GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL REACTION! A MARVEL STUDIOS SPECIAL PRESENTATION

It's time to spread some holiday cheer with our favorite band of intergalactic misfits in the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL! #GOTG #GOTGHolidaySpecial #GuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy
"On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present!"
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Reaction: 2:29
Discussion: 18:41
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is the second Marvel Studios Special Presentation to hit Disney Plus. It's written and directed by James Gunn. The special stars Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/Star-Lord), Dave Bautista (Drax), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Vin Diesel (Groot), Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon), Sean Gunn (Kraglin), Michael Rooker (Yondu), Maria Bakalova (Cosmo the Spacedog), and Kevin Bacon as Kevin Bacon!
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[@DarthKay093]

I didn't think this special would get to me emotionally but I love that both Mantis and Peter now knows they have some biological family close by!

[@gualacheesesteak]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that got emotional 😭

[@christina8101]

Same

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

I was laughing so much but then the end actually made me cry a bit xD

[@neurospider]

I'm low-key mad at many reactors who not only didn't care for it, but even assumed that it wasn't new information🙄

[@gualacheesesteak]

@@neurospider I’m with you on that one

[@mojodojocasahouse]

The movies never said anything about Mantis being Peter’s sister. It’s been a theory for awhile so it’s fun that they confirmed it in the most wholesome way

[@rantalmore]

You do see Mantis’ mom in the little history lesson he gives Peter but it’s more an Easter egg than anything

[@seanmurphy4077]

“Go-Bots killed his cousin!” That did me in!! Such a great special!

[@dm_dude]

I love the special connection between Rocket and Nebula. They lived through the five years of pain together. They were the only two Guardians left.

[@justinstriplin]

There’s a scene in GOTG Vol 2 where Ego shows all the women that he hooked up with on a screen separated by boxes. In one of those boxes, it shows Ego hooked up with Mantis’ mother. It’s one of those “blink and you miss it” scenes.

[@ludos1963]

There's also a deleted scene with a de-aged Ego and Mantis' mother.. So I guess it was supposed to be explored initially.

[@thalitalira521]

I'm so happy to finally see Mantis having more space! I love her so much 💚

[@VincentAlfonso]

I liked that Mantis got a lot more screen time in this Guardians project and we got see her using some fighting skills!!

[@napstadan-ihateleagueofleg6281]

I want to see the backstory of how and when nebula stole Buckys arm Also: “I hate stories where everybody lives” says Drax in one of the only MCU projects where nobody dies.

[@Blue1sh]

Me too i wanna know how did she get bucky arms did she steal from him???

[@jasonmarbach]

….yet

[@TOXICYT2016]

It looks more like the one before the Vibranium arm

[@wuudy_doni]

@@TOXICYT2016 it doesn’t

[@TOXICYT2016]

@@wuudy_doni it's silver not the gunmetal gray like his new one

[@tiago9977]

Kinda funny that the Christmas special is the most badass Mantis has ever been in the MCU lol. Would definitely be cool to see her show off these skills and abilities more in GoTG vol 3.

[@Omegafire17]

Physically badass, that is. Because being able to effect Celestial "small-g god" level beings and put them to sleep (or even just docile-ish) against their will is a pretty badass thing to do, you have to admit :P

[@dm_dude]

Her powers are probably stronger than others of her species, because she is half celestial herself. But that doesn’t take away the fact, that she is absolutely badass. I am wondering though what that thing on her forehead was in Thor 4. Maybe something to amplify her powers without having to touch people.

[@アキコ2003]

I don't think you watched the same movies we did

[@TDhexada]

@@dm_dude i was wondering the same. I’m thinking that may be newer bc James Gunn filmed this after GOTG2 so maybe that’s apart of her new suit … (my only explanation tbh)

[@dm_dude]

@@TDhexada Demiurge, nice. We‘re getting the Demiurge soon in the MCU. We already have an actor confirmed.

[@FenixTheSnolx]

At 6:32 when the family was taking a picture they made a joke about Drax looking like Kratos! Was probably my favorite joke in the special, I love the GoW games

[@Omn1Media]

Yeah that was a good one! I had to pause for a second when I heard it haha

[@Ghostface1998]

After his special I like Mantis even more now and I was tearing up a bit when she told him. Oh James Gunn he never disappoints with his superhero content.

