(From syracusenewtimes.com)
I have to hand it to James Gunn, keeper of the “Guardians of the Galaxy” flame.
While reading up on movie world happenings for this week’s installment of my film news blog for the awesomely attractive Syracuse New Times site, I came upon the Cinema Blend story that reported how the director had posted on Facebook a depiction of his cast of oh-so-popular characters as they would have looked if drawn for Saturday morning cartoon fame for the classics produced by Hanna-Barbera.
Good idea, yes? Far-fetched, yes. Still …
If you’d like to read my post today on that site, click the link below.
http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/imagine-your-favorite-guardians-as-saturday-morning-cartoons/
Also, I write about the empireonline report that Gugu Mbatha-Raw has agreed to be the lead in “The Free State of Jones.”
I put her last movie, “Beyond the Lights,” in my top 10 of 2014.
I made Gugu the star of my own post last year on The Blog of Funny Names. I am impressed, no doubt.
“Guardians” or “Flintstones,” and why? Marvel or Hanna-Barbera, and why? Gugu for you?
Mark Bialczak 
I have not seen this but it has been recommended to me twice by good friends, in the human form of film, Mark. I would probably see this with my grandsons, if they wished to. I would also laugh and enjoy the Flintstones, since you asked us to choose…. smiles!
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I’m waiting for Guardians to come out so I can see it on my TV, Robin. I think if you can see it with your grands, that will be very grand!
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Flintstones. …definitely. I don’t know that I’ve ever read a comic book.
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Wow! I was such a comic book kid, Aud. Off to the drug store with dimes in my pocket once a week to buy a couple. Age thing. 🙂
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I loved comic books as a kid. When I was very small, I liked Archie & Veronica. 🙂 When I got to be nine or so, I discovered Marvel comics. Wow. That was all it took: the smart mouthed Spidey, the cool Fantastic Four… I was hooked. Dr. Doom was my favorite character. I was also a DC fan, loving Superman, Batman, the Justice League of America. Remember Dr. Strange? That was a great comic book, too.
I always traded comic books with the boys, not the girls. The girls liked the mushy stuff. The boys had the good comics! 😀
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I was DC Justice League all the way, Kate. Even the odd ducks, like Aquaman! As a little kid first, though, Dennis the Menace, Richie Rich and then Archie and Jughead, for sure!
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Imaginary cartoon characters are so low rent compared to real ones.
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🙂
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*SIGH* I think you already know the answer. Flintstones. For obvious reasons. 😉
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OK, Pebbles lookalike. 🙂
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LOL! You knew! 🙂
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haven’t seen guardians yet, but i have it on request from my library and am excited to see it. as you know, i’m not a huge superhero movie fiend, but this looked funny, so i’m in. as for the toons, i loved the flintstones, loved all of the characters and jetsons were pretty cool too )
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I’m waiting for “Guardians” to show up on my TV available outlets, too, Beth. Impatiently! Flintstones and Jetsons are my two favorites, by far. 🙂
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I added Go All The Way to my running playlist because of that movie. You can either fight the earworm or surrender to it.
Those Hanna-Barbara cartoons look even worse today than they did back then when they were new. Just awful, lazy, uninspired things.
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I was into them then and I still am, Mark. H-B all the way.
And it’s OK to succumb to that song. Eric Carmen’s voice has the magic hook.
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That was some cute Hanna Barbara-ing of the Guardians of the Galaxy! But I like the G.O.T.G. as they were. And I wouldn’t like to see the Flinstones turned in to Marvel creatures. So I would go HB for Flintstones and Marvel for GOTG. That way, we all win! 🙂
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I am happy when we all win, Colleen. 🙂
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My fav is Tweety Bird. Tweety Bird needs to come back too!!! LOL
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Tweety would make an excellent Guardian, maybe, Amy?
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I will have to think about that one, mark. You just may be onto something. Have a wonderful weekend! Love, Amy
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Guardians of the Galaxy was so much fun! I enjoyed your full article Mark and also now I know that there is going to be a sequel! I hope it lives up to the first one 🙂
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Thanks, Christy! I’m glad that I filled you in over at the other site, my friend. 🙂
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I love Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Became a big fan when she starred in Undercovers on NBC. Would watch anything she is in.
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I knew I should have watched ‘Undercovers,’ Apple Pie. This woman is a star.
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Hanna Barbera did produce the SuperFriends, so hmmm. I can just say both.
When M was little, we still got Boomerang on cable, which was Cartoon Network’s ‘classic’ channel. At his young age, all the classics were still all the original Hanna Barbera shows. I don’t like to buy a bunch of DVDs but we do own all of The Wacky Races because that was his favorite (and mine 🙂 )
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Flinstones for all the reasons given by the HB supporters above. Captain Caveman is tops with me and the Smurfs were cute, too. The recent movies haven’t even touched on that cuteness. You are making me nostalgic as you did Kerbey.
Gugu is good with me now that I know all about her from your most excellent and top-notch BoFN reporting skills 🙂
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I feel like I am bringing worlds together here today, Liz. Well, Mr. Gunn did with his FB cartoon, the Cinema Blend reporter did with his story, and then I was the third person in the chain. But you know what I mean. People are digging the HB/GotG thing! And Gugu. 😉
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Hanna-Barbera all the way. You have made me nostalgic and sad. And I am pronouncing it Bar-BEAR-a, like Barbarian. Not Barbra, as in Streisand.
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You are pronouncing it the same way as I pronounce it, like Yogi Bear, or Yogi Berra, even. I think we are correct, Kerbey.
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I’m really an old woman. My favorites are still Looney Tunes.
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Nothing wrong with that, S.K.
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Is it just me, or does the one guy look like Captain Caveman? Today’s kiddies could use a reintroduction of old school Saturday morning cartoons…
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That was my FIRST thought! Zowie, Cavie.
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Me agree!
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I am so down with you on this, Bill. Bring ’em back.
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Kind of a bit of a reversal to draw them in Hanna Barbera style. I like it.
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It’s fun, Marissa, I agree. In the spirit of the comics and cartoons.
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