Does WB/DC know something that the general nerd population doesn't ? Do they have some great cinematic plan that maybe justifies why you wouldn't have one of the most charismatic performers alive in the same movie universe as Batman and Superman ? According to reports the SHAZAM movie is being distributed by New Line and the characters do not inhabit the same universe as the JUSTICE LEAGUE....
WHY!!!!!??????!!!!! Why would you look at a Ferrari in the garage and never take it for a drive ? Why would you have THE ROCK as BLACK ADAM and not have in occupying the same world as SUPERMAN ? If you put the Rock as Black Adam in a film where he exchanges punches with Henry Cavills SUPERMAN : BOX OFFICE DOLLARS WILL RAIN DOWN ON WARNERS.
Marvel and Kevin Feige and Joss Whedon and James Gunn et al... ALL realize the magnitude of what can happen when you put things up on the screen that people always hoped to see or thought they would never see. For example : 5 years ago if you told me I would see Iron Man fight Thor and Thor fight the Hulk in a film- I would have said "I'll believe it when I see it". Now in AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON we apparently are getting IRON MAN vs THE HULK and maybe...MAYBE: The Vision vs The Avengers and then ultimately Ultron. We know we will see THANOS fight the AVENGERS in 2018....so WB just casually dismisses a potential BLACK ADAM vs SUPERMAN ? SHAZAM VS SUPERMAN ?...... You see this is why WB pisses me off because they sometimes seem to think they can't do something for fear it will look stupid. There has always been a "Nah nobody wants to see that" attitude with WB and their superhero properties...they have been gun shy and its warranted- I'll give them that. GREEN LANTERN was a mess, JONAH HEX was crap and MAN OF STEEL was a mixed reception. They found success with THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY and so now their mentality is "Well this is the only thing that works so let's milk this cow and this cow only".
What WB doesn't realize is that GREEN LANTERN didn't work because it was poorly casted, poorly written and haphazardly directed. MAN OF STEEL was a mixed reception because of 2 things : SUPERMAN BREAKS A NECK, A SLIGHTLY TOO LONG FIGHT IN THE 3RD ACT. MAN OF STEEL is a great film TO ME. I loved it and I didn't have a problem with Superman breaking a neck, I did feel the final fight was overkill at the point it began because we had just come out of a huge action piece and their wasn't anything in between except an awkward forced kiss. Anybody who doesn't think the first half of MAN OF STEEL is a great work needs their head checked. Oh and WB? THE DARK KNIGHT RISES was barely watchable so really you have 2 great films that you are trying to model everything after and in my opinion the better film is BATMAN BEGINS.
So what now? are the fans now NOT going to get a Shazam/Superman faceoff ? Will we never see Black Adam give a thrashing to Superman ? Only time will tell I guess.
WHY!!!!!??????!!!!! Why would you look at a Ferrari in the garage and never take it for a drive ? Why would you have THE ROCK as BLACK ADAM and not have in occupying the same world as SUPERMAN ? If you put the Rock as Black Adam in a film where he exchanges punches with Henry Cavills SUPERMAN : BOX OFFICE DOLLARS WILL RAIN DOWN ON WARNERS.
Marvel and Kevin Feige and Joss Whedon and James Gunn et al... ALL realize the magnitude of what can happen when you put things up on the screen that people always hoped to see or thought they would never see. For example : 5 years ago if you told me I would see Iron Man fight Thor and Thor fight the Hulk in a film- I would have said "I'll believe it when I see it". Now in AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON we apparently are getting IRON MAN vs THE HULK and maybe...MAYBE: The Vision vs The Avengers and then ultimately Ultron. We know we will see THANOS fight the AVENGERS in 2018....so WB just casually dismisses a potential BLACK ADAM vs SUPERMAN ? SHAZAM VS SUPERMAN ?...... You see this is why WB pisses me off because they sometimes seem to think they can't do something for fear it will look stupid. There has always been a "Nah nobody wants to see that" attitude with WB and their superhero properties...they have been gun shy and its warranted- I'll give them that. GREEN LANTERN was a mess, JONAH HEX was crap and MAN OF STEEL was a mixed reception. They found success with THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY and so now their mentality is "Well this is the only thing that works so let's milk this cow and this cow only".
What WB doesn't realize is that GREEN LANTERN didn't work because it was poorly casted, poorly written and haphazardly directed. MAN OF STEEL was a mixed reception because of 2 things : SUPERMAN BREAKS A NECK, A SLIGHTLY TOO LONG FIGHT IN THE 3RD ACT. MAN OF STEEL is a great film TO ME. I loved it and I didn't have a problem with Superman breaking a neck, I did feel the final fight was overkill at the point it began because we had just come out of a huge action piece and their wasn't anything in between except an awkward forced kiss. Anybody who doesn't think the first half of MAN OF STEEL is a great work needs their head checked. Oh and WB? THE DARK KNIGHT RISES was barely watchable so really you have 2 great films that you are trying to model everything after and in my opinion the better film is BATMAN BEGINS.
So what now? are the fans now NOT going to get a Shazam/Superman faceoff ? Will we never see Black Adam give a thrashing to Superman ? Only time will tell I guess.