Talk:The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

New lead adjustments

Adamstom.97 I like your changes, I just wanted to say I think there will still be some benefit to including this wording that I had: It is intended to be part of the television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, and the first television special, I feel like once we know where it will land in release (for this moment right now, let's say it'll be where it currently is in the table which is tenth) and say it's the tenth "series"/television project released by Marvel Studios. Maybe that's the wording we use, "It is the [nth] television project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, and the first television special". Because right now, we don't really need the "produced by Marvel Studios" part because there were no other television specials. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 02:32, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

I don't think we should say "[nth] television project" for this article or the series articles, that isn't really useful to readers and seems like Wikipedia imposing itself onto the content. I think we should stick to a count of the series for the series articles and a count for specials starting in this article. We can move the "produced by Marvel Studios" back to the end of the paragraph if that makes more sense: It is intended to be the first television special in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and shares continuity with the films of the franchise. The special is produced by Marvel Studios. We could also add Gunn back to the end in that case, I just moved him to the start since it didn't make sense to have a short sentence about him alone when he is already mentioned, but that's different if we have Marvel Studios at the end again.- adamstom97 (talk) 03:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

I like that wording. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:22, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

When do we move this to the mainspace

I've just added in about Pratt starting filming for Vol. 3. Should we also move this to the mainspace because the special is filming during production of Vol. 3? I don't know if we'll get a "true" start for this since I'd image they are going to be filming content for both as efficient as they can and overlapping, so perhaps we just move this with the info we have? - Favre1fan93 (talk) 21:46, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

I think we should move it, it seems as if both will be filmed together, so filming beginning for the film is filming beginning for this special. —El Millo (talk) 21:52, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

I think we could move this now, but we probably should wait until we know Vol. 3 has actually started principal photography to do so. Trailblazer101 (talk) 14:22, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Yup, I'd say with Gunn's clarification, we hold off on this one, since Pratt specifically said Vol. 3 in his video. And once filming actually starts in a few weeks, we can move this too. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 18:48, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Filming has officially started today, as posted by both Marvel Studios and Gunn, so this should be good to move in the mainspace now. Hummerrocket (talk) 17:25, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Not confirmed to be moved to Phase Five.

The special wasn't discussed at SDCC. Why does someone keep moving this to Phase Five? -TrixieCat123 (User talk:TrixieCat123) 01:49, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Cosmo the Spacedog

The dog actor Fred is still playing Cosmo, as seen in trailers for the specials, so I don't know why it says they're now former? It seems Maria Bakalova is voicing Cosmo while Fred physically portrays her. -TrixieCat123 (User talk:TrixieCat123) 23:49, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Per this interview, Bakalova also performed motion capture for the role. We need a source saying this is not entirely accurate, rather than simply basing it off of the trailer. Trailblazer101 (talk) 04:16, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Timeframe

Currently, the first line of the plot reads, "Some time after bidding farewell with Thor, the Guardians of the Galaxy purchase Knowhere from the Collector and begin to rebuild it." Is there any evidence that they purchased Knowehere specifically after Thor left? I don't think it's mentioned one way or the other. James Gunn said the film "contains a lot of fun new facts about what the Guardians have been up to for all these years". That seems to suggest that they've been running Knowhere for a while. Either way, it's all speculation unless there's confirmation from an actual source. MClay1 (talk) 13:56, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Curated soundtrack

It looks like James Gunn was mistaken (or we misunderstood him), the curated soundtrack with the vocal songs was supposed to come out two days ago, but I'm not seeing it on Spotify or any major music streaming platforms. The closest we have is this, but it's a playlist and not an album, has 74 songs, and includes music from the two Guardians films. In any case, we should follow this order instead of ComicBook.com's. InfiniteNexus (talk) 17:30, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

