they're so pressured to be like Marvel, that they're just trying to do a piss poor copy of their plan. people aren't responding well to it so far. How many more times are people gonna say "well that was fukkin disappointing... but at least the Flash is next." "Well that sucked, but at least we got Aquaman." "Well that sucked, but at least there's that Harley Quinn thing."
DC's "Black Adam" (Oct. 21, 2022)
- Thread starter Brandeezy
- Start date
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Black Adam is one of the few comic book villains who can undoubtedly carry a solo movie by himself, so I'm cool with this. But given WB's track record, I'd much rather see them pull off Shazam! first before considering this.
Brandeezy
Superstar
Time Warner (DC/WB's owner) owns New Line
smart move...yea, black adam can carry a movie by himself, but i say it's a smart move cause they have the rock as an asset but havent used him yet; and it seems they still dont know what they wanna do with shazam....giving the rock his own black adam movie lets them finally use him as an asset, and gives them time/the lead in for, and helps simplify the shazam movie instead of trying to force everything in that one movie.....
also, this gives the rock a chance to be the anti-hero he wants to be...the BA movie can show him as a slave that turns villain cause of circumstances; shazam can have him as a villain trying to get the powers back from billy for himself, but shows him having thoughts of change/that he might be wrong; and the movie after that can be him going straight anti-hero.....that is until that WW3 movie lol...
also, this gives the rock a chance to be the anti-hero he wants to be...the BA movie can show him as a slave that turns villain cause of circumstances; shazam can have him as a villain trying to get the powers back from billy for himself, but shows him having thoughts of change/that he might be wrong; and the movie after that can be him going straight anti-hero.....that is until that WW3 movie lol...
well, the point remains. this "who owns what" shyt when it comes to these superhero movies makes me dizzy.
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2012
- Messages
- 36,636
- Reputation
- 3,816
- Daps
- 54,845
- Reppin
- #Targset,#Heatgang,#Byrdgang
I can already see some long haired Rock
CookisaCac
I aint lyrical
This. but its also confusing cause certain DC characters are apparently owned by different families out somewhere
Also, can you losers stop bringing up marvel? yall always find a way to bring them up.
btw, and i don't necessarily think this will happen, but by the time this movie is in production (if it even gets there, let's be real) the general public could be sick of the Rock. The dude works too damn much. Look at some of the shyt he has coming down the pike. Baywatch, Jumanji, he said there's talk of a spinoff of his Fast character (who the fukk wants that?) then he has the author of Jason Bourne cinematic universe (yea, that's a thing apparently) Doc Savage, and probably 5 other movies i can't recall without looking at his imdb. There's such a thing as oversaturation, it happens to every super famous person at some point, save a few.
is it really that great to lockdown a megastar in the present for something 5 years in the future? ... which then opens up another possibility that they'll try to shoehorn this character into an earlier movie for no reason, b/c once again, they're not good at this game.
is it really that great to lockdown a megastar in the present for something 5 years in the future? ... which then opens up another possibility that they'll try to shoehorn this character into an earlier movie for no reason, b/c once again, they're not good at this game.
you will literally never have a DC conversation without mentioning Marvel. that's how it is now. They came 2nd to the Cinematic Universe party, therefore they're at a disadvantage and will always be compared. just the way it is.
Brandeezy
Superstar
Just read, WB owns New Line now since they merged in 08. Shazam film rights were bought by New Line before the merger
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Before the idea of a shared universe was a thing, WB delegated its comic book properties to its many partner studios and production companies so they could have multiple comic book movies in production at the same time without losing focus of their core films. When Marvel struck gold with Avengers, WB started to bring all of its properties back under one umbrella but some companies retained part of the rights, hence why New Line Cinema has input in the production of Shazam!
That sounds like a "The Marvel way is the only way" argument though.
Especially with how many people have held the criticism that WB only cares about Batman and Superman when it comes to movies yet there is a push back against them making movies with other characters.
CookisaCac
I aint lyrical
another thing you guys keep bringing up. who the fukk cares? a movie is a movie. and if you want to get technical, marvel wasnt the first with a cinematic universe themselves. you guys just like to point out stupid shyt blindly to argue. fukking stans are annoying
That is a smart strategy though. If you have a major moneymaking star signed to a contract then why not give him his own movie. Especially when the character he is playing actually has an origin story that makes sense to be a film.