Peacemaker’s Origin Just Did GOTG’s Awesome Mix Tragedy Even Better
Warning: Contains spoilers for Peacemaker episode 7.
James Gunn is famous for comic adaptations and great soundtracks, but Peacemaker just improved on the tragedy of Guardians Of The Galaxy’s Awesome Mix trick. In Guardians Of The Galaxy, the soundtrack is dictated by the music that Quill’s mother left for him in Awesome Mix Vol.1 and Vol.2. The music is carefully selected to score dramatic fight scenes and emotional moments equally well, but James Gunn just one-upped himself.
Throughout Peacemaker, conversations about 1980s rock have been a strangely prevalent element. In Peacemaker episode 1, when Chris Smith (John Cena) is supposed to be escaping from an apartment building he stops to loot some CDs and records before having a conversation with Amber (Alison Araya) about great music. All of this is explained, to a degree, when flashbacks reveal that Peacemaker was introduced to this music by his brother, Keith, before he died. An emotional moment in Peacemaker episode 7 reveals just how much Peacemaker valued his relationship with Keith when he says that his brother and Eagly are the only ones who have ever really loved him.
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In Guardians Of The Galaxy, Peter Quill’s love of 80s music and the Awesome Mix is a link to a mother his mother and to his home planet. While it is important to him it is also a keepsake of a person and a place that he never really knew and doesn’t fully remember. In Peacemaker, James Gunn keeps the best elements of his Guardians Of The Galaxy trick, but the music maintains a deeper connection for Chris. It serves as a bridge to Peacemaker's brother and a memory of the only human that Peacemaker thinks ever really loved him, but
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