No one has responded, so I've removed it. InfiniteNexus (talk) 19:27, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

ok so we have to delete the redirect that I created today, right? Redjedi23 (talk) 22:37, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Yes, please place {{db-author}} at the top of the redirect. InfiniteNexus (talk) 05:27, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Also, I would change the statement "All music is composed by John Murphy, except where noted" to "All music is composed by John Murphy" as he composed the entire score. Redjedi23 (talk) 22:41, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

The two songs bookending the soundtrack were not written by John Murphy. UnderIrae (talk) 00:27, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Troll Court Entertainment

The logo for Troll Court Entertainmemt appears on the credirs. Yet somebody vlsimed that wasn't enough proof the studio co-produced the special. So, I wonder: Does that make sense? I mean, I personally think that "No. Why would the logo appear on the credits if they weren't involved?". But I want a professional opinion. BestDaysofMusic (talk) 17:52, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

We do need a reliable source stating Troll Court Entertainment co-produced it, as we can't just go off of the credits alone. It can remain in the article if it is tagged with a citation needed template. It appears that Gunn's company works on his television properties, akin to Peacemaker, though a source is still needed. Trailblazer101 (talk) 18:14, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

There's no need for a source since it's already out. Anything that's out, all content from that are now avalable for sources. BMA-Nation2020 (talk) 02:40, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

@BMA-Nation2020 Kindly avoid original research. I see Troll Court Entertainment on the credits but its just a logo, nothing indicates what its role on the special. I can agree with Trailblazer101's suggestion above to include it with {{citation needed}}, but maybe with the statement Troll Court Entertaiment is involved in the special's production in the article's Production section will suffice without including it on the infobox until a source indicates its role. Centcom08 (talk) 02:50, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

We still need a source even if it appears to be blatantly obvious, even if it is in the credits. A logo can mean a variety of involvement, or could just be there for the sake of it being Gunn's production banner. I have found this page from the American Film Institute which lists "Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige Productions, Troll Court Entertainment" under "Unidentified", while this Comic Watch page lists Marvel Studios and Troll Court as production companies, though I am skeptical of its verifiability. Trailblazer101 (talk) 04:42, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

@Trailblazer101 The only thing I can think of to obtain a reliable source is from James Gunn himself. He is active in replying to tweets so might give it a try (although I don't have a Twitter account). Centcom08 (talk) 05:37, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

I personally wouldn't bother with that. It is nothing important, and given no sources have discussed it, I don't believe we need to investigate. Any assumptions that the company actually produced it have not been concretely proven correct, so I would just let it be. Trailblazer101 (talk) 23:41, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

This feels similar to how Fairview (Favreau's company) was credited on the first Iron Man. it was only done because of Favreau's involvement, there wasn't any really financial stake from their involvement. That's what we should be considering in a sense. It's a bit "ceremonial"/contractual to have Troll Court, but they didn't fund any budgets or anything (to my knowledge). - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:10, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Frequent runtime change

The runtime is kept on changing from 42 to 44 (or vice versa) minutes. I see 42 on my Disney+ app but I'm curious as to why other editors edit the runtime to 44. Maybe I miss something? Centcom08 (talk) 22:02, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Actual length seems to be 42, but some refs are saying 44, first of which cited in development section but should be same as infobox . Thanks Indagate (talk) 22:17, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

References

Question about the formatting of the cast list

Shouldn't each cast member either include a break or not include a break? Why would we include a break on some cast members but not others?

I saw an edit note that said something about multiple lines, but on most devices, wouldn't all these characters' summaries be on multiple lines?

Rray (talk) 17:47, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

For several articles covering the MCU projects, cast lists which exceed the length of one line of text and become more like paragraphs have the line break. It's something that was done to let the cast and characters not get lost in the body of text after them. It differs slightly depending on which device your on, and yes, the character descriptions will be on multiple times, though that is inevitable. This question has been posed in the past for the sake of consistency, so you are far from the first to ask about it. Trailblazer101 (talk) 00:43, 10 January 2023 (UTC)