Do you want Rocket's New Guardians of the Galaxy return in a future project?

I was thinking about wether or not we should see Rocket's New Guardians team again, either in a fourth GotG movie or a crossover event like Doomsday or Secret Wars. Personally I'm leaning towards not seeing them again. Simply knowing that Rocket is now the leader of his own team is a satisfying enough conclusion to his story that doesn't necessarily need to be expanded upon. Besides, I wouldn't say I really care about any of the members besides Rocket and Groot. I also believe the MCU has been too unfocused with countless story lines and characters being around at the same time, so getting rid of some would be for the benefit of the MCU in general. Maybe they could make cameo appearances here or there but nothing more

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kriswone2025-10-27 14:46

They should come back for Annihilation.

JSevatar2025-10-28 04:37

Oh man i hope Groot is an absolute titan tree by then

AnySpirit6482025-10-27 14:47

Yes of course, one of the best squads

OutsideIndoorTrack2025-10-27 14:48

There's lots of great Guardians still to use from the comics.

Bring in Jack Flag, Bug, Major Victory, Moondragon

MadMurilo2025-10-27 14:54

Unfortunately Marvel can’t use Bug in movies, but i hope everyone else appears eventually.

Maca1kanobi2025-10-27 15:39

Why can’t they use Bug..!

BasedAustralhungary2025-10-27 15:48

It's just not possible...

MadMurilo2025-10-27 15:50

The micronauts were based on a line of toys, so the movie rights for these characters still belong to the toy company.

Maca1kanobi2025-10-27 15:53

Yeah of course.., thanks buddy

Lilgiddysolo2025-10-27 22:11

Just to add in on this conversation and make you a little more sad about it, James Gunn really did try to have Bug on the team

BetrayYourTrust2025-10-27 14:52

yes, but it's kind of weird. new teams like this that don't have enough time to have their own story also should, in theory, HAVE to be part of Secret Wars, but there's no shot we see it before then. and if the reboot theory is true, are they going to just never show them again?

Wooden_Passage_26122025-10-27 15:43

Of course

srxzxn2025-10-27 14:57

Not really

GyrKestrel2025-10-27 14:57

Absolutely.

I'm a big Phyla-Vell fan, and I know this Phyla is different, so I'm curious to see where it goes.

ChardComfortable39322025-10-27 15:07

Yes

Cold-Dot-73082025-10-27 15:12

Nope ! They don’t need to

No-Understanding-9122025-10-27 15:13

No. I agree with you, it was a good ending for Rocket and the MCU is way too unfocused which is one of the big reasons I think they had issues after End Game. I wouldn't mind seeing them show up for a small part in another character's/team's movie though. I also hated this version of Adam Warlock and really don't want to sit through a full movie with that character playing anything close to a major part.

acf6b2025-10-27 17:39

He was a premature infant in the movie, his personality could change significantly and be easily explained

No-Understanding-9122025-10-27 18:31

If they did that I would be on board. I just worry they wouldn't and instead try to keep him as the humor.

AUnknownVariable2025-10-27 21:34

Adam is 100% appearing again, but I'm sure he'll be developing. He was fr a little kid in fotg3

lanze6662025-10-27 15:23

Phyla-Vell, Warlock & Groot versus Doom would be nice to see.

Maca1kanobi2025-10-27 15:39

I’d like to see them again in some way..!

Neandersaurus2025-10-27 15:58

Was it ever explained why the new Groot is bigger than the old Groot?

ModernBass2025-10-27 17:01

Steroots

Neandersaurus2025-10-27 17:47

Ahhh....Groot Gear®

mosh_pit_nerd2025-10-27 20:53

Brawndo

ssp252025-10-27 23:32

he's huge like skeletrex and his friggin bone brigade! they both have legs the size of tree trunks! friggin bonies!!!

SmartOpinion692025-10-28 03:01

no, but if i had to guess, the old groot didn't need to do much saving of the universe, so his body didn't grow to that size. new groot does a lot more physical activity, so like humans, his body grows bigger and stronger

sunny_xo2025-10-27 16:00

I cant see how they would return properly without James Gunn tbh. Can see them appearing in Secret Wars at least though as a cameo.

Espec with Sean Gunn having the Yaka arrow now

Aromatic-Cupcake48022025-10-27 16:01

I think Rocket and Groot are done. But with plans to continue Star-Lord they could come back seeing as it’s only voice work for them.

CherAli2025-10-27 16:05

Absolutely and they need to have Sean Gunn. I’d also like them to see them team up with others maybe Deadpool and wolverine or the fantastic four

0LoveAnonymous02025-10-27 16:12

Yes but in a team-up movie

miekkorgz2025-10-27 16:12

I think this team was more like an epilogue to the Guardians' story and not something we need to know more about. Some stories are meant to be left as it is.

SpectreBrony2025-10-27 16:21

Yes.

ABBJ552025-10-27 16:40

Yes and indeed they will

Majestic_Muscle80942025-10-27 16:49

I want to see Rocket forever but I do fear of how the Guardians will be written with James Gunn. It’s very easy to Flanderize those characters, I’m not sure even the Russos fully escaped that.

igby12025-10-27 18:00

In case I wasn’t the only one unfamiliar with the term -

"Flanderized" means a character's personality has been reduced to a single, exaggerated trait that defines them

sonnyz2025-10-27 19:25

Wow, I needed to know the name of this. It's one of my pet peeves. I always just say that they become caricatures of themselves.

igby12025-10-27 19:33

Now I want to know the name for when people come up with a pop-culture derived term (“flanderized”) when a perfectly fine way of describing it already existed (“caricature of themselves”).

GenGaara252025-10-28 15:44

Named after Ned Flanders. After 30 years on the air, every character on the Simpsons has become a flanderised version of themselves. They've all been boiled down to their most recognisable and known elements, which have been dialled up to the max. Homer is about 100 IQ points dumber than he was in the first few seasons.

ThaiChi5552025-10-27 23:58

This is exactly my sentiment about the GOTG game.

bigbrainnowisdom2025-10-28 02:13

The term came from ned flanders, simpsons

gwarster2025-10-28 13:56

Ned Flanders is the next door neighbor to the main family, the Simpsons.

ThatCheekyBastard2025-10-28 14:16

You’ll never stop the Simpsons.

Secret_Bet_21262025-10-28 03:09

The best example being that one character who can be a bit ditsy sometimes....then, they'll be a total airhead by the end. Shows where this happened.

Friends = Joey

Three's Company = Chrissy

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody = London

Kenan & Kel = Kel

Drake & Josh = Drake

Roseanne = Mark

Or the Sarcastic character who acts as a voice of reason to all the craziness. Then they go from a sassy straight man to a hateful asshole.

Roseanne = Roseanne

Three's Company = Janet

Everybody Loves Raymond = Debra

King of Queens = Carrie

Fresh Prince = Geoffrey

igby12025-10-28 04:01

Did you do your dissertation on flanderization in pop culture?

GenGaara252025-10-28 15:45

If we go back to the source of the term, Homer Simpson is vastly stupider than he was in the beginning.

thedylannorwood2025-10-27 18:28

Gunn fladerizes his own characters. Compare Drax or Mantis to their first appearance to now, they’re complete jokes

AmaterasuWolf212025-10-27 18:58

I think this applies to GotG2 for Drax, the vol.3 has a very solid reminder that his goofy side is because he was meant to be a goofy father and being with the guardians brought that to the front once again

Majestic_Muscle80942025-10-27 19:17

Yeah for me this is more a problem with Vol 2 Drax, for me Vol 3 brought every character back their nuances even if Drax is less outwardly badass

jmoney7772025-10-27 23:43

His fight scene with Adam Warlock was the first time we got to see him actually be “Drax the Destroyer”

snacksandsoda2025-10-27 19:23

Did you stop watching the guardians movies halfway through?

thedylannorwood2025-10-27 19:40

Did you? Drax is an unrecognizable character in Vol 2 and the Holiday special compared to his Vol 1 character, not to mention him in Infinity War

snacksandsoda2025-10-27 19:43

And then what happens

SkywalkerRanchSauce2025-10-27 19:59

Gunn heard the widespread criticism and began to walk it back? They’re not wrong, he was absolutely flanderized.

SeekerVash2025-10-27 16:51

Guardians of the Galaxy is finished.

Without the original team, they aren't going to be able to sell tickets. Guardians 3 almost tanked and was saved by word of mouth with the original team.

Gold skinned buffoon, comic relief buffoon pirate, and talking dog aren't selling tickets.

At most, Rocket and Groot will reappear, perhaps in their own movie, but Guardians is over.

MrLewisC932025-10-28 03:09

In what world is $845,000,000 at the box office 'almost tanked'

SeekerVash2025-10-28 03:35

You should probably do a bit of research, the first week looked like it was going to do poorly and then it picked up based on word of mouth.

