{"id":814,"date":"2024-09-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=814"},"modified":"2024-05-16T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T11:31:47","slug":"star-lord-aka-chris-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/06\/star-lord-aka-chris-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Lord AKA Chris Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/mark> <\/strong>This Article May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s something I didn\u2019t know \u2013 in Guardians of the Galaxy, <\/em>the writers had actually changed Peter Quill\u2019s (AKA Star Lord) backstory. In the films, he is the son of Meredith Quill and Ego (who later tries to use his son to carry out his evil plan) but in comic book reality, he is the son of Meredith and J\u2019son. Additionally, Meredith doesn\u2019t die of cancer \u2013 she is killed by soldiers who were trying to kill Peter and end his father\u2019s bloodline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zero Dark Thirty<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                OK, so you wait at least 2 hours before Chris Pratt even shows his face. In this film\u2019s defence, his character wouldn\u2019t be relevant any earlier than this. However, maybe not his character but the team he forms part of, are actually one of the most important things about this film. In all honesty, I thought he had appeared much earlier in the film as there was someone who sounded a hell of a lot like him! But then I looked up what DEVGRU stood for, and worked out that I had to be wrong. Truthfully I wasn\u2019t surprised that he turned out to be what can only be described as the joker of the team (watch any film like this, with soldiers, there is always a joker \u2013 trust me) because that seems to be what Pratt is known for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Your Number<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It seems that when Chris Pratt starred in Guardians of the Galaxy, <\/em>his trim figure has meant any earlier roles of his are looked upon as \u201cfat Chris Pratt\u201d \u2013 like Parks and Recreation<\/em> for example.  This is not the case\u2026I have seen a fat Chris Pratt. OK, it\u2019s a fat suit but still! He plays a character called Disgusting Doug, an ex of Ally\u2019s who has gone from being \u2018disgusting\u2019 to being hot \u2013 giving her the idea that she could start dating one of her exes again so she doesn\u2019t have to go over 20 lovers <\/em>because you can\u2019t count them more than once. At first I thought this was going to be his only scene and I was starting to wish I had used this film for Chris Evans. It would have been much more fun writing about the douchey character he\u2019s playing! The funny thing is, Evans and Pratt are 2 of 3 Marvel actors in this film \u2013 as Anthony Mackie also plays one of the exes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Years<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                As I\u2019m sure you can tell, it was VERY hard to find a film prior to Guardians<\/em> were Pratt had a lead role but this is the closest we\u2019ll get as he is part of an ensemble cast along with Channing Tatum and Justin Long. His character, Cully, is the only one that has completely settled down with a wife and kids. Not only does he star alongside his TV wife from Parks and Recreation<\/em>,Aubrey Plaza, but also alongside future Marvel star Anthony Mackie. He spends the majority of the film trying to make up for the wrongs he did in high school but unfortunately fails miserably. The only thing for me, is that I spent the majority of this film wondering if it was actually his wife\u2019s idea for him to spend the majority of the reunion making up for his past instead of his. Now, I\u2019m not denying his character is an arsehole but it should be his choice to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorary Mentions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Obviously I\u2019ve mentioned it twice already, but one of Chris Pratt\u2019s earliest TV roles was Parks and Recreation <\/em>where he plays the rather dopey character of Andy Dwyer but that\u2019s his well-known TV role. Little did I know he had also appeared in The OC. <\/em>I\u2019ve also seen Jennifer\u2019s Body <\/em>at least twice and didn\u2019t realise that Pratt played the police officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Here\u2019s something I didn\u2019t know \u2013 in Guardians of the Galaxy, the writers had actually changed Peter Quill\u2019s (AKA Star Lord) backstory. In the films, he is the son of Meredith Quill and Ego (who later tries to use his son to carry out his evil plan) but in … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-before-they-were-marvel-ous-heroes","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}