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Warning: This post vaguely discusses plot elements ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
It did not used to be this way.
In its sequel, the fatherless Quill reveals that hed told his classmates his dad was David Hasselhoff.
But the really potent stuff was on the soundtrack.
In the first twoGuardiansfilms, Quills most treasured possession is a mixtape left to him by his late mother.
Much has changed in the six years since the Guardians last stand-alone venture.
But the most striking shift I noticed inthe newGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3was that the series nostalgia beams are no longer locked in on Gen-X viewers.
Instead, Gunn & Co. have found a juicy new target: aging millennials.
This is apparent from the films very first scene, a Wheres everyone at?
(The source is a Microsoft Zune handed over to Quill at the end of the second movie.
Other generations get their moments in the spotlight, too.
A climactic arrival is set to the Flaming Lips Do You Realize?
But what sealed this take for me was what happened at the very end.
Having saved the day once more, the teams members decide to go their separate ways.
Just as we would always stay that young and Obama was going to stay president forever.
His films kept making money, but, increasingly, his charisma was lost under a furrowed-brow action pout.
His star image developed a reddish tint no marriage to a Kennedy could wash off.
And yet all of that falls away inGuardians 3.
Suddenly, it might as well be 2014, because Chris Pratt is being charming in space again.
But even I can admit that some things from 2014 should stay in 2014.
If next time around Rocket Raccoon is listening to All About That Bass, Ill riot.
