459: Mantis (Guardians of the Galaxy)

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Jason Inman

Tv & Film, Arts, Film History, Visual Arts

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , Mantis served as Ego's ward. In spite of her humanoid appearance, she belongs to an alien species with antennae and eyes similar to those of a bug. Though she is naturally insectoid, Mantis' origins remain somewhat obscure. Let's delve deep into her comic book history as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 hits theaters.

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0:00.0	Jason, I don't know about you, but when Mantis was introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy
0:16.1	Volume 2, I feel like the team in the MCU really coalesced in this interesting way.
0:22.0	So my question is, is Mantis the Worf of Guardians of the Galaxy?
0:26.0	Well, you need to explain what you mean by that before I answer that.
0:28.7	So in Star Trek Deep Space 9, incredible cast, incredible crew, really neat, when Worf joined
0:34.2	the show.
0:35.2	From Star Trek the next generation.
0:36.7	From Star Trek the next generation.
0:37.7	He wound up being the secret sauce that made the show really awesome.
0:42.2	And I'm just wondering now that we're a few years later, do you think Mantis has done
0:45.6	this same type of thing for the MCU's Guardians?
0:49.6	I don't know if I agree with that sentiment.
0:51.4	Okay, that's fine.
0:52.4	Because I don't think she like leveled up the Guardians in Guardians 2, because I think
0:59.8	they were already good enough in Guardians 1.
1:02.0	I will say that I did like, Pom Klamatov, is that what you say last name?
1:07.8	I really think she's such a great actress.
1:09.2	I think she's a great actress.
1:10.2	She's so great in this part.
1:11.6	And I really think Mantis is an interesting character.
1:13.6	I think she definitely improved them.
1:17.9	I don't think she was the secret sauce because I do think the Guardians were already
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