‘Guardians of the Galaxy’: James Gunn Responds to Criticism Over Nebula’s Gift to Rocket

‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays Special’ just premiered on Disney+, a project directed and written by James Gunn, who is responsible for the two released films of the cosmic group and the upcoming one, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ‘. ‘Happy Holidays’ has left us with several unexpected and memorable moments, but if one deserves the prize or, at least, fights for the gold, it is Nebula’s gift to Rocket. At the end of the special we see how the members of the cosmic group distribute gifts, an apparently calm and funny scene, but suddenly Rocket opens his gift and it is, neither more nor less, the arm of Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier. This raised a lot of questions about how he pulled it off, including those from an industry describing the scene as forced inclusion, so Gunn, who doesn’t appear to have been much amused by these comments, responded, not without hesitating and provoking these comments. .

Gunn used his account Chirping to respond to those who label the scene as forced inclusion, a term that a certain sector of this social network likes more and more. She did so by replying to one of the many tweets that complained about it: “I’m so sorry, but it’s over now. Nebula sees Bucky as a nobody. That said, she couldn’t help but rip his arm off because he looked so damn Christmassy! PS: no one forced me to include alien cyborgs.”Another user told him that the scene is not inclusion, but a “boring and toxic feminist argument”to which Gunn didn’t cut it when he replied: “If this is what you get from an alien cyborg giving an alien raccoon a cybernetic arm, it might be time for a little introspection on your part.”

‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays Special’, the second of Marvel Studios’ ‘special presentations’, a format that debuted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in October with ‘The Curse of the Werewolf’ has certainly left more than one wanting watch Bucky’s reaction to the loss of his vibranium arm, a gift Wakandans gave him in the “Black Panther” post-credits scene. And now also to ask, it wouldn’t hurt to see what use Rocket makes of his new toy, undoubtedly the one that will have made him more exciting than his life. Recall that in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, when the character arrives in Wakanda, he asks the Winter Soldier for the price of his arm, but Bucky tells him it’s not for sale. Years later, the raccoon kept the promise he said with laughter in that same scene: “I’ll get it”.

Guardians are mercenaries

The Guardians of the Galaxy, group that was introduced in the MCU in 2014, are not the prototype of correct heroes who do good for non-profit, they have their flaws and a touch of rogue which at the same time is a large part of their appeal . . That’s why even James Gunn wanted to remember that his group, despite acting well, continues to work from time to time for money, that is, they are good-hearted mercenaries. He confirmed this by answering where the Guardians got the money to compare wisdom: “Although the Guardians are sometimes heroes, they work as mercenaries and make a decent amount of money. So after Thanos attacked Wisdom, they bought it from the Collector.”

‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Happy Holidays Special’ it is Available on Disney+.