EmmaMcG said:

You have people telling DC what they want and instead DC turn around and make movies nobody wants to see and then wonders why their movies keep failing at the box office. It's actually kind of funny in a sad kind of way.

Not all of them. Aquaman & Joker both made over a billion worldwide. Shazam! made enough to get 2 sequels (if you count Black Adam). The Lego Batman Movie did pretty good too since it had a lower budget.

MickyDolenz said:

EmmaMcG said:

You have people telling DC what they want and instead DC turn around and make movies nobody wants to see and then wonders why their movies keep failing at the box office. It's actually kind of funny in a sad kind of way.

Not all of them. Aquaman & Joker both made over a billion worldwide. Shazam! made enough to get 2 sequels (if you count Black Adam). The Lego Batman Movie did pretty good too since it had a lower budget.

Only good DC movie is the Wonder Woman movies.

MickyDolenz said:

EmmaMcG said:

And it was panned by a lot of critics.

Critics don't buy tickets. I don't think a lot of critics liked the "live" action Lion King & Disney's other live action remakes of their cartoon movies. But Lion King & Aladdin with Will Smith made over a billion. Transformers & Madea movies also make a lot of money and they aren't praised either. Tyler Perry made enough money to build his own movie studio which other studios have used. Marvel has filmed there. Critics and the mainstream public are two different things. Critics never really have anything to do with something being a success either in music, TV, books, movies, or any other type of entertainment. Critics tend to like "art films" that hardly anybody sees.

EmmaMcG said:

MickyDolenz said:

Not all of them. Aquaman & Joker both made over a billion worldwide. Shazam! made enough to get 2 sequels (if you count Black Adam). The Lego Batman Movie did pretty good too since it had a lower budget.

I'm specifically speaking about the DCEU movies. Of those, Aquaman did well but I'm doubtful that any proposed sequel would do as well because the first one wasn't particularly well received. I actually think it's one of the better DCEU movies but that's like saying "I like that guy, he's the nicest guy in prison". Shazam wasn't a huge success when compared to other superhero movies. Plus it was shit so again, the sequel is unlikely to be as big. Black Adam has The Rock in it so it will probably do decent numbers but The Rock is in it so it will likely be shit too. So yeah, of the post-Justice League DCEU movies only Aquaman has made "Marvel" money. And it was panned by a lot of critics. Given how well the Snyder Cut has been received you'd think they'd want to take advantage of that by greenlighting a sequel and also putting Man Of Steel 2 and a Ben Affleck solo Batman movie into production but no. What do they do instead? Black Superman and Emo Batman. You couldn't make it up

Then it will be Elmo

MickyDolenz said:

EmmaMcG said:

True but it's a good indication of whether a movie was well received or not. A lot of people may have went to see Aquaman and been disappointed. So much so that they won't go see a sequel. Which leads to declining box office for the series as a whole. It doesn't always work out that way but with blockbusters, word of mouth can kill a series quite quickly. The MCU has, especially in recent times, seen their movies highly praised by critics which may be one reason for their high box office performance for lesser known characters like Captain Marvel and Black Panther.

I think Black Panther was sucessful for another reason, at least in the USA. Many black churches went as groups and there were several fundraisers to take inner city youth to see it. That doesn't happen with the average movie, no matter what it is. It is the highest grossing solo Marvel movie in the US. It even made more than Infinity War in the US. Marvel is not going to replace Chadwick Boseman because he meant a lot to people.

There's going to be a Super Pets movie and The Rock is supposed to voice Krypto. I used to watch Superfriends and I don't remember Krypto talking.

MickyDolenz said:

MickyDolenz said:

There's going to be a Super Pets movie and The Rock is supposed to voice Krypto. I used to watch Superfriends and I don't remember Krypto talking.

Krypto was not on the Superfriends, it was Wonder Dog, he kinda talked, sounded a lot like Scooby Doo

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EmmaMcG said:

MickyDolenz said:

There's going to be a Super Pets movie and The Rock is supposed to voice Krypto. I used to watch Superfriends and I don't remember Krypto talking.

