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PODCAST: SHAZAM! Review (Some SPOILERS)
Published on April 9, 2019 by theworldsbestblogwithpaulwrightLeave a comment
Paul here..
On this week's episode of The World's Best Podcast, I review the new DC superhero movie SHAZAM! starring Zachary Levi.Shazam may not be well known, but at one time his comic book series was outselling Superman. DC may not be knocking it out of the park with their movies like Marvel, but they're on the right track. With missteps like Suicide Squad and Justice League out of the way, DC has built up a solid roster of stand alone movies with Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and now Shazam. SPOILERS are discussed in this episode, but I cover the characters history and some other interesting topics before breaking down the movie.
Listen to the episode here or subscribe on Stitcher and iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-worlds-best-podcast/id1246038441?i=1000434505606
https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=59931860&autoplay=1
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PODCAST: Movie News! Strangers Things SHAZAM! Supernatural, New Trailer, & More!
Published on March 25, 2019 March 27, 2019 by theworldsbestblogwithpaulwrightLeave a comment
Paul here…
This was a big week for film and television. There were some big announcements (good and bad), we got a few interesting interesting new trailers (Stranger Things Season 3 being my personal favorite) and reviews for some of the year's most anticipated movies.
The biggest story of the week was probably the Disney/Fox merger. It's official, the Disney/Fox merger has completed. What does that mean? Well, basically Disney now owns all of Fox's entertainment intellectual property. The big thing most people have been focusing on, especially here at World's Best Media is how this will affect Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fox had control of a lot of very cool characters from Marvel Comics most notably (and most excitingly) the Fantastic Four and the X-Men.
The timing is perfect for the MCU. After Avengers: Endgame blows our collective minds, this Chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will come to a close and a new Chapter will begin. Marvel announced earlier this week that EVERYTHING in the MCU from Iron Man to Avengers: Endgame will be known as The Infinity Saga. I actually really like that they'll be one name for this huge story instead of just Phases 1-3.
We don't know much about the new direction the MCU will be taking except that it kicks off in Phase 4, which will begin with Spider-Man: Far From Home opening this July. Marvel Studios like to make big theatrical announcements about their upcoming films. Considering how secretive they have been about Avengers:Endgame. I imagine the events of the film will drastically alter the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a degree that they won't be able to announce much without spoiling Endgame in someway. I expect we'll see a big press conference/announcement from Kevin Fiege, the head of Marvel Studios. How long until we see X-Men and Fantastic Four characters in the MCU? Time will tell…
John Wick 3…. So fucking awesome!
In the meantime, check out this week's episode of The World's Best Podcast where I discuss all the big movie and TV that hit this week. In this episode I talk about Supernatural ending it's run with next year's Season 15, so here's a link to an article I wrote about the series last year if you want to learn more about the series: https://best-media-world.com/2017/09/25/must-watch-supernatural/
Also, I posted each trailer that I talk about in this week's podcast, below so check them out. Listen to the podcast here or subscribe on Stitcher and iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-worlds-best-podcast/id1246038441?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.spreaker.com%2Fepisode%2F17421372
Trailers:
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New Trailer & Poster For SHAZAM!
Published on January 26, 2019 by theworldsbestblogwithpaulwright2 Comments
The folks over at DC and Warner Bros. must be feeling pretty damn good right about now. After years of attempting and failing to copy Marvel's shared universe format, it finally seems like their superhero movies are on the right track. Wonder Woman was their first huge step in the right direction. Unfortunately, by the time Warner Bros realized Wonder Woman was a hit, production on the craptacular Justice League film was in full swing. I'm not quite sure what they could've done, but if production on Justice league had begun following the critical and commercial success of Wonder Woman, I think Warner Bros. probably would've tried to write the ship a little bit on JL.
Anyway, you can't change the past (Or can you?… Well… No, um, no. I don't think you can… Actually, who's to say?), so they went from the success of Wonder Woman, to the unavoidable speedbump of Justice League, and now they have another bona fide hit on their hands with Aquaman. A film which was both financially successful and generally well received by fans and audiences in general. However, the DCEU (I REFUSE to call it The Worlds of DC!) has another very big test coming up, their next movie: SHAZAM! (Yes, the exclamation point IS part of the title, not just for emphasis).
DC just released the second trailer for SHAZAM!, which I have posted below. As well as a few pretty cool posters (one at the top of the article and one below) and some stills and pictures from the film.
This movie has the potential to make or break DC at this point. This is really their do or die film. Yes, Aquaman absolutely had a lot riding on it as well. Had that movie been a failure, it would've been disastrous for the DCEU. However, if they're able to pull off SHAZAM! after the success of Aquaman, it demonstrates that Aquaman wasn't a fluke (No, that's not a lame pun). It shows that DC can consistently and reliably put out solid superhero films.
