>Shazam! is the story of a 14-year old foster kid (Asher Angel) who, thanks to an ancient wizard, can turn into lightning-spitting superhero Shazam (Zachary Levi). It’s also set in the same DC universe that gave us Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, so it was only natural to assume that there would be ample brooding, wanton destruction, and at least 17 different, pointless subplots. Trying to get ahead of this criticism, Warner Bros. and New Line have bent over backwards to try and cast the film as “fun” and “family-centric.” The candy-coated synopsis, too, talks about “the joyful recklessness of a child,” and cracks wise about hero Billy Batson using his new powers to “skip his social studies test.” Oh, wouldn’t that be a trip?
>In a live video posted to Facebook yesterday, fans got their first look at the chemistry between stars Levi and Angel and, dear god, it’s exhausting watching two people try so hard to shoot rainbows from their eyeballs. “It’s a fun family movie and everyone’s gonna wanna watch it!” Angel practically screams at one point, the producers in his earpiece likely telling him to tone it down a notch. Levi, meanwhile, tries a more subtle approach, describing the film as “Superman meets Big,” but it isn’t long before Angel is again asserting that “it’s a family movie, people!”
>We’ll find out exactly how much pure, childlike joy a single film can contain when Shazam! opens on April 5, 2019, by which point DC will probably have already shifted tone a few dozen more times.
>It’s also set in the same DC universe that gave us Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, so it was only natural to assume that there would be ample brooding, wanton destruction, and at least 17 different, pointless subplots What absolute retardation. Why the fuck would things set in the same universe naturally have to have the same tone? Are these people even aware of what comic books are?
Carson Cruz
movie could have been fun I guess, but the DCEU just needs to die
Brayden Edwards
YOU KIDS LIKE JINGLE ALL THE WAY?
WELL CHECK OUT SHAZAM BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME LEVEL OF QUALITY HOPEFULLY
>Why the fuck would things set in the same universe naturally have to have the same tone?
Because when you get the same dour/edgy movies again and again and again, you begin to see a really obvious pattern and learn to set your expectations at rock fucking bottom.
Thomas Howard
To be fair, WB's marketing blitz gets really forced sometimes, like all the gay-baiting Cavill and Affleck had to do during the BvS press tour.
Isaiah Myers
I miss Zack Snyder...
Landon Carter
I guess maybe if you're retarded enough to be a DC fan
Everyone with an actual brain is loving it and hope it never ends
>It’s also set in the same DC universe that gave us Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad
It's really not. They're not that dumb. If it's a hit, they're tying it to the future of a doomed franchise. If it's a failure, they've got the inexplicable addition of a Steel-style kiddie movie to the DCEU.
I don't doubt that they've made poor decisions, but this isn't one they're going to make. Nothing in the movie will tie it explicitly to the DCEU - references to Superman or whoever aside will no more set it there than they set LEGO Batman there - and after a few months, when they know which way it went, they'll quietly drop any reference to the DCEU in promotional materials. If it's a hit, they'll continue with it as the basis of a new crossover series; if it fails... lots of movies fail and are forgotten by year's end.
It's amazing.
Landon Adams
Seems like they have more faith in this than with Aquaman.
>inb4 the Billyfags get upset about the name and the thread is derailed again
Henry Stewart
Yeah, someone seems upset.
Joshua Taylor
“DC claims Shazam is fun, but there’s no fun in a film centered on an able bodied white male youth. And that’s a bad thing”
Benjamin Morales
Too late Hate to see how they react to "the shazamily"
John Nguyen
Tell me about it. >lost interest in comics years ago >stopped visiting Sup Forums >recently became interested again >visit Sup Forums again >live action threads everywhere I mean, even chans with much less traffic than this one keep live action in Sup Forums.
Blake White
>A Shazam film shouldn't be fun You guys make me sick
Logan Flores
>Everyone with an actual brain doesn't care Remember that you're here because you're not one of them.
Camden Nelson
The fat boy looks funny.
Jaxon Collins
My concern is Dwayne "My face needs to be everywhere" Johnson. Black Adam shouldn't even pop up until the sequel, and making him a mentor off the bat is dumb. Sivana should be the first major villain, and in the finale makes Mister Atom as his muscle. Then you can make Black Adam the villain in the sequel. Then if those don't suck, you bring in the Monster Society of Evil, who Sivana reaches out to.
