I agree with the entire crew's sentiments about Doctor Fate, he really deserved his own solo movie. It seems all the "Doctors" in superhero films are doomed to the backseat treatment.
Sadly we've seen that this treatment applies to their solo movies too so maybe it's best he doesn't get his own one, may end up ruining what we do have of him
@@SefniAsheforr No, I haven't. I just made the obvious Doctors are doomed > Dr. Doom joke. Also because he's rumored to be in the MCU soon and he'll probably be treated like trash just like most male characters.
and we can establish his double personality thing in his own movie, so you can have him cast illusions to convince black adam to join his side but his personalities clash while casting and it messes up the spell and corrupts it which makes black adam reluctant to teaming up with them. imo that is a lot better than having them just fight and also I haven't read the comics but I'm pretty sure dr fate should be more powerful so you can have black adam run away after the horribly casted spell instead of soloing everyone which is kinda weird
I still love how Wonder Woman splattered the head of a terrorist to a wall and obliterated Roose Bolton into atoms in front of kids (while bombing a bank in process) then suddenly, a girl said “I want to be like you.”
I thought her response to the girl was the worst pare. It should have been "Don't be silly, I am half Amazon, half God. You are a puny mortal girl. You can never be like me"
The character who has the best development in the DCEU will always be Wonder Woman. Just look at her growth in two movies. First movie: An impressionable girl who had no clue about sex and intimacy. Second movie: A rapist.
This is like the third comic book film I've seen that advertises itself as having an antihero that doesn't play by the rules of a hero, only to have the "antihero" end up being a hero who's just slightly more violent than your average boy scout.
And in subsequent sequels, it inevitably means they’ll be made more quirky and facetious. In this guy’s case, I could see him being written to say cliche serious dialogue, Shazam then acts all childish, and Black Adam answers with “Really?” Faces
Yeah it really felt like it was something heavily mandated by the studio. The movie itself justifies the JLA attacking black adam with fate knowing he blew up the old kandaq and was imprisoned by the wizards.
Apparently, it was going to be rated R because it was originally much more bloody/violent than what we ended up getting. I’m not saying it would have dramatically improved the movie, but it could have sold the “antihero who is one bad day away from being a villain” thing better if Black Adam was actually allowed to be more graphically violent. I don’t get why film studios don’t shoot for R-rated superheroes; movies like Logan, Joker and Deadpool 1 and 2 have shown that R-rated comic book films can be very financially successful.
4:23:50 had everyone did what hawkman suggested, bringing the villain to justice instead of killing him, he never would have become satan. Lady doesn’t realize that hawkman WAS correct the whole time and would have prevented all of this
I love how the lady knows where the crown is and the bad guys don't. So she wants to get the crown and hide it somewhere else, in a place which she will know of and the bad guys will not.
In Young Justice, whenever Kent Nelson (or anyone for that matter) puts on the Helmet, they are put in this mindscape, where they are able to talk with Nabu (the inhabitant of the Helmut, the "real" Dr Fate) as he is controlling his body. That would be a creative departure from the Iron Man copy paste, if they hadn't killed him off.
Timestamps 0:00 Timezones 1:23 Cheesecake 2:43 2 Movies 4 Rags 6:04 Format 6:45 Streaming Meta Issues 7:41 The DCEU 8:45 Made Up Places 9:14 Diversity & Inclusion 9:50 Developing Black Adam 18:38 Quick Thoughts 32:26 Introduction 38:41 The Boy & The Metal 47:27 Today 49:45 The Skateboard Kid 57:00 Searching The Crown 1:00:12 Tomb Riders 1:03:15 Inscription 1:09:20 Prof. Rags & The College For Gifted Villains 1:12:55 Shazam! 1:19:13 The Killing Rampage 1:26:18 The Justice Society 1:37:53 The Rock Awakening 1:51:39 Back to the JS 1:59:30 Morality Aliens 2:05:00 BAVJS 2:10:46 Dr. Fate (1) 2:16:38 Fight 2:18:10 Mom + Kid 2:22:00 Dr. Fate (2) 2:29:04 The State Of The DCEU 2:30:42 The Battle Continues 2:51:46 A Funny Shot 2:54:07 The Chase 2:57:06 Patient & Doctor 2:58:02 Nanobots 2:59:56 Lady & Doctor 3:00:38 Doors 3:03:17 Interrogation 3:06:42 BAVHM 3:09:08 A Good Joke 3:10:03 The Crown 3:11:45 A Bad Plan 3:19:35 Adam's Backstory 3:21:11 The Lonley Mauley 3:33:12 The Prison 3:36:39 Satan 3:39:30 Quantumania 3:40:50 Visions 3:45:04 The Big Evil 3:55:48 Black Adam Returns 4:00:28 Slavery, Racism & Pokemon 4:04:04 The Death Of Doctor Fate 4:09:38 The Legions Of Hell 4:17:26 The Speech 4:20:11 Chatting & Memes 4:21:37 Rock Vs Satan 4:23:20 Rock Wins 4:26:08 History 4:27:05 The Crown 4:28:02 Superman & Sequels 4:29:08 Army Of The Dead 4:31:29 John Wick 4:31:56 Conclusions 4:35:47 What’s Next For The DCEU? 4:36:31 Wokanda Forever 4:37:15 WW is decent 4:37:43 Writers 4:39:55 The DCEU 4:47:30 The Meme Repository List: DCEU Fked Up Projects 4:49:47 Salvage, Reboot or Remake? 4:56:37 Plushie, Plugs & Finish
@@Zeddyboi86 during the live stream I take notes, I then use the unlisted version to make temporary timestamps, then the live one to complete and refine it.
You know, them just throwing superhero teams at the wall, hoping that one would stick, kind of reminds me of the 90s Dark Age of Comics. In particular, how Youngblood would introduce ten plus different "superhero" teams in rapid succession, and they had about the same amount of development as these characters. They just had more pouches and giant, impractical sci-fi guns.
1:27:51 Not sure why Waller wouldn't have tried to get in touch with the FIFTEEN versions of Shazam hanging out in Philly to take care of this Black Adam guy first tho...
The toothfairy sneaks throughout your house so probably has invisibility powers, has the power of flight and magic and also has billions of dollars she pays out for human teeth, she also has a network of spies or listening devices that would make the NSA blush since she knows the exact time and place of every baby tooth being lost around the world. Point being the tooth fairy is a creepy mystical magic demon who does things unspeakable things with human teeth.
@@Vario69You’ve never met a tooth fairy (shudder). Vicious little vermin those fae. What they do to children doesn’t bear witnessing. Get a clue and give it to someone more intellectual than yourself.
“A bad plan is better than no plan” is sound logic if doing nothing isn’t an option. “Just start cutting wires” is a bad plan to diffuse a bomb that gonna blow in 30 seconds, but it’s better than doing nothing.
3:20:36: to be fair, in the first movie, only Billy was supposed to have all 6 powers, while the siblings were supposed to each get one: Darla got the speed, Freddie the power of flight, Hector the strength, Eugene the lightning powers, and I think Mary probably got the wisdom. For whatever reason, the sequel threw that out the window and gave all of them all 6 powers.
54:00 this whole conversation about the kid mouthing off at the guard; unironically _Tropic Thunder_ is more realistic with how Tuggernuts gets butted by a gun every time he mouths off at the "viet cong".
4:12:59 Hey! Remember when the country of Kandaq was being ruled by well-armed mercenaries who were stopping people at multiple checkpoints? Wonder where they all pissed off to for the third act...
1:50:42 Remember when she was a wanted person at the beginning of the movie... and yet, apparently, is also free to go about the city and stay safely at her brother's house without a single Intergang agent swinging by to check if she was living in her brother's apartment?
