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[KyoZz]

 

[IDKFA]

Meh. Looks okay. Nothing that blew my balls off.

 

[Romulus]

I still don't get the "Black" part of the name. Are we really referring by his race?

 

[trikster40]

Looks sweet, can’t wait to see full teaser soon!

 

[TheDreadBaron]

I still don't get the "Black" part of the name. Are we really referring by his race?

Well he looks dark in tone as well as skin tone. Doesn’t really work with white adam, asian adam, etc..

 

[godhandiscen]

Watch it tank. I think people got bored of super hero movies already. It will take something fantastic for people to care again, and the rock isn’t it.

 

[jason10mm]

Black as in evil, right?

Otherwise he is kind of "Swarthy Adam"

 

[nkarafo]

Well he looks dark in tone as well as skin tone. Doesn’t really work with white adam, asian adam, etc..

How about Adam?

 

[RCU005]

The issue I have with this movie is that it's going to be Dwayne Johnson playing Dwayne Johnson in a Black Adam Suit.

I like him and I think he is a funny dude, but no one can deny that ALL of his movies he is the exact same character: HIM. He is more suited for comedy movies where there is no issue being himself, but in a superhero movie it's going to be weird.

It's like how a voice actor takes you out of the character because you recognize his voice so much.

 

[StargazerXL]

The comic book reason is that the black colour of Black Adam's costume represented the fertile black sands of the Nile River. That may have been a retcon, but it made him at least look like an evil Captain Marvel.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

I still don't get the "Black" part of the name. Are we really referring by his race?

Yeah...I don't think this is really made for you. Black is a color. It might or might not apply to any actions performed by the main character. I think you're not going to like the end result.

 

[MDSLKTR]

I still don't get the "Black" part of the name. Are we really referring by his race?

Who is "we"? Ask the cmb writer.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

I think the real question is what holds his little wing armor caps on?

 

[zeorhymer]

Marvel's version of the Mummy? I guess teaser's aren't supposed to tell much.

 

[Atrus]

Just in case people get confused. The video is a teaser for Black Adam, played by Dwayne Johnson, while the picture is of the film’s Hawkman.

 

[John Bilbo]

If this is a Shazam! sequel it is a wasted opportunity not calling Black Adam Bladam!

 

[Xenon]

Eh. That slow dramatic build-up for a scene we've already seen a million times. Sometimes I think these directors need to realize that most people have seen people who can take bullets as if they were nothing. It was a pretty shit teaser but I don't think it's indicative of what the movie will be.

 

[DeafTourette]

I still don't get the "Black" part of the name. Are we really referring by his race?

It's because of his actions. His given name was Teth Adam. He was the original hero of the wizard Shazam until he broke the creed of Shazam (killing and brutality). He was a villain for a long time, except to his people in Kahndaq which is either in North Africa or east Asia.

He and Captain Marvel/SHAZAM have the same exact powers. He's whom the wizard was talking about in that animatic in SHAZAM when he was explaining it to Billy Batson.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

How about Adam?

On point.

 

[Bun_Bo]

Why is race the first thing people think of when they hear black? lol

When i hear Red Hood i don't ask myself "is this dude Native American?"

 

[Revolutionary]

Judging from the fact that he vaporized that dude into a skeleton, it seems like they're aiming for a hard PG-13 like Shazam surprisingly did (that scene where the Sins kill the board room is actually horrifying lol), and I'm all for that.
PG-13 movies have generally been way too soft the past decade, not like in the 80s and 90s

 

[ResilientBanana]

Marvel's version of the Mummy? I guess teaser's aren't supposed to tell much.

DC

 

[Lord Panda]

Black as in evil, right?

Otherwise he is kind of "Swarthy Adam"

I’ve always assumed the ‘Black’ part of his name, was due to him being an asshole villain? Don’t really follow Shazam so don’t know if Black Adam is actually an anti-hero, which is a popular thing days.

 

[CapnAmaricrunch]

DC is destined to fail this looked so DC, and I mean that in the worst way possible. Shame since I love Egyptian themes, the injustice version seems miles better.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

How about Adam?

When I think of just Adam, I'm picturing a white person.

 

[Max_Po]

Who?

 

[BadBurger]

I've been waiting a long time for this movie. He's my second favorite comic character. But I am not expecting The Rock to have the range to pull off this kind of anti-hero, Adam in particular, nor am I expecting the producers and directors to go with the intimate, tormented version of Adam we saw in and briefly following the comic event 52. That said, still hyped. Fuck it, right? It's finally a Black Adam movie.

 

[KyoZz]

Black Adam firs test screening was a success:

 

[Doom85]

The hell is SJA? Did they mean to type JSA as in the Justice Society of America? Because otherwise I’m confused.

 

[Billbofet]

Meh. It's hard to get excited about this shit. The Rock is just too much of a known quantity. It's like getting thrilled for a Will Smith or Ryan Reynolds movie, I just can't anymore.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Is that Birdman