Hey everyone, I'm The Canadian Lad and today I watched Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
at 0.25x speed and found 33 hidden details that you may or may not have seen before.
Now, I did catch some very interesting details that I'm pretty sure the internet hasn't found
yet, so when you finish watching this video, you will end up loving this movie even more!
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Number 1: Right at the beginning of the movie when High Evolutionary approaches all the
racoons held in the cage, notice only Rocket didn't walk back while all other racoons were
dead scared.
This immediately established that he's different.
Number 2: Adam Warlock completely decimates Groot by disconnecting his head from his entire
body.
As a result, Groot had to re-grow his body back to its normal size.
Now in the scene where Rocket is injured and all the Guardians are discussing what to do
and how to save Rocket, notice Groot is actively in the process of
regrowing his body.
He's focused entirely on Rocket who is dying, and so is the audience.
And depsite that the VFX Team made sure to add this small detail.
Not only that, we even see the shadows of the new branches in real time.
I mean, keep in mind this is an entirely CGI character.
So nothing we see with Groot is unintentional or random.
Number 3: In this movie we learn that Rocket has essentially named himself after seeing
a Rocket flying past on Counter-Earth.
Now after watching this scene in slow-motion, I came up with a theory and I'm eager to hear
your thoughts on it.
Pay attention to High Evolutionary's dialogue in the moments preceding the rocket's launch:
So to describe P13's incredible intellect, High Evolutionary says "His functioning has
skyrocketed" And moments later we see an actual Rocket
ascending through the sky, a sight that eventually inspires P13 to adopt this name for himself.
Now here's my theory: Because the High Evolutionary mentioned the word "Skyrocketed" or the fact
that he thought about a "rocket", could have manifested this Rocket in the real world.
Because remember this scene is taking place on Counter-Earth, a planet created by High
Evolutionary.
So it is entirely possible that whatever he thinks of subconsciously, may end up happening
in real life.
And also notice this device on High Evolutionary's fingers.
He normally doesn't wear them but in this scene he does, meaning he was controlling
something that we don't see.
So yes, it is possible that this Rocket in the sky was indeed a manifestation of his
inner thought.
So in a way if you think about it, High Evolutionary inadvertently gave P13 the idea to name himself
Rocket.
Lemme know your thoughts about this in the comments.
Number 4: The Orgocorp HQ aka The Orgoscope wasn't built, but grown out of living matter.
And that's why the security cameras here are literally eyeballs.
Even the screens that display the footage are shaped like an eye.
So even the security cameras here are organic.
Number 5: James Gunn did something very clever with the costume in this movie.
Notice when the Guardians wear space suits, Nebula who usually wears the color Blue is
now wearing Green and Gamora is wearing Blue!
Implying Nebula is slowly taking the place of Gamora in Peter's life.
Now mind you, in this movie Gamora behaves more like Nebula and Nebula behaves more like
Gamora.
So this color change on their suit has to be intentional.
Number 6: After entering the Orgocorp, Gamora briefs the team about their strategy and assigns
everyone their respective tasks.
Now Gamora obviously mispronounced Peter Quill's name here but notice the expression on Peter's
face!
The reason he seems so frustrated is because he had previously corrected her with his accurate
name, yet she still managed to get it wrong.
Number 7: Peter also gets Ura's name wrong despite her correcting him earlier.
Number 8: As the Guardians land on Counter-Earth, we can briefly see a child who has a stuffed
animal of the High Evolutionary.
The purple color, the artificial mask on the face, all resemble the High Evolutionary.
Number 9: On Counter-Earth, the Guardians really struggle to communicate with the Vampire
Bat people, as they only speak Orbose.
Now what's interesting is that at the end of the film we learn that Drax can fluently
speak this language, when he was talking to these children:
Now this makes the earlier scene much funnier upon a second watch because Drax was just
laying on the couch, watching Peter Quill struggle to communicate and yet he spoke nothing
in the Orbose language.
Number 10: Notice, there's a portrait of a pug in this living room and James Gunn has
officially confirmed it on Twitter that this particular portrait is straight out of his
own home.
Number 11: When Gamora goes through Peter's backpack, there she finds a polaroid picture
of Peter's mother aka Meredith Quill and Peter's grandfather.
But she also finds a report card from Peter's school aka St. Charles Elementary dated 1988.