To be fair, Sabaac is straight out of the comics canon, as is (the otherwise unrelated) "Intergang", which is a criminal version of "Interpol" originally intended to be a merger of various international gangs in a consortium, but eventually revealed to be a tool of Darkseid. So.... kind of related to the rest of the DCAU so far except not?
Where was the Justice Society (more specifically Hawkman) during the Kryptonian Invasion, the Doomsday Crisis in BVS, the Enchantress Crisis in the first Suicide Squad, and the Steppenwolf in Justice League? And how come we're just now hearing about them, did Lex and/or Bruce not know about their existence?
Rag's confirmed that he played Dragon's Dogma today. When mentioning video game companions, he called them Pawns. A title very very specifically used by Dragon's Dogma.
He's talked about having played the game and really enjoying it several times over the years I believe. Him and Shad separately talking about it is what pushed me into getting it.
It's not perfect. It's certainly "OK" as Drinker put it. But above all, The Rock himself is advocating for so much including Henry Cavil is a step in the right direction. If WB is 'smart', they'll learn from this. But I won't hold my breath.
DCEU problem is they try to establish the universe before the world. So no character even within their own starting movie truly ever got fleshed out with their backstory, rules, relationships etc.. everything is starting from 55 because we got to amp it to 100 even before we even know why we should be invested. The heroes have become their own villain of the week, why should I be invested if they have nothing to fear but just get to the finish line oh wait we got to introduce these five people? Why because - reasons so they can have their own franchise. Like can I get to know one before you hand me several people I'm suppose to pay attention to? No oh okay... no wonder I can't remember anything once I leave the theater its just sensory overload nothing gets time to breath.
23:25 I found it weird when the kid dropped his backpack and a bunch of DC comics of Wonder Woman and Superman fell out... that means DC comics EXIST in this universe... and that they are, in no way, concerned with using the likenesses of actual superheroes to sell their comics... certainly SOMEONE would have sued them by now? And how boring must those comics be, unless they also know the superheroes secret identities?
I don’t know why the film says “black Adam is not a hero.” Nobody in the DCEU has been a hero. Batman has been an axe murderer, Superman is a negligent moron that killed millions, wonder woman’s a rapist and war criminal
"We don't want violence; we want freedom from out oppressors" is a completely reasonable thing to say. Say you could cure cancer by breaking a vase, if asked if you want the destruction of vases, you would say "No, you idiot, I want to cure my grandmother's cancer."
I agree, especially as Mom-character was totally fine with violence, she just doesn't want her son to be involved. That's a pretty common/reasonable worldview
That's not what she said though. She said "No one is going to teach him violence. I want a hero to come free us from our oppressors." (Slightly paraphrased) Meaning she wants a magical solution to her problem but is not willing to have any personal responsibility or sacrifice to get it. You are a rebel; your son should be "taught violence" if you don't want him to die as a casualty of your actions.
I didn't realize Thor Love and Thunder got that caught up that close to a billion. That's... actually kind of depressing. I guess myself and everyone else who made predictions about the decline of Marvel was wrong again. It doesn't matter how bad the movies get, people just don't stop showing up.
Ironic really, DC is probably the easiest to adapt. Their Green Lantern side alone is essentially their Starwars, mind boggling that Warner bros won't run with it...
1:10:37 Rags unknowingly references an episode of Earthworm Jim - "Hello there! Are you bored with life? Yearning for excitement? Then come on down to Psycrow's School of Nefarious Space Villainy!"
A few points that weren't brought up. First is the Eternium missile and how eternium can hurt Black Adam, how the movie pauses to showcase it (like printing "eternium" on the missile itself) only to drop that point from the rest of the film. Second is the mom's heirloom eternium necklace, which is the same necklace that Black Adams wife is wearing 5000 years ago; again it's showcased to the audience and never mentioned again. Third is the backstory of how Black Adam gained his powers; it's fine; except it's logically stupid. The son gained the power of Shazam and did what exactly, Adam says the king sent assassins after his son won a few battles against the king, so the son didn't depose the king and free his people immediately; Adam did it in 5 minutes after his family was killed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
I think both the eternium missile and the eternium necklace will be brought up in the future, eternium missiles to be his kryptonite and the necklace to say "so you are my descendants, that's why i had this connection with you" or something stupid like that The son not disposing of the king instantly is a little bit stupid but he could have simply be naive, kinda like gohan, who wanted to savour the moment instead of actually winning, again, stupid but not neccesarily bad or movie ruining
@@skylex157 I just want to know who built the giant Black Adam statue in the middle of town... that was fashioned after the son, who didn't free them and not the father, who did...
@@jeebuschristos8423 the son was the one doing the fighting, adam only killed the king, exploded the castle and got imprisoned by the wizards, i would even say that most of the people don't know the change of black adam because of the short time, hence why people believed a false story
black adam is very much scorpion king in that johnson is playing a previously established villain character who is much more heroic in their own solo film. and to a point theyre the same level of quality
As a skater for many, many years,..... I never bought for one second this kid was just gliding through the streets of this war torn village on a skateboard with no issues. No movie,.. go home,.... I'm drunk but you're wasted.
I thought the scene in the 90s Mighty Morphin Powers Rangers movie where the kid gives the speech to rally all the teens was cringe but Gods of Olympus, that scene is a masterpiece compared to that speech this kid gave.
The only 3 parts I remember: Djimon Hounsou as the wizard dying (seemingly). I remember because his characters usually die it seems like. The part where they bought beer, drank it, didn't like it The end part where superman showed up to the school. Maybe there was a fart joke or two? I don't remember
I did happen to see Antman 2 when I was staying at a hotel. It's about right, now that you bring it up. Both movies are blandly competent, light plot, okay characters, and somewhat goofy.
watched shazam, loved shazam, its the only good movie in the shitty dceu besides the suicide squad and it had the most heart and soul and fit the tone of the character
When Dr. Fate was weakening and his shield disappeared, why couldn't Hawkman fly? He just runs the whole way and barely doesn't make it in time to help. If he really cared he'd have shot up toward the top of the building once the shield was down.
@3:58:00 The Purple head dude on the right has no idea how air/water pressure works. Water pressure cannot "crush you like a tin can" cause your body is not compressable, only the air in your lungs is, and being that the air is already at that level, it's already compressed down to reach equilibrium with the water pressure. What would happen is he would have gotten nitrogen poisoning aka "the bends" from going up so fast.
@@SuperAllelujah this is DC movie group, not the comic book guys. do they even know any of their characters back stories? these are the full retards who gave us the Superman story of Old Man Kent walking into a fucking tornado. and even though I actually like what they did with hawkman overall, a lot of his actions prove that the authors have ZERO clue how to write a screen play -_-... so yeah I don't have much hope with them fixin this. ps i rather liked Black Adam, but it has some serious issues that don't really redeem DC movie group
It really can’t be understated how irreparably Zack Snyder ruined the foundations for a DC cinematic universe. It feels like a calculated attempt to just bury any chance you might have had.
Rags, read the book Logan's Run. You may find it could be difficult to translate to film as written. I saw it in theater and for me it was a scifi action flick. Also, in the book the age was 21 not 30.
CVH is one of the lowest hanging fruits, or at least that's what I think the crew think of him. They kind of hate covering his videos since he's such an up-his-own-ass hypocritical dumbass.
Do you know what's refreshing. My Hero Academia. Heros have the opportunity to preemptively strike the homebases of the major Villains (one of them is a major hospital) and the very first concern is actively evacuating a city. Notifications go out to the residents cellphones (which would probably reveal the timeframe for the Villains to start prepping but, the main goal is to evacuate civs before letting loose). Heros go to houses to knock on doors. Multiple frames of heros carrying civilians out. They even just began the discussion on the nature of killing as a Hero. This is absurd considering the powers some of these hero has. One of them carries a gun and is Deadshot adjacent. Another can basically turn himself into a centimetre thin bladed that can poke holes through people like the guy from Guardians of the Galaxy. MHA has plenty shounen troupes that would get it eviscerated by EFAP but there is some quality to what it tries to say about being a hero (sometimes).
