Heard be like 5:39

[@VKunia]

dude LMAO IM DYING😭😭😭😭

[@beninmalgaard9836]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

Nooooo

[@RJALEXANDER777]

I wasn't read for that one, haha.

[@whereami2477]

Amber Turd 😭💀

[@adamgrunther1367]

Yondu is still the saddest MCU death in my opinion. Michael Rooker absolutely killed it in these films.

[@royal9717]

You know a man named iron man?

[@tucci06]

@@royal9717 You know a thing called spoiler?

[@royal9717]

@@tucci06 the movie is from 2019 so wtf. If you didnt know.. darth vader is lukes dad

[@tucci06]

@@royal9717 And you're literally WATCHING a channel where the person hasn't gotten to that movie yet, lmao. If she reads your comment, you will have single-handedly ruined the entire series, right at the end of it. Also, plenty of people don't watch many movies. Look how many reactors haven't watched the MCU _or_ Star Wars. Why do you think time makes a difference on what you should and shouldn't spoil? That's so fucking bizarre.

[@varinyampandey7111]

@@royal9717 tell me you're an idiot without telling me you're an idiot

[@Geth-Who]

I think my favourite scene in this is when Mantis starts reading Drax's emotions, and just...quietly but completely breaks down. And he's completely tranquil with all that grief, but she shows us what it's like when you haven't spent years getting used to the pain of it. It's such a simple but effective bit of storytelling.

[@ScreamingScallop]

Maybe my favorite scene in the whole MCU to date. Both Bautista and Klementieff knock it out of the park.

[@blackeyeole]

Loved that

[@kreysi5745]

Very powerful scene but underrated. Glad that I'm not the only one who loves it, it's one of my favorite scenes in the entire MCU.

[@MagicAmmo]

Agreed, one of my favourite scenes where you see on Mantis' face what Drax feels. It was beautiful.

[@beninmalgaard9836]

Yondu's death is still makes me tear up every time. His sacrifice, Peter's anguish... cuts right at the heart.

[@brianvalencia7717]

It's kinda accurate cause he does die in the comics.

[@MusicalJackknife]

It's the only time I've ugly cried in a theater. Granted, I went by myself and I was pretty lonely and vulnerable at that point in my life, but still, all the feels.

[@mikemath9508]

tear up what?

[@Daniel73-51]

And that Ravager funeral, everything, from the visuals, the music, the acting of whoever played Kraglin when the Ravagers show up, was just masterfully done.

[@beninmalgaard9836]

@@Daniel73-51 Amen.

[@UncleMilo]

Just a fun fact that others may have already mentioned - Yondu and the group with Sylvester Stallone were the original "Guardians of the Galaxy" in the comics... so that was all a really nice tip of the hat toward those characters.

[@Geo-wc7jc]

didnt know that

[@ScatterShot_official]

I knew that

[@bluephillie9108]

​@@ScatterShot_official not everything is about you bub

[@ScatterShot_official]

@@bluephillie9108 What have i done!?!?!?!! I just said i knew that, stup!d

[@haystackbill6187]

Yeah, here they're bargain basement versions of themselves lol

[@riolkin]

Fun fact: I have a buddy in this movie. He has black hair and is one of the ravagers falling in slow motion in the background as they escape the Ravager ship. He is also one of the guys who was getting tossed around by Rocket's weird little anti-gravity grenades in the woods. Basically, he spent like a week falling into stunt pads and on a big trampoline just falling around. If you spot him, he isn't acting at all. There is a genuine mixture of fear and joy on his face because he's falling for real. I'm typing this before watching so if I spot him i'll timestamp it for you guys. edit: 18:27 he's cut out of this edit because she was commenting on the dude getting impaled, but in this frame you can see his head and arm coming into view from the top left. Next time you are watching this scene, watch him as he enters. The expression on his face always makes me crack a smile. You are a good guy, Gary!

[@nox_tech_]

i checked it out. thanks for the heads up dude, and tell your friend thanks for doing his part!

[@EntertainmentFan11]

"I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!" Best Yondu line ever!

[@Boredguy88]

Is he cool???

[@EntertainmentFan11]

@@Boredguy88 "Yeah. He's cool."

[@biguy617]

I loved the scene when he used arrow on Ravagers that betrayed him and joined Tazer face.

[@Logan_Baron]

At first it is just a funny line. But looking at it from the Yondu is Peter's surrogate father, the "Is he cool" "yeah, he's cool" shows it as a dad being proud that his son thinks he's cool.

[@theminingbat]

“He may have been your father boy, but he wasn’t your daddy.”

