Blue Beetle | August 18, 2023 | WB/DC | Director - Angel Manuel Soto | First DC Universe Character!

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[ChipDerby]

5 minutes ago, MightyDargon said:

It's not my fault Hollywood apparently only knows one way to write Latino families and chooses to blatantly pander in trailer stuff.

 

It was written by a Mexican writer, and directed by a Puerto Rican director, and stars a Mexican/Cuban from LA.

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[MightyDargon]

4 minutes ago, ChipDerby said:

 

It was written by a Mexican writer, and directed by a Puerto Rican director, and stars a Mexican/Cuban from LA.

And looking at the trailer it looks like a very obvious Spiderverse/Encanto cash-in with all the pandering dialogue choices to match.

 

[kayumanggi]

 

[WittyUsername]

3 hours ago, FunkMiller said:

 

Nobody has been fooled for one second that this is anything other than a DCEU movie. Gotta wonder if they'll leave that asinine 'Batman is a fascist' gag in there, as reference to Batfleck.

I seriously doubt that line was written as a jab against Batfleck. The director has made it clear that he’s a fan of Snyder’s work. 

[kayumanggi]

Tomorrow for me!

[ChipDerby]

The Batman is a fascist thing has been around for like 40 years

[SpiderByte]

 

[SpiderByte]

3 hours ago, FunkMiller said:

 

Nobody has been fooled for one second that this is anything other than a DCEU movie. Gotta wonder if they'll leave that asinine 'Batman is a fascist' gag in there, as reference to Batfleck.

Not really, the idea that Batman uses fascist tactics isnt remotely new. It's even a big part of The Dark Knight with the whole cell phone tracking device element with Lucius.

[TomThomas]

Shazam comparisons don't inspire confidence.

[Porthos]

1 hour ago, kayumanggi said:

 

 

Found @Eric the Turtle's Twitter account! 👍

[DAJK]

45 minutes ago, TomThomas said:

Shazam comparisons don't inspire confidence.

Yea they do

[Arlborn]

1 hour ago, TomThomas said:

Shazam comparisons don't inspire confidence.

The first Shazam was a fun family movie that got 90% on RT. Interesting…

 

 

[Dragoncaine]

3 hours ago, Grebacio said:

reviews predictions:
Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 62

That would be really great. I'm gonna go maybe 70% RT / 58 MC

[HummingLemon]

Not gonna lie these reactions actually look pretty positive and remind me of the first Shazam film. I'm guessing an 85%+ RT and an 'A' CinemaScore. I think 3x legs is possible with positive reception, of course that doesn't mean much on such a small OW, but still

Edited August 15, 2023 by HummingLemon

[Speedorito]

2 hours ago, TomThomas said:

Shazam comparisons don't inspire confidence.

Depends on if they meant Shazam 1 or 2

 

1 hour ago, HummingLemon said:

Not gonna lie these reactions actually look pretty positive and remind me of the first Shazam film. I'm guessing an 85%+ RT and an 'A' CinemaScore. I think 3x legs is possible with positive reception, of course that doesn't mean much on such a small OW, but still

 Personally I think 85+ is too high. Unless I’m mistaken, the only two CBMs that have gotten above an 85 post-Covid are Shang-Chi and No Way Home. And lifting the review embargo the day before release still doesn’t seem like a strong sign to me.

 

 But maybe it’ll surprise me. At the very least I think it’ll be around the same or higher than The Flash.

[SpiderByte]

3 hours ago, TomThomas said:

Shazam comparisons don't inspire confidence.

The first Shazam was very well reviewed 

[HummingLemon]

@Speedorito

 

Across the Spider-Verse was also above 85%