[@elliotblabla]

If you look closely all of the gifts that Groot dishes out are painted wood! He literally have his friends part of himself 🥹 (also shout-out to Kraglin’s Kraglin holding Kraglin that seems to go on for infinity)

[@Cdcd4393]

Go bots and Batman are MCU cannon now. I was laughing and smiling the whole time. Mantis and Drax are great together

[@gabormajor7367]

18:03 When I saw this scene! She started to cry in fear and then Peter actually cheered and accepted her that was beautiful! ;) I was like: 'Don't cry babygirl! You have no reason to cry!" This one sequence literally made me cry. It really got me on my feelings!

[@coyoteken1000]

Drax and especially Mantis were very underused characters. It was nice to see them get a little more screen time.

[@anthonyleecollins9319]

1) As I'm watching this: 40k! Congratulations! 2) Mantis and Drax together are great. I've always enjoyed Mantis, but she's usually been in the background. Now, finally, Pom Klementieff got a lot more things to do. She got the humor, and then the action, and then the heartfelt finale moment. 3) A New Year's Special? Maybe a New Year's Eve special? (After all, this is a team with some drinkers in it...)

[@scigirl451]

Now I really want a video of Nebula and Zemo dancing together...

[@mjkjelland13]

I Love that they included "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses into the soundtrack, a great underrated 80's band.

[@kristianmingle]

Loved this so much… I had to pause after that GoBot bit. I died. It was too much. Great reaction as always and congrats on 40K 😁😁😁

[@ImperfectXIII]

"We just got a picture with the God of War!" This. Line. KILLED me. XDDDDD

[@paaritoshkarmakar2119]

The fact that Mantis was Peter's sister was confirmed by James Gunn years ago. And I used to think that Peter will never get to know about it. I am glad he did 😃😃😃

[@lagnok]

This whole thing was just better than I even hoped for. I figure it would be entertaining fluff, and thats all it really NEEDED to be I think? But the fact it is actually emotionally heart warming and charistmassy in tone alongside some of the best ever gunn-written guardians humour ever just made it an absolute treat.

[@constrictedconstitution6451]

The whole Mantis being Quill's sister thing was in Guardians 2 but was a deleted scene (it wasn't ever released though.) but for a limited time, you could watch part of it in the Mantis Legends episode which was subsequently removed a day later cause people complained about spoilers.

[@pnwajs3532]

Pom said Mantis being Peters sister was a known thing to her since filming Guardians 2, but James Gunn decided to save the reveal for later.

[@geoffdavies4892]

Apparently drax and mantis discussing mantis secret was filmed for gotg2 but the gunn got the idea for it being revealed in a Christmas special instead and cut it.

[@jmoney6782]

For something thats 40 minutes long.. This was just great special!!! We all needed a laugh and heart warmed up before we cry in May!!

[@VincentAlfonso]

This was the best Marvel projects that takes place around Christmas (along with Hawkeye series)!! Perfect way to end Phase 4!! Rocket finally got Bucky’s arm!! Peter and Mantis being siblings was surprising (hoping both of them don’t get killed off in their final appearance)!!

[@erikolson4148]

Yeah, don't want either of them to kick the bucket 🥺😣🙏🤞!

[@silvertearmoon4609]

"Now we gotta have another special." Kevin Bacon did tell them before returning to Earth, "See you at Easter!!" Can you imagine what the Old 97's would come up with for an Easter song?!?!

[@TheBambinoitaliano]

I think Marvel should do this annually. Pulling from any Marvel properties to make a Christmas special or some other holiday special.

[@larasemerad2605]

Your video showed more of the movie-Thank so much. Happy Holidays.

[@GarroshTV]

In Guardians 2 when Ego was showing Peter that he had many Women that he loved you could shortly see a Mantis-looking Woman So it was speculated a bit but its cool to see it confirmed now :)

[@Winchester1984]

Found my favorite Christmas song. I love Mantis. Why did the end make me cry? Lol I loved it. Is somebody on here a lawyer? How many laws were broken?

[@WheresWaldo05]

Is this Edmund Kemper?

[@AdrianBigyes]

Just finished watching this. What a sweet special.

[@monsterking1973]

This was such an emotional Christmas special

[@nowonshere]

Congratulations, Michael, on the 40K! May the Force be with you... 😉

[@captainspike1913]

They didn't reveal mantis being quill's sister in the movies, but the show, marvel legends, released a recap episode about mantis and one of the clips was a deleted scene from gotg 2 where mantis said she was quill's sister, so anyone who watched the episode first found out about her before the holiday special dropped

[@kevinnelson66]

Guardians Of the Galaxy Vol 3 is like saying goodbye to a group of friends.

