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[DeafTourette]

Except that it looked nothing like the current beetle:

And? BB came out in the 1930s. The most well known BB, Ted Kord, had no relation to the original BB... Night Owl from Watchmen is based on the Ted Kord BB... Jaime Reyes is more recent and the tech is alien based whereas Kord and the original BB both were Terran based technology.

Also, 1930s comics heroes usually only had those Domino masks. Not full on alien super suits.

 

[March Climber]

I remember when movies like The Dark Knight came from DC.

…and then Dark Knight Rises came out afterwards.

 

[Sybrix]

…and then Dark Knight Rises came out afterwards.

Still leaps and bounds ahead of anything DC has released in the last 10 years

 

[pramod]

No idea what audience this movie is supposed to attract.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

And? BB came out in the 1930s. The most well known BB, Ted Kord, had no relation to the original BB... Night Owl from Watchmen is based on the Ted Kord BB... Jaime Reyes is more recent and the tech is alien based whereas Kord and the original BB both were Terran based technology.

Also, 1930s comics heroes usually only had those Domino masks. Not full on alien super suits.

So the Jaime Reyes one is based on Iron Man?

 

[FunkMiller]

Still leaps and bounds ahead of anything DC has released in the last 10 years

Other than The Batman, agreed.

 

[Spaceman292]

His sword kicky thing was cool

 

[Sybrix]

Other than The Batman, agreed.

Actully yeah, The Batman was good.

Maybe DC should just stick to Batman................. forget the rest.

 

[TonyK]

-Please AI, can you make a Spiderman movie but without infringing copyright?
-Grab my beer.

 

[March Climber]

Still leaps and bounds ahead of anything DC has released in the last 10 years

You can’t be talking about Joker, James Gunn’s suicide squad, or Peacemaker, so it seems that your issue is with Snyderverse.

No need to worry anymore though, Snyder is out. After Flash comes out his universe will be closed and put onto a shelf.

 

[DeafTourette]

So the Jaime Reyes one is based on Iron Man?

No. But then again, Marvel and DC copy each other with their heroes, powers and "technology".

ETA: also this is alien tech... Not human.

 

[Joramun]

I've never read a comic book, so genuinely, is this a big name character? I've never heard of them.

Definitely not a big-name character from DC. Below Hawkman and Firestorm I reckon.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

No idea what audience this movie is supposed to attract.

Hispanic people, I guess.

 

[DeafTourette]

No idea what audience this movie is supposed to attract.

Comic fans

 

[Big Baller]

No idea what audience this movie is supposed to attract.

Dung beetles

 

[Kilau]

Definitely not a big-name character from DC. Below Hawkman and Firestorm I reckon.

I've never heard of Firestorm either

 

[Joramun]

I've never heard of Firestorm either

DC just sucks at marketing their characters. After all these years they haven't learned anything at all about consistency and marketing.

 

[Smokken]

Jesus Christ.

At least TRY to do something different.

Also “Batman is a fascist“ is classic woke dumb shit speech, so there’s going to plenty of that in this film probably.

You should see the latest Indiana Jones trailer. Blaming people stealing on capitalism, I kid you not. Maybe it's time to stop quota hiring all these female activists fresh out of college.

 

[digital_ghost]

Everyone in the audience is going to have sore arms after seeing this movie at the theater. "Slug Bug! Punches arm"

 

[KyoZz]

"Familly makes you weak"
"NAH, it's what makes me strong!!!!"

We've all seen this 100 times before.

 

[MisterFalcon]

Kid picks up a thing, gets superpowers, the sequel to the sequel to the sequel.

 

[TransTrender]

Kid picks up a thing, gets superpowers, the sequel to the sequel to the sequel.

 

[BadBurger]

It's a much better cut trailer than the first but it still looks too generic for its own good. The UI in the beetle suit still looks cartoonish, like something from a child's toy, and the design of Carapax looks uninspired.

I think the movie will be squarely targeting teens and this is the best cut trailer they could manage to make it look at least somewhat appealing to adults. I'm sure Gunn doesn't care because all of these bombs save his own The Suicide Squad (also a bomb) were produced before he took on his new role, but man, if the first movie technically produced under his watch isn't a hit I could see Zaslav giving him the quick axe. Because that guy seems to be completely ruthless with only the dollar meaning anything to him.

 

[Billbofet]

 

[SidViscous]

The real super power is the amount of tax this movie will let them write off, looks like a straight to DVD film for a character I've never heard of, there must be some accounting reason this exists and didn't go straight to the pooper like Batgirl.

