I know I'm super late to the space
launch on this one, but it's not as though the Guardians of the
Galaxy are going anywhere anytime soon. Having rocketed to the
top of the domestic box office (and still climbing) in just one month
of release, there's no arguing that Marvel Studios has yet another
bona fide hit on their hands, but does the product really befit the
hype?
Even if not, one can only congratulate
Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige and director James Gunn (
Slither)
on their success. Unlike the reliably profitable
Avengers
universe that oils their movie-making machinery,
Guardians of the
Galaxy was a more commercially risky project, mining the farthest
reaches of space for characters that would have anyone but comic book
buffs scratching their heads.