[@RabidTribble]

It's funny, but I think the Guardians actually have more character depth than most of the MCU. I'm especially impressed with Rocket...how he can be both callous and deeply caring at the same time. You can just see the pain he's endured throughout his life, and his need for family is a reflection of that. Never thought a cgi character could have such emotional complexity.

[@nobody.9989]

yeah im not ready for the last guardians movie

[@tarmaque]

The word is that the third movie will delve into Rocket's backstory. I'm looking forward to that.

[@Easy_Skanking]

That's good script writing for you.

[@vmi02raven]

As much as the first two films were on the surface "Quill's Story"....if you think about it, all the guardian films (including Infinity War and End Game) is actually Rocket's story.

[@tarmaque]

@@vmi02raven I disagree. (But only to a small extent.) I say they're all about Nebula. She certainly has the greatest character arc, from villain bent on nothing but destruction to an ally, sister, and finally, killing herself (sorta) to save the universe.

[@MusicalJackknife]

Lines that always hit me hard: "I know who you are BOII, because you're ME!" "All I wanted was a sister." "I ain't done nothing right my whole damn life, rat."

[@spddracer]

Drax's conversation with Mantis about his daughter is the best moment in all of the MCU. So much compassion for and expression of Love.

[@marcgardner9865]

James Gunn takes us through every emotion in this movie. How I can laugh one minute and be crying the next is excellent writing and character development. Even Peacemaker had me crying.

[@bennywark3103]

The man's a genius

[@whade62000]

Mantis is like Drax's long-lost little sister, it's when you put together two characters who are completely literal and make them both oblivious and thinking they're the normal one.

[@tarmaque]

More like his daughter. Drax's comic backstory is a little different from the MCU one, but in both he has a daughter killed by Thanos. Except that in the comics his daughter survives, but Drax doesn't know this. She was found by Thanos' father (not sure how that works since Thanos is an Eternal) and brought to Titan to be raised by monks. She eventually becomes the hero Moondragon who has some similarities with the MCU version of Mantis. Both characters were candidates to be something called "The Celestial Madonna" but it was Mantis who eventually bore the "Celestial Messiah" with none-other than Swordsman. (Jack, from Hawkeye!)(Well, actually his animated corpse.)

[@CaptainFrost32]

@@tarmaque The Eternals on Earth had members leave the planet after their own conflicts. When Zuras became Prime Eternal, Alars decided to keep the peace and left to found the Eternals colony of Titan where previous Eternals had made a foothold after their ship landed en route back to Earth. Alars found the last survivor Sui-San, and began repopulating the planet. The sons of Alars and Sui-San include Eros and Thanos. Alars had created a stable population and had been known for millenia as Mentor. Thanos grew into a marauder. On a visit to Earth, he did not want his presence known and blasted a station wagon on the desert highway. The Douglas family [father, mother, daughter] were his callous victims. Alars decided it was the final straw as he had followed Thanos to Earth once he arrived in the solar system and was witness to the tragedy. Alars called on his father (who had become one with the cosmos) and took the spirit of Arthur Douglas as it vacated his body and merged it with the body of Drax the Destroyer formed from the Earth. The mother had been slain instantly, and the daughter was injured but alive. Alars took her to the Titan colony and healed her and had her trained by the Priests of Pama. She chose her name as Moondragon. Drax had been given a mighty form that was driven by one objective to kill Thanos, getting more powerful as he got physically closer to his target. Moondragon studied ways to create superpowered allies to marshal an army against Thanos. Many of her test subjects became minor villains on Earth instead. She became a telepath, martial artist, and telekinetic.

[@tarmaque]

@@CaptainFrost32 Nerd.

[@bennywark3103]

I actually thought they were going to be a thing at first, but I guess you're right.

[@RicoRaynn]

"How's he surviving that?" He's Drax the Destroyer. Granted, the MCU toned him down immensely and made him more comedic, but in the comics he's literally a chosen champion of one of the Eternals. He was created solely to fight Thanos but has also been shown to be able to give Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock a run for their money. That was about the only thing I disliked in the first Guardians movie, how neutered they made Drax when he went up against Ronan. But the MCU is just one possible variation of the multiverse, so I don't hold it against the franchise, and not having used Bautista's comedic talents would have been an even bigger loss. While I straight love the Avengers films, the Guardians are still my favorite 'team' movies. It has a feel, almost as deep as the Firefly crew did way back when, that's just not there in the Avenger flicks. They're all great movies, and something 14 year old me never thought he would see in his lifetime, but Guardians just hits different.

[@Logan_Baron]

The comics made Drax pretty much all comedy after The Infinity Gauntlet. Much worse than the movies, he became a walking punchline.

[@dm_dude]

Maybe they will buff him up in Gurdians 3, Bautista complained a lot.

