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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 21, 2018 21:01:20 GMT
That trailer looked like they were trying too hard to be funny and light. Also the costume. WTF? It looks terrible. It looked like a homemade costume. It didn’t look like something from Hollywood.
I don’t think I can convince myself to watch the Aquaman trailer.
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Post by hobowar on Jul 21, 2018 21:06:48 GMT
He looked like Black Lightening lol.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 21, 2018 21:22:39 GMT
He looked like Black Lightening lol. Yes!!!
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Post by James Bond on Jul 22, 2018 16:05:20 GMT
Brie Lightning?
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jul 23, 2018 3:49:33 GMT
How do you think it compares with the 1970s live-action Saturday morning series suit?
And for that matter, the Greatest American Hero suit?
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 23, 2018 4:43:24 GMT
How do you think it compares with the 1970s live-action Saturday morning series suit? And for that matter, the Greatest American Hero suit? It's much different than the Shazam! TV show on Saturday mornings in the 1970s. The Shazam! TV show was more serious. Also, the Billy Batson in the Shazam! movie is a kid, but the Billy Batson in the Shazam! TV show was older, a guy in his early 20s. Also, it appears from the Shazam! movie trailer that when Billy Batson turns into Shazam, even though Shazam is older and bigger, Shazam still seems to have Billy Batson's personality. In the Shazam! TV show, Captain Marvel didn't have he same personality as Billy Batson. It was like they were 2 separate people, similar to how Ultraman and Hayata were 2 separate people/beings in the Ultraman TV show. As for The Greatest American Hero, yes, based on this Shazam! trailer, it has a Greatest American Hero vibe. In The Greatest American Hero, Ralph Hinkley drives out to the desert and is given a suit by a mysterious stranger. The suit gives him super-powers, but he doesn't know all the powers of the suit so he and his FBI buddy have to figure it out. In this Shazam! trailer, we see Billy Batson riding the subway and then meeting a mysterious stranger who gives him the ability to transform into a superhero. But he doesn't know all the powers he has so he and his buddy Freddy try to figure it out. When I first saw the Shazam! trailer, I immediately thought of The Greatest American Hero. And it appears that others had the same thought, as shown at the 11:45 mark of this Comic-Con panel:
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Post by DSDSquared on Jul 23, 2018 12:29:01 GMT
I think it is a parody, which makes it look interesting. Otherwise, the movie looks like the same quality as an 80s Hulk Hogan movie.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jul 23, 2018 12:59:38 GMT
It isn't a parody, it's just a shitty movie. It's a shitty character, this is the best they could come up with. A good CBM can be enjoyed by all ages, Shazam looks unwatchable by anyone over the age of 10.
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Post by James Bond on Jul 23, 2018 19:30:55 GMT
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Post by James on Jul 23, 2018 20:40:30 GMT
The costume could be an homage to the original comic design, but yeah it does look pretty unfitting when put into the DCEU with their overly designed and dark costumes.
As for the parody aspect, I think they just went for a lighter tone to make it seem funny.
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 23, 2018 23:23:47 GMT
the movie looks like the same quality as an 80s Hulk Hogan movie. You think Shazam! looks like Rocky III?
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Post by Larcen26 on Jul 24, 2018 16:32:00 GMT
It's not a parody, but it's essentially the concept of Spider Man made younger and taken to an extreme.
"What if a 12 year old got super powers?"
Without question, the arc of the film will be "With great power comes great responsibility."
I can't wait.
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Post by dnno1 on Jul 24, 2018 17:08:08 GMT
That trailer looked like they were trying too hard to be funny and light. Also the costume. WTF? It looks terrible. It looked like a homemade costume. It didn’t look like something from Hollywood. I don’t think I can convince myself to watch the Aquaman trailer. It is smilar to ^^this^^. That was a great film. It got nominated for two Oscars. My bet is that "Shazam" will get consideration for best screenplay.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jul 24, 2018 17:55:03 GMT
Yes. As you can tell, it’s a College Humor parody. Mandela Effect DEBUNKED! Wait…is that not what you were talking about?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 24, 2018 18:10:38 GMT
Cant have a strong white male authority figure. That goes against Liberal ideology. They either make him feeble or change his race.
The Adventures of Captain Marvel was a pretty good serial. In one scene the bad guys drop an engine block on him-and he doesn;t like that so he picks it up and throws it back at them.
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Post by Larcen26 on Jul 24, 2018 21:11:56 GMT
Cant have a strong white male authority figure. That goes against Liberal ideology. They either make him feeble or change his race. Yeah...as the Marvel films clearly show. No white heroes there!
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 24, 2018 23:49:11 GMT
Yeah...as the Marvel films clearly show. No white heroes there! neurotics the lot of em
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Post by Larcen26 on Jul 25, 2018 15:43:02 GMT
Yeah...as the Marvel films clearly show. No white heroes there! neurotics the lot of em Oh god... Is this the start of that same tired argument that insists white male characters have to be boring and one dimensional in order to be acceptable?
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jul 25, 2018 15:49:55 GMT
Cant have a strong white male authority figure. That goes against Liberal ideology. They either make him feeble or change his race. The Adventures of Captain Marvel was a pretty good serial. In one scene the bad guys drop an engine block on him-and he doesn;t like that so he picks it up and throws it back at them. Are you still going on about the wizard being black?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 25, 2018 16:54:54 GMT
Oh god... Is this the start of that same tired argument that insists white male characters have to be boring and one dimensional in order to be acceptable? Nope. Just the end of the observation that Hollywood has the same tired propaganda message.
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