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I watched the movie YEARS ago, very much enjoyed it but of course it was my youth so I was rightly traumatized by it. But last year I read the book thinking they would die at the end and was sobbing, then when the Narrator interrupts and they are rescued I was so gobsmacked. I couldn't believe the movie would do such a thing. I'm such a poor reader that I missed any implication that it might not be true and to me it is cause it has to be

Do you plan to do The Fox And The Hound original novel? I hope you do eventually.

i get what you are saying, it was not as pure, as darkly clean as the book. ideas were left out. it could have been better, choices were made. there is a purer vision. but this one got made. it absolutely devastated and haunted me. still does. in a weird way it helped in a formative time during my childhood. that maybe it was worthy of not trying to live up to a Disney standard. it was sad and ugly and beautiful. in a strange way it gave strength to attempt my best to be kind. good essay though.

This is interesting to me because hearing the original version of Rocket was kind of like a fever dream where I’m like “What???” but I can only imagine that was how you felt with New Rocket. To be completely honest I like MCU Rocket much more than the OG you described but that’s purely subjective taste. As someone who thought the Skottie Young comics were fun though it’s really sad to see that quote from him. Whilst I do admittedly have a plushie of Rocket, one reason I love him is because I love anthropomorphic animal characters and hate that they’re usually walking punchlines because haha animal wear clothing and talk, how goofy. (Good example is Spider-Ham, they made a comic abt him in recent years and I immediately bought it, dude gets sent to human Peter’s dimension in two seconds because who would want to see fun animal versions of all the Marvel characters doing cool stuff? ME. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. DO SOMETHING WITH THEM DANGIT) So it’s awesome to see Rocket portrayed with more depth! At least… except with some of those other adaptations. “Blam, murdered you”… ough, I cringed hard. Seriously who allowed that lol

It surprises me that the book made a happy ending and gave the film a sad ending, rather than the other way around. Normally its the film that gives the happy ending, and yet the original book has a sad ending.

I never knew any background of any of Adams' works, nothing about him as a man, nor his intentions, but I had always imagined that what Adams had intended to do was to truly anthropomorphize animals, not in the cute and childish way that, well, children's stories which include anthropomorphic animals do, but in an existential way that even many adults would struggle to understand by adding in psychoanalytic, neo-platonic, and theological concepts into the animal world. I outright never knew he never intended any of that.

Love the deep dive. I watched this as an unsuspecting kid, then again not too long ago. It wasn’t any more surprising.

I recently watched the film. I had no idea there was supposed to be a happy ending.

Regarding comment on Mrs Frisby and Rats of NIMH: author was not a 'she'. It was Robert C O'Brien, born Robert Conly.

It's animal testing. That's the point. How does everyone seem to miss that? Every horrific experiment in the book is based on a real one- and this shit STILL HAPPENS. Adams was trying to draw attention to that and no one fucking listened it seems.

Awesome!

i enjoyed the short lived Guardians cartoon series, which used the first movie as a base but changed some continuity drastically (like Peter's dad). it went into Rocket's origin being the lab experiment tale, but with a slight twist. similar to the movie, he was picked up on Earth. only coincidentally, at the same time Peter was abducted by Yondu. so the 2 share the same history in that sense. Rocket was taken alongside his mother and 2 brothers, who all got sold off to a lab. he was the first one experimented on, evolved, and subsequently escaped. at some point of the runtime, the Guardians return to the planet Rocket broke out of, and found his family had undergone the same experiment. his mother was disappointed and outright nagging him for leaving them to suffer, but he manages to get them to come around and freed in the end

This is a great video. I noticed the Jungian aspects of the story as well. My interpretation of stories like this is that the human intellect is superfluous to nature and does more harm than good in most cases. Just think about it. Science is a way of thinking where it is permissible to torture and kill for 'knowledge.' The knowledge that comes from death is dead, like a tomb stone. Like words written on a page, it has no heartbeat or breath. The human intellect has run amok and is drowning life on earth in its artifacts of which 'knowledge' is a part. That ocean at the end is the only thing worth contemplating, but here's the thing - all of our stories about it are subjective and therefore infinite. The best ones express the connections between all these happenings. Everything humans do will fade into that ocean of which is forever anonymous but of which we all are a part and an expression of. I do have a question though. I am a bit thick at times, but I did not understand the portion of the video talking about feminism and women in Adam's work. Could you clarify that bit for me? I dont have an opinion on feminism or anything, I just want to know what you were getting at so I understand. Excellent work and happy howlidays.

"The ghost bitch" sounds like a good tale on its own

vid suggestion i guess? it would be cool if you could talk about the misconception behind Felidae being "anti-nazi" and the book having complete opposite intentions.

People: Adding more female characters to Watership Down would be unrealistic! Real life rabbits: are matriarchal.

Using some music from the original, “Trigun”, anime series!!! Props to you, Sir, props to you!!! Also, cheers!