MHA somewhat rightfully gets picked on a lot, but you can tell they've put more thought into a world run by superheroes than either Marvel or DC. Which admittedly not a high bar to pass, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
Horikoshi tried to make his Izuku into a Spider-Man, a Superman, or a Captain America. One for this generation, rather than a hero reborn from their 20th century origins. Him and his editors had their work cut out for them, the manga industry is brutal. It has been unfortunate at times to see missteps and missed opportunities in the series, but that does not mean his story is a failure. He has kickstarted a world worthy of spin-offs, alternate universes, reboots and more. It might outlive him, just as Spider-Man outlived Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Izuku has some more growth to go, that is not a flaw. I admit I am ready for a break from him. But ultimately I think he’ll soon become a character to rival Tony Stark or Peter Parker in larger storylines, even when details change with each lead writer.
It’s not that Heroes can’t legally kill (they can as a last resort), it’s just that it would be a PR Nightmare for the Heroes as Heroes are seen as these perfect paragons of justice and equality and Villains as these scourges on society who commit acts of injustice. It’s a complete dehumanisation of people based upon labels. A big part of Japanese Hero Society is perception. It’s the reason why you have such things as Quirk Discrimination and labels such as “Heroic” and “Villainous” being placed upon simply for the type of Quirk someone has. This Hero/Quirk obsessed culture bleeds into the wider society, which leads to some Heroes being able to get away with not some Heroic deeds and Villains having been ostracised victims of society.
1:03:16 Hey... don't forget that it is floating between those two rocks under a natural skylight as well... all that climbing and squeezing between rocks and she could have just come in through the hole in the cave roof...
so they had him know what rockets do from the start? man what a missed opportunity. they could've had him dodge one, look at it explode upon impact at the ground and then have him turn back looking like in that meme of the rock with a raised eyebrow
Every time I hear a chess player talk about race, they always say stuff like “I’m so glad that I am white this game” or “He was black, so he didn’t stand much of a chance that game”. Seriously, what is up with this blatant racism guys??? It’s getting so bad I am even hearing this sort of shit from some Indian players as well. Your color doesn’t mean anything, you are still the same person!!!!!!
Why was 6 afraid of 7? It's a fairly common question, mostly because when people see 6 and 7 next to each other, it doesn't really make sense. 6 is large, muscled, and trained in multiple martial arts, while 7 is fairly average, physically, and short. However, 6's fear of 7 has its roots in childhood. See, 6 and 7 grew up together, and for a few years, they were best friends. But then 6 kissed 3, and they became childhood sweethearts. 7 secretly had feelings for 3, so 7 decided he needed to destroy 6 to win 3's affection. He started subtly, undermining 6 whenever possible with passive aggressive comments and compli-sults. But over time, things got much more insidious. 7 started messing with 6's performance in school, bringing down his grades and turning teachers against him. Even worse, 7 became great friends with 6's parents and slowly turned them against their own offspring. At night, 7 would sneak into 6's bedroom, and whisper depressing and hopeless things into his ears. Every time 3 was around, 7 would pants 6 and make fun of his genitalia, or try to body shame him in other ways. However, 3 was both smart and compassionate, and saw through 7's schemes, sticking with 6, trying to counter 7's psychological tear-down with compliments and friendship. Finally, 7 decided that he would never be able to win 3, so he drugged both 6 and 3, taking them to an abandoned cobbler's hut on the edge of town. There, he proceeded to torture and maim 3, forcing 6 to watch in horror, unable to do anything to save his sweetheart. 7 didn't kill 3, but instead, put her in a semi-vegetative state. 7 cleaned the scene of his prescence, then called the cops, having 6 blamed for 3's condition. 6 was sent to prison, believing 6 was guilty, 6's parents fell into a deep depression, eventually committing suicide over what they believed 6 had done. After serving 17 years of a 30 year sentence, and getting out on good behaviour, 6, now muscled and skilled as a fighter, thought he might get revenge on 7. But when he finally tracked down 7, he found out that 7 had installed a micro-bomb into 3's body, and should he be killed, the bomb would automatically go off and kill 3 as well. And though she was still in a mostly fugue state, 6 couldn't bring himself to hurt her any further, and decided to try and move on with his life. However, being an ex-con, it was difficult for him to get a job. 6 finally found employment at a diner, which 7 then bought, and proceeded to again undermine and toy with 6 at every turn. 6 tried to find employment elsewhere, but 7 contacted any potential employer and soured them against 6. 6 finally realized that no matter what he did, 7 was going to try and ruin his life, and he resigned himself to living as a broken, lonely man, never able to stand up to the depraved, amoral 7.
My disappointment at this subversion of the original joke is immeasurable. The whole point of the original joke is that what happened to 9 - not 3 - is why 6 is afraid of 7. 6 fears 7 because 7 8 9.
Not having the eternium right away makes sense. It's highly valuable and they probably don't have many of them. Standard operation would not use them so it makes sense that they'd have to have it brought to them after confirming a super was on hand
Sad thing, there's an ok movie called "Little Traitor" from Amazon, that has a somewhat similar premise of soldiers setting border patrols, and curfew time on citizens of another country and the citizens comply, but have ill will against them, that they should go home, that things will be more peaceful when they're gone. There is a cringe scene in it, but the movie is all about a kid from that country, hating the soldiers and was initially willing to do terrorist acts so they can leave, and a soldier who acts friendly to the kid, tries to understand their language and they try to make him relatable and human. Then we got Black Adam, where the soldiers are proclaimed one-sided as evil as a kid, who's friends with The Weapons of Mass Destruction, goes Mr. Manhattan on everyone he hates and the citizens cheer and I'm just thinking 'if the country was ISIS, we would not be cheering for them.' And Batman would be right about his 1% chance.
2:35:21 At this point in the movie I was beginning to wonder if there were going to only be these three locations for the rest of the film (the throne room, the square and the apartment building)...
The Rock has been trying to make this movie for fifteen years, not understanding the character or caring about his ties to Captain Marvel (Shazaam) and claiming to care deeply about the character... entirely because he saw him as a black version of Superman and wanted to get to fight Superman in a movie. And that'll never happen. When he got his way and got Cavill in the credits, he should've at least exchanged no-context blows with him and had the film end with them angrily fighting toward each other. Poor guy. His ego has been coping ever since his movie underperformed and James Gunn got to take over instead of him.
This time I won't forget to write down my thoughts: The selfish slavedriver could be the kind of management guy who takes credit for his subordinates and would later claim that the miner died tragically or that the Eternium(?) was just lying around. Or the driver was expected to give the slaves their share and _his_ manager can't be bothered to check if they did. What're the slaves gonna do? Report him? Assume that the missing slave isn't having better life somewhere? Idk if indicating this in the movie would be better. I freaking forgot something, I lied. BA would be kind of reasonable in discriminating based on skin color, considering the way societies were structured back then. Foreign = Bad is fairly reasonable for that time. Or maybe he just has those soldier instincts that let him detect hostility. Or he heard her awaken him and could thereby tell who was the good guy. The art of BA looks really really cool.
What I just realized is a huge missed opportunity was the backstory he had should have made him hyper susceptible to the kid, because Adam lost his son and it would be natural to see his son in the annoying kid. Wouldn't that have been interesting to see him be apathetic to everything except the kid and you wonder why that is? Only to find out the empty revenge he had and then to find meaning in life again through that child? Just a thought
So does Shazam and he continues acting like a child. I don't think that matters. Adam showed no wisdom in this film especially when he drowned himself trying to escape the prison instead of just taking his mouth thing off so he can say Shazam.
@@lonewolf_a_real1 I'm not condoning, or really defending. More like pointing out something writers could've taken advantage of in both cases. If they did more than a surface level delve into the subject matter.
