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DCEU Era |OT2| Joker's Wild
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You know someday a DC/Marvel cross-over is going to happen. AsGotG x Suicide Squad sounds nice.
Imagine if they pulled an X-Men Days of Future Past with Flashpoint Paradox..... Keep some of the same, change whatever needs to be changed, boom.
I'm still completely unsold on gunn. None of his work outside the MCU was good to me. And I only enjoyed gotg 1 and thought 2 was really bad.
I'm not sold on any these MCU directors taken off the scrap heap being notable outside of it. That brand is a machine and the director is just a cog in it.
I'm not sold on any these MCU directors taken off the scrap heap being notable outside of it. That brand is a machine and the director is just a cog in it.
If the universe is no longer as tightly connected as it once was meant to be, I say go for it. Let Gunn do his thing.
SS2 or whatever it ends up being called needs a killer (pun not intended) song and music video. The Heathens song was a large part of the marketing for the first film.
I don't think Gunn alone is enough to drive people to see the movie.
I don't think anyone's ever going to dissect why Suicide Squad did so well. It baffles me.
Diversity of the cast has been one of the causes. Even Tsujihara acknowledged that
The trailer had a great style to it, so much so that they tried to re-edit the movie to fit that style. If the movie had been like the trailers, it would've been good.
So uhh
https://heroichollywood.com/idris-elba-deathstroke-james-gunn-suicide-squad/
Thoughts?
I actually like Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke but this would be interesting nonetheless if true.
https://heroichollywood.com/idris-elba-deathstroke-james-gunn-suicide-squad/
Thoughts?
I actually like Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke but this would be interesting nonetheless if true.
I made this post first then made a thread to engage more discussion.
I have an ongoing thesis that the reason why that DC's movies tend to perform poorly is that a) the history of "DCU" movies and b) they are not Marvel.
But even my friends who watch basically every comic book movie didn't go see Shazam.
Not directly. I just told them that Shazam was amazing and they need to see it and all they ever said when I would tell them is, "Ehhh, I don't know."
Possibly related: the only other comic book movie none of them saw in theaters in recent years is the equally fantastic Into the Spider-Verse. So maybe they see those two movies as kids movies or something? I don't know.
I haven't missed a comic book movie at the theater since 2012, and I love the comic book Shazam is based on (I was mad hyped around the first trailer coming out), but I haven't checked it out yet. I don't know what's exactly keeping me away. Somehow it feels small-scale (yet I watched Ant-Man and the Wasp, and I like small-scale really), and I've kind of had my fill of Billy and Freddy in all those clips and trailers already. I think it has to do with Zachary Levi honestly. I love him, his timing and way of portraying humor, but it also kind of feels like it's the same, same, same). It still got three more days here at the theater chains but it's at the smallest cinemas with only 60 seats so that's keeping me away as well. And this month I wanna check out Endgame one more time, and then Detective Pikachu (but this one doesn't even get the biggest screen in the country cause of Endgame), John Wick 3, Aladdin and Godzilla.
I just feel like the trailers didn't sell the movie well at all. I really think you'd love it if you watched it.
Yeah, I'm gonna make an effort to catch it in the next three days. Just depends on my mood, and how I feel generally.
Shazam will turn a profit once it comes out on home media. It's box office run falls somewhere between fine and slightly underwhelming.
Idk about outright bomb, but it will certainly underperform. Like Shazam I'm sure home release will help.
Just finished Shazam. It was alright. Liked Wonder Woman, Aquaman and BvS more. Maybe even MoS more. I actually didn't have that much fun, and it's not something I want to immediately rewatch. But it was a fine little movie for what it was.
I did like individual things in it:
I did like individual things in it:
- Like how Billy lured out Envy at the end. That was more fun than a usual battle would be.
- How they used the Batarang to figure out he could be hurt.
- How Billy gave his mom the compass cause she needed guidance more. This was a dark subplot and I don't think I like how she left him to the police cause of her own reasons.
- this movie was dark and kinda draining. Billy figuring out his powers and Levi's enthusiasm wasn't that much fun.
- I really like how they involve the citizens in these DC films. They were always well implemented here.
- disappointed that Mary got almost no action. Darla's cool factor made up for this.
- Supes cameo felt cheap.
- I like the creature designs in the DCEU and the Seven Sins too. I liked the scene when Dr Sivana visits his father's board meeting.
- How they used the Batarang to figure out he could be hurt.
- How Billy gave his mom the compass cause she needed guidance more. This was a dark subplot and I don't think I like how she left him to the police cause of her own reasons.
- this movie was dark and kinda draining. Billy figuring out his powers and Levi's enthusiasm wasn't that much fun.
- I really like how they involve the citizens in these DC films. They were always well implemented here.
- disappointed that Mary got almost no action. Darla's cool factor made up for this.
- Supes cameo felt cheap.
- I like the creature designs in the DCEU and the Seven Sins too. I liked the scene when Dr Sivana visits his father's board meeting.
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Shazam should of been pushed to August or something. It was fucking wedged in between to massive movies.
I said before that it looked like a family comedy in the trailers.
That's a different box office spread.
It won't bomb, but more monsters isn't going to draw in any more in terms of the general audience. Right in line with Kong and Godzilla 2014. $550 million.
Agreed. We all know how reactionary they can be. Hope they don't can the sequel.
Not necessarily. Marvel have peaked with Endgame for a while but are already taking the initiative with announcing phase 4 projects. Now is the time for Warners to start gearing up in response.
Shazam should have done a lot better and deserved to. They can't rely on a series of unconnected films if they want to start challenging Disney. With the underperformance of brands like Harry Potter and Pokemon, WB need to double down on DC.
Blame the audience for Shazam's performance then. And they should worry about making their own money and not challenge Marvel.
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