My ex had a dog called Krypto. He was a Yorkshire terrier (the dog, not my ex). First time I met him he bit me on the ankle (once again, the dog, not my ex). In time, I trained him to do little tricks and obey my every command (my ex, not the dog) But seriously, I loved that little dog.

That's what I was thinking

I think it's safe to say "Did anyone enjoy the Harley Quinn Birds of Prey movie" the answer is: NO

Looks like Shazam! has a new outfit. They've recently started filming the sequel

MickyDolenz said:

Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey are not meant to be taken seriously. Highly enjoyable as punkish bubblegum for the eyes.

You guys are jaded, lol.

JoeTyler said:

EmmaMcG said:

JoeTyler said:

Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey are not meant to be taken seriously. Highly enjoyable as punkish bubblegum for the eyes.

You guys are jaded, lol.

I don't take ANY superhero movie seriously. But Suicide Squad and Birds Of Prey are just awful movies, even by comic book standards. Terrible scripts, awful performances, almost non-existent plot, cringey attempt at being "edgy" and even if they didn't suffer from all these problems, they feature completely uninteresting characters who range from barely tolerable to completely hateable. And they're all forgettable.

Uh, what? Deadshot and Harley Quinn are anything but forgettable.

And Birds of Prey was better than the average "screwball" movie. With some genuinely funny moments.

JoeTyler said:

Can't wait for The Suicide Squad (2)

another Suicide Squad trailer.

Behind the scenes of The Flash

new Shazam! family pic

JoeTyler said:

Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey are not meant to be taken seriously. Highly enjoyable as punkish bubblegum for the eyes.

You guys are jaded, lol.

Easily one the absolute worst movies of all time.

If u enjoyed this, u should probably get yourself checked out.

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said:

Shocked they are even making a sequel

I liked Shazam!. What's wrong with a sequel? Not the 1st or last to have one. There's:

Ma & Pa Kettle - 10 movies

Police Academy - 7 movies & a Saturday morning cartoon show

Wong Fei-Hung - around 125 movies (77 of them are by the same actor: Kwan Tak-hing)

Charlie Chan - 44 movies

Ernest P. Worrell - 9 movies + a TV show & commercials

Madea - 10 movies (supposedly making another one) + 11 stage plays. Madea was also a regular character in 2 TV sitcoms

James Bond - 28 (or 26 official)

Star Trek - 13 movies

Shaft - 5 movies + TV show

EmmaMcG said:

Yeah I can't speak for anyone else but I thought it was awful. No worse than Suicide Squad though. But both movies are definitely up there (or should that be down there) with some of the worst movies ever made.

Wow.... there's A LOT of really bad movies you apparently haven't seen yet.

MickyDolenz said:

kpowers said:

Shocked they are even making a sequel

I liked Shazam!. What's wrong with a sequel? Not the 1st or last to have one. There's:

Ma & Pa Kettle - 10 movies

Police Academy - 7 movies & a Saturday morning cartoon show

Wong Fei-Hung - around 125 movies (77 of them are by the same actor: Kwan Tak-hing)

Charlie Chan - 44 movies

Ernest P. Worrell - 9 movies + a TV show & commercials

Madea - 10 movies (supposedly making another one) + 11 stage plays. Madea was also a regular character in 2 TV sitcoms

James Bond - 28 (or 26 official)

Star Trek - 13 movies

Shaft - 5 movies + TV show

Nothing wrong with sequels. I just thought Shazam was horrible and not worthy of a sequel

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kpowers said:

Nothing wrong with sequels. I just thought Shazam was horrible and not worthy of a sequel

If a movie makes money or is popular, then it's likely to get a sequel. Has nothing to do with being "worthy". Same with any other entertainment. Like Rod Stewart released several American Songbook albums after the first one was a big success. Same with Pac-Man, Donkey Kong/Mario Brothers, & Grand Theft Auto. There was no sequel to the E.T. video game. A lot of them went unsold and buried in a landfill in the 1980s. Someone dug them up a few years ago.

MickyDolenz said: