Billy Batson used to utter the word Shazam!, and he was Captain Marvel. Now he's just Shazam and Captain Marvel is a girl. How the hell did that happen?
Don't burn ME at the stake. I don't really care. I don't take any of this shit seriously. I'm not 8 anymore LOL.
Really?!
That sounds pretty lame.
I watched the show all the time as a little kid in the 70's it was sort of a cheesy low budget affair, but I really liked it back then.
I used to be sore at Marvel Comics for not selling the rights to the name "Captain Marvel" back to DC, however it was DC that allowed the copyright on the name to expire, allowing Marvel Comics to get it. Poor business decision by DC!
It is a shame that Marvel and DC can't work out some way to share the name.
Because anything DC touches turns into a golden turd.
shareSeems that way but I'm hoping that upcoming movies like Aquaman and Shazam will reverse that trend.
shareWonder Woman did and that surprised me...I even liked Man of Steel but the rest...meh.
shareI agree. I liked WW and I think MOS is unfairly criticized. It's not a perfect movie but it's a still a good telling of the Supes story and enjoyable to watch.
shareI think where DC fails is they try to hard to be like Marvel and try to inject humor and pizazz into it, they should stick with what they do best and use the dark themes like in the Nolan trilogy, it was very effective.
shareI respectfully disagree. I think what works for Batman doesn't work for the other characters and stories of DC.
Warner Bros learned all the wrong lessons from the success of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. They mistakenly assumed that one of the contributing factors in that success was the "dark" and "gritty" tone, without considering that that tone fit Batman and the world of Gotham. That tone doesn't fit Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash or any of the other, more colorful (and hopeful) DC characters. The character of Superman IS hope. Why make him something he's not, yet that's what they did. Then Warner gave us the horrid Batman V Superman and showed the entire world that they haven't a clue about the characters they own. If they truly think that the secret to CBM success is going with a dark tone with all their movies, then they truly are idiots.
What they need to do is let the actual comics people write their movie scripts. The animated DC shows are awesome! Why not draw from the pool of talent you already have in house?
I can relate. Polio ruined mine
shareWhat's your opinion (if you have one) on the comic book character? Because that's what THIS thread is about. I'm sure there's an anti-vax thread somewhere. I'm sure you can find it.
shareI guess you missed abigolcwock's point: by writing something as petty as a comic book character getting it's name changed "ruining your childhood" - compared to something serious like a childhood illness - you are a both a nerd and a man-child.
shareI thought he could be Captain Marvel In the comic book it just couldn't be on the cover
shareYou really ought to know that anyone who uses the words "ruined childhood" on an internet forum is widely assumed to be a virgin.
And if a complaint about a female superhero is added on, the assumption rate rises to 100%. Just so you know.
Really? I thought it was the assholes who comb the threads trying to make people feel stupid about their posts.
In this case, "childhood ruined" should indicate that I am only familiar with the characters as I knew them from CHILDHOOD. If I was a basement trolling virgin, I would be among those who know everything about this crap. I sure as hell don't.
The show was also called Shazam though so really not much changed.
On a side note, if you remember Shazam from your childhood then you might also remember its companion Isis. The name of Isis got ruined way harder :)
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