If they somehow manage to pull another rabbit out of their ass and make SHAZAM! a success, it's almost even more impressive because on the paper, both Aquaman and SHAZAM! are pretty fucking weird characters. Also, neither of them are very well known in mainstream pop culture. Based on this trailer, which is nothing mind blowing and that's OK, I think they really need to nail the tone of this movie for it to work. If it's too comedic and goofy it won't work is a serious movie that has any real stakes. At the same time you want that sense of youthful fun and exuberance which comes with telling the Shazam story. It's basically the superhero version of "Big". Kid says the magic word "SHAZAM!" and he's transformed into an adult superhero at will. His powers a magic based and they're very similar to Superman's, he can turn back into a kid at any time by repeating the magic word "SHAZAM!". There's no time limit. So they're walking a really fine line here.
Like I said, based on the trailer, it's hard to see if they're pulling it off. But I know I'm rooting for this movie because I like the character, I like the cast, and I just want to see good DC movies. Hopefully this will be another solid film after last months very good Aquaman and we'll start to get some consistently great DC movies. There are so many amazing character occupying this Universe, it would be such a shame to miss out on all the possibilities. Anyway check out the trailer below and let me know what you think. Id love to hear your thoughts in the comments section or on Facebook or Twitter.
Thanks for reading have a great day!
Categories Comics, Movies•Tags Billy Batson, dc, DC Comics, DC Universe, Dr. Sivana, Mark Strong, shazam, The Seven Deadly Sins, The Wizard, Zachary Levi
What I Want to See: DCEU
Published on September 12, 2018 by Michael Christopher Cole1 Comment
It was announced today, that Henry Cavill is no longer going to be the live action Superman in the DCEU. It was recently confirmed (and long rumored) that Ben Affleck was not going to be Batman in the DCEU. So, the DCEU is down 2 of their three most iconic characters, and many people are speculating a 'soft reboot' of the DCEU in general. Of their 5 films so far, the only success across the board (critics/fans/box office) has been Wonder Woman, and so this might make sense to do. Especially since Wonder Woman and the upcoming sequel take place before the events of the other 4 films released so far.
Has Aquaman ever looked cooler?
Now, I personally think this reboot idea will likely take some of its cues from what happens with December's Aquaman film. We already saw Jason Mamoa as the character in Justice League, and I've heard virtually no complaints about him, but an Aquaman stand-alone will be a completely different thing, and so we really won't know until it comes out.
There is also the forthcoming Shazam, scheduled for next April. Now, Shazam hasn't appeared in the DCEU previously, so if Aquaman tanks and they go full steam ahead on the reboot, Shazam could be part of the 'new' universe, or if Aquaman is a success, it could be tailored into the 'newish/soft reboot/whatever they're going to call it.'
I knew nothing about this character, and the trailer sold me.
So let's make the assumption that some kind of reboot is going to happen, and I will tell you what I want to see with that. Ok?
I want to see this reboot build characters individually. I'm not saying not to put Easter eggs, or slight references to each other, but let's not get to the second movie before we have a full blown cross over. If in Wonder Woman '84 we see some story about a 'meteorological event' which implies Kal El's (Superman) arrival, that's fine, but I don't want Jason Mamoa or Shazam or anyone else to show up. Get several stand alone films under your belts, like you should have done the first time around.
Thanos' snap was more powerful than we all realized.
The second thing that I want to see happen, is I don't want Superman and Batman to show up for a while. It might sound dumb, and I'm sure people hate hearing about the MCU as a model, but Marvel didn't have access to their A listers when they started, and it forced them to build characters and not assume we knew who they were, it forced them to get creative and be better story tellers. I think Batman and Superman are too iconic to start. Let's deal with Shazam, and Cyborg, and other characters that the general film going audience that aren't comic book readers aren't familiar with, and start world building through them. There is some brand recognition with characters like Flash and Green Lantern, but use those characters to bridge the gap between the audience who know nothing, and the audience who totally get it. Then once you're several successes deep, you can start introducing Superman and Batman. This exercise, will also help you to understand how to create those characters more memorably, to not be coming at them as the icons they are to the general public, but to fill in and establish all of the layers that have comic book fans hooked.
Categories Comics, Movies, Uncategorized•Tags aqua man, batman, Comics, DCEU, dceu reboot, film, flash, Gal Gadot, henry cavill, jason mamoa, justice league, movie, Movies, shazam, Superman, wonder woman