[@RicoRaynn]

@@dm_dude I didn't realize that. Maybe the will. I think he utterly killed the role, but if you're invested in the character I can see how that would be a downer. Much like Blackbolt, Reed Richards, and Professor X in the new Strange movie, I think they got robbed....lol.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

@@dm_dude That would be interesting to see him discover that lost part of himself in Guardians 3. Like it makes him stronger but at the cost of alienating him from the other Guardians.

[@dm_dude]

@@WhiteFangofWar Maybe we will just see a Mr. Incredible train wagons workout scene XD

[@muhammadnazrin3390]

The reason Mantis wanted to confess Ego's wrongdoings to Drax was because she understood how parents are supposed to feel when losing their child when she touched Drax . Ego's sadness was not because he misses his children or sadness that they died, the thing that keeps him up at night is having his dream being out of reach. The pond scene has always been one of my favourites in the MCU, guess I'm in the minority on that one.

[@andrewharrison5288]

I'm with you on appreciating it-I think it's one of the most understatedly moving scenes, especially as it reveals Drax's character. He's talking to Mantis about his daughter, and he sounds like his usual self, if a bit wistful...and then she reads his emotions and just weeps.

[@Xackadee]

Ditto to all of this. That scene is beautiful and I feel like it gets overlooked too often.

[@illam9500]

Cinemawins had a similar take; saying that she was overwhelmed by the intense love drax feels for his friends

[@dm_dude]

I just love Drax. The scene when he screams at Rocket where Quill is breaks my heart. Because he already lost his family and he can’t lose his brother and it’s so emotional.

[@muhammadnazrin3390]

@@illam9500 What is grief, if not love persevering. A parents love for their child is probably the closest thing in this world to being unconditional love, for those lucky enough to have loving parents of course. Mantis felt the full brunt of that.

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

This movie came out a little over a year after my dad died. This entire movie is about fathers and sons (with the sisterly side-quest), and especially with Yondu's funeral.... Yeah, it's been 5 years, and it still breaks me, every time.

[@jonathanross149]

The movie came out several years after my dad died, but it still hit me pretty hard.

[@koshomfg]

It does not matter how many times I watch this movie, I just have to cry every time when the ending comes around. Yondu‘s sacrifice, his funeral and everyone‘s emotions towards it + Father and Son playing. Just too much 😭

[@mycroft16]

It's almost Pixar level story telling. Building up toward this the whole time with Yondu, and Rocket, etc... and then they drop the whole thing on you in a matter of minutes, and then bring everyone who turned their back on him to honor him and it just hits.

[@UncleMilo]

I love when comedies have emotionally powerful scenes like Yondu's funeral. I mean everything about it... the music, the speech from Peter, Kraglin's utter joy when he saw the Ravagers showed up to give Yondu his deserved farewell... Nebula bringing back the "Unspoken Thing" line... and Rocket realizing he actually did have people who cared for him... man... I love that a movie as funny as Guardians of the Galaxy can also leave me sobbing.

[@iDEATH]

Nebula is great, and a good part of the reason is Karen Gillen. She's wonderful. I wish we'd gotten a Gamorra/Nebula team up movie, buddy cop action comedy style. Zoe Saldana and Gillen have such great screen chemistry.

[@VColossalV]

Can still happen

[@thelionsshare6668]

Nebula is played by Karen Gillan, who was the red-head in the recent Jumanji movies, and was on 2 and a half seasons of Doctor Who as Amy Pond, which many consider the height of the series.

[@PlumbPitiful]

I first saw her in a horror movie called Occulus kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGe1c6Z_qLx9eLM

[@patrickcromwell7554]

I remember watching a video where some stuntmen were watching this scene with Rocket kicking ass; and one of them watching was IN the scene and he said he just had a blast throwing himself around all over the place. A lot of stuntmen really get into that kind of scene though, I've noticed. Whenever they have to fight a CGI opponent who is tiny or invisible, they really LOVE to toss themselves around. lol

[@milesisediting]

Corridor Crew videos are great. love their stuntmen/women and vfx artists react series. the stuntman you mean is Gui DaSilva, he was also Black Panther!

[@jacksonconley5117]

You have to watch Vol. 3, it gives a great conclusion to this wonderful franchise and it is the best MCU movie we’ve had since Endgame.

[@robbymack9373]

Hard disagree. The best MCU movie since Endgame is the Guardians Holiday Special!!! 😂

[@PhillipMcCraken]

Thank you for being so transparent and honest with the struggles you're facing. Not many people are willing to be that open on a public forum like this and will go out of their way to only show their best moments. You make it easier for others going through a rough time, like myself, to deal with the challenges life can present.

