**BLUE BEETLE Discussion Megapost** 2023-08-18 🪲🦸

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• SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Y’ALL. It seems like nobody here has read a blue beetle comic or seen the movie, and you’re already shitting on it? Come on. This is the beginning of the new DCU, and any blue beetle fan can see from the trailer they’re going to be doing some interesting stuff in this movie. Be nice.

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  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, it’s the second to last film of the DCEU. If it does well a sequel may find its way into DCU, but DCU does not officially begin until 2025.

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    • eevee@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      James Gunn has said it’s part of the DCU but does not consider it the first DCU film.

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  • Microw@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And from the reviewers I usually follow, the film has consistently received “it’s fun and better than some other super hero movies” reviews.

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  • Discussionperversion@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Username checks out

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was surprised at the oblique Dan Garret references and the EXTENSIVE Ted Kord references, complete with a Ted Kord mid credit stinger.

    I did NOT expect OMAC. That’s a deep fucking cut out of left field. I can see why James Gunn wants to keep this

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• moipe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I only remember Blue Beetle from Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The only thing I remember about the character as it was portrayed in the show was that it was blue. I hope that helps if anyone was having trouble understanding the character.

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  • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also pretty sure he dresses like a beetle.

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• JasSmith@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This looks so dumb. B grade schlock. Anyone want to bet on the budget of this train wreck? $120M.

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  • Skua@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I feel like I just watched the entire movie in three minutes. There was even a final fight where the hero is on the brink of losing and uncovers a new well of power through desperate determination. And I still feel like I wasted my time.

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    • NotAViciousCyborg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve never seen a trailer go that far, even the “1 day earlier” seems superfluous for a trailer but by the end of it there is literally nothing left untold

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That does look tacky. The suit having a genetic monotone computer voice, calling out all that typical computer stuff is cliche as hell.

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  • Deftdrummer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A monumental flop that craters the entire “superhero” genre. As if there wasn’t enough fatigue as it is. Nail meet coffin.

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    • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I wish, but unless I am a PR victim, I read this thing is getting good early response from test-viewings.

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    • June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I just got out and really enjoyed it.

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s the 2nd best live action comic book movie this year after Guardians of the Galaxy 3, but granted that’s a low bar compared to Shazam 2 and Quantumania.

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• Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So they took from the disney cover art school then?

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  • rgb3x3@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, this poster is absolutely horrible. It looks like a mid-2000s B-movie.

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  • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have only seen the trailer and I legit thought this was a Marvel movie… So I’d say it is safe to assume that is what happened.

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• madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That poster is so busy 😂 Jesus…

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No it’s Jaime

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• Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I plan on seeing this tomorrow! Blie beetle has some great writing in its comics.

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• etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So, Ant Man?

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  • ConditionOverload@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    More like more powerful/advanced Iron Man.

    The Atom is more comparable to Ant Man.

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    • etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      After watching the trailer I’m leaning towards Spider Man.

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    • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “The Atom”?

      And they say DC characters are dated. You sure changed my opinion.

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  • Hyperi0n@lemmy.film ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Blue Beetle is closer to Cyborg from Tean Titans than Ant Man. At least it looks like this iteration anyway, which would be based on the third version of the character.

    He gets his suit via a Scarab in his spine that sheilds him in nanotechnology.

    He has the ability to neturalize magic, which is a prevalent power in the DC universe.

    Flies with wings.

    Can use electromagnetic abilities from the nanotechnology. Can also create sheilds.

    I much prefer the second Blue Beetle; Ted Kord, who is more like Batman.

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    • Crankpork@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ted Kord and Booster Gold are one of my favourite DC pairings.

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No. Ant Man can shrink while maintaining his original mass. Fun with Pym Particles.

    This Blue Beetle, the 3rd, merges with an alien super weapon in the form of a scarab. The scarab uses nanites to give him super powers, flight, strength, minor invulnerability, and the power to craft weapons on an as needed basis.

    The previous Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, ran around with Batman style tech maybe 20 years before, only not as good. LOL. He also had a flying beetle ship called the Bug. This version of the character was the basis for Nite Owl in Watchmen.

    The other previous Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett, discovered the scarab in an arcaeological dig and it gave him mild invulnerability, flight and energy blasts.

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• June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was excited about this movie and ready to be let down, but it met my expectations and in some ways exceeded them. Yea, it falls into a lot of super hero tropes and some scenes were awkwardly set up (dad dying, the family didn’t run and was like 20 feet away, Jenny walking up to them from stage left saying ‘I can help’, among others, all felt a bit a bit unnatural), but the humor was excellent (the old man on the escalator swiping on tinder, George Lopez was hilarious, Nana), the story moved along quite well, and it was visually quite good, no moments where I was annoyed at noticing CGI).

  All in all, I hope to see more blue beetle in the DCU.

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• Javish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Went in knowing very little about it.

  Thoroughly enjoyed it. A wonderfully cast family-centered origin story with the right amount of humor and action. George Lopes stole every scene he was in.

  As a Latino, you can feel the influence of having a director and key cast members being Hispanic throughout. I don’t know that it’s ever been done as well or genuinely, for a film in this genre.

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• jordanlund@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So I’m an old school Blue Beetle fan from back in the 70s. I was getting the Modern Comics reprints of the Charleton stuff from the 60s:

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  Up through the 80s when he was knocked off for Nite Owl in the Watchmen, his own book at DC, getting shot in the head by Maxwell Lord (Wonder Woman 84 Maxwell Lord).

  I even remember the Xaime Reyes reboot…

  So let me just say, +1 - No notes. Everything about this movie is wonderful. Yeah, there was little too much of this:

  youtu.be/n42PunZ3Xno#t=1m30s

  But… once the bugs are worked out… yeah, it’s all good. There’s a lot to like here. You might think Rudy is the new breakout character… no, surprise! It’s Nana.

  A full on Bug sequence set to Kickstart My Heart? Yeah, I’m down for that. 80’s Kord Tech built on a Nintendo Power Glove? Sure, why not?

  Early mid credits sequence teasing a sequel, end credits sequence featuring a TV show gag used earlier in the movie.

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• CoralMask146@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Very pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this. Had very low expectations considering that it’s probably going to be irrelevant to the new DCU, but it’s refreshing seeing a normal superhero film with very little references to a tie-in universe

  Plus, the family aspect was done well!

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• UrLogicFails@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Overall, I thought it was a cute enough movie.

  The CGI and costume looked rough to my eyes, but I gave it more slack afterwards when I found out this was originally slated to be an HBOmax release. The superhero aspects also felt a little played out and dragged a little, but nothing that was an active detriment to the movie

  Where the movie really shines, though, is the family. They are the heart of the movie and have phenomenal chemistry. I’m glad they’re carrying over to the James Gunn universe, as it would have been a waste of elephantine proportion to lose this cast. As a quick aside, I wish we got a little more of the dad and a little less of a George Lopez, but their overall dynamic was still great.

  My biggest issue with the movie, though: not enough Harvey Guillén! He’s great in What We Do in the Shadows and when I saw him on screen, I was anticipating him to steal the show in Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, he did not get nearly as much attention as I’d hoped; but I pray he’ll somehow return for the next one (though I doubt it).

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