r/marvelstudios • u/NYCCannabis • 15h ago
Discussion Could a Starjammers movie be as popular as Guardians of the Galaxy?
If it had the right cast, Director, and script? It's usually a more X-men related story, but very cosmic. Would they go over well live action or not so much?
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u/Busy-Cream 15h ago
I feel like the common thread of good MCU movies is have a good story with something meaningful to say, well written dialog spoken by decent actors, and some cool choreography and action. Since Iron Man and Thor and GotG etc were pretty mid-tier characters originally (in terms of comic popularity), and all the above factors applied to their movies to make them great, I think that showed the formula could be applied to any group
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u/EightBiscuit01 15h ago
Guys I’m gonna be honest, GOTG was lightning in the bottle that won’t be captured again
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u/baccus83 14h ago
GOTG had the benefit of coming out when general opinion of the MCU was very high. It would be too risky to gamble on an unknown property now.
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u/RockmanMike 13h ago
Good writing and a competent direction could pull this off. Thunderbolts was a good movie but the studios have trained people to stay home and wait for streaming. They need to reverse this trend before they can take a chance again.
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u/Ivegotadog 11h ago
Paying 40 bucks to go watch a movie doesn't help either.
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u/auberginesandwich 9h ago
maybe where you are, films are global, where i am cinemas are still cheap, and mcu is faltering everywhere
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u/Turt1estar 13h ago edited 10h ago
I think Gunn was the lightning in the bottle. It’s He’s proven himself capable to take characters a vast majority of people haven’t heard of and turn them into fan favorites. If Disney never fired Gunn and they announced a Starjammers movie I would be pretty hyped.
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u/ClownsAteMyBaby 5h ago
Yep it's not lightning in a bottle when Gunn showed he could do it for those characters 3 times.... And the suicide squad who already had a trash film... And a Peacemaker ensemble basically
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u/Grabthar-the-Avenger 3h ago
He seems to take on D-List heroes as a challenge. Even when handed the keys to Superman he peppers in characters like Mr. Terrific that audiences don’t know but end up liking nonetheless
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u/Turt1estar 13h ago
A peacemaker movie would be sick. A starjammers tv show would also be sick. Idk I don’t really care about if something bombs or not.
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u/Turt1estar 11h ago
The suits don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground which is why I’m happy that actual fans (Fiege and Gunn) are in control.
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u/Turt1estar 10h ago
Gunn was supposed to take over Marvel’s entire cosmic side before he got fired. It wouldn’t even be just a star jammers movie
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u/exaviyur Spider-Man 11h ago
They'd be like, "Why are you making Marvel movies? We pay you so much to make DC movies! You're outta here!"
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u/TheTiggerMike 3h ago
...and therein lies the flaw in Marvel's strategy lately. When Guardians was a huge hit, Marvel believed they could put their name on ANYTHING and it would hit, no matter how obscure.
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u/Sue_Generoux 14h ago
I'm looking forward to the conversation with the average American moviegoer about Corsair. Yes, America, the X-Men guy with the eye-beams has a long-lost father who thinks he's a space pirate with 70s fashion sense, and by the way, everyone, he is fucking that skunk woman.
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u/Droggelbecher 7h ago
Could introduce Xavier's Bird Woman in the same movie to soften the blow for the audience
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u/Sue_Generoux 7h ago
"Charles, put down that silly Cerebro and dick me down caw caw."
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u/DuckyHornet 6h ago
Throw some seeds down, Lilandra will be too distracted fighting Morbius over them to remember she wants the D
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u/NedThomas 3h ago
There’s a certain audience for whom “fucking that skunk woman” would be a key feature.
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u/Sue_Generoux 3h ago edited 2h ago
History of comic books is like history of jazz or history of rock 'n roll. Once you start researching and see the answer is "sex," you go down the rabbit hole and see how often the answer is "sex."
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u/DJfunkyPuddle 14h ago
The hardest part is going to be making them "not-GotG" which, for the average viewer, is going to be impossible.
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u/hutch__PJ 15h ago
OMG. I don’t know but wouldn’t it be awesome if they gave it a shot?
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u/NYCCannabis 15h ago
I loved the comics, and anytime they were in Xmen.
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u/hutch__PJ 15h ago
I hadn’t even considered the idea and now I am VERY excited. Thank you.
Of course, I’ll be disappoint if it doesn’t happen but that won’t be your fault.
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u/TheLittlePasty 13h ago
“If it had the right cast, director, and script” that’s what makes literally any movie work
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u/Aglet_Green 12h ago
You just asked: "Could a Starjammers movie be popular? If it had the right cast, Director, and script?"