[@deqqa_]

"i tried so hard and get so far" that hit me 😂. i always think the same every watch that scene

[@abc.animal5143]

Ego is one my favorite MCU villains. He’s so powerful and evil. And this is my favorite MCU movie after the third Guardians. Best MCU trilogy, for its comedic and emotional. The ending with the Cat Stevens song really got to me.

[@alexkaen1701]

Sylvester Stallone is the king of the pirates, one of the best cameos, and his crew is a version of the Guardians of hte Galaxy from the comics.

[@ashercandell3788]

About Drax’s last comment about Mantis being beautiful on the inside-I don’t think it’s meant to be an insult. It’s actually a pretty meaningful line. He said before he thinks being unattractive is a positive because you know people love you for you if you’re ugly. In his own weird way, he’s complimenting her, because beauty isn’t what he cares about, and neither should she. Not saying Mantis is ugly. Just wanted to explain the line.

[@normlee6566]

The raised mohawk Yondu has at the end, is how the comic book character was drawn (although his weapon was a quiver of energy arrows with a bow and not a single arrow that is controlled by sound).

[@BogeyTheBear]

The reason it was a prototype in this movie is because he got tired of walking through low doorways thinking he was about to get decapitated.

[@dungeonmaster16]

In this Sylvester Stallone character and his old team were technically the first guardians of the galaxy in comics. His character hero name is Starhawk and yondu was also part of that team.

[@3Rayfire]

Kraglin's "yeah" also gets me every time. He care as much as Yondu that Yondu got a Ravager funeral, since the Ravagers are their family, same as the Guardians are Quill's. Yondu died saving Peter, and killing Ego. He did something terrible, and lost his life making it right. He died honoring the Ravager Code, so the Ravagers came to honor him, their old friend.

[@williamflores7081]

This is easily one of my favorites in the MCU, it brings up so much emotion and it’s fun to watch, music is amazing… can’t wait for the next one! There’s also a hilarious retro style music video made for the movie, called Guardians Inferno, it was playing during the credits.

[@thestoicsoliloquies4041]

Stallone's character and the other Ravager generals plus Yondu were basically the original team of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the comics. The team in the films didn't start until around 2008.

[@biguy617]

Well I didn’t like that Miley Cyrus voices one of them.

[@CaptainFrost32]

@@biguy617 She could have voiced Nikki, but... Mainframe? Does not compute? Who had that vision?

[@mycroft16]

This movie goes from ridiculous slapstick humor to making you cry in a single breath. It's beautifully done. The damn tape gag is freaking hilarious. This came out a bit before the revamped Mary Poppins did and we were all thinking it would be an absolute crime if Michael Rooker didn't have a cameo in it. Alas... he didn't. Nebula is so tragic. She got tortured by her "father" to force her sister to be the best and all Nebula wanted was a sister. That is beyond messed up. I love that their bond starts here. You're going to love them going forward.

[@georgeplimpton9429]

"He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy." The song that was playing during Yondu's funeral was called, "Father and Son," by Cat Stevens.

[@ThePriorityAlpha]

"How can you even defeat a planet?" "Global Warming" I almost died right then

[@SG-js2qn]

Insomnia most often comes from tummy / solar plexus problems, and occasionally from the back being out of alignment. But clearly you need Mantis. :)

[@nikolairaven7687]

My own mother died in the first stage of some wonky form of cancer six months before this movie was released. We only found out about it when we learned she had developed several tumors on her liver. When Quill unloaded his gun into Kurt Russell and screamed "You killed my mother!" I felt it HARD. I got my love of action movies from her. She probably would have liked the first Guardians of the Galaxy, but she never did see it. Not quite so sure about Vol. II, though.

[@awareness007]

I'm digging the Drax appreciation vibes.

[@3DJapan]

I love Drax's backhanded compliments.

[@4everhealthwellness344]

I'm sorry you're having a rough time lately Vicky, your subs here love you and I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say I hope you are feeling better. I struggle with insomnia often because of anxiety and I know how much it sucks

[@craigcordeiro]

That "global warming" insert got me. It got me good!

[@bagpuss121]

I Have Never Seen Anything More Adorable & Cute As Baby Groot , Especially The Dancing To ELO .