 

[jason10mm]

My son is excited for it. And my wife appreciates the cultural aspect. My expectations are low but a few cervezas should help and , for me, really only WW84 and SS1 were not fun films. Allllll the rest of their stuff has hit for me.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I imagine this movie is going to flop and flop hard.

If Indiana Jones can't get people to the theaters, I doubt this obscure superhero that no one seems to care about is going to. Plus it's DC.

 

[Macattk15]

Don't even think I'll watch it when it shows up on some platform for "free".

 

[Spaceman292]

I imagine this movie is going to flop and flop hard.

If Indiana Jones can't get people to the theaters, I doubt this obscure superhero that no one seems to care about is going to. Plus it's DC.

If it's genuinely good it'll probably do alright through word of mouth. But I doubt it'll be that good.

 

[JCK75]

It looks bad but I'll most likely still go see it.

 

[SiriusBlack]

100% will bomb. Why are they even making this.

 

[FunkMiller]

Lazy, generic, rehashed garbage. Hope it bombs as hard as Flash.

 

[SJRB]

Unbelievably bad.

This shit is going to bomb harder than the Flash. Holy crap that new trailer is terrible.

Please stop with the fucking kiddy hip-hop in your trailers, DC. Please.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Diversity superhero hire the movie.

 

[Sleepwalker]

"Familly makes you weak"
"NAH, it's what makes me strong!!!!"

We've all seen this 100 times before.

Blue beetle takes off his mask to reveal Vin Diesel

 

[DrFigs]

So they shelved the Batgirl movie, but they let this one rock?

 

[Diddy X]

Looks fun but I doubt it will succeed just seeing as how flash and other late superhero movies have failed.

I mean Flash had Batman and supergirl and all the cameos and still failed and they expect a "blue beetle" movie to succeed...

 

[Revolutionary]

Snyderbots are in shambles over a single tweet

 

[gatti-man]

You can’t be talking about Joker, James Gunn’s suicide squad, or Peacemaker, so it seems that your issue is with Snyderverse.

No need to worry anymore though, Snyder is out. After Flash comes out his universe will be closed and put onto a shelf.

Joker was decent. Suicide squad bombed and shit all over its villain and characters. It rightly bombed. Peacemaker had its spots but largely was campy schlock.

Snyderverse did better than anything after it that DC has made revenue wise. Snyderverse ended with Justice League. Trying to say the flash is Snyderverse when the man has been gone for several years is silly as hell. BB looks like a dumpster fire and will likely be the biggest bomb yet.

It’s pretty funny to me how people assume Gunn is the answer when his films are all silly and campy which is exactly what fans are tired of. Guardians 3 had people wanted to see the end. I expect his films to fall flat on their face unless he reinvents his style.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I sense Oscar buzz. Anyone else?

 

[jason10mm]

I sense Oscar buzz. Anyone else?

I'm gonna give it a chance. It seems more kid friendly than some of the DC stuff so hopefully it is funny and maybe even original in some way.

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[FunkMiller]

B+ cinemascore (terrible). Under 25 million opening weekend (also terrible).

Lovely to see the DCEU (because this is a DCEU movie) going out like the long drawn out, diarrhea laden, fart it always has been.

Roll on Aquaman 2!

 

[OverHeat]

Lol…DC movies are going to do worst and worst

 

[deriks]

Lol…comic book movies are going to do worst and worst

Corrected for you, mate

In all serious, those movies are too all over the place and all the time. It's not like "I wanna see that guy" anymore, because I saw the guy like five times in the same year, in different movies, shows... The thing became a fatigue, and everyone is tired

It's a shame thou. 10 years ago, when we have like two or three comic book movies a year, this movie could do good I think. Brazil loves Bruna Marquezine

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Snyderbots are in shambles over a single tweet

Too drunk to dictate my actual response. What a fucking day, though... my apologies.

 

[SidViscous]

the movie is bad, they just do the same old story beats from the 40 other superhero movies, but put half the dialogue in Spanish and throw in a load of digs at America.

I’m not even American but felt they went for some real low blows out of nowhere. I just want to watch a movie, I don’t need to be lectured on border policy, poverty and.. wait for it.. the Vietnam war.

Main actor is likeable but that’s all I got for positives.

 

[CGNoire]

Is that Laurie?

 

[EverydayBeast]

Watched the dark knight recently a meaningful super hero film, situation has lives on the line, I was blown away by how serious it was todays super hero films are quite literally comedies.

 

[Billbofet]

Is that Laurie?

Yeah