It seems... VERY STRANGE that Waller is in this movie at all, let alone apparently in some way in charge of the Justice Society. Suicide Squad... of heroes?
I think Ventrue Bros. does a fun job with the whole ummm "pageantry" of Super Villany that Rags & Mauler really hate heheh. However that show also descontructs how stupid all the elaborate machinations are.
The fact DC thought, (audience perspective) race-swap Shazam, discount Falcon (who is actually race swaped), discount Ant-man, discount Dr. Strange, literal who wind girl, would not only be accepted by main stream audiences but hyped due to big name actors enough to forgive the absolute RUIN of the snyderverse just proved they learned _NOTHING._ NONE of the factors equal a _good story,_ the ONE THING DC needs most. What a waste of good actors all of that was.
How did Capital O do a research on who Joby Harold is and see that his first credit is exec on Edge of Tomorrow, but also see Awake, which was 2007? Oops. Still no idea how Joby failed so hard upwards, though.
I guess the best explanation is that, after Awake, he formed a production company and now when his production company gets involved in something, he can just decide he's writing it. It doesn't seem like nepotism as much as he just does he has a production company and just does what he wants. I guess sort of similar to the position Gunn is in, now, but Gunn has actual talent.
The film has some problems like where has this team been and when or how did they build that prison. Dceu tech just suddenly skyrocketed. It could have been more violent at points. Yet I still enjoyed the film. If other films are on this level. I'd be fine with the Dceu.
I don't know if I ever finished Casablanca, but I have read about Casablanca in Truby's Anatomy of Story. I have the DVD here, I really need to watch the movie ASAP.
Holy when you google black adam origins I found a page from a 1945 comic, And the biggest issue I have with the rock as black adam is he has no hair that widows peak was iconic ;p joking aside I don't mind the rock as an actor did a fairly better then some that tried going from the WWF/WWE to acting.
Before this movie even came out, just watching the trailer, Pierce Brosnan was the only thing I cared about seeing in this movie and was already sad that the movie wasn't about him. Even in the trailers, Black Adam just seemed like The Rock pretending to be edgy.
I call Black Adam my favorite 4/10 it has good stuff like the mom grilling the JSA, the reworked backstory(difference being Adam killed Harut to get power), but the annoying kid, flat villain Sabbac weigh it down. An explanation for Rock not having an accent is because the first voices he heard were Intergang, and using one of his powers he gained from the gods(wisdom) assimilated as well as Waller saying the more he adapts the harder it’ll be to take him down one of them being communication
@@Galvatronover thx, and it’s the scene where she talks about Khandaq being occupied for 27 years and enslaved for 5,000 now that they have power on their side the Justice Society of America come in demanding the crown
Funnily enough, Im fine with sabbac being a flat villain. It really represents that khandaq hasn't had a chance to exist as its own entity because of their past leaving them crippled, with Black Adam letting them have the strength to murder the demonic manifestations of the ancient regime that Black Adam toppled and allowing them to move on. Sabbac himself justifies his own flatness by literally being a dude groomed to fulfill his family's "destiny".
54:49 What would have happened had they not been distracted by the skateboarder and stopped the truck... remember, the main baddie is IN the truck with them right now... the guy who put out the ABP on the woman he is currently smuggling in the truck... all the while pretending to be a good guy...
Gunn and Safran are largely rebooting. I think they should fully reboot from scratch. But, at least what he's saying about the Superman movie he's writing sound good.
1:22:23 And season two did an Asian-inspired cover... as they proudly self-inserted their penchant for reusing scenes and set pieces in their own show...
Reminds me a little of Dragonball Abridged. Shazam: "You're not Black Adam." Black Adam: "What?! Of course I am!" Shazam: "When I heard that I was supposed to fight somebody named *Black* Adam, I imagined....you know. I had certain expectations. You are like....Nega Adam. Anti-Adam. Oh! Dark Adam!"
I agree with the entire crew's sentiments about Doctor Fate, he really deserved his own solo movie. It seems all the "Doctors" in superhero films are doomed to the backseat treatment.
Sadly we've seen that this treatment applies to their solo movies too so maybe it's best he doesn't get his own one, may end up ruining what we do have of him
What about... Dr. Doom. haha. 😂
@@surreal9239 You've seen Fan4stic right?
@@SefniAsheforr No, I haven't. I just made the obvious Doctors are doomed > Dr. Doom joke. Also because he's rumored to be in the MCU soon and he'll probably be treated like trash just like most male characters.
and we can establish his double personality thing in his own movie, so you can have him cast illusions to convince black adam to join his side but his personalities clash while casting and it messes up the spell and corrupts it which makes black adam reluctant to teaming up with them. imo that is a lot better than having them just fight and also I haven't read the comics but I'm pretty sure dr fate should be more powerful so you can have black adam run away after the horribly casted spell instead of soloing everyone which is kinda weird
I still love how Wonder Woman splattered the head of a terrorist to a wall and obliterated Roose Bolton into atoms in front of kids (while bombing a bank in process) then suddenly, a girl said “I want to be like you.”
Future Supervillainess in the making!
I can already imagine it: "Headsmasher on the loose" or something like that.
I thought her response to the girl was the worst pare. It should have been "Don't be silly, I am half Amazon, half God. You are a puny mortal girl. You can never be like me"
That was the actor who played Roose Bolton?
Yeah, she bombed the terrorist who was going to bomb the city.
Gave him a taste of his own medicine, if you will, without any casualties.
@@TheKpa11 yes
The character who has the best development in the DCEU will always be Wonder Woman. Just look at her growth in two movies.
First movie: An impressionable girl who had no clue about sex and intimacy.
Second movie: A rapist.
Lmao
Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
Thats an arc
Goddamn, that "Read more" worked out as a perfect substitute for a comedic pause. Well done!
That got me really good. GG.
This is like the third comic book film I've seen that advertises itself as having an antihero that doesn't play by the rules of a hero, only to have the "antihero" end up being a hero who's just slightly more violent than your average boy scout.
And in subsequent sequels, it inevitably means they’ll be made more quirky and facetious. In this guy’s case, I could see him being written to say cliche serious dialogue, Shazam then acts all childish, and Black Adam answers with “Really?” Faces
Yeah it really felt like it was something heavily mandated by the studio. The movie itself justifies the JLA attacking black adam with fate knowing he blew up the old kandaq and was imprisoned by the wizards.
He is still clearly not a good person
It's weird how the movie's stance on "Killing is wrong" when 2/3's of the Justice League's roster have killed people so far.
Apparently, it was going to be rated R because it was originally much more bloody/violent than what we ended up getting. I’m not saying it would have dramatically improved the movie, but it could have sold the “antihero who is one bad day away from being a villain” thing better if Black Adam was actually allowed to be more graphically violent. I don’t get why film studios don’t shoot for R-rated superheroes; movies like Logan, Joker and Deadpool 1 and 2 have shown that R-rated comic book films can be very financially successful.
1:46:38
Every time Mauler breaks out his little American accent, I just crack up. It reminds me of Dave Chappelle's white-guy impression.
4:23:50 had everyone did what hawkman suggested, bringing the villain to justice instead of killing him, he never would have become satan. Lady doesn’t realize that hawkman WAS correct the whole time and would have prevented all of this
HawkMan's a Cuck! (And he plays the "antagonistic Boys scout" well enough.)
@@FreakyFriday4Phaggs I also liked hawkman
Hawkman was cool cheeseburger mom was just annoying
@@gakon8154 Her and especially that kid.
I love how the lady knows where the crown is and the bad guys don't.
So she wants to get the crown and hide it somewhere else, in a place which she will know of and the bad guys will not.
lol nice catch
Oh yeah lmfao
Points for consistency? 😆
In Young Justice, whenever Kent Nelson (or anyone for that matter) puts on the Helmet, they are put in this mindscape, where they are able to talk with Nabu (the inhabitant of the Helmut, the "real" Dr Fate) as he is controlling his body. That would be a creative departure from the Iron Man copy paste, if they hadn't killed him off.
