File:FilmWonk Podcast - Episode -103 - "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" (dir. James Gunn) (IA FilmwonkPodcast-Episode103-guardiansOfTheGalaxyVol.2dir.James).mp3

In this week's podcast, Glenn and Daniel return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and discover their limit of inconsequential action is about the first 90 minutes (53:28).

May contain NSFW language.

FilmWonk rating: 4.5 out of 10

Show notes:

• Music for this episode is the tracks "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVx8L7a3MuE">Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)</a>" by Looking Glass, and "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P160_odTwyY">The Chain</a>" by Fleetwood Mac, from the film's soundtrack and trailer respectively.

• After recording this episode, Glenn got into it offline with the hosts of <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-spoilers-wayne-daryl">The Spoilers: Wayne &amp, Daryl</a> (not for the first time - Glenn previously crashed their episode of <a href="http://seattleafterparty.com/episodes/2016/10/25/the-spoilers-after-party-73">The Seattle After Party</a> podcast).

Suffice to say, you should check out what these nerds have to say about this film, and expect some guest appearances in the future.

• Check out Glenn's review of <a href="http://filmwonk.net/2016/12/20/morten-tyldums-passengers-a-cascading-failure/">Passengers</a> here.

• We called out the greatness of the makeup artists behind these characters, and how well Nebula, Gamora, Yondu, and Drax's makeup held up in IMAX closeups - but there was one we didn't even realize. Young Ego (Kurt Russell) was <a href="http://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-2-kurt-russell-young-deaged-not-cgi/">mostly makeup</a>, (applied by artist Dennis Liddiard), with only a few CGI tweaks. Very cool.

• The video that was ringing in our heads as we evaluated the atrocious character of Mantis (Pom Klementieff) was Anita Sarkeesian's most recent (and final) video in the Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BrKqEtG-2w">The Lady Sidekick</a>". And...wow, was it ever spot-on for this character.