Now, here lies some of my favorite hidden details from the film.
Notice the teacher has written some notes on this report card.
It says "Doesn't apply himself, Disruptive, Constantly Inappropriate, Talk WAY too much"
with emphasis on "Way".
but at the end it says "Great participation".
Now I should also point out that Peter had got a "D" in Math and Science, and a "C" in
Reading and Social Studies and has got a "B" in P.E.
Number 12: When Rocket launched a vicious attack and completely disfigured High Evolutionary's
face, if you watch this scene at 0.25x speed, you'll notice that High Evolutionary had already
lost his entire nose.
So if you watch this film in slow-motion, the face revealing where we see he has no
nose won't come off as a surprise to you.
And this is by far the most vicious killing-attempt anyone has ever taken in the MCU.
Number 13: During the movie, Peter always seems a bit lost knowing that the Gamora he
loved is no more.
So, Mantis sends Drax to try and talk some sense to Peter.
But Drax asks Mantis "Why don't you just say it?"
Now pay attention to Mantis' response here.
She says "No one ever listens to me."
Now, the irony is this dialogue is coming from a person who can literally mind-control
powerful beings like Thanos and Ego!
Now I thought about it for a minute and I think she genuinely means what she says.
I mean, look at it this way: how many times have you seen anyone actually listening to
what Mantis has to say?
She is always forced to manipulate other people's emotions in order to get the message across.
So yes, she is kind of telling the truth, hardly anyone truly listens to her and it's
sad!
Number 14: Before learning about the High Evolutionary and what he has done to Rocket
and countless other innocent beings, Peter Quill had no plans to kill anyone.
But after learning about the High Evolutionary and the damage he has caused, Peter Quill
now says this: A complete contrast between his two opinions.
Number 15: The moment Rocket was almost dying, notice this scan report of Rocket is depicted
in red.
But as soon as the Guardians manage to revive Rocket, the scanning is now depicted in green.
Also notice as soon as Rocket comes back to life, this screen immediately starts showing
his vitals in green.
I know these details don't mean anything in terms of the story, but that's exactly my
point.
The character receiving treatment here and all these screens showing his vitals are all
CGI, so even if they hadn't done it, no one would know but yet they got it right to perfection.
Number 16: On Knowehere, Cosmo the SpaceDog is playing cards with Kraglin, Howard the
Duck and the Broker from Guardians 1.
Yes, this is the same Broker from Xandar that Peter tried to sell the Orb to in Guardians
1.
Now its actually interesting to see the Broker here, because remember what Thanos did to
Xandar in Infinity War: So this means the Broker got incredibly lucky
and survived Thanos' attack.
Number 17: As the Guardians prepare to rescue Drax, Mantis, and Nebula, High Evolutionary
says this: Now this is a direct reference to Infinity
War where Tony Stark said this:
Number 18: After Kraglin brings the whole Knowehere to fight the High Evolutionary,
there Kraglin commands Steemie to prepare the barrels.
Now if you don't remember who Steemie is, well, this is the same guy that Drax had threatened
on Knowhere to send a message to Ronan.
Number 19: High Evolutionary commands his army to kill everyone on the head of this
dead god.
But later he contradicts himself when he says "There's no god".
And this is exactly what makes his own army turn against him, he will say whatever necessary
that fits his narrative.
Number 20: After taming the Abilisks, Nebula, Mantis and Drax all mount these creatures
together.
But notice it's only Drax that gets thrown out of it while Mantis and Nebula make a pretty
neat landing.
This could be for comedic purpose but if you remember in Guardians 2, Drax stabbed one
of the Abilisks from the inside So it is absolutely possible that Drax still
holds some resentment towards these creatures.
Number 21: Now lemme dissect and give you all the hidden details from this one take
shot that lasts about 2 minutes!
Notice when Groot extends one of his branches and paves the way for Rocket, at the same
time he also stops a Hellspawn from attacking Gamora using the same branch.
And he even flicks Rocket up in the air so Rocket can get his signature shot.
This scene really showcased Groot's skill in handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
Number 22: In this shot we can see Peter Quill tossing these discs to later paralyze these
officers.
Now if you watch this scene in slow-motion, you'll figure out that these discs are basically
CGI, so they are physically not there.
Meaning Chris Pratt and these other actors have done a remarkable job here.
