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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 19, 2023 20:56:58 GMT -5
Finally watched the trailer. Looks fun but I feel like I just watched the entire movie. Cant they let anything be a surprise anymore? It's a DC movie so there's at least like a 70% chance of a surprise Gal Gadot appearance.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jul 19, 2023 21:25:55 GMT -5
Finally watched the trailer. Looks fun but I feel like I just watched the entire movie. Cant they let anything be a surprise anymore? It's a DC movie so there's at least like a 70% chance of a surprise Gal Gadot appearance. A "surprise" they will put in the trailer released a week before the movie comes out, hoping it will increase box office.
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Post by thechase on Jul 20, 2023 3:50:39 GMT -5
From what I've seen, it really needs Jay Leno cast as Flabber
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jul 21, 2023 2:14:13 GMT -5
Blue Beetle/Owl Woman team up movie next.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 22, 2023 15:46:50 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 22, 2023 15:48:54 GMT -5
Not really shocked that this is tracking to flop. The marketing doesn't really seem to be there and it's a C-list character being introduced without any real build as a dying gasp of a brand people don't like to begin with, this was always going to be a tough sell.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jul 22, 2023 16:20:27 GMT -5
I see it in the scenario where it's not gonna do well in North America, but somehow do really well in Latin America. Like, super good.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jul 25, 2023 19:31:52 GMT -5
Blue Beetle projected to earn $55 million... in total.
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Post by Kalmia on Jul 25, 2023 20:38:11 GMT -5
Sandwiching Blue Beetle between the Flash and Aquaman 2 is just sending it out to die, especially as none of the actors will be able to promote it. They should have pushed it to next summer at the earliest.
I've said it before on this board and I'll say it again, but I really think Gunn, Safran, and DC need to put their reboot plans on pause for a couple of years. Running headfirst into the new stuff isn't going to work as I think it needs more breathing space. Maybe concentrate on the new TV shows first before getting Superman: Legacy out there. I don't think they should have even cast the new Superman actors while Aquaman 2 is still waiting to be released because it's all too close.
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Post by Fade on Jul 25, 2023 21:07:17 GMT -5
I am so morbidly curious how this does. Can’t lie.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 25, 2023 21:21:04 GMT -5
Sandwiching Blue Beetle between the Flash and Aquaman 2 is just sending it out to die, especially as none of the actors will be able to promote it. They should have pushed it to next summer at the earliest. I've said it before on this board and I'll say it again, but I really think Gunn, Safran, and DC need to put their reboot plans on pause for a couple of years. Running headfirst into the new stuff isn't going to work as I think it needs more breathing space. Maybe concentrate on the new TV shows first before getting Superman: Legacy out there. I don't think they should have even cast the new Superman actors while Aquaman 2 is still waiting to be released because it's all too close. Honestly even if the movie's good I feel like the universe Legacy kicks off is destined to flop ultimately. It's just seeming like it's repeating the mistakes of attempted expanded universes past with this immediate pre-launch slate of announced projects and, like, superhero movies are having a harder time drawing of late anyway. There's nobody who's plopping money to see a f***ing Authority movie as the second one into the universe at a point when no one has faith in DC as it is.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 26, 2023 3:04:19 GMT -5
Yeah, it's kind of a death march due in large part to the strike, but it's also got FIERCE competition from projects with much more momentum.
A shame, too, because it's pretty as hell, at least Blue Beetle himself, like MUCH more visually appealing than the murky colors of a lot of superhero films of recent years.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jul 26, 2023 3:10:03 GMT -5
This would probably do a lot better if instead of Blue Beetle, it was The Tick. Just replace one blue insect with another.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 26, 2023 8:34:58 GMT -5
Sandwiching Blue Beetle between the Flash and Aquaman 2 is just sending it out to die, especially as none of the actors will be able to promote it. They should have pushed it to next summer at the earliest. I've said it before on this board and I'll say it again, but I really think Gunn, Safran, and DC need to put their reboot plans on pause for a couple of years. Running headfirst into the new stuff isn't going to work as I think it needs more breathing space. Maybe concentrate on the new TV shows first before getting Superman: Legacy out there. I don't think they should have even cast the new Superman actors while Aquaman 2 is still waiting to be released because it's all too close. Honestly even if the movie's good I feel like the universe Legacy kicks off is destined to flop ultimately. It's just seeming like it's repeating the mistakes of attempted expanded universes past with this immediate pre-launch slate of announced projects and, like, superhero movies are having a harder time drawing of late anyway. There's nobody who's plopping money to see a f***ing Authority movie as the second one into the universe at a point when no one has faith in DC as it is. Wait The Authority is the SECOND movie they're doing? It could be good actually but that is such a strange choice. And if Gunn has any brains it'll be separate from the DCU because it makes zero sense that they'd even exist in the same world as the Justice League.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 26, 2023 8:51:06 GMT -5
I feel like we’re doing the thing where we presume much from the info we don’t have much of yet.
I mean, I can get it but still, calling a spade a spade here.
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Post by salz4life on Jul 26, 2023 9:31:46 GMT -5
I actually think this movie looks like it could be interesting, but it's going to take a while before Gunn's DC gets the stink of the DCEU off if it. I know it probably wasn't possible, but I think Gunn would've been better served to wait a year or two after Aquaman 2 before starting his DC. It also probably would've been better to start with Superman or something involving a Batman character to start with. I know Iron Man was not a "big character" for Marvel when he lead off the franchise, but at least I had heard of him. I (maybe I'm in the minority) have never heard of Blue Beetle until this got announced. Having Blue Beetle and then going back to Aquaman 2 doesn't seem smart to me (although if Momoa's Aquaman is going to be in Gunn's DC, then maybe it will make sense).
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Jul 27, 2023 4:34:57 GMT -5
I'm really puzzled why this was made.
Did some exec at Warner bros just randomly pick a name out of a hat or something.
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 27, 2023 14:29:30 GMT -5
I'm really puzzled why this was made. Did some exec at Warner bros just randomly pick a name out of a hat or something. Wish they had picked Inferior Five in that case.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jul 27, 2023 21:20:26 GMT -5
I'm really puzzled why this was made. Did some exec at Warner bros just randomly pick a name out of a hat or something. To be fair, "why was this made" is a question that could be asked about like 90% of comic book inspired media. Hell, before having (at the time) one of the top ten highest grossing movies of all time, the only Black Panther centered media outside of the comics was a short lived stop motion cartoon on BET, and that probably mostly existed because the guy who wrote it was literally the President of BET at the time.' Honest answer, Jaime Reyes was probably in a sweet spot, demographics-wise: at the time Blue Beetle was originally greenlit, neither one of the "majors" had a Latin hero (unless you wanna count Yo-Yo on Agents of SHIELD), and the DCEU at large was mostly playing to an older audience.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jul 27, 2023 21:31:44 GMT -5
I mean, outside of Kamala Khan, Jaime is probably the most popular new character that either DC or Marvel have created in the last twenty years. That's as good a reason as any to give him a movie.
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