GOTG Director Describes Alternate VOL. 2 Scene With Rocket Raccoon Dropping Multiple F-Bombs

GOTG Director Describes Alternate VOL. 2 Scene With Rocket Raccoon Dropping Multiple F-Bombs

Although it was never intended to feature in the actual movie, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn says he animated an alternate Vol. 2 scene involving Rocket Raccoon dropping multiple F-bombs...

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By MarkCassidy - Apr 10, 2020 08:04 AM EST

James Gunn continues to share new details from his time working on the Guardians of the Galaxy movies via Twitter, and this latest tidbit spotlights what sounds like a hilarious moment that never would have made it into the theatrical cut of Vol. 2 in a million years.

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Gunn debunked a rumor about Star-Lord having his dialogue re-dubbed to remove an F-bomb during the now legendary "I'm Mary Poppins, y'all" scene, but revealed that he did have footage of Rocket Raccoon unleashing a series of "[frick]s" after he and Groot bid farewell to Yondu.

"I do have footage of Rocket flying away with Baby Groot, after saying, “He said welcome to the frickin’ Guardians of the Galaxy... only he didn’t say ‘frickin’.” And then as he flies away he turns to Baby Groot, irritated, and says - “We're gonna have to have a serious talk about your language! ‘[frick] this, [frick] that,’ everything’s ‘[frick] [frick] [frick]’ all the time!”

Gunn says he even animated the sequence in post viz, but it was obviously never intended to be seen in any version of the movie. Marvel have been known to push the boundaries of the PG-13 rating from time to time (see the link above), but the mighty F-bomb would probably be a step too far for the Disney-owned studio.

Still, this does sound like an awesome alternate take on the scene, and we hope Gunn decides to share it with us someday. 

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Kumkani
Kumkani - 4/10/2020, 8:13 AM
Glad they cut that. Sounds terrible.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 4/10/2020, 8:14 AM
If Disney ever manages to surgically remove the stick from their corporate butt, the first "F-Bomb" in a Marvel movie is going to break the internet. And if it isn't Rocket, Wolverine better be the one who gets to say it.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 4/10/2020, 8:19 AM
@SerKurtWagner -
JustALurker
JustALurker - 4/10/2020, 10:18 AM
@SerKurtWagner - I doubt it. Theres nothing impressive about that.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 4/10/2020, 1:15 PM
@JustALurker - Kinda is.... Years of people joking about Disney's censorship, years of teasing with the "almost-****" in Homecoming and Captain Marvel. I guarantee you if/when it happens, it will become a meme.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/10/2020, 8:25 AM
Doesn't sound that funny
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 4/10/2020, 8:39 AM
@BlackBeltJones - But don't you see? That would have made it more mature, adult-oriented, and necessitated an R-rated film, thus a better movie.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/10/2020, 9:52 AM
@EskimoJ -

Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/10/2020, 8:28 AM
Why haven't they ever actually dropped an F-bomb in a Marvel film yet? Don't PG-13 films get to use 1? Which means they actually do have the option but won't do it for some reason.

America has always been weird when it comes to swearing, lol
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 4/10/2020, 8:38 AM
@Nightwing1015 - Use as much blood and gore as you want, depict all the violence you can muster up, but for the love of God there had better not be any foul language or nudity!

[frick]in' Puritans, man.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/10/2020, 8:42 AM
@Nightwing1015 -
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/10/2020, 8:51 AM
@EskimoJ - Yeah, the worst offender is the Walking Dead. One of the most gory, violent, dark, depressing shows on TV. You can shoot children, cut off limbs and have fan-favourite characters literally ripped apart in a bloody fight.

But you have to say "SCREWING with the wrong people" lol
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 8:54 AM
@EskimoJ - Who exactly are you talking about? There are tons of R rated and unrated movies with lots of blood, gore, violence, foul language and nudity.

If you're talking specifically about Disney, they have ALSO released plenty of R rated movies with violence, foul language, and nudity through their subsidiaries such as Miramax, Touchtone Studios, and Dimension Films.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/10/2020, 9:08 AM
@Feralwookiee - Who exactly are you talking about?

He's talking about the double standard that exists in media that has a relaxed stance towards violence yet an almost pathological fear of sex. It's basically saying it's okay to take a life in front of children but heaven help you if you try to make one.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 9:17 AM
@Reeds2Much - But, as far as I can see, that's a false arguement. There are plenty of movies, mainstream or not, that have gratuitous nudity and foul language. But, just like movies with graphic violence, these aren't intended for (or at least shouldn't be imo) children.