Now here's the attention to detail that I wanna share with you lads.
Notice when Peter literally puts this disc on this officer's butt, we can actually see
Peter holding the disc in the previous frame.
Now this frame lasts for less than a second and yet the VFX Team made sure to CGI this
disc in Peter's hand, so if someone happens to watch this movie in 0.25x speed, they wont
be able to catch any CGI errors.
Number 23: One of the Hellspawns breaks Nebula's robotic arm in half and another one breaks
her neck.
But despite that, she still managed to blast this Hellspawn with half of her robotic arm
that works.
And notice throughout this entire action, Nebula had no clear view of the enemy.
Indicating just how good Nebula has become in hand-to-hand combat.
Number 24: Now when it comes to Gamora, she demonstrates even better skills while fighting
a Hellspawn.
Notice, this Hellspawn shot an energy blast towards Gamora, and Gamora literally blocked
this blast with her sword, aka The Godslayer.
That too by pointing the sword at him, and not even having it sideways.
And this explains why Thanos said this in Infinity War:
Number 25: When Peter successfully deactivates the shield on High Evolutionary's ship, all
the children burst into joyful cheers as they can now exit the ship and get to Knowehere.
But notice as the shield came down, Gamora initially responded with a happy and smiling
expression but as the children started cheering, she seemed to dislike the sudden loud noise.
Also notice how Pete Davidson's character aka Phlektik cheers along with the children
as the shield goes down.
Number 26: When the Guardians decided to rescue even the lower life forms, here we have a
couple of hidden details as well.
Starting with this one, Mantis was really having a tough time carrying this baby monkey
and then she tosses it to this lady.
But the baby monkey continues to attack this person with its claws!
Now cut to the ending of this film where we see everyone dancing in Knowhere, notice this
lady still has the claw marks on her face.
James Gunn and his continuity is probably one of the best things that happened in the
MCU.
Number 27: Among the lower life forms, there's one baby elephant that we see locked in this
cage.
And later Nebula carries this baby elephant on her shoulders, probably because elephants
can't run as fast as these other creatures.
Number 28: Notice Groot has a bird sitting on his head and then an Eagle comes and sits
on top of his head as well.
Now the reason I really find this detail sweet is because it mirrors the natural setting
of a bird resting on a tree branch.
And having Groot here, the VFX Team wasted no second to put two birds on his head.
Number 29: When Peter meets his grandfather aka Jason Quill for the first time since 1988,
notice Jason is wearing a similar shirt that we've seen him wear at the beginning of Guardians
1.
Now if you know how movies are made, you know that nothing happens in a movie randomly.
Meaning, the costume department made sure to give him clothes that match with his character
from the first film.
And that my friend should count as a detail since no one was counting on Peter's grandpa
to make an appearance in this film.
Number 30: Now as I said Peter's grandfather's name is Jason Quill,
now this could be a reference to the comics, where his dad was not Ego but an alien called
J'son.
Number 31: During the post-credit scene, in the newspaper we can see "Alien Abduction:
Kevin Bacon Shares All" This is a direct reference to the plot of
Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
And there's one last easter egg for James Gunn's dog, Lola the Pug, who has won the
"Best Dog in a Show" this weekend.
And this image of the dog is actually James Gunn's own adopted dog.
Number 32: After the movie came out, a lot of people thought the High Evolutionary was
dead, as his ship blasted into space.
But when the Guardians were rescuing lower life forms, notice here Drax can clearly be
seen carrying an unconscious body of the High Evolutionary.
So no, he's not dead and will return in the MCU.
Number 33: At the end, we finally see Drax dancing in the MCU.
Now there could be a deeper meaning behind this, which not a lot of people are talking
about.
And its this: Since Guardians 1, a lot of characters have
tried to make Drax dance.
But he always had one answer and that is "There are only two types of people, those that dance
and those that do not."
But at the end we see a bunch of kids finally able to make Drax dance with them.
Implying Drax was truly born to be a dad, and not a destroyer.
The implication is that, like a devoted dad, he's willing to go to any length to bring
happiness to his children.
So a bunch of kids finally making him dance is kind of poetic if you think about it.
And that's it, this would be my breakdown of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 at 0.25x
speed.
Huge shoutout to my friend Jacob for helping me out with finding some of the amazing details
in this movie.
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