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Black Adam - Rentable

Published: Nov. 1, 2022, 8 a.m.

MOVIE DISCUSSION:

Melvin & Dan discuss the latest entry in the troubled, frustrating, and extremely strange DC Universe. This time it features fan-and-mom favorite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson donning a cool black suit and looking maliciously confused. Neat!\xa0

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  • (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 35-minutes talking about Walter Hamada stepping down from the DCU, James Gunn replacing him, and the lack of cultural permanence DC has compared to Marvel, or even Horror/Slasher icons. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)\xa0
  • Daniel briefly details the 15-year journey Dwayne Johnson took to get\xa0Black Adam made, featuring himself in the titular role.\xa0
  • Melvin & Dan agree: The first half of the film is pretty dang fun, albeit nothing new.\xa0
  • Despite a marginally enjoyable experience, Melvin feels like it's "a movie that I'm already tired of seeing", one that has been made for the last decade and a half.\xa0
  • Every two years the DCU has shifted and turned and changed its mind; do we really care anymore? Does it matter? Why even bother speculating?\xa0
  • Black Adam's trailer, its opening exposition drop, and its plotline all tell a different story about Black Adam's origin, which is obviously cleared up by the film as it unfolds but makes the experience of watching the movie extremely confusing.\xa0
  • Apparently, parts of\xa0Black Adam were "Rated R" worthy, and the current product in theaters is a trimmed edit to reach a PG-13. Melvin wonders which scenes were different.\xa0
  • Apart from\xa0Black Adam feeling like most mid-Marvel flicks, it's also a superhero film releasing after Marvel had, like, 5-7 film and TV projects. The Superhero genre is feeling especially tired in 2022.\xa0
  • Discussing Darren Mooney's Escapist Review of\xa0Black Adam where he felt the film was functionally worse than\xa0Morbius\xa0for various reasons.\xa0
  • Melvin proposes that HBOmax start putting up the R-rated cuts of DC flicks since they can't seem to decide what they want with their DC films.\xa0

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