You could've also tried asking Google if you were unsure...

>While initial box office projections for *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* were modest, positive word-of-mouth played a crucial role in the film's financial success. It helped the movie exceed expectations, giving it strong box office "legs" despite being released during a period of audience fatigue with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

MrLewisC932025-10-28 03:41

A domestic opening weekend of 118 million and near 270 million, including worldwide numbers. Still not a flop. Maybe try searching further than just the generic answer Google spits out when you hit search.

DryLife26342025-10-27 17:17

Not in an avengers level threat but would love a seperate project of theirs or a cameo in someone's space adventure

drallafi2025-10-27 17:30

I need more Warlock, even though the Will Poulter casting was / is atrocious imo.

AngryCobraChicken2025-10-27 17:34

Yes, it should be a series, not a movie though. I think a 3-5 season series would suit them perfectly.

Thin-Telephone2722025-10-27 17:37

YES.!

lambopanda2025-10-27 17:49

I don’t think GOTG will be as fun without James Gunn.

stonespiral2025-10-28 17:21

that might be okay, though. It could be interesting if somebody could come in with an understanding of the characters but take a different direction. Might be great, might be awkward and uncomfortable and boring, but it might be great!

FamousWerewolf2025-10-27 18:09

I don't think so, really. I feel like it's pretty clear in the context of the film that this isn't supposed to be "here's your new GOTG team!", it's just supposed to be a nice little epilogue that shows the spirit of the Guardians continuing on, so the film doesn't end on the downer of them dissolving.

In an actual movie I don't think this team would work. It's all oddballs and comic relief. You need a straight man in there and one or two more serious characters to balance it out. They're all lovable but a whole movie of just these guys would be really wearing.

That's before getting into questions like whether Sean Gunn would even return for it.

Yeshavesome4202025-10-28 16:29

I'm pretty sure Sean Gunn likes to get paid Disney money.

While I agree that they're comic relief characters on the surface, I think that was the entire Guardians concept from the start. Then they balanced it with emotional plots and familial bonds. Throw in one serious character and we’re set.

jaythebearded2025-10-27 18:31

I'd like to see them show up as supporting characters in a separate cosmic level MCU movie or show. Imagine getting a Nova Corps movie or series and one of the plot lines converges with the GotG pulling off a contract that gets them in hot water with the Corps. But we see it not from their rag tag happy go lucky side of the shenanigans, we see it from the side of the Corps desperately trying to maintain control of a spiralling situation made seemingly worse by a band of fuckin idiot mercenaries mucking things up

MarcSpector17012025-10-27 18:42

No interest in this.

Apart-Address66912025-10-27 18:58

Stupid ass oak tree groot

stick1_2025-10-27 19:20

I don’t think this is a cast that can have its own movie like the original guardians, I assume star-lord is in doomsday so if they wanna do a guardians reunion of sorts then I’d be fine with that

Sir__Will2025-10-27 19:57

To be honest, not really. Rocket's the only one there I'm that interested in and some characters needs to be retired to make room for other characters. I think they had a good ending. And it wouldn't be the same without Gunn.

Ginoblee2025-10-27 19:59

Where is this picture from?

marioxb2025-10-27 23:46

The end of the GotG3 movie.

Little_Cumling2025-10-27 20:22

All I want is to see Adam at a level like he is in the comics but I don’t think the MCU will let that happen. He’s a bit too OP and could easily just negate characters that I think will be important factors for future stories like sentry

captinslack092025-10-27 20:55

Definitely

Jemainegy2025-10-27 21:19

Yeah I want the Adam warlock story to unfold

JediDad982025-10-27 21:25

No, I’m fine with them just existing out there. We don’t need to beat everything to death. I’d rather explore new stuff or get more Moon Knight, or some of the other shows or characters they have launched in the interim.

SonicTheHedgehog992025-10-27 21:59

Off course

BlargerJarger2025-10-27 22:07

I think they’d probably change the line-up. Groot’s too big.

Wataru20012025-10-27 22:34

Absolutely. In any shape or form.

Key-Technology71662025-10-27 22:34

Näh

Ok_Web_79202025-10-27 22:59

I really wanna see Adam Warlock again, a fully grown one at that

daygo4492025-10-27 23:04

Heck yeah.

Zumonster692025-10-27 23:46

TrinaTempest2025-10-27 23:55

Duh.