If an adult wishes to view sex or nudity, there are plenty of places to do that as we all well know, in addition to mainstream movies which depict nudity and toned down sex acts. The arguement that Hollywood has a "pathological fear of sex" is ridiculous to me. The porn industry is a BILLION DOLLAR industry in this country alone. There is no "fear" of sex on film, whether it's mainstream or the adult film industry. Sex has always and will always sell. Just my 2 cents.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/10/2020, 9:23 AM
@Feralwookiee - There are plenty of movies, mainstream or not, that have gratuitous nudity and foul language

And how many of those are PG13? You can beat and kill people and the only real limit is the amount of fake blood is displayed, but any mention of sex? You risk your rating.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 9:34 AM
@Reeds2Much - Are you suggesting there SHOULD be gratuitous nudity and (more) foul language in PG13 movies?

Obviously, there's a limit to the amount of adult material the mpaa would like in a PG13 film, thus the rating. If a person wants to watch a movie than contains GRAPHIC violence, nudity, and foul language, that is what the R rating or even NC17 (is/was?) created for. Why should we attempt to push for more "adult" content in films that are generally geared towards younger audiences?
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 4/10/2020, 10:50 AM
@Feralwookiee

Because variety is generally a good thing. I wouldn’t want too much of either.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 11:15 AM
@regularmovieguy - But there is plenty of variety. If you want to view a more "adult" oriented movie, there's plenty of Rated R movies to choose from.

Imo, it's more about smaller independent films that are willing to take risks getting pushed out by big corporate filmmakers. These smaller "edgier" movies are still still there though; you just have to search them out.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 4/10/2020, 11:26 AM
@Feralwookiee

You don’t think any comic book movie should be R-rated?

And lol you don’t need to tell me where to find movies. I see all movies...not just the cbms.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/10/2020, 11:27 AM
@Feralwookiee - Are you suggesting there SHOULD be gratuitous nudity and (more) foul language in PG13 movies?

No, I'm saying that there's an inherent ridiculousness in how we've decided that it's okay to show children death and murder but somehow a woman's nipple is too far for their delicate sensibilities.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 11:39 AM
@Reeds2Much - Well, and it's just my opinion, we shouldn't really be showing children EITHER.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 11:44 AM
@regularmovieguy - Did I say that no cbm's shouldn't be rated R? Nope. Do I expect DISNEY under the Marvel Studios label to release a bunch of R rated cbm's though? Nope.
Some of my favorite Cbn's are Rated R, like The Crow, Sin City, Kick Ass etc.

As far as smaller independent movies; you've gotta be kidding me right? You have access to Netflix, Amazon and the internet, right?
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 4/10/2020, 12:05 PM
@Feralwookiee

Haha dude...reread the last part of my comment again.

I see most movies at the theater. Unless they look like total dogshit, independent or not.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 12:13 PM
@regularmovieguy - My bad. I missed the "don't" in your last paragraph. My apologies.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 4/10/2020, 12:24 PM
@Feralwookiee

No worries, brotha 🤜🏻
AntMeetBoot
AntMeetBoot - 4/10/2020, 12:52 PM
@Nightwing1015 - Lol. Just thinking back now on the absolute irony that they're prohibited from including that word in Negan's lines, yet his butchering, bludgeoning, burning, etc. of his victims makes it in.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/10/2020, 1:10 PM
@Feralwookiee - Well even adult TV shows can't swear. So it's not just "the children" that people are complaining about. Those rules don't make any sense.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 4/10/2020, 1:24 PM
@Feralwookiee - This is possibly the most ridiculous argument I've ever seen made on this site. America has an absolutely insane set of standards when it comes to sex and violence. You can have brutal beat-downs all day if you don't add blood (Which, IMO, makes the violence WORSE because that sort of fantasy fighting and torture is the real threat to desensitization) but if you share a few too many seconds of a bare human butt, well then you've got a problem.

And don't even get me started on language - American values would sooner have you shoot a person dead in the street than drop an "F-Bomb".

And you don't find anything questionable about this?
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 1:48 PM
@SerKurtWagner - I'm not even sure if we're on different sides of this arguement. 😝

My point is, there are movies that are more geared for younger audiences rated G-PG13. As result, they obviously, have less or no graphic violence, swearing or nudity. If someone is looking for more of that, there are R rated, NC-17 rated, unrated, and pornographic movies including that material, which is intented for adults only.

I don't think CHILDREN need to be exposed to graphic sexual material, NOR graphic violent content. Of course, it's up to each individual parent to decide what is and when or if such material is appropriate to be viewed in their household.

As far as this just being an "American" thing about having and insane set of standards with sex and violence, again...I don't really disagree with you here. The MPAA is often wildly inconsistent in this area, but as far as this just being an "American" thing, I don't get that. Compared to Chinese films, or French films or whom?
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 4/10/2020, 1:50 PM
@Nightwing1015 - Honestly, I'm really not a TV watcher at all. I will hit the movies for a big event film here and there and an occasional smaller flick, but I don't follow tv. I assume "M" rated shows are allowed to drop F-bombs etc, but like I said, I'm not sure.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/10/2020, 2:09 PM
@Feralwookiee - No that's the problem, they're not. If you are on network TV then you can't use F-bombs.

You could only use that language if you're a show on a streaming platform. So there is an issue with the US and the FCC from my perspective.
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