[@commanderkruge]

Love the Guardians movies. The whole MCU is a huge, fun spectacle show, but they are special even in all this. :) It's the way the writers managed to combine all the fun stuff with moments that *really* get you in the heart. Like when in part one Rocket is drunk and gets mad. That's an actually dramatic and well delivered monologue he has there, about being experimented on and what that did to him. It's all about friendship, getting along with each other and oneself as the main, core theme, and it's done well. Also, one of my favourite movie tropes is "in-voluntary unlikely heroes" (when done right). Like Han Solo. The one prisoner in "The Dark Knight" who gets the bomb key for the other ship and throws it overboars. The kids in "Attack the Block" (*great* movie!)... And the Guardians are one of the best examples for that trope I've ever seen. Also they come with the bonus trope of "people who hate each other but are forced to work together and end up as friends". Good stuff. :D

[@ElderYautja666]

One of my favourite movies, and loved the teaser at the end for Adam Warlock

[@naruhina1009]

What’s really sad is that Chris Pratt lost his actual Dad during the filming of this movie, and he used that pain for his scene with Yondū. That was Pratt actually crying…🥺

[@alanhilton3611]

For me the biggest surprise was that yondu who I thought in the first film was a bit of a jerk turned out to be a kind and brave Guy and Stallone was brilliant as he always is.

[@itsraininghavoc817]

Sorry to hear you're dealing with that. Hope you're feeling better. Love your reactions btw!

[@sammylane21]

This movie made me contemplate my own future coming funeral and how I wanna be remembered. This had my eye make up running. I told my friends, see, 50+yr old music can be outstanding.

[@greywolf7577]

Fireworks at a funeral aren't a normal part of the ceremony where I'm from, but I could see how they could be appealing.

[@Joemp3]

Sorry to hear you’re been feeling down. Hopefully these films can help lift your spirit up! Looking forward to more reactions, but please only when you feel happy to react

[@lainsechoes]

33:02 i BAWLED in the theater, during this part 😭😭

[@DayBlueberry-F]

This was my favorite mcu movie for the longest time, maybe because of my own father issues, but this movie always makes me feel like things will end up okay! And I loved this reaction with you, can't wait for the next one!

[@oaf-77]

One of the unique MCU films that’s so fun to watch

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. The part with Rocket explain to Groot and the bomb always kills me :)

[@lazyperfectionist1]

34:05 "Yeah. I wouldn't want to mess with that if I were him." He's not messing with it. He's learning how to _use_ it. I mean I'm sure _Yondu_ wasn't originally that good with it _either,_ but there's a _learning_ curve.

[@tovolume]

Here is an interesting fact, the original Guardians of the Galaxy made their debut in January 1969 in Marvel Super-Heroes #18, the same month and year Dave Bautista (Drax) was born on January 18, 1969

[@Logan_Baron]

Drax is awesome. I've never been a fan of wrestlers becoming actors, but Bautista is great.

[@daddynitro199]

“I have famously huge turds!” - Drax the Destroyer (of plumbing)

[@oxhine]