[@swiftiecat176]

This was so wholesome mantis was already my fav but I love her even more

[@MercenaryX84]

The authorities are making a list and they're checking it twice. They're gonna find out how many laws Mantis and Drax broke, which is very naughty not nice.

[@IceMetalPunk]

My main bullet points from watching this: 1. "Be Kevin Bacon, but like if he didn't SUCK!" had me in stitches 😂 Still my favorite line, expertly delivered by Pom. 2. I love that the entire time, they only ever call him Kevin Bacon or Bacon, never just Kevin. 3. I need to see Nebula stealing Bucky's arm from Bucky's perspective. Like, yesterday. If we don't at least get a reference to this in Captain America & Winter Soldier season 2, I will be sad. 4. Go-Bots killed Drax's cousin? So is that... is that Transformers in the MCU confirmed? They *were* a Marvel comic, after all 🤔 5. During the alien song about Christmas, all I could think of was the Doctor Who Christmas special on the Titanic, with that professor who got everything wrong about Christmas traditions 😂

[@kittywetzel92]

I was worried about this special due to the Star Wars Holiday Special! LOL This was heartwarming, funny, and sweet! I love it!

[@JackOiswatching]

This special was nice and it really made me thankful that Mantis is on the good side. She'd be a big problem otherwise!

[@TDhexada]

12:09 SAME DUDE GROOT IS SO SCARY LIKE THIS LMFAOO 😭😭 looks like a weird big man baby in a suit😭😭

[@whatiwasgoingtosay]

I’m so excited to see so many people exposed to my favorite band of all time.

[@ronchess8813]

Omni 1 good job, your one of my favorites.Please keep them coming

[@samhachmeister9876]

It's a deleted scene from gotg2 that reveals they're siblings.

[@michaeltaylor8777]

Great reaction! ..as usual. My first time seeing you without your hat, love it! :)

[@jasonholman1011]

I wonder if Kevin Bacon saying see you at Easter, and the post credit “another special”, does it mean they are going to do an Easter special? We can only hope!

[@heatherlmn]

I loved this special! It was so sweet ❤😭

[@ralph1270]

"At best, they had a concussion." ...LMAO!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂‼

[@Omn1Media]

I meant worst 🤣I was hoping no one would call me out on that! lol

[@ralph1270]

@@Omn1Media 😂😂😂😂‼️

[@pulsare.m.6719]

I like your reaction. So sincere.

[@TrensGemini]

Her mother was intended to be in one of the flashbacks, it was even filmed, but they cut it. And in a scene were Ego show all of his love adventures in left upper corner of the diorama there are Mantis mother.

[@joegarcia9951]

Love tremors, I used to watch that multiple times a week

[@Omn1Media]

Same, Tremors 2 might be one of my most watched movies of all time lmao

[@bozzutoman]

In Vol.2 the the only clue Mantis might be Ego's offspring is during the animated exposition scene of his history. The tableau showing all the mothers, one of them is Mantis' species.

[@maggieb257]

A bit late to the party but i loved this reaction

[@jasonmarbach]

Congrats on 40K my guy!

[@jonathancruz5932]

Happy Holiday!!!

[@braedensinner]

I have never laughed harder in 40 min then this shit did to me

[@kevinnelson66]

The Peter and Mantis sibling reveal is up there with the Luke and Leia sibling reveal in Return Of the Jedi, IMO. Didn't see that coming. People have referred to Guardians Of the Galaxy as a modern day Star Wars.

[@yudhazacharias9377]

Omni, did you hear that lady called Drax the God of War?

[@guss1470]

I thought Mantis being Starlord's sister was a given. They did say Mantis was Ego's offspring.

[@gojulas2009]

After watching this holiday special, it makes me feel that vol 3 might take a dark turn. It feels like marvel is prepping us to feel emotional for vol 3 with this special. The fact they revealed quill and mantis are siblings, what a way to raise the stakes for vol 3 like worst case scnaerio mantis sacrafices herself something like that would hit hard for the viewers

[@basicsimp8798]

Sure hope Volume 3 is wholesome as well.....

[@lykan2]

Can we all agree that Cosmo is best boi?

[@urikorsikov843]

I was perfectly fine until Bucky's arm gut punched me. Then when I was down I got kicked by Yondu's first little doodad and Quill's blasters. It was all tears after that.

[@nightbreed16]

Rocket has 4th wall powers too woo!

