when something deviates from its source
material the results are usually less
than stellar thankfully that isn’t the
case here welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten differences between the
guardians of the galaxy movies and
comics before we begin we publish new
videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re focusing on
those subtle and not so subtle changes
diehard fans noticed when this popular
comic was brought into the Marvel
Cinematic Universe
you know who I am yes Drax there destroy
number 10 yondu when I picked you up on
Terror these boys of mine wanted to eat
ya yondu is everyone’s favorite space
pirate or is he well we don’t know but
he does have one of the coolest scenes
in the first movie when he kills a bunch
of soldiers with one arrow just by
whistling
[Music]
[Music]
in contrast the yondu of the comics has
a sense of nobility to him and actually
has a bow to fire off the sound
sensitive Yakka arrows he also sports a
much bigger mohawk but it’s not just the
weapons that were different from medium
to medium the characters origin also
changed the comic book yondu was part of
the original guardians of the galaxy in
the 31st century and even went back in
time to become an honorary member of the
Avengers number 9 Drax the destroyer
hates Santos in the film Drax is locked
up in the kiln for numerous murder
charges while on the warpath to find
Ronan the accuser the one who’d killed
his wife and daughter to adapt I
remember killing in hide in fact that’s
his motivation for most of the film and
he does ultimately get the chance to
enact his revenge on the antagonist
however in the comics
it’s Thanos who kills Drax his family
and even Drax himself thus serving as
the primary motivation for Drax to
destroy Thanos upon his resurrection but
we’ll get to that later number 8 the
origin of Gamora Gamora surgically
modified and trained as a living weapon
Gamora fan else’s favorite adopted
daughter has her own vengeance to enact
and it’s on Thanos himself Gamora knows
that Thanos was responsible for the
death of her family when she was young
so her betrayal is warranted and the
fact that she eventually joins the
guardians of the galaxy makes perfect
sense and no family to ruin or since
well that’s how it all pans out in the
movie anyway
in the comics she’s unaware that her
father is a monster she thinks he’s not
inherently evil of course when she sent
on a mission by Thanos Gamora finds out
the truth the hard way number 7 nowhere
it’s called no nothing makes you feel
more at home than being inside the giant
severed head of an ancient celestial
being the first guardians of the galaxy
film barely touches on nowheres origins
or capabilities and presents it
primarily as an abstract city of sorts
as well as the home of the collectors
Museum oh one the point the comic delves
into the significance of nowhere much
more and it eventually becomes the base
for the guardians for a time inside the
head there’s something called the
continuum cortex which allows the
guardians to travel anywhere in the
universe
number six Ronan the accuser it’s hard
to picture Ronan the accuser is a good
guy especially after watching and try to
destroy a whole world and having a
menacing name like that doesn’t help his
case either he does eventually join the
good guys in the comics but he starts
out as a judicial officer for his race
and sometimes that means clashing with
the Guardians and Avengers in the name
of justice in the film however he’s
power-hungry and thinks he’s stronger
than Thanos also he’s just sort of an
ass number 5 Drax is sense of humor Drax
is one of the funniest characters in the
first Guardians movie which is ironic as
he’s completely literal and doesn’t
really understand humor this is because
his race is generally primitive in
nature and as such hasn’t been exposed
to other races and their ways of life
however his time with the Guardian
slowly helps him understand new customs
on the other side of things in the
comics by the time Drax joins the
guardians of the galaxy he’s already
quite witty and sarcastic and it
definitely shows with some of the
interactions he has with his friends and
enemies alike this dumb tree he is my
friend
in this green a horseshoe oh you must
know number four the origin of Drax the
destroyer
you know who I am yes here Drax there
destroy despite his primitive non-human
race in the movie Drax is human in the
comics well at least he was he was born
under the name Arthur Douglas and was
just your ordinary saxophone playing
real estate agent family man with a
loving wife and daughter but that all
changed when Thanos came to earth and
killed Arthur and his family to keep his
