Shazam! looks to be exactly the sort of superhero movie hardcore DCU fans claim to hate.

I'm a huge MCU fan but I also like the DCEU even though I sometimes point out it's faults. I had no problem giving Aquaman an 8/10 and WW a 9/10. But I think the OP is referring to the people that give every MCU movie 1/10 and heap endless praise on every DCEU movie.

If those folks were honest about why they dislike the MCU, they also would have hated Aquaman and , most likely, Shazam!

Not quite as good as some of your other efforts, NormanClature —mostly because I actually agree with you that it looks like what the DCEU-loving folks here claim to hate.

But you should have returned in style, with something like “If Superman is invulnerable, why does he get hurt so much in the DCEU?”

Complete with a lot of s, s, and s.

^^^The one character appearance I’ve never understood at all with the Times Square people is the Penguin (or at least was when I was in NYC a lot last year). The Danny DeVito version. One of the guys is actually dressed up like that, and he’s asking for money just like the rest of ’em. I understand the guys dressed up as Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, etc.—but the Danny De Vito Penguin? Huh?

Those people make me sad.

They are just one step above (below?) beggars.

Yes, the Penguin is an odd choice. Especially that particular iteration. I can't imagine the child who'd want to be photographed with that character.

I hate to be this judgmental about what people do to earn a living but, as a comic book fan, the Times Square superhero set is demoralizing. Nothing makes being a proud comic book reader feel more like a poor life choice than a visit to Times Square.

Speaking of those Times Square guys. There was a video (real footage shown on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart) I saw years ago of a guy dressed up as a Sesame Street character spouting racist propaganda... Another Sesame Street character then came up and told him to "Shut the $&@$ up!" Disturbing yet hillarious stuff.