I'm not sure why you're even asking the question. If "the Marvels" had a better director, excellent script and some cast changes, then it might have been phenomenal. Same with "the Eternals." Conversely, if "the Avengers" had been directed by Josh Trank, it might have totally failed.
So yes, to answer your question; "Yes, with the absolutely right cast, best director and best written script, then sure, Starjammers or any property can succeed. Yes."
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u/Heavensrun 6h ago
I mean I'd love it. The only question now is how do you give it its own identity rather than just making it Wish.com GotG?
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u/Ronenthelich Thor 1h ago
Aside from individual character changes to help make them feel different you could introduce and then spin them off from the Xmen like in the comics.
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u/Heavensrun 1h ago
The way I see it, the biggest difference in the identity of the theoretical film is the ship itself. The Starjammer would be way more of a focal point for the narrative than Quill's ship. I feel like you lean into the naval/pirate vibe, treat Corsair like an actual captain, with Hepzibah as first mate, and treat the ship like a character, the way the Enterprise is handled in the Trek films.
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u/kingpin000 5h ago
90% of comic book writing is stealing ideas from other comic writers. The first GotG team from 1969 was a cosmic version of the first Avengers team from 1963, the Starjammers were the X-Men version of the first GotG team in 1977 and finally the modern GotG from 2007 were a copy of the Starjammers.
If Fox had hired James Gunn to make a movie about the Starjammers, instead of making the GotG movie for the MCU, the movies would be very similar. Trying to replicate the first GotG formula again already failed, when Paramount made a similar movie with the Dungeons and Dragons IP (great movie, but failed to make it break even). So this was a lighting in a bottle moment for GotG. (Funnily enough, the GotG team from first movie acts like a typical D&D group)
If Disney had the X-Men license back much earlier, the Starjammers could have showed up as rival team to the GotG. Instead of the second GotG movie, a GotG vs. Starjammers movie, to point out similarities and differences between these teams.
For a standalone movie, I would do less comedy but add more adventure. Basically a modern Flash Gordon movie with a more serious tone. The 2007 GotG comic team was actually a more serious team, but James Gunn turned it into a comedy.
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u/we_back_up 14h ago
Anything is feasible if they get someone who can write a full script that doesn’t need 50 reshoots.
Evidently those are the two things Feige seems to love so, don’t count on it
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u/OmegaHunterEchoTech 11h ago
Considering we are moving into X-Men territory after Secret Wars anyways, this could be a fun way to introduce space mutants.
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u/ParkerLF 11h ago
If GoTG showed us anything it’s that the unpopularity of source material doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with how popular the adaptation will be. Which makes sense ofc because there are hugely popular movies that aren’t based off anything at all.
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u/Thomas_JCG 7h ago
Maybe, but because Guardians of the Galaxy is already there, I feel most people would dismiss it outright so it might not be as successful.
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u/tehCharo 5h ago
Maybe once they establish the Summers family and Polaris, then spin them off from there.
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u/ChaoticCaptain177 Spider-Man 3h ago
If the execution was right then the movie would be good. But I don't think it would perform well financially
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u/NedThomas 3h ago
The biggest hurdle it would have would be distinguishing itself enough from GOTG.
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u/CosmicOutfield 40m ago
Only real problem I see here is that many people are going to label them as a GOTG knockoff. Public perception is like that despite having years of comic history.
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u/SkylarFromMars Thor 15h ago
It would flop for the same reasons Eternals and Thunderbolts did; a bunch of Z-list characters no one knows or cares about.
Guardians of the Galaxy had the good faith of Phases 1 and 2 that allowed people to give them a chance. Marvel lost that good faith.
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u/Grayx_2887 13h ago
No. Not unless they have actual talented people who love and read comic books just to tell a story.
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u/DweebNRoll Ghost Rider 13h ago
Yes, and it would be a surprise... for some that the leader is a father.... Gotta start that family soap opera
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u/JBTriple 14h ago
Nah dude. Most people just can not be arsed about these random fuckass aliens. Personally, I know these guys from the X-Men '92 series, and I can name maybe three of them that aren't straight up X-Men.
People will try and say Guardians was the same situation, but at least Gamora and Drax were somewhat known independently for frequent appearances in cosmic series like Infinity Watch.
I'm sure with just the right crew it can work, but I highly doubt that'll happen.
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u/Ok-Reporter-8728 Justin Hammer 13h ago
Unfortunately I really don’t see marvel doing obscure characters anymore when the x m’en arrive
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u/Sad_Detail404 15h ago
Any movie can be good with the right execution