Starting this Friday, November 25, subscribers to the streaming Disney Plus will be able to enjoy the Christmas special around the superheroic intergalactic group commanded by Peter Quill / Star Lord (Chris Pratt). With James Gunn as its director and screenwriter, this adventure titled Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special throws himself into the atmosphere of colorful gifts and candy canes as Mantis (Pom Klementieff) and Drax (Dave Bautista) decide to take Christmas to a remote part of the cosmos. And the surprises will be immense, including a great revelation about the bond between two characters in this Marvel Studios saga.
Ok, you’ve made it this far, so are you ready for the spoiler? In reality, perhaps not all fans are speechless at such a revelation, as it seemed slightly predictable when paying attention to a certain detail in the film. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 of 2017.
In that sequel, the omnipotent Ego (Kurt Russell) introduces himself to Peter Quill as his biological father. And he eventually declares that he had many, many mates throughout the universe, for the sole purpose of conceiving a worthy heir who could manipulate the power of the celestials. The villain even shows a mural that portrays all the women he got pregnant, and there was no shortage of eyes in the public that saw enormous similarities between one of them and the endearing Mantis…
Anyway, it turns out that those suspicions were in the right direction. Although Mantis was initially spoken of as a mere servant of Ego, she was truly his daughter; ergo, Quill’s half-sister.
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His relationship with the leader of the Guardians was always known by Mantis, as he confesses in the first minutes of the Christmas special. However, she had preferred to keep it a secret, as she feared that upon finding out about her, Quill would no longer be able to see her without thinking of the ruthless father they shared of her and whose malevolent actions left an indelible mark on her heart. So part of the superheroine’s dilemma is whether or not she should tell her half-brother the truth.
On the other hand, the actress Pom Klementieff recently commented in conversation with the press (via cinemablend) that like her character, she was aware of that blood relationship from her debut in the second feature film of Guardians of the Galaxy. He also made it known that the director’s original intention was to include that twist in the sequel, but he opted to save it for later.
«James Gunn told me very early on, I think even when I got the part.. So it was a secret that I had to keep for a long time. And it’s nice that it’s finally going to be revealed,” Klemetieff said. «It was actually supposed to be revealed in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2and then (Gunn) decided to save it for later, for the Christmas special.«.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special It is already available in Latin America through the Disney Plus catalog. And in this way, Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe officially concludes.
We will see Quill, Drax, Mantis and company again on the tape Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3scheduled for May 5, 2023. Excited?
Antonio G. Spindola I have very bad memory. Out of solidarity with my memories, I choose to lose myself too. Preferably in a movie theater.