Hey, Vicky! Slapstick and sentiment are what this franchise is about! Much like Vol. 1, "Guardians Vol. 2" was an acquired taste for me since the characters differ so radically from the '90s Valentino era and lack the nuance of the '00s Abnett/Lanning era. I take science fiction very seriously. Its deeper themes and allegorical references resonate deeply with me making it a challenge to immerse myself in these goofy antics. The plot centers on the mystery of Quill's parentage revealing that he is half-Celestial whereas he is half-Spartoi in the comics, a prince of one of Marvel's staple interstellar civilizations. In spite of changes such as that, these movies, much like the team, prevail against all odds delivering endings that pack an emotional wallop! James Gunn earns my admiration each time for pushing the boundaries, diving deep and bringing impossible characters like Ego to vivid life! It takes a wildly creative sensibility and a deep affection for this mythology to get this many disparate parts to mesh properly and Gunn has both in spades. I cannot wait to see what he does with that tease for Adam Warlock. The production has an incredibly varied aesthetic that is a feast for the eyes including the golden realm of the Sovereign, the neon-lit tundra of Contraxia, the misty forested world of Berhert, and the lush splendor of Planet Ego. Traditionally a Thor villain, Ego the Living Planet is difficult to comprehend and challenging to render so I give Gunn tremendous credit for reducing him to a relatable stature while retaining his planet-with-a-face appearance. He does get an upgrade to Celestial status but he is his own entity in the comics. The Celestials are titanic armored space gods with Knowhere station being one of their severed heads! Despite varying from their comic counterparts, the returning cast is as game as before including Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta, Sean Gunn as Kraglin and Karen Gillan as Nebula. Bautista is a stand-out who continues to mine Drax for impressive comedy gold but Rooker steals the show with Yondu's gut-wrenching death scene! Also returning are a high-pitched Vin Diesel as Baby Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon who remain the only Guardians adapted faithfully except in one regard. According to Gunn, Baby Groot is the offspring of the original Groot rather than a regrown Groot retaining the same memories as in the comics. New characters are Ego, a sentient world that manifests as a man to pollinate other worlds across the universe with his essence! He is played by Kurt Russell as an expansive, avuncular aging hipster who is digitally de-aged to his 1980 likeness in the prologue. Pom Klementieff charmingly plays his empathic pet Mantis who is given a completely different personality than in the comics although she gets to keep her antennae! Elizabeth Debicki plays golden-skinned Ayesha aka Kismet who is transformed into the haughty High Priestess of a golden-skinned species known as the Sovereign. Sylvester Stallone plays Stakar Ogord aka Starhawk whose complex comic backstory is simplified to that of a respected Ravager Captain. He is accompanied by his First Officer, Martinex, a crystalline Plutonian played by Michael Rosenbaum of "Smallville". Both represent a nod to the Valentino Guardians of the '90s. Chris Sullivan plays the traitorous Ravager Taserface whose unfortunate name is actually an authentic deep dive into the comics! Returning in small roles are Laura Haddock as a pre-cancerous Meredith Quill, Gregg Henry as Grandpa Quill, Wyatt Oleff of "It" as young Peter and Seth Green voicing Howard the Duck seen patronizing a Contraxian brothel! In bit parts, Brit character actor Tommy Flanagan plays Tullk, a Ravager loyal to Yondu, Ben Browder of "Farscape" plays a Sovereign Admiral and Elizabeth Ludlow of "The Walking Dead" plays a distressed alien mother fleeing from Ego-matter. Michelle Yeoh as Aleta the Arcturan and Ving Rhames as Charlie-27 the Jovian appear briefly at the Ravager funeral and in one of the end-credit scenes as another Valentino tribute. TRIVIA: 1. James Gunn wore a motion capture suit and served as the model for Baby Groot's opening dance sequence! 2. Vin Diesel had actual scripted lines written for his eyes only so that he could inflect "I am Groot" appropriately. 3. The idea of a self-aware brain like Ego's spontaneously coming into existence is a philosophic thought problem proposed by physicist Ludwig Boltzmann! 4. In between Guardians films, Nebula stunt double, Olivia Jackson, fractured the left half of her face, suffered a traumatic brain injury and had her left am severed in a motorcycle stunt gone wrong! 5. The Zune was an actual Microsoft digital music player developed in 2006 that was discontinued due to its lack of popularity! 6. According to Gunn, this film occurs just months after the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" meaning it is set chronologically before "Avengers: Age of Ultron". EASTER EGGS: 1. When Peter is granted cosmic awareness by Ego, his eyes fill with stars and he says he sees eternity. This is a reference to Eternity, the personification of the universe in Marvel comics, who appears as a silhouetted humanoid whose form is filled with starscapes. 2. The larger replacement head-fin that Yondu wears makes him look more like Centaurians do in the comics. 3. Cosmo the canine cosmonaut and Jeff Goldblum's Grandmaster from "Thor: Ragnarok" are seen in the credits themselves frolicking. 4. Among Stakar's reassembled Ravager team in the end-credits is Krugarr, a red, serpentine alien from a species known as Lem. He is a member of the '90s Valentino Guardians and the 31st-century Sorcerer Supreme meaning a successor to Doctor Strange! 5. Seen listening to Stan Lee are Watchers, a race of observers who monitor all that transpire in the universe but never interfere. Uatu is the Watcher assigned to Earth who observes us from his dwelling on the Moon. CAMEOS: 1. Ego momentarily transforms into Peter's imaginary concept of his father, David Hasselhoff, who appears as himself! 2. Miley Cyrus voices the disembodied robot head Mainframe in the Valentino tribute end-credit scene. 3. Stan Lee appears in a spacesuit regaling a group of Watchers about all his cameos when Rocket, Groot, Yondu and Kraglin are jumping through space! END-CREDIT SCENES: 1. Kraglin tests his ability to control the repaired yaka arrow but misfires puncturing Drax whereupon Kraglin sneaks away. 2. Sylvester Stallone's Stakar Ogord addresses a reassembled team of Ravagers from different clans who collectively represent the Jim Valentino Guardians of the '90s. They include Michael Rosenbaum's Martinex the Plutonian, Michelle Yeoh's Aleta the Arcturan, Ving Rhames' Charlie-27 the Jovian, a CGI Krugarr the Lem and Miley Cyrus' Mainframe the A.I. who is a character from the tertiary MC2 universe but is nonetheless included. 3. A frustrated, vengeful High Priestess Ayesha monitors a birthing chamber she claims will produce the next step in the Sovereign's evolution calling it 'Adam'. This is a tease for the introduction of Adam Warlock! 4. Quill scolds a now-teen Groot to clean his vine-littered room to which he replies with obnoxious, disrespectful iterations of "I am Groot"! 5. Tired of Stan Lee's prattling, the Watchers wander away leaving the old boy stranded in his spacesuit on the desolate planet. The next chronological stop in the MCU are Episodes 11-19 of Season 2 of "Agents of SHIELD" but watching the "Guardians' Inferno" music video first is mandatory! It is located on the "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" blu-ray, Disney+ as an Extra or on KZbin.

