transemacabre | GOTG sneak peek! (Reply)

theladyscribe and I attended Marvel's sneak peek of Guardians of the Galaxy on July 7! It was in IMAX, so booo because my inferior eyeballs can't see properly in those glasses, but whatever.

The portion we saw was the Guardians being sent to the Kyln (space prison). After the lineup, Starlord/Peter Quill is stripped to his undies and given some kind of disinfectant bath. We also see Rocket after his bath, with his fur all mussed. The scene from the trailers where Peter freaks out at the guard who's messing with his walkman happens, with the guard electrocuting Peter with his baton. Rocket tells the others that the Nova Corps are corrupt and that they don't care what happens to the prisoners.

Once they arrive in the Kyln, the other inmates taunt Gamora and fling debris at her. Rocket says it's because a lot of them have lost family to Ronan, and Gamora and her sister Nebula have been helping Ronan as per Thanos' orders. Gamora defiantly says that whatever horrors are in store for her in the Kyln, that prison will be heaven after the hell that's behind her.

An inmate approaches Peter and threatens him (with prison rape? Not clear). Groot sticks his fingers in the guy's nose while Rocket tells the other inmates to back off and leave them alone. Afterward, Rocket tells the others his plan to escape. He sends Peter to grab a prosthetic leg from another prisoner, Gamora to secure a guard's wristband, while Groot tears a special battery out of part of the prison control-room. Groot's attacked by drones, but Drax shows up to defend him. Gamora takes a weapon from a guard and throws it to Rocket, which is when we have the "Oh, YEAH!" moment from the trailers.

The Guardians barricade themselves in the control-room, where Rocket shuts off the artificial gravity and attempts to fly them to freedom. Drax's dialogue reveals that he is literal-minded; his people do not understand euphemisms. Gamora laments that she's about to die surrounded by the biggest idiots in the galaxy.

There's also a quick bit where Peter tells the others that he sees them as losers, "people who have lost things. Family. Home." Rocket taunts him about Peter having a plan, saying that Peter stole that line from him. Peter says, "I have 12% of a plan!" and Rocket laughs. Groot says, "I am Groot," to which Rocket responds, "So what if it's better than 11% of a plan!"