Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24467536-20140705121253/@comment-24467536-20140706130811

@TomasDerksen - since the MCU is suppose to be connected, the progression of the movies should be going the same. Feige or Whedon said Age of Ultron is taking a more serious tone; and with GotG being the pre-quel of sorts, it should have the same tone. It's hard to believe that with goofball Star-Lord, talking tree, Ratchet Raccoon, Glenn Close's character looking like Cruella De Vil in space, and the main villian looks and acts like Will Ferrell's character in Zoolander. Marvel Studios is doing 17-minute sneak peeks in select theaters because it knows there's a lot riding on this movie. GotG has an estimated 150 million dollar budget; and if it opens badly or doesn't make it back in the domestic box office it's declared a flop. It won't matter if the overseas box office makes up the difference, Marvel still has to pay theater owners for showings the film and the various media markets for promoting it. That comes out of the box office receipts. A bad showing can impact future projects and it could put a pall on Age on Ultron.