Drewpiter392025-10-28 00:12

Yes

blade7402025-10-28 00:44

I'd love to see them do a guest spot in something else but I don't think they should do a Guardians 4 with this squad. I like the idea that the Guardians lived on after Quill, Gamora, and Drax left. But I don't think this squad could carry a movie, and I think that it would be a shame to ruin things with a sub-par sequel.

_antonjosep2025-10-28 00:58

Yes. Without Sean

N8orious2342025-10-28 02:52

I’d do anything to see rocket and groot again tbh

DonCarlos552025-10-28 03:11

Yes plz

Bing_Bong_the_Archer2025-10-28 03:47

Nope

SpideyFan9142025-10-28 04:18

Mostly I want more Adam Warlock.

XComThrowawayAcct2025-10-28 07:06

No. We don’t need to squeeze every drop of juice from every single IP.

Due-Elderberry-67982025-10-28 07:34

Yess it’s a shame we probably won’t see Them team up with the X men or F4 in the next 2 avengers movies

Latter_Surround_18372025-10-28 09:22

Absolutely. GOG3 was top tier.

Bitey_the_Squirrel2025-10-28 10:26

I want them to show up in a cameo to rescue Corsair, Hepzibah, Ch’od, Raza, Cr’reee, Sikorsky, and Waldo from a Shi’ar prison. Then, as a band of the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Starjammers go to rescue Corsair’s wife from mad emperor D’Ken only to find out they must make a choice between her rescue and stopping D’Ken from obtaining the M’kraan crystal.

Western-Chart-67192025-10-28 11:44

Yeah, I agree. Rocket’s story ended perfectly with him leading his own team, and bringing them back might cheapen that. A quick cameo here or there would be enough.

Riley_jamesen2025-10-28 11:47

It would be amazing 😍

distilledwill2025-10-28 12:45

Imma be real: not especially. The first team was cast together for intended storylines, chemistry etc right from the start. The current team is comprised of run-off from the three Guardians movies - two original members, a villain and several side characters. I wouldn't hate it if they returned, but I wouldn't want them to be the lead.

I'd expect that any further Guardians movies would focus on Quill, Nebula, Groot and Rocket and the rest of the team would be supporting characters, with maybe Gamora (though it feels like her story is kinda finished).

illucio2025-10-28 14:52

Not a fan of this team to be honest and without Gunn... Yeah I have no faith Marvel can do anything with this team.

If we get anything new, I'm sure Marvel will just wipe a team and make a Rocket & Groot movie where Rocket failed as a leader and Groot is the only one left.

skill13582025-10-28 15:40

Exact-Arrival82842025-10-28 18:47

They should come back but I’m not sure I want another movie without James Gunn at the helm.

Red_Dead_Renegade2025-10-28 19:36

No, leave em alone for now

CranjizzMcBasketball2025-10-28 23:00

OP’d squad, and that’s just Groot, Rocket/ Cosmo, and Adam. Wtf do we even know about blondie?!

Impossible-Forever912025-10-29 00:52

Yes. I think guardians 4 would be good. I don't think we'd get Jamers Gunn again but maybe that could offer something new with a different director. Guardians 1-3 felt like a full story for these characters with real character devolopment. Guardians 4 (with Star Lord) could be the next step and continue the "space" part of the MCU.
Simular with Spider man, we're getting the next trilogy where he matures and grows. Guardians could take a next step in a new direction we don't expect

Marcusreddit_2025-10-29 02:27

I doubt Sean Gunn comes back

BackgroundPlay5622025-10-29 02:40

🤷‍♂️

Trolldad_IRL2025-10-29 03:11

Their own movie? No. Show up in Secret Wars, sure.

hhhhhBan2025-10-29 17:22

Would I like it? Absolutely. Do Inthink it's a necessity? Not much, I think it's still a pretty good ending point. We'll see Star Lord presumably for a good while, I think it'll be nice to see being him more independent

Adhbeatle332025-10-30 03:10

I would love to see other film makers do there version of guardians of the Galaxy.

skallywag1262025-10-30 15:58

It ok for things to end

impulseresponsive2025-10-31 06:01

perfect ending. leave it alone. no james gunn no guardians.

Twiggly_Wiggly2025-11-03 17:47

Rocket is probably the most popular Guardian of the Galaxy now. He and Groot took them obscurity to legend status. I love the other characters, but the Guardians are nothing without Rocket.