[@radwolf76]

28:25 The line that inspired so many crossover cosplays.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

1:17 "I already know I'm about to get down to this soundtrack. _Whatever_ they use I'm about to bust a move, right now." Especially when you see Baby _Groot_ dancin'.

[@dastemplar9681]

I always get choked up when Yondu held Pete’s face as he died. Like a father caressing his child. Yondu loved him like as if he was his own son.

[@AspieKing26]

When I saw this in theatres, it came out one month after my dad passed away. Which naturally means, when I saw this, there were quite a few scenes that hit me right in the heart. Like when he's playing catch with his dad, for one.

[@MrVelnicasal]

the best line in the entire mcu: "i'm Mary Poppins yall!!!" :)

[@Chicagodog-tu1ek]

23:50 I can't stop laughing! These cutaways are incredible!

[@JustinSambula]

RIP Yondu bro 😔😔⭐️🌟⭐️, he was one of my favorite Guardians and super hilarious, 😭😭. He will be missed 💯💯.

[@Wyattoons]

Fun fact: that’s Miley Cyrus as the robot head in the post credits scene

[@houdin654jeff]

This is a great movie, I like it better than the first which is also amazing. Rocket realizing that even though he was being a jerk before and his friends still stayed with him was such a powerful little bit at the end (“…and he stole batteries he didn’t need…”), makes me tear up every time. Also, Nebula’s journey through the rest of the infinity saga is one of my favorite character arcs, there is so much to look forward to what goes on with her in the future. Both she and Gamora are so damaged and traumatized by what Thanos did to them, but their growth out of it is fantastic to see.

[@aliwilliams8545]

Sorry to hear about the insomnia. It’s a tough thing but you seem to be handling it well. Keep up the good effort and I wish you well. Thanks for the awesome content. Cheers me right up.

[@Adam-fj7bz]

34:50 Adam Warlock. Great Easter egg, all the comic readers were giddy with this scene.

[@AxelOwnz]

This movie has a special place for me. I saw it with my grandma when I visited her in Daytona Beach. We saw 3 movies over 3 days which were Wonderwoman, Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and Guardians 2. She hadn't seen Guardians 1 so she was so confused but still loved it. Also sorry to hear things are not going well and I hope things turn around for you. I was pretty down but things are looking good for me so I know things can get better. Just wanted to say that and that I just found your channel but really enjoy your reactions.

[@Drake844221]

Everything with Yondu hit me... _so_ hard when I first saw this movie. At the time, I was a fairly new stepdad to a wonderful kid (who is still wonderful), who had a pretty awful "first dad." So... it really resonated with me, and Yondu is legit one of my favorite MCU characters. Just realizing that I don't have his Funko Pop for my shelf... I should fix that...

[@randeecarreno4289]

Another fantastic reaction! 😊 Once again, the soundtrack was stellar! Dancing Baby Groot in the be, and just any scene with Baby Groot is an absolute win. I really liked how Gamora and Nebula kinda worked out their differences by the end of the movie. And I liked actor Kurt Russell as Ego. 31:39 This quote gets me every time. Such a beautiful, yet sad scene. Next up in the MCU: "Spider-Man: Homecoming". Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

[@karlluigi1987]

Ego is a celestial, and this actually contradicts the celestial in the movie ETERNALS.

[@calibadgerdude6082]

I almost passed out laughing in the theater when I saw this the first time on opening night. It was the scene where Rocket, Yondu and Groot are traveling to Ego through the space warps (or whatever they're called) and they're getting all funky and distorted. All I could think about was those gift cards that were really popular years ago with the distorted animals on them with the huge eyes and snoots, and I laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe and actually started to black out before I got it back under control. Still one of my favorite MCU movies and it's one that me and my friends throw quotes from all the time (DIE SPACESHIP!!!)

[@williambryan3346]

@24:57 I like the callback to the end of the first movie when Yondu referred to Peter’s dad as a “jackass”.

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

2:45 the Hailee Steinfeld edit killed me 🤣🤣🤣

[@BogeyTheBear]

18:02 I like to think Kraglin answered "No, but I got the next best thing..." and pulled out the Zune, and that's what he plugged into the ship's P.A. system.

[@brucechmiel7964]

The Ravenger captains gathered together make up the Original Gaurdians of the Galaxy. Minus Yondu. It’s a reference for the old school comic fans. Now I noticed you did notice Ben Browder’s cameo as the sovereign’s general. So I must now insist you check out the only other sci fi show to that has this much insanity. Farscape. It’s over the top, fun, and has like zero fundamental science. The lead character is probably the only other man in the universe deserving to be called Star Lord.