2:24:30 Having a mask that is never removed worked with the character of V in, V for Vendetta.
it helped that the mask had an expressive human face on it. Fates is more like wearing a brown bag over your head.
Yea same with Darth Vader and halo is a good example
Timestamps
0:00 Timezones
1:23 Cheesecake
2:43 2 Movies 4 Rags
6:04 Format
6:45 Streaming Meta Issues
7:41 The DCEU
8:45 Made Up Places
9:14 Diversity & Inclusion
9:50 Developing Black Adam
18:38 Quick Thoughts
32:26 Introduction
38:41 The Boy & The Metal
47:27 Today
49:45 The Skateboard Kid
57:00 Searching The Crown
1:00:12 Tomb Riders
1:03:15 Inscription
1:09:20 Prof. Rags & The College For Gifted Villains
1:12:55 Shazam!
1:19:13 The Killing Rampage
1:26:18 The Justice Society
1:37:53 The Rock Awakening
1:51:39 Back to the JS
1:59:30 Morality Aliens
2:05:00 BAVJS
2:10:46 Dr. Fate (1)
2:16:38 Fight
2:18:10 Mom + Kid
2:22:00 Dr. Fate (2)
2:29:04 The State Of The DCEU
2:30:42 The Battle Continues
2:51:46 A Funny Shot
2:54:07 The Chase
2:57:06 Patient & Doctor
2:58:02 Nanobots
2:59:56 Lady & Doctor
3:00:38 Doors
3:03:17 Interrogation
3:06:42 BAVHM
3:09:08 A Good Joke
3:10:03 The Crown
3:11:45 A Bad Plan
3:19:35 Adam's Backstory
3:21:11 The Lonley Mauley
3:33:12 The Prison
3:36:39 Satan
3:39:30 Quantumania
3:40:50 Visions
3:45:04 The Big Evil
3:55:48 Black Adam Returns
4:00:28 Slavery, Racism & Pokemon
4:04:04 The Death Of Doctor Fate
4:09:38 The Legions Of Hell
4:17:26 The Speech
4:20:11 Chatting & Memes
4:21:37 Rock Vs Satan
4:23:20 Rock Wins
4:26:08 History
4:27:05 The Crown
4:28:02 Superman & Sequels
4:29:08 Army Of The Dead
4:31:29 John Wick
4:31:56 Conclusions
4:35:47 What’s Next For The DCEU?
4:36:31 Wokanda Forever
4:37:15 WW is decent
4:37:43 Writers
4:39:55 The DCEU
4:47:30 The Meme Repository List: DCEU Fked Up Projects
4:49:47 Salvage, Reboot or Remake?
4:56:37 Plushie, Plugs & Finish
There’s no such thing as a coincidence. The fact that you’re reading this means that we’re energetically alligned.
@@Kernwadi mmm... I thought it was "notification alerts on"
Man, you were writing this stuff down during the livestream this time, weren’t you? 😆
@@Zeddyboi86 during the live stream I take notes, I then use the unlisted version to make temporary timestamps, then the live one to complete and refine it.
@@JulianDoe I see. Your time stamps are always helpful! :)
You know, them just throwing superhero teams at the wall, hoping that one would stick, kind of reminds me of the 90s Dark Age of Comics. In particular, how Youngblood would introduce ten plus different "superhero" teams in rapid succession, and they had about the same amount of development as these characters. They just had more pouches and giant, impractical sci-fi guns.
I think I remember Linkara reviewing them.
Youngblood was absolutely ridiculous from what I remember.
1:27:51 Not sure why Waller wouldn't have tried to get in touch with the FIFTEEN versions of Shazam hanging out in Philly to take care of this Black Adam guy first tho...
Black Adam needed to be Conan the barbarian with Zeus powers, instead he’s the Toothfairy with Zeus powers.
No he's the most electrifying man in Superhero entertainment
The toothfairy sneaks throughout your house so probably has invisibility powers, has the power of flight and magic and also has billions of dollars she pays out for human teeth, she also has a network of spies or listening devices that would make the NSA blush since she knows the exact time and place of every baby tooth being lost around the world. Point being the tooth fairy is a creepy mystical magic demon who does things unspeakable things with human teeth.
@@lonewolf_a_real1 This time he doesn't wear a gray t-shirt and jeans
What are you talking about, he's literally closer to Conan than a tooth fairy. Get glasses.
@@Vario69You’ve never met a tooth fairy (shudder). Vicious little vermin those fae. What they do to children doesn’t bear witnessing. Get a clue and give it to someone more intellectual than yourself.
“A bad plan is better than no plan” is sound logic if doing nothing isn’t an option. “Just start cutting wires” is a bad plan to diffuse a bomb that gonna blow in 30 seconds, but it’s better than doing nothing.
which makes zero sense for hawkman and fate to say considering their years of experience, intelligence, and knowledge
@wholethedogsout880 they just like to banter..
3:20:36: to be fair, in the first movie, only Billy was supposed to have all 6 powers, while the siblings were supposed to each get one: Darla got the speed, Freddie the power of flight, Hector the strength, Eugene the lightning powers, and I think Mary probably got the wisdom. For whatever reason, the sequel threw that out the window and gave all of them all 6 powers.
I am once again disappointed in Chat for causing Mauler to turn off the Factorio music.
54:00 this whole conversation about the kid mouthing off at the guard; unironically _Tropic Thunder_ is more realistic with how Tuggernuts gets butted by a gun every time he mouths off at the "viet cong".
4:12:59 Hey! Remember when the country of Kandaq was being ruled by well-armed mercenaries who were stopping people at multiple checkpoints? Wonder where they all pissed off to for the third act...
1:50:42 Remember when she was a wanted person at the beginning of the movie... and yet, apparently, is also free to go about the city and stay safely at her brother's house without a single Intergang agent swinging by to check if she was living in her brother's apartment?
*They think the Rock can save their franchise, but is their franchise worth saving?*
franchise had its chance!
Tell that to Franchise’s snapped neck
Is any franchise worth saving at this point?
Yes, the dcmu is terrible but they have great source material that if they just utilize could make them trillions
To be fair, Sabaac is straight out of the comics canon, as is (the otherwise unrelated) "Intergang", which is a criminal version of "Interpol" originally intended to be a merger of various international gangs in a consortium, but eventually revealed to be a tool of Darkseid. So.... kind of related to the rest of the DCAU so far except not?
I realised only weeks later why I found the villians plan familiar. It's almost identical to the plan of the vilians from fucking ghostbusters 2016
Where was the Justice Society (more specifically Hawkman) during the Kryptonian Invasion, the Doomsday Crisis in BVS, the Enchantress Crisis in the first Suicide Squad, and the Steppenwolf in Justice League?
And how come we're just now hearing about them, did Lex and/or Bruce not know about their existence?
Shhh. Stop all that thinking.
@@xpurplethighs7596 But... it's a glaring issue within the DCEU.
Probably didn't exist during those events. I would guess that the Justice Society formed after the Justice League.
@@ibrahime927 But they portray him as an experienced hero that's been doing this for a long time
Similar thing with the Eternals in the MCU.
Rag's confirmed that he played Dragon's Dogma today.
When mentioning video game companions, he called them Pawns. A title very very specifically used by Dragon's Dogma.
He's talked about having played the game and really enjoying it several times over the years I believe. Him and Shad separately talking about it is what pushed me into getting it.
It's not perfect. It's certainly "OK" as Drinker put it. But above all, The Rock himself is advocating for so much including Henry Cavil is a step in the right direction. If WB is 'smart', they'll learn from this. But I won't hold my breath.
