the old guard is 67 in movies on tumblr’s year in review, despite having no content at all released. people are still talking about it. people still love it. netflix needs to pick up the slack.
Anyone else on the planet or this timeline wondering what or who they need to sell, to get more old guard comic stories or the freaking movie sequel?
I can appreciate Booker was drunk longer, Quynh/Noriko was trapped longer, Joe and Nicky have loved longer and Andromache has lived longer but for this mere mortal this wait is something else.
It has been so long that sometimes I think if The Old Guard 2 was a figment of my imagination...... if they really hadn't added Uma Thurman and Henry Golding to the cast...... if GPB didnt hand the reigns over to Victoria Mahoney...... if Andy didn't actually have a mullet............. if the cast didn't do that cute clip for that one netflix event........ if Kiki didn't actually rock a Kim Possible outfit...... Like oh god was that all in my head
a lot of fans didn't like the second season of Good Omens and some of them came up with unhinged fan theories about it
a lot of fans didn't like the second season of Our Flag Means Death and some of them came up with spectacularly unhinged fan theories about it
fandom history johnlock blah blah blah
the Old Guard sequel will, supposedly, be released at some point, and early signs are not great
And so I ask you:
If the second Old Guard movie ends up sucking, or just being a huge fucking letdown, will we let it slide, or will we take our place among the lunatic fandoms of legend? Surely TOG fans are creative enough, and batshit enough, to argue about something more outlandish than racism and misogyny.
It's not really something we can plan in advance, because it will all depend on the specific details of how the movie disappoints us. But we can at least start considering it. Start telling yourself now: Greg Rucka is a mad genius playing 5-dimesional chess. Anything that seems out of character or not in keeping with the themes you liked from the first movie is actually a clever stratagem in support of your favorite headcanon. The second movie is only a setup for the third movie anyway. It all makes sense, as evidenced by the fact that it requires an essay of at least 10,000 words to explain it.
Start working those conspiracy muscles now! Strengthen your legs so you can leap to the wildest possible conclusions! We can do this. I believe in us.