fumanstan

That last commercial looked great to me. I think this will be another hit for WB too.

Giantrobo

The jump off the roof was soooo damn badass.

Giantrobo

I just hope no buildings or other property gets destroyed in this....

TheMovieman

Or they'll make a comment, like IIRC was done in Civil War and Justice League, about civilians being placed out of harms way or w/e.

Hokeyboy

Total Superman clone!

vids

May somebody explain where from the term "Shazam" comes from? I also sees a character in mobile game called summoners war, and the name is Shazam too, so why I'm intersted!

ytrez

SHAZAM is derived from the names of the heroes that provide Billy with his powers:

S - wisdom of Solomon
H - strength of Hercules
A - stamina of Atlas
Z - power of Zeus
A - courage of Achilles
M - speed of Mercury

fujishig

Which makes no sense because there's a mixture of heroes (a demigod), a Biblical figure, a Titan, a Greek god, and a Roman god (Greek and Roman gods are basically the same but have different names, ie: Mercury/Hermes and Zeus/Jupiter).

But yeah, it's also the name of that music service. I guess you can't copyright a name? I'm pretty sure the Fawcett/DC creation came first.

nando820

I'm so in on this movie

majorjoe23

Josh-da-man

Giantrobo

How does that make no sense? It's pretty clever. Back when he was created in the 1930's I'll bet those gods and famous figures were commonly known.

dex14

fujishig

As a kid, I loved Greek and Roman mythology so I always thought it was odd that they would mix the two, along with other sources, to make up his Pantheon. But agreed that it was basically just taking popular mythological characters and fitting them around a word that sounded cool (if they used Hermes, Shazah just seems really weird, or Shajam for Jupiter).

ytrez

It's also an exclamation and, as majorjoe23 referenced, was commonly used by the Gomer Pyle character back in the day.

PatD

I guess I'm going to have to be "that guy" and say this film seems too goofy and silly to fit in the otherwise practically humorless DCEU. Even the suit is dorky. There doesn't seem to be anything grounded tone-wise. It doesn't strike me as cool and hip like Guardians of the Galaxy. But, that's just me. Also the main actor playing Shazam seems to be channeling 90s Brendan Frasier--HARD.

majorjoe23

Aquaman was pretty goofy and it’s the highest grossing DC movie.

Giantrobo

Yeah, people apparently want "goofy" these days. They use movies to escape from their shitty lives.

whotony

Hokeyboy

You're looking for "cool" and "hip" in a Shazam movie?

Shazam is childhood wish fulfillment. It's a different tone of story entirely. Everything doesn't (and shouldn't) have to fit into the Marvel Universe mold

kd5

Actually, you're not alone. Every time I try to watch a trailer for this movie I get the stupid teen comedy vibe from it. I agree with your assessment. I doubt I'll be watching this, I hate stupid teen comedies.

ytrez

Everything you've said is correct and I'm a huge fan of the original Captain Marvel (I hate calling him Shazam). But even given your points, the trailers aren't giving me the right vibe. It's not that I think it's not "cool" or "hip" enough, something just feels off.

robin2099

Hoe do you equate a tree with one word, Andy from Parks and Rec and a CGI Raccoon as cool and hip?

Paul_SD

Same here.

The roof jump scene looks bad ass, but I'm just not feeling in tune with the lighter parts.

It's not that I want serious, stoic CM/S either. The wish fulfillment/ boy in a ripped adults body is a great way to differentiate this from the rest of the pack. But I'm not really digging Levi's mugging and the humor feels like I'm gonna be trapped for two hours with an annoying adolescent for company.

The other thing that isn't helping is the setting.
I haven't seen Aquaman yet, but one reason I was hyped for it were the settings. The marketing sold beautiful undersea spectacle, while above the surface sunny, Mediterranean seaside villages full of character.
Shazam takes place primarily in a northern rust belt town in late winter or early spring with seemingly nothing but grey, overcast skies.
That might be a fresh setting for a comic book movie at this point, but certainly isn't that appealing (to me anyway).
Frankly the thing just looks annoying and dreary to me.

But I realize I'm perpetually out of step with the status quo, so what do I know?

fujishig

I have to imagine this movie is a lot cheaper to make than Aquaman, though. Does anyone know for sure?

My kids are really excited, and I hope it's a DC movie I can actually take them to.