I wish I cared about anything as much as you cared about Rocket. I've never been much for comics so I knew nothing about his characterization before the movies, but I'm usually open to different interpretations of the same characters. I'm not bothered that MCU Rocket has a different personality and backstory to versions of him that appeared in the comics, but I can imagine I would take issue if I learned that a previous version of him had essentially been overwritten to make way for a newer version. Also this is a minor nitpick but I don't think you can call 16:03 a 'quote' when the line you recite wasn't directly what Rocket said. I get the intention, Rocket's being sarcastic and dismissive of their gratitude, but I feel that the connotation can shift when lines are phrased in a different way.

I like rocket because I like raccoons

What happened at 23:15 ?

Does anyone know who was singing the cover of Rocky Raccoon at the end? tried looking for it.

I was 11 when Rocket made his first appearance into the mainstream Marvel Comics (hulk #271). The Hulk was MY character at the time, but I still really enjoyed Rocket & kept his memory alive. When I heard there was a Guardians Movie to be made, I snarfed up the 2008 release & fell in love with those guys about a year before the first film released. In many ways it was 'Six of One, half dozen of the other' in terms of which was better. Guardians 3 is absolutely the best Phase 4 film (Yes, even better than 'No Way Home'), Rocket may have gone through a number of changes over the years, many not good, but the 3rd film respected the character. The events may have been different, but it had the best heart of the character in mind & knocked it out of the park in bringing it to the screen. I would love to see at least one Guardians movie with Rocket as leader, but ONLY if they can do it justice. I don't have a lot of hope for that, as modern Disney has been catastrophically rampaging through cultural icons. But who knows? Rocket is a Survivor & he'll always surprise you.

im begging to understand, guys if the comic goes dead because of low views, then a movie does necromancy and the zombies are popular, dont complain, what you loved died, this is what got more love(money) . i dont think the comics rawarented the movie.

saying "quote" followed by a thing and the "unquote", is ONLY DONE when what you are saying........ IS ACTUALLY A QUOTE, its NEVER used when you are just summarizing what is being said........NEVER, because at that point its NOT A QUOTE.....

That Trigun ost. Damn that's nostalgic

Credit to the great indie comics creator Illuminated Comics for the "replaced Starlord" joke.

Messing up the characters is how modern films work.

Bless you, Rocket Raccoon! You've had a long, hard journey, and still come out on top as your unique self.

i love to find an incredibly well edited video on a somewhat unique topic from somebody completely new

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"flaunt their lack of respect" now why does this sound like a certain teen titan series...

Those censor bleeps ain’t doin shit fam 💀

Bendis is highly overrated and doesn't really understand comics that well.

0:38 drax looks like kratos

i think i first heard about rocket after the sonic comics kinda had ended(or at least i couldnt get them anymore), it was like oh hes the precursor to the whole anthro freedom fighter motif most people know abnett from his work with black library

This video deserves more attention.

All the Persona 3 Music got me

So the moral of the story is to write fanfiction.

30:24 Gee, I wasnt aware of how many artistic renditions this guy has holy moly.

"And then All Ewing" OF COURSE IT WAS AL EWING

anyone know the cover of Rocky Racoon near the end of the video? Please I need it, its sounds beautiful

This video is the closest Ive been to crying in a while. Not only does that story end so depressingly and somberly, I also adore whole cute and noble and gentlemanly the old rocket was. As someone that only knew of the MCU Rocket till now, I personally wouldn't change a thing about him, but I really wish we could see an animated or live-actiom depiction of this rocket as well.

ugh, bendis is poison to everything he touches.

Does anyone know who sang the cover of rocky racoon in this video towards the end, I’m in love with this cover and can’t find it anywhere

editing error at 23:13, overlapping dialogue. also idk if you were trying to cover the swear words in the story section with the bleeps but it does not. just so you know, otherwise great video

Around 23:14 the audio starts looping

I love rocket in the movies so much, I can’t read rocket in any other voice than Bradley Cooper

20:12 Wow, a P3do who wants a tree to diddle a little boy saved a life from selfish deletion. lol truly moving stuff. Low T-count at its finest.

Bendis always has this tendency of bastardizing the characters that used to be great when they were first introduced. I only liked his stuff with Ultimate Spider-Man, but he's never reached that peak in writing quality since.

It kind of sounds like the people who wrote Rocket after Gunn totally misunderstood the way he wrote the character. He wasn't a murderous edgelord, he was a misfit who lashes out at people because he thinks he's an abnormality in the universe who will never fit in. Once he joins up with Starlord and the gang, he never runs away from a fight even if it doesn't make him wealthy. He's a hero from day one, but he just doesn't talk or posture like one. Peter may be the most relatable character, but Gunn even points out that The Guardians of the Galaxy is Rocket's journey. That "murdered you" catchphrase is the epitome of cringe.