David Brooks
Why are you anons pretending DC is being attacked for making a fun Captain Marvel movie and not because of how shallow and hollow and transparent their marketing is.
Watch the Facebook stream, if the kid whose playing Billy can't deliver lines better than he's delivering the "FUN FAMILY MOVIE" marketing script, this movie is in serious trouble.
That article reeks of salt. Had they ever heard of Shazam before? Even the "edgy" Geoff Johns new 52 version is fairly child like as far as superhero comics go
Dominic Garcia
This is no longer a movie. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. You're gonna have fun, and I'm gonna have fun... We're all gonna have so much fucking fun we're gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! You'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of your assholes!
The mouse went after Momoa and Affleck, maybe Cavill want no troubles. There are rumors he's gay. Besides, nobody want to direct MoS sequel because Superman is lame, ask George Miller
Easton Parker
You want colors you fuckers? We'll give you so many goddamn colors your eyes are going to bleed. You want quips? We kidnapped Joss Whedon and promised him 20 barefoot acrobatic hookers- now he's producing 90 quips a minute.
Luke Thompson
That’s what they are doing. Sivana And the sins are the bad guys.
I don't think you're happy enough. I'll TEACH you to be happy! I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!
Hunter Jackson
Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family film. No, no. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm theatrical emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas movie since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye. And when the audience squeezes their fat white asses down in that theater on opening tonight, they're gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse.
>Asher Angel You'd think by law of probabilities at least one of these interchangeable teen actors would have a normal name, but it do.
Connor Brooks
Are you implying Jingle All the Way is bad?
Nathaniel White
If he had genitals, he sure don't now after wearing that.
Juan Johnson
You can't, Disney owns that song.
Ryan Rivera
I'm saying it's probably better than this
Jack Lewis
Of course not. Little kids don't just stumble into acting. The people that named them are the ones forcing them to act.
William Morris
So wait, his name is Shazam, and the wizard's name is also Shazam, and Shazam is also the word used to switch between forms? That seems like it would get confusing.
Noah Martinez
I guess, but kid actors used to have normal names
Carter Thompson
His thing now is that he only transforms when he says the word AND is "focusing his willpower" or something like that.
Cooper Harris
They'll just call him "the Wizard"... and get sued by Nintendo.
Easton Lopez
I think The Wizard is no longer called Shazam in current canon
Kayden Bennett
>You want quips? We kidnapped Joss Whedon and promised him 20 barefoot acrobatic hookers- now he's producing 90 quips a minute. Whedon was already fired, he was done after badmouthing Justice League on his opening week because he was butthurt for not being allowed to start the movie with a pie fight. Don't be sorry for him, Disney already rewarded his services on discrediting the DCEU by hiring him to a new Buffy season via Fox. Remember Whedon was a rapist? He was when he was working for WB, now he's cool again
Brandon Wood
>he was butthurt for not being allowed to start the movie with a pie fight.
I think its because he knew he was polishing a turd. Hell, even the execs at WB were pissed at Snyder picking Steppenwolf for the big bad.
Angel Flores
Give up, shill. Whedon himself said he wanted to start JL with a comical opening scene
Lincoln Powell
>it's another jew movie
HYPE
Julian Powell
No, the Wizard is still Shazam. Billy becoming Shazam is treated like inheriting the title, which isn't the Wizard's real name.
Landon Perry
>they're calling him shazam
FUCK YOU
Jason Rodriguez
I forget is the Rock in this or not?
Jordan Thompson
not
he was smart enough to get out before it was too late
Or that he's just better than the people in his piece of shit
Liam Wright
Shut up boco
Brandon Miller
Because it's a ridiculous double standard.
Benjamin Anderson
but there's already a movie called shazam!
Evan Powell
To be fair all of this is more entertaining than any DCEU movie
Christopher Butler
Who pissed on this dude's cheerios?
Nolan Allen
Disney.
Liam Jenkins
Wait I thought Shazam was gonna be set in a separate universe
Charles Kelly
Weird thing to think
Angel Allen
Jesus Christ what the fuck is wrong with this article? It’s so blatantly something based on particularly nothing
Adam Green
Aquaman probably has 5 different executives who all want something different from the film. Don't get me wrong I am very excited and I hope it's a bit but it's gonna have tonal inconsistency.
