The first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is jam-packed with evocative, curious photographs. You might undergo every body and attempt to determine who lives, who dies, what’s happening, and extra. (In truth, now we have; test it out.) Six months from launch, author/director James Gunn absolutely doesn’t wish to spoil something simply but, however when it got here to at least one scene particularly, he determined to clear it up.

The scene in query options 5 Guardians (Gamora, Star-Lord, Mantis, Nebula, and Drax… we predict) sporting brightly coloured spacesuits and leaping slowly by means of area all the way down to some alien planet. You can see a picture of it above. Anyway, whereas the intense colours definitely have Teletubbies vibes, the form and colours had a Twitter consumer ask Gunn, “that’s an Among Us reference in the new Guardians trailer, right?” Gunn replied:

“No,” Gunn tweeted, with a photograph from one other very well-known sci-fi challenge that used bright-colored spacesuits: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s a film so well-known that he actually didn’t have to say the title, simply drop the image, and most of the people in all probability acquired the reference.

It’s a movie that’s having fairly the week. Just yesterday, 2001 was ranked the sixth best film of all time on the most recent Sight and Sound ballot (which is put collectively by critics), but additionally the very best film of all time according to film directors. So, you understand, in all probability a bit extra well-known than Among Us.

And whereas it could be straightforward to dunk on the query to be like “People need to watch more classic movies!” I actually assume it’s the alternative. That Gunn supposed to pay tribute to 2001, however that different individuals see Among Us (or Teletubbies) is the great thing about artwork. Once it’s out on this planet, it’s not the creator’s, it’s yours.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 opens May 5, 2023.

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