DCEU problem is they try to establish the universe before the world. So no character even within their own starting movie truly ever got fleshed out with their backstory, rules, relationships etc.. everything is starting from 55 because we got to amp it to 100 even before we even know why we should be invested. The heroes have become their own villain of the week, why should I be invested if they have nothing to fear but just get to the finish line oh wait we got to introduce these five people? Why because - reasons so they can have their own franchise. Like can I get to know one before you hand me several people I'm suppose to pay attention to? No oh okay... no wonder I can't remember anything once I leave the theater its just sensory overload nothing gets time to breath.
Rebel mother:”Black Adam, hurry! Go on, kill the JSA!”
Black Adam (smasher): “Who the f__k are you?”
The movie would have been better if he killed the mother and kid at the beginning.
Chad Adam Smasher vs Virgin DCEU Black Adam
The justice society is a big fan of justice. It's in the name
23:25 I found it weird when the kid dropped his backpack and a bunch of DC comics of Wonder Woman and Superman fell out... that means DC comics EXIST in this universe... and that they are, in no way, concerned with using the likenesses of actual superheroes to sell their comics... certainly SOMEONE would have sued them by now? And how boring must those comics be, unless they also know the superheroes secret identities?
I don’t know why the film says “black Adam is not a hero.” Nobody in the DCEU has been a hero. Batman has been an axe murderer, Superman is a negligent moron that killed millions, wonder woman’s a rapist and war criminal
As a DC comics fan the "it's in the comics excuse" doesn't fix anything in this movie
What caused me to sub to this channel was being rudely cut off while lagging the stream on the main channel. Quite devious tactics indeed good sir
Rag's defense of the logistics in summoning hell on earth is easily my favorite bit of this whole conversation.😂
I love it when Rags shuts up.
"We don't want violence; we want freedom from out oppressors" is a completely reasonable thing to say.
Say you could cure cancer by breaking a vase, if asked if you want the destruction of vases, you would say "No, you idiot, I want to cure my grandmother's cancer."
But you still need to break that vase to do so.
@@Lobsterwithinternet Yes the line wasn't I am unwilling for violence to happen. Want and Would are diffrent words.
I agree, especially as Mom-character was totally fine with violence, she just doesn't want her son to be involved. That's a pretty common/reasonable worldview
That's not what she said though. She said "No one is going to teach him violence. I want a hero to come free us from our oppressors." (Slightly paraphrased)
Meaning she wants a magical solution to her problem but is not willing to have any personal responsibility or sacrifice to get it.
You are a rebel; your son should be "taught violence" if you don't want him to die as a casualty of your actions.
I didn't realize Thor Love and Thunder got that caught up that close to a billion. That's... actually kind of depressing. I guess myself and everyone else who made predictions about the decline of Marvel was wrong again. It doesn't matter how bad the movies get, people just don't stop showing up.
1 year later. Stand proud. We were right.
Ironic really, DC is probably the easiest to adapt. Their Green Lantern side alone is essentially their Starwars, mind boggling that Warner bros won't run with it...
1:10:37 Rags unknowingly references an episode of Earthworm Jim -
"Hello there! Are you bored with life? Yearning for excitement? Then come on down to Psycrow's School of Nefarious Space Villainy!"
A few points that weren't brought up.
First is the Eternium missile and how eternium can hurt Black Adam, how the movie pauses to showcase it (like printing "eternium" on the missile itself) only to drop that point from the rest of the film.
Second is the mom's heirloom eternium necklace, which is the same necklace that Black Adams wife is wearing 5000 years ago; again it's showcased to the audience and never mentioned again.
Third is the backstory of how Black Adam gained his powers; it's fine; except it's logically stupid. The son gained the power of Shazam and did what exactly, Adam says the king sent assassins after his son won a few battles against the king, so the son didn't depose the king and free his people immediately; Adam did it in 5 minutes after his family was killed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
I think both the eternium missile and the eternium necklace will be brought up in the future, eternium missiles to be his kryptonite and the necklace to say "so you are my descendants, that's why i had this connection with you" or something stupid like that
The son not disposing of the king instantly is a little bit stupid but he could have simply be naive, kinda like gohan, who wanted to savour the moment instead of actually winning, again, stupid but not neccesarily bad or movie ruining
@@skylex157 I just want to know who built the giant Black Adam statue in the middle of town... that was fashioned after the son, who didn't free them and not the father, who did...
@@jeebuschristos8423 the son was the one doing the fighting, adam only killed the king, exploded the castle and got imprisoned by the wizards, i would even say that most of the people don't know the change of black adam because of the short time, hence why people believed a false story
1:32:31 Hell... at the end of the movie Waller somehow gets Superman to jump at her command... why did she need ANY of the "Squads"?
black adam is very much scorpion king in that johnson is playing a previously established villain character who is much more heroic in their own solo film. and to a point theyre the same level of quality
Please somebody clip the "I have your cheesecake" audio and meme it as a hostage situation
No, I have your cheesecake.
As a skater for many, many years,..... I never bought for one second this kid was just gliding through the streets of this war torn village on a skateboard with no issues. No movie,.. go home,.... I'm drunk but you're wasted.
I thought the scene in the 90s Mighty Morphin Powers Rangers movie where the kid gives the speech to rally all the teens was cringe but Gods of Olympus, that scene is a masterpiece compared to that speech this kid gave.
Shazam is the Antman of the DCEU. Everyone says they like it, but no one remembers it.
The only 3 parts I remember:
Djimon Hounsou as the wizard dying (seemingly). I remember because his characters usually die it seems like.
The part where they bought beer, drank it, didn't like it
The end part where superman showed up to the school.
Maybe there was a fart joke or two? I don't remember
I did happen to see Antman 2 when I was staying at a hotel. It's about right, now that you bring it up. Both movies are blandly competent, light plot, okay characters, and somewhat goofy.
that's not true.... I actually watched Shazam :)
I do like it and can indeed remember it, just because you don't
watched shazam, loved shazam, its the only good movie in the shitty dceu besides the suicide squad and it had the most heart and soul and fit the tone of the character
When Dr. Fate was weakening and his shield disappeared, why couldn't Hawkman fly? He just runs the whole way and barely doesn't make it in time to help. If he really cared he'd have shot up toward the top of the building once the shield was down.
@3:58:00 The Purple head dude on the right has no idea how air/water pressure works. Water pressure cannot "crush you like a tin can" cause your body is not compressable, only the air in your lungs is, and being that the air is already at that level, it's already compressed down to reach equilibrium with the water pressure. What would happen is he would have gotten nitrogen poisoning aka "the bends" from going up so fast.
Neeeeeerrrrdddd!
I only watched this movie for Dr. Fate and im glad they nailed it.
i'm dissapointed he got turned into a 1 off, having Pierce in future DC films woulda been nice
@@vissermatt1058 I mean he's doctor fate I doubt he's really gone for good.
@@SuperAllelujah this is DC movie group, not the comic book guys. do they even know any of their characters back stories? these are the full retards who gave us the Superman story of Old Man Kent walking into a fucking tornado. and even though I actually like what they did with hawkman overall, a lot of his actions prove that the authors have ZERO clue how to write a screen play -_-... so yeah I don't have much hope with them fixin this.
ps i rather liked Black Adam, but it has some serious issues that don't really redeem DC movie group
It really can’t be understated how irreparably Zack Snyder ruined the foundations for a DC cinematic universe. It feels like a calculated attempt to just bury any chance you might have had.
The whole sarcasm/cant understand basic concepts reminds me of them trying to do Bautista/Drax not understanding for jokes.
I think the writers just rewrote T2, without realizing it
except not funny and doesnt fit black adam at all
4:09:07 What do you suppose Doctor Fate wished for, that he had to unwish away, back in 1984?
On the reflection thing, the mirror wasnt invented until long after ancient Egyptian times, but you're right theres a million ways to see reflections
Pools of water existed long before that, as did polished metals. So your point is what?
Rags, read the book Logan's Run. You may find it could be difficult to translate to film as written. I saw it in theater and for me it was a scifi action flick. Also, in the book the age was 21 not 30.
"i don't want you to kill them, I just don't want them to be alive..anymore" - mom's logic.
Have you guys considered doing an efap on cosmonaut variety hour of she hulk because good god it is not good to say the least.
I wish EFAP would. 😔
CVH is one of the lowest hanging fruits, or at least that's what I think the crew think of him. They kind of hate covering his videos since he's such an up-his-own-ass hypocritical dumbass.
Do you know what's refreshing. My Hero Academia. Heros have the opportunity to preemptively strike the homebases of the major Villains (one of them is a major hospital) and the very first concern is actively evacuating a city. Notifications go out to the residents cellphones (which would probably reveal the timeframe for the Villains to start prepping but, the main goal is to evacuate civs before letting loose). Heros go to houses to knock on doors. Multiple frames of heros carrying civilians out.
They even just began the discussion on the nature of killing as a Hero. This is absurd considering the powers some of these hero has. One of them carries a gun and is Deadshot adjacent. Another can basically turn himself into a centimetre thin bladed that can poke holes through people like the guy from Guardians of the Galaxy. MHA has plenty shounen troupes that would get it eviscerated by EFAP but there is some quality to what it tries to say about being a hero (sometimes).
MHA somewhat rightfully gets picked on a lot, but you can tell they've put more thought into a world run by superheroes than either Marvel or DC. Which admittedly not a high bar to pass, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
Mha is not great buts it’s something
Horikoshi tried to make his Izuku into a Spider-Man, a Superman, or a Captain America. One for this generation, rather than a hero reborn from their 20th century origins. Him and his editors had their work cut out for them, the manga industry is brutal. It has been unfortunate at times to see missteps and missed opportunities in the series, but that does not mean his story is a failure. He has kickstarted a world worthy of spin-offs, alternate universes, reboots and more. It might outlive him, just as Spider-Man outlived Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Izuku has some more growth to go, that is not a flaw. I admit I am ready for a break from him. But ultimately I think he’ll soon become a character to rival Tony Stark or Peter Parker in larger storylines, even when details change with each lead writer.
There's definitely a lot MHA gets right about world building, despite some of the missed opportunities in it's storylines
It’s not that Heroes can’t legally kill (they can as a last resort), it’s just that it would be a PR Nightmare for the Heroes as Heroes are seen as these perfect paragons of justice and equality and Villains as these scourges on society who commit acts of injustice. It’s a complete dehumanisation of people based upon labels. A big part of Japanese Hero Society is perception. It’s the reason why you have such things as Quirk Discrimination and labels such as “Heroic” and “Villainous” being placed upon simply for the type of Quirk someone has. This Hero/Quirk obsessed culture bleeds into the wider society, which leads to some Heroes being able to get away with not some Heroic deeds and Villains having been ostracised victims of society.
Okay so the Logan's Run topic was completely useless and another of Rags' "It's bad but I won't explain why" moments.
The way the ground opened super fast for the ship like oof physics luke star wars blast doors. all the poor ants traveling at lightspeed.
3:21:24, Gold. I get EFAP is long and guess are TH-camrs with projects. With that being said feedback from guess goes hot and cold.
1:03:16 Hey... don't forget that it is floating between those two rocks under a natural skylight as well... all that climbing and squeezing between rocks and she could have just come in through the hole in the cave roof...
so they had him know what rockets do from the start? man what a missed opportunity.
they could've had him dodge one, look at it explode upon impact at the ground and then have him turn back looking like in that meme of the rock with a raised eyebrow
It is true. As a reupload person I didn't care if the live people heard what you said. How did he know!
Every time I hear a chess player talk about race, they always say stuff like “I’m so glad that I am white this game” or “He was black, so he didn’t stand much of a chance that game”. Seriously, what is up with this blatant racism guys??? It’s getting so bad I am even hearing this sort of shit from some Indian players as well. Your color doesn’t mean anything, you are still the same person!!!!!!
Why was 6 afraid of 7? It's a fairly common question, mostly because when people see 6 and 7 next to each other, it doesn't really make sense. 6 is large, muscled, and trained in multiple martial arts, while 7 is fairly average, physically, and short. However, 6's fear of 7 has its roots in childhood. See, 6 and 7 grew up together, and for a few years, they were best friends. But then 6 kissed 3, and they became childhood sweethearts. 7 secretly had feelings for 3, so 7 decided he needed to destroy 6 to win 3's affection. He started subtly, undermining 6 whenever possible with passive aggressive comments and compli-sults. But over time, things got much more insidious. 7 started messing with 6's performance in school, bringing down his grades and turning teachers against him. Even worse, 7 became great friends with 6's parents and slowly turned them against their own offspring. At night, 7 would sneak into 6's bedroom, and whisper depressing and hopeless things into his ears. Every time 3 was around, 7 would pants 6 and make fun of his genitalia, or try to body shame him in other ways. However, 3 was both smart and compassionate, and saw through 7's schemes, sticking with 6, trying to counter 7's psychological tear-down with compliments and friendship. Finally, 7 decided that he would never be able to win 3, so he drugged both 6 and 3, taking them to an abandoned cobbler's hut on the edge of town. There, he proceeded to torture and maim 3, forcing 6 to watch in horror, unable to do anything to save his sweetheart. 7 didn't kill 3, but instead, put her in a semi-vegetative state. 7 cleaned the scene of his prescence, then called the cops, having 6 blamed for 3's condition. 6 was sent to prison, believing 6 was guilty, 6's parents fell into a deep depression, eventually committing suicide over what they believed 6 had done. After serving 17 years of a 30 year sentence, and getting out on good behaviour, 6, now muscled and skilled as a fighter, thought he might get revenge on 7. But when he finally tracked down 7, he found out that 7 had installed a micro-bomb into 3's body, and should he be killed, the bomb would automatically go off and kill 3 as well. And though she was still in a mostly fugue state, 6 couldn't bring himself to hurt her any further, and decided to try and move on with his life. However, being an ex-con, it was difficult for him to get a job. 6 finally found employment at a diner, which 7 then bought, and proceeded to again undermine and toy with 6 at every turn. 6 tried to find employment elsewhere, but 7 contacted any potential employer and soured them against 6. 6 finally realized that no matter what he did, 7 was going to try and ruin his life, and he resigned himself to living as a broken, lonely man, never able to stand up to the depraved, amoral 7.
Why was I invested in this ???.
TL;DR 7 is a right proper cunt.
Holy Fucking shit I just was reading comments and about super hero movie
My disappointment at this subversion of the original joke is immeasurable. The whole point of the original joke is that what happened to 9 - not 3 - is why 6 is afraid of 7. 6 fears 7 because 7 8 9.
@@flaviol2287 Because you're a good person, have a kiss.
Not having the eternium right away makes sense. It's highly valuable and they probably don't have many of them. Standard operation would not use them so it makes sense that they'd have to have it brought to them after confirming a super was on hand
I don't even understand why they had as much as they had
Meme is really proud of his new cartoon voice.
Whirlwind Grrl could have distracted and confused Adam for longer by explaining intersectional gender theory.
She was just photo studio time.
That moment of silence was great. Very indicative of this movie 🤭
Why does the kid have Justice League merch if he doesn't trust them to come in and help?
That thumbnail reminds me of the heads in Rick and Morty...
Edit: "SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE COOKING!!" 🤣
I personally enjoy when he just flies/walks through Walls because he doesn't care and is a dick.
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic, but I did find that amusing.
@@Klespyrian Not sarcastic, actually. I did find it funny. I thought the movie was pretty bad, but I did eke a bit of enjoyment out of it.
Sad thing, there's an ok movie called "Little Traitor" from Amazon, that has a somewhat similar premise of soldiers setting border patrols, and curfew time on citizens of another country and the citizens comply, but have ill will against them, that they should go home, that things will be more peaceful when they're gone. There is a cringe scene in it, but the movie is all about a kid from that country, hating the soldiers and was initially willing to do terrorist acts so they can leave, and a soldier who acts friendly to the kid, tries to understand their language and they try to make him relatable and human.
Then we got Black Adam, where the soldiers are proclaimed one-sided as evil as a kid, who's friends with The Weapons of Mass Destruction, goes Mr. Manhattan on everyone he hates and the citizens cheer and I'm just thinking 'if the country was ISIS, we would not be cheering for them.'
And Batman would be right about his 1% chance.
Damn I hate I lose my place when it turns from a live stream playback to video.
2:35:21 At this point in the movie I was beginning to wonder if there were going to only be these three locations for the rest of the film (the throne room, the square and the apartment building)...
The Rock has been trying to make this movie for fifteen years, not understanding the character or caring about his ties to Captain Marvel (Shazaam) and claiming to care deeply about the character... entirely because he saw him as a black version of Superman and wanted to get to fight Superman in a movie. And that'll never happen. When he got his way and got Cavill in the credits, he should've at least exchanged no-context blows with him and had the film end with them angrily fighting toward each other. Poor guy. His ego has been coping ever since his movie underperformed and James Gunn got to take over instead of him.
This time I won't forget to write down my thoughts:
The selfish slavedriver could be the kind of management guy who takes credit for his subordinates and would later claim that the miner died tragically or that the Eternium(?) was just lying around. Or the driver was expected to give the slaves their share and _his_ manager can't be bothered to check if they did. What're the slaves gonna do? Report him? Assume that the missing slave isn't having better life somewhere? Idk if indicating this in the movie would be better.
I freaking forgot something, I lied.
BA would be kind of reasonable in discriminating based on skin color, considering the way societies were structured back then. Foreign = Bad is fairly reasonable for that time. Or maybe he just has those soldier instincts that let him detect hostility. Or he heard her awaken him and could thereby tell who was the good guy.
The art of BA looks really really cool.
What I just realized is a huge missed opportunity was the backstory he had should have made him hyper susceptible to the kid, because Adam lost his son and it would be natural to see his son in the annoying kid. Wouldn't that have been interesting to see him be apathetic to everything except the kid and you wonder why that is? Only to find out the empty revenge he had and then to find meaning in life again through that child? Just a thought
Black Adam should've a catchphrase like:"Y'all mofos about to get Blacked."
2:12:48 Only god helmets deal in absolutes
2:05:41
I don't want to defend the film, but...
Black Adam has the wisdom of Zehuti.
Gives him unnatural intellect, perception, and clairvoyance.
_Situationally_
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Ham sandwichially.
So does Shazam and he continues acting like a child. I don't think that matters. Adam showed no wisdom in this film especially when he drowned himself trying to escape the prison instead of just taking his mouth thing off so he can say Shazam.
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I'm not condoning, or really defending.
More like pointing out something writers could've taken advantage of in both cases.
If they did more than a surface level delve into the subject matter.
It seems... VERY STRANGE that Waller is in this movie at all, let alone apparently in some way in charge of the Justice Society. Suicide Squad... of heroes?
I think Ventrue Bros. does a fun job with the whole ummm "pageantry" of Super Villany that Rags & Mauler really hate heheh. However that show also descontructs how stupid all the elaborate machinations are.
1:15:47, they really could benefit from differing opinions. It's possible he could see it as an attack, and it may be dangerous to him.
The fact DC thought,
(audience perspective) race-swap Shazam,
discount Falcon (who is actually race swaped),
discount Ant-man,
discount Dr. Strange,
literal who wind girl,
would not only be accepted by main stream audiences but hyped due to big name actors enough to forgive the absolute RUIN of the snyderverse just proved they learned _NOTHING._
NONE of the factors equal a _good story,_ the ONE THING DC needs most.
What a waste of good actors all of that was.
How did Capital O do a research on who Joby Harold is and see that his first credit is exec on Edge of Tomorrow, but also see Awake, which was 2007? Oops. Still no idea how Joby failed so hard upwards, though.
I guess the best explanation is that, after Awake, he formed a production company and now when his production company gets involved in something, he can just decide he's writing it. It doesn't seem like nepotism as much as he just does he has a production company and just does what he wants. I guess sort of similar to the position Gunn is in, now, but Gunn has actual talent.
I disagree that the Live-People are people too. They are mere shades from the past.
The film has some problems like where has this team been and when or how did they build that prison. Dceu tech just suddenly skyrocketed. It could have been more violent at points.
Yet I still enjoyed the film. If other films are on this level. I'd be fine with the Dceu.
Did they get rid of the scene we're black Adam destroys the planes flying next to him or did I miss it?
I don't know if I ever finished Casablanca, but I have read about Casablanca in Truby's Anatomy of Story. I have the DVD here, I really need to watch the movie ASAP.
Holy when you google black adam origins I found a page from a 1945 comic, And the biggest issue I have with the rock as black adam is he has no hair that widows peak was iconic ;p joking aside I don't mind the rock as an actor did a fairly better then some that tried going from the WWF/WWE to acting.
You guys should review Andor when it finishes
*Make Adam black again!*
*BAM*
Black Adam Matters
Before this movie even came out, just watching the trailer, Pierce Brosnan was the only thing I cared about seeing in this movie and was already sad that the movie wasn't about him. Even in the trailers, Black Adam just seemed like The Rock pretending to be edgy.
“Accents weren’t invented until 2000 AD”
“Ah I remember reading that in the Bible”
Peak EFAP right there😂
I call Black Adam my favorite 4/10 it has good stuff like the mom grilling the JSA, the reworked backstory(difference being Adam killed Harut to get power), but the annoying kid, flat villain Sabbac weigh it down. An explanation for Rock not having an accent is because the first voices he heard were Intergang, and using one of his powers he gained from the gods(wisdom) assimilated as well as Waller saying the more he adapts the harder it’ll be to take him down one of them being communication
JSA
Also what did she grill them about
@@Galvatronover thx, and it’s the scene where she talks about Khandaq being occupied for 27 years and enslaved for 5,000 now that they have power on their side the Justice Society of America come in demanding the crown
Funnily enough, Im fine with sabbac being a flat villain. It really represents that khandaq hasn't had a chance to exist as its own entity because of their past leaving them crippled, with Black Adam letting them have the strength to murder the demonic manifestations of the ancient regime that Black Adam toppled and allowing them to move on. Sabbac himself justifies his own flatness by literally being a dude groomed to fulfill his family's "destiny".
What's with the illegally short EFAPs lately? Longman, you are failing to live up to your name!
54:49 What would have happened had they not been distracted by the skateboarder and stopped the truck... remember, the main baddie is IN the truck with them right now... the guy who put out the ABP on the woman he is currently smuggling in the truck... all the while pretending to be a good guy...
Gunn and Safran are largely rebooting. I think they should fully reboot from scratch. But, at least what he's saying about the Superman movie he's writing sound good.
1:22:23 And season two did an Asian-inspired cover... as they proudly self-inserted their penchant for reusing scenes and set pieces in their own show...
But... Why is he called Black Adam when he isn't black?
What does it mean Rags's's?
This is some false advertising right there...
RACIST!1!!!!!!1!1
Reminds me a little of Dragonball Abridged.
Shazam: "You're not Black Adam."
Black Adam: "What?! Of course I am!"
Shazam: "When I heard that I was supposed to fight somebody named *Black* Adam, I imagined....you know. I had certain expectations. You are like....Nega Adam. Anti-Adam. Oh! Dark Adam!"
I'm sad no one mentioned her awkward little pitter patter around the room during the count down, that made me lol.