#March2018

Warner Bros. has dropped the official ‘Shazam’ logo if you care, cause like I don’t?

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Man, I sort of feel bad for Warner Bros. at this point. Like, I know you gotta do your thing, mind your grind, and keep attempting to make good movies. But, dropping the Shazam logo a week after the Infinity Watrailer feels like a sad measure. How about ya’ll just go quiet for a bit until Infinity War passes, and then try and capture some of the zeitgeist.

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DC’s ‘Shazam!’ movie is going to be “fun” and “lighthearted”, so okay cool welcome to the Marvel Studios Method

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Listen, I really enjoyed Wonder Woman, and I’m glad it is making shit loads of money. However, and c’mon let’s not kid ourselves, it’s sort of just a Marvel Studios movie. So, I’m glad that DC finally seems to get it with the aforementioned movie, and seemingly with Shazam!. But, like DCU stans, it’s time to admit it. After years of puffing your chest and pretending the DCU was cool because it was “gritty” and “realistic”, if you’re going to like the DCU going forward, you’re going to have to admit something. Marvel Studios won, tonally.

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Dwayne Johnson: ‘Shazam’ movie could be released early

The Rock

The Rock is teasing us folks, hinting that his Shazam movie could be released earlier than scheduled. Hmm. I’m torn between my near-militant disdain for the DCU and my near-zealot level of love for The Rock.

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson *deciding* between playing Shazam and Black Adam

The Rock

This is how you know The Rock is the Greatest Actor our generation. The motherfucker is deciding whether he wants to play either Shazam, or Black Adam. Dude is like “Let me think about it, I’ll get back to you.” Total power move, and I love it.

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