[@MrPabloInUSA]

Ben Browder. Farscape is excellent. 👍

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@MrPabloInUSA auto correct typo.

[@DavidSmith-mt7tb]

The fact that Drax really likes Mantis but doesn't think she's pretty is so hilarious. It's like what do you do with that?

[@lazyperfectionist1]

8:40 "He's evil. I'm calling him being evil." Ah. Vicky, that is a _brilliant_ feat of insight.

[@James_Smith862]

This is my favorite one out of the two. I remember reading a while back that this is the story the director wanted to tell in the first film, but he knew he needed to set all the characters up first so that there would be more emotion behind it.

[@ilikerice5208]

This is my favourite marvel film, as it’s the only one to get me to cry. Not just once, but every time I watch it, even during this I was teary eyed

[@PYChamp]

30:10 Yes he does feel it, he did mention earlier in the movie that he has pain receptors

[@davidoneal6157]

Part of the genius of the Marvel movies is that if you took a one or two sentence synopsis of the plot, they'd sound pretty silly. (Sentient planet tries to eat universe. Stopped by talking tree, gun-wielding racoon and friends.) But even at their strangest (and Guardians is that!), the Marvel movies always find the point where you can empathize with the characters. They wedge themselves into that crack. Suddenly, you find yourself getting misty over the death of a foul-mouthed, blue-skinned thief because suddenly you can feel for him! It happens in every movie! Seeing you feeling these moments makes me relive them myself. Thank you! I look forward to seeing you in these! You're doing great!

[@manuelvelez7777]

I feel like the scene with baby Groot being tortured was like the scenes with gizmo when he was with the gremlins.

[@primusfan87]

This soundtrack is my favorite out of all the Marvel movie soundtracks, i remember hearing The chain from Fleetwood mac in the movie and that’s what got me into it

[@WildmouseX-u5d]

The Howard the Duck movie was a great movie adaptation of the comic back in the 80's. I am glad they brought him into the MCU.

[@swagwolfgang]

Guardians 3 is gonna be sooooo fucking good

[@webdrude]

"oh there's that duck you guys always tell me about.." when i was a kid, there were too many ducks to keep track. we just acted like people and used their first names, that way you never confused Howard with Darkwing, or some such nonsense.

[@nathanchong7731]

15:21 Funny but best part

[@quincybriley4113]

I've seen this movie literally dozens of times and I still get teared up by yondu's funeral

[@Ashes-001]

my favorite saying is "don't believe in yourself, believe in the me who believes in you"

[@bean_bttf3]

My father left me and my mom right after I was born, and wanted basically nothing to do with us. Didn’t even pay child support. And I’ve grown up to be who I am, without a dad, without someone to truly bond with (except my mom and her family). Whenever I watch this movie I always think of that… but also, how lucky I am to have people in my life who care.

[@greywolf7577]

I think if all pregnancies were ended unless both parents wanted to have a child, then any child that did get born would always have two parents that love them and want to support them. That would help so many children have happier lives with two parents instead of just one.

[@biguy617]

There is a cameo in the movie. The Golden LT standing next to the Sovereign Queen is played by Ben Browder, lead actor from the Farscape series that was on the sci-fi channel. All 4 seasons are on Amazon. It is as good as Firefly. “Fire with the intent to kill”

[@ewok_soup]

I never thought about why ego looks 34 years older is he's millions of years old. I'm gonna guess he changed his looks himself just because it looks cool. And nobody can deny he does.

[@brauliob]

Just another way to manipulate Peter.

[@blueroninstudios]

Vicky, i think you'll be very happy to know that quite recently, They just wrapped filming for most of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3! I think it comes out next year!

[@LizardBrainMinerals]

I lost my sister shortly before this movie came out. When I was a little kid and we had next to nothing, Tea for the Tillerman was one of the few LPs in the house. When she’s come home from school, we would lay on the floor in the dark and listen to the album. When the album cover pops up in the zune and the song starts to play during the funeral, I lost my cool. It took me hours to regain my composure.

[@troyd1820]

Thank you for another wonderful reaction! I was having a rough day and you helped make it so much better. Big smiles and positive vibes.

[@ungabungar]

My second favorite MCU film after Civil War. Didn't leave the strongest first impression, but it's one that I consistently go back to, and... it gets me emotional in a way few movies do. I may or may not get teary eyed at the end. I think it's vastly underrated.

[@MrWackaloon]

I feel you; I've had insomnia for 30+ years. And another great reaction!

[@wingedbluj1674]

This movie got me to cry, especially since I had some father issues of my own.