[@CaptainPikeachu]

so i'm just gonna assume now that the plot of the thunderbolts movie is the team going into space to steal back bucky's arm from rocket and fight the guardians and i'm gonna be disappointed if that's not the movie lol

[@The_Other_Dan]

I'd be so down for a Mantis & Drax movie. Hell, after the way Pom Klementieff killed it in this show, I would 100% watch the hell out of a Mantis standalone film.

[@torinojohnson4218]

The Mantis reveal was in the deleted scenes of Guardians volume 2.

[@tovolume]

I didn't know Drax had a cousin who was killed by the GoBot

[@legaultrants]

Shout out to the Tremors poster.

[@HellfireComms]

Bit short on story, but I had a big smile all the way through so I guess I really enjoyed it lol.

[@braedensinner]

Easter Special

[@kelog5446]

Can't outrun me Bacon!

[@cnschanel5615]

Rocket said there must be an extra episode, maybe a Star Lord series?

[@HellfireComms]

I believe it was said Ego "found Mantis as an egg", but that was HER account. Ego probably sensed her powers and allowed her to live.

[@braedensinner]

For gardians being pg 13 i feel they have the same level of comedy as deadpool does its so weird

[@Nay-kp6uu]

So, James Gunn decided Batman/Bruce Wayne exist in the MCU lol

[@SCUMMY4205]

I wonder if we're getting another surprise special before GOTG 3 Maybe we are going to get one after GOTG 3 OR was Rocket just breaking the 4th wall for the joke and we aren't getting one at all

[@p-forest]

Didn't Kevin Bacon say 'see you at Easter' or did I imagine that? Along with the 'need to do another special' comment...is that a hint they're thinking of an Easter special?

[@Heavensrun]

Nope, that was Bucky's actual arm, Gunn confirmed it.

[@jacobfleming3926]

Paul Dano?

[@luisf2793]

By the way you missed the Kratos joke when they were taking pictures

[@Omn1Media]

I heard it but didn't acknowledge it because the scene just kept going with craziness

[@tomo-tu]

Like U on Reel Rejects Liked to see you enjoy TGOTG Side note: Who did it better??? B or WALL-E.... Warm/break your ❤️...

[@fusionaddict]

…and Peter STILL hasn’t gone to see his grandpa.

[@blackkatt777]

I actually thought Quill was going to go back to earth and find what's left of his mom's family and let them know he's been alive and helped save the planet from Thanos. His poor grandfather was probably devastated when he lost his daughter, only to lose his grandson within minutes of it. Any cousins or aunts/uncles should still get some closure from that. I'm paranoid that someone of the Celestial bloodline will have to be sacrificed for some reason in the next Guardians movie, and now that it's been canon of Mantis and Peter being sibs...she'll be sacrificed to keep Quill alive. Has Nebula been out of contact with Gamora since after Thanos was beat and snapped away? Was Mark Hamil making a tongue in cheek fun of his horrible Star Wars holiday special by being an easter egg in this one? How is the collector still alive to sell Knowwhere to the Guardians? I thought Thanos killed him before the Guardians got there and the place was on fire. How did the Guardians come up with the currency to buy the place? Is Drax's body as indestructible as Hulk's since he can withstand being pulled through forest trees while their ship was crashing in Vol.2, and he can apparently bounce bullets off his body? But the most important question of all...How did Nebula get Bucky's vibranium arm? Can it be tracked from Wakanda and what is Bucky using for a metal arm now? He's gonna be hired as a Thunderbolt soon.

[@metoo7557]

It's not even out yet here.. and you have a reaction to it..? did you get your fix?

[@Omn1Media]

It came out here about 3 hours before your comment D: I'm sorry you don't have it yet. That's odd! I hope it drops soon!

[@gualacheesesteak]

Well in America we do get it first 😂😂

[@suthius85]

You think this takes place in a different universe? The details just seem a little off from what we know of 616 so far.

[@freebird6591]

... its cos its a holiday special...

[@entertainmentlife430]

They did a Christmas special? Dear God did no-one learn from the train wreck star wars did

[@ohitsdanny]

That was kind of the point.

[@sarcasmxkate]

Oh god. I have such a weird relationship with James Gunn. I don't always connect to his stuff, this inculded. I liked it enough though. I love the emotional stuff he does, but some of the humor isn't for me and that ruined GoT Vol2 for me. The emotional stuff in this landed for me, but the humor, again, didn't. I do like that this is a legit special. It's a simple story that's just very sweet and allows us more time with Mantis, in particular. I just think she's great. I think it's why I'm more excited for Vol. 3 because of how much more emotional it will be. I think James Gunn is excellent when handling that aspect of his work.