Tatum has the right qualities for Shazam, but I think he’s physically too small in comparison to Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam (in fact, he’s shorter than Cavil, Affleck or Momoa). I know one can create illusions on camera but look at them together: Tatum looks like Billy Batson next to The Rock.
I think the choice is pretty obvious.
I think the man you suggest is Dr. Midnite might be a variation on The Phantom Stranger.
You aren’t going to have a Transformers movie that appeals to all the 12 year olds AND all the Criterion collectors.
CW/DC Crossover...
Precisely. Are there more proficient martial artists than Bruce Lee? Probably. Does it matter to his reputation as the GOAT? Not at all.
I wouldn’t say “lurking” as much as “so huge, forceful and destructive that we see the impact of that scale and power before we see the source”. Like the idea of the hand of God, where one doesn’t see the “hand”, just its effects. Just like one doesn’t see the winds that create a tornado, but rather the debris and…
Compelling arguments, but Godzilla is not just a 30 story monster, he is metaphorically the reaction of the Earth and nature to humanity’s predation (i.e. the atomic bomb). Godzilla represents powerful, destructive forces that remind people that they are small, weak, fragile creatures, existing in a universe and world…
His name is Clark, calling him Kal El is like everyone in DBZ calling Goku Kakarot after they find out he’s an alien.
I’ll yield to your superior knowledge of literature, my point was that the foreboding menace of the unseen Grendel and Moby Dick is almost as powerful as their actual presence. “Everybody” knows who Godzilla, King Kong, Robin Hood and Tarzan are: young audiences don’t understand why they should care about these…
He is also from the house of El. Embracing his Kryptonian heritage does not mean Superman is rejecting his foster parents and his adopted home. He has the generosity of spirit to do both and appreciate the best of both worlds. Its not like calling Muhammed Ali “Cassius Clay”, a name he associates with oppression. Its…
I don’t think the studio understood what “war” meant in the context of this movie. I assumed from Edward’s description that he was making an epic in the spirit The Dirty Dozen, Bridge Over the River Kwai or Saving Private Ryan. Those movies emphasize the irrationality, loss and sacrifice of warfare. They are…
I agree that Edward’s Godzilla was a flawed film, but I don’t fault his strategy of approaching the monster’s reveal like Jaws. You and I may have a long history with Godzilla as a movie icon, but he doesn’t have that same status to the younger audiences that were the core target of this film. They are more familiar…
My favorite moments from the comic:
Thanks for this. Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali is my favorite comic book ever, the greatest of all time. Fantastic depictions of both Ali and Superman, and a classic example of a blockbuster comic book event.
I love Namor, he’s Marvel’s quintessential anti-hero (also its first superstar). He’s so badass that DC copied him for the cinematic Aquaman (Khal Drogo looks a lot more like Namor than Arthur Curry). The Submariner’s violent feud with the Original Human Torch was the archetype of the dynamic between Marvel…
What evidence do I have, Alissa.Walker.Being, that a human transcribed and communicated this post?
The casts of Point Break (original), 21 Jump Street, A League of Their Own, The Usual Suspects, Die Hard, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight,.. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Charlize Theron in Fury Road, Jamie Foxx in Ray, Martin Landau in Ed Wood....Sorry, I drifted into fugue state.
...Finding Dory ... features a pair of women who may or may not be the first-ever same-sex couple to appear in a film made by Disney Pixar.
You don’t bring a foot to a gunfight.