presence a secret however Heather
Arthur’s daughter actually turns out to
be alive and later becomes the hero
known as moon dragon while Arthur is
eventually resurrected with a body
fashioned from the soil of Earth by
Thanos his father and grandfather coming
to be known as Drax the destroyer number
three the kill there is no denying that
the kill the prison the guardians are
sent to in the movie at least is a scary
and intimidating place
Drax was locked up there and he was
given the title of the destroyer based
on how dangerous he is the comic version
of the prison however is a far more
dangerous and menacing place in fact
barely anyone survives in there with a
mortality rate of 99.999% yes those are
great odds the prison also serves as a
way of generating power for distribution
to neighboring worlds number 2 the
origin of star-lord it’s not often that
a superhero movie completely skips it’s
stars
origin story but in the first guardians
film we never learn how Peter quill
becomes star-lord
he’s just the famous outlaw no one’s
heard of who star-lord and legendary
outlaw sure we get a glimpse of his
childhood but it jumps ahead without
explaining how he got his name other
than he was abducted and raised by the
Ravagers in the comics we learned that
his father was a spar toy Emperor after
aliens kill his mother Peter gets a job
at NASA and sets out into space for
revenge
however he realizes that’s not what his
mom would have wanted and ultimately
seeks out his destiny under the name
star-lord
Galatians quilt number one the formation
of the guardians but should jackasses
standing in a circle you probably
guessed by now that the guardians in the
movie aren’t the original team from the
comics in fact the original team didn’t
come into existence in the timeline
until the 31st century also as mentioned
yondu was one of the founding members
when the guardians were formed again in
the mainstream Marvel Universe the group
consisted primarily of who we see in the
movie with a couple of additions at this
stage of formation they’re still unnamed
it’s only when they meet Vance one of
the founders from the alternate timeline
that he inspires them to call themselves
the guardians of the galaxy they call
themselves the guardians of the galaxy
and a bunch of a-holes do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
[Music]
material the results are usually less
than stellar thankfully that isn’t the
case here welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten differences between the
guardians of the galaxy movies and
comics before we begin we publish new
videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re focusing on
those subtle and not so subtle changes
diehard fans noticed when this popular
comic was brought into the Marvel
Cinematic Universe
you know who I am yes Drax there destroy
number 10 yondu when I picked you up on
Terror these boys of mine wanted to eat
ya yondu is everyone’s favorite space
pirate or is he well we don’t know but
he does have one of the coolest scenes
in the first movie when he kills a bunch
of soldiers with one arrow just by
whistling
[Music]
[Music]
in contrast the yondu of the comics has
a sense of nobility to him and actually
has a bow to fire off the sound
sensitive Yakka arrows he also sports a
much bigger mohawk but it’s not just the
weapons that were different from medium
to medium the characters origin also
changed the comic book yondu was part of
the original guardians of the galaxy in
the 31st century and even went back in
time to become an honorary member of the
Avengers number 9 Drax the destroyer
hates Santos in the film Drax is locked
up in the kiln for numerous murder
charges while on the warpath to find
Ronan the accuser the one who’d killed
his wife and daughter to adapt I
remember killing in hide in fact that’s
his motivation for most of the film and
he does ultimately get the chance to
enact his revenge on the antagonist
however in the comics
it’s Thanos who kills Drax his family
and even Drax himself thus serving as
the primary motivation for Drax to
destroy Thanos upon his resurrection but
we’ll get to that later number 8 the
origin of Gamora Gamora surgically
modified and trained as a living weapon
Gamora fan else’s favorite adopted
daughter has her own vengeance to enact
and it’s on Thanos himself Gamora knows
that Thanos was responsible for the
death of her family when she was young
so her betrayal is warranted and the
fact that she eventually joins the
guardians of the galaxy makes perfect
sense and no family to ruin or since
well that’s how it all pans out in the
movie anyway
in the comics she’s unaware that her
father is a monster she thinks he’s not
inherently evil of course when she sent
on a mission by Thanos Gamora finds out
the truth the hard way number 7 nowhere
it’s called no nothing makes you feel
more at home than being inside the giant
severed head of an ancient celestial
being the first guardians of the galaxy
film barely touches on nowheres origins
or capabilities and presents it
primarily as an abstract city of sorts
as well as the home of the collectors
Museum oh one the point the comic delves
into the significance of nowhere much
more and it eventually becomes the base
for the guardians for a time inside the
head there’s something called the
continuum cortex which allows the
guardians to travel anywhere in the
universe
number six Ronan the accuser it’s hard
to picture Ronan the accuser is a good
guy especially after watching and try to
destroy a whole world and having a
menacing name like that doesn’t help his
case either he does eventually join the
good guys in the comics but he starts
out as a judicial officer for his race
and sometimes that means clashing with
the Guardians and Avengers in the name
of justice in the film however he’s
power-hungry and thinks he’s stronger
than Thanos also he’s just sort of an
ass number 5 Drax is sense of humor Drax
is one of the funniest characters in the
first Guardians movie which is ironic as
he’s completely literal and doesn’t
really understand humor this is because
his race is generally primitive in
nature and as such hasn’t been exposed
to other races and their ways of life
however his time with the Guardian
slowly helps him understand new customs
on the other side of things in the
comics by the time Drax joins the
guardians of the galaxy he’s already
quite witty and sarcastic and it
definitely shows with some of the
interactions he has with his friends and
enemies alike this dumb tree he is my
friend
in this green a horseshoe oh you must
know number four the origin of Drax the
destroyer
you know who I am yes here Drax there
destroy despite his primitive non-human
race in the movie Drax is human in the
comics well at least he was he was born
under the name Arthur Douglas and was
just your ordinary saxophone playing
real estate agent family man with a
loving wife and daughter but that all
changed when Thanos came to earth and
killed Arthur and his family to keep his
presence a secret however Heather
Arthur’s daughter actually turns out to
be alive and later becomes the hero
known as moon dragon while Arthur is
eventually resurrected with a body
fashioned from the soil of Earth by
Thanos his father and grandfather coming
to be known as Drax the destroyer number
three the kill there is no denying that
the kill the prison the guardians are
sent to in the movie at least is a scary
and intimidating place
Drax was locked up there and he was
given the title of the destroyer based
on how dangerous he is the comic version
of the prison however is a far more
dangerous and menacing place in fact
barely anyone survives in there with a
mortality rate of 99.999% yes those are
great odds the prison also serves as a
way of generating power for distribution
to neighboring worlds number 2 the
origin of star-lord it’s not often that
a superhero movie completely skips it’s
stars
origin story but in the first guardians
film we never learn how Peter quill
becomes star-lord
he’s just the famous outlaw no one’s
heard of who star-lord and legendary
outlaw sure we get a glimpse of his
childhood but it jumps ahead without
explaining how he got his name other
than he was abducted and raised by the
Ravagers in the comics we learned that
his father was a spar toy Emperor after
aliens kill his mother Peter gets a job
at NASA and sets out into space for
revenge
however he realizes that’s not what his
mom would have wanted and ultimately
seeks out his destiny under the name
star-lord
Galatians quilt number one the formation
of the guardians but should jackasses
standing in a circle you probably
guessed by now that the guardians in the
movie aren’t the original team from the
comics in fact the original team didn’t
come into existence in the timeline
until the 31st century also as mentioned
yondu was one of the founding members
when the guardians were formed again in
the mainstream Marvel Universe the group
consisted primarily of who we see in the
movie with a couple of additions at this
stage of formation they’re still unnamed
it’s only when they meet Vance one of
the founders from the alternate timeline
that he inspires them to call themselves
the guardians of the galaxy they call
themselves the guardians of the galaxy
and a bunch of a-holes do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
[Music]
Please follow and like us: