--- description: An honest trailer for Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy." title: WATCH: Honest Trailer for 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Makes Fun of Marvel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Honest Trailer for _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Takes a Stab at Marvel  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 9, 2014 10:54 PM CUT  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 9, 2014 10:54 PM CUT The “honest trailer” for Marvel’s _Guardians of the Galaxy_ is more of a jab at Marvel than it is a roast of the movie itself. Suggesting that the movie was the product of the production company scraping “the bottom of the barrel for the obscure ‘70s comic book that barely anyone read,” the team at [Screen Junkies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOyJqGtP-wU "undefined") calls it “Marvel’s attempt at _Star Wars_” and “Marvel Space Avengers.” The video points out how similar the _Guardians_ characters are to other Marvel characters (Drax and Thor, Groot and the Hulk, Rocket and Iron Man), but concedes, “It’s technically not stealing if they’re ripping off themselves.” The mockery is all in good fun. Even the narrator pauses for a moment to admit, “We’re really reaching here. This was a fun movie.” And for all the grief the video gives Marvel, its creators maintain the superiority of its comics. “What are you gonna do,” the narrator asks, “watch DC?” ### See How Marvel's Wolverine Has Evolved Over The Years  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com  Kate Willaert—HalloweenCostumes.com ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3626511/guardians-of-the-galaxy-honest-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3626511/guardians-of-the-galaxy-honest-trailer/"},"headline":"The Honest Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Takes a Stab at Marvel","datePublished":"2014-12-09T22:54:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:16.124Z","description":"“Proving once and for all we’ll see anything if you slap Marvel’s name in front of it”","url":"https://time.com/3626511/guardians-of-the-galaxy-honest-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","honest trailers","guardians of the galaxy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3626511/guardians-of-the-galaxy-honest-trailer/","name":"The Honest Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Takes a Stab at Marvel"}}]}] ```