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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Apr 4, 2023 18:00:13 GMT 1
Isn’t that the magic word Billy Batson uses to turn into Captain Marvel Unnamed Superhero Now Starring in Some Really Bad Movies? I wouldn't say really bad. Heck, at some point I bet we're talking about Shazam as an underrated franchise. Just my opinion, of course, but I thought the first was really, really bad (which is why I haven’t seen the second). I particularly disliked the dissonance between the kid’s performance and Zachary Levi’s performance—when they’re supposed to be the same character!
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 4, 2023 18:48:25 GMT 1
I wouldn't say really bad. Heck, at some point I bet we're talking about Shazam as an underrated franchise. Just my opinion, of course, but I thought the first was really, really bad (which is why I haven’t seen the second). I particularly disliked the dissonance between the kid’s performance and Zachary Levi’s performance—when they’re supposed to be same character! Holy shit, someone else who didn't like Shazam. Finally! The film lost me when Billy was going to walk away from a disabled kid being beaten up right in front of him and only jumped in when someone laughed about him being "motherless". The film lost me as hard as the "Maybe" moment from Man of Steel right then and there and just like MoS, it didn't win me back by the ending credits.
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Post by AQUA SALZ! on Apr 4, 2023 19:07:44 GMT 1
Just my opinion, of course, but I thought the first was really, really bad (which is why I haven’t seen the second). I particularly disliked the dissonance between the kid’s performance and Zachary Levi’s performance—when they’re supposed to be the same character! Holy shit, someone else who didn't like Shazam. Finally! The film lost me when Billy was going to walk away from a disabled kid being beaten up right in front of him and only jumped in when someone laughed about him being "motherless". The film lost me as hard as the "Maybe" moment from Man of Steel right then and there and just like MoS, it didn't win me back by the ending credits. Oh man, yeah, something about that movie just rubbed me the wrong way. I found it oddly mean-spirited, to be honest.
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 4, 2023 19:30:14 GMT 1
Holy shit, someone else who didn't like Shazam. Finally! The film lost me when Billy was going to walk away from a disabled kid being beaten up right in front of him and only jumped in when someone laughed about him being "motherless". The film lost me as hard as the "Maybe" moment from Man of Steel right then and there and just like MoS, it didn't win me back by the ending credits. Oh man, yeah, something about that movie just rubbed me the wrong way. I found it oddly mean-spirited, to be honest. And completely wrong for the characters it's supposed to be portraying. Billy Batson's whole thing is that he's just as big a boy scout as Superman, but paired with childhood innocence. They could not have intentionally missed the mark more.
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Post by AQUA KEN! on Apr 4, 2023 20:02:52 GMT 1
So apparently IMDbv2 was the biggest and most busy of all the forums on freeforums, which was surprisingly to hear.
I guess not many use freeforums as a platform.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Apr 4, 2023 22:28:58 GMT 1
So apparently IMDbv2 was the biggest and most busy of all the forums on freeforums, which was surprisingly to hear. I guess not many use freeforums as a platform. I believe the former admin mentioned that once or twice. That's probably why he was so cavalier about banning people. He had the numbers.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Apr 4, 2023 22:36:47 GMT 1
Oh man, yeah, something about that movie just rubbed me the wrong way. I found it oddly mean-spirited, to be honest. And completely wrong for the characters it's supposed to be portraying. Billy Batson's whole thing is that he's just as big a boy scout as Superman, but paired with childhood innocence. They could not have intentionally missed the mark more. They went all in on the New 52 interpretation of the character - which, aside from the artwork, was dreadful. Captain Marvel is Superman's equal in nearly every way, including in intellectual capacity. When he says the magic word, he gains genius-level intellect via "the wisdom of Solomon." It's only the first letter in the acronym. They leaned too hard on the immature teenager aspect of the character in the New 52 comics and the live-action adaptations. Superman edges Captain Marvel out by way of being a product of science and, thus, reason. SHAZAM! represents magic and the supernatural - something to be overcome or at least explained in modern science fiction.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Apr 4, 2023 23:06:46 GMT 1
Should I join this one or should i wait and see if V2 comes back to life or join some place else? This is so confusing.
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Post by AQUA JAR!™ on Apr 4, 2023 23:10:57 GMT 1
Should I join this one or should i wait and see if V2 comes back to life or join some place else? This is so confusing. They just announced that John Carter is coming back, and now a lot of folks who moved over to V1 ( about 100 of us ) are basically saying "fuck that"
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 4, 2023 23:12:59 GMT 1
And completely wrong for the characters it's supposed to be portraying. Billy Batson's whole thing is that he's just as big a boy scout as Superman, but paired with childhood innocence. They could not have intentionally missed the mark more. They went all in on the New 52 interpretation of the character - which, aside from the artwork, was dreadful. Captain Marvel is Superman's equal in nearly every way, including in intellectual capacity. When he says the magic word, he gains genius-level intellect via "the wisdom of Solomon." It's only the first letter in the acronym. They leaned too hard on the immature teenager aspect of the character in the New 52 comics and the live-action adaptations. Superman edges Captain Marvel out by way of being a product of science and, thus, reason. SHAZAM! represents magic and the supernatural - something to be overcome or at least explained in modern science fiction. What is with modern comics taking boy scout characters and just ruining them?
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 4, 2023 23:14:14 GMT 1
So apparently IMDbv2 was the biggest and most busy of all the forums on freeforums, which was surprisingly to hear. I guess not many use freeforums as a platform. I believe the former admin mentioned that once or twice. That's probably why he was so cavalier about banning people. He had the numbers. And now ProBoards is in the process of handing his precious forum over to someone else. He had an empire and threw it down the drain, just like we always said he would.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Apr 4, 2023 23:17:53 GMT 1
They went all in on the New 52 interpretation of the character - which, aside from the artwork, was dreadful. Captain Marvel is Superman's equal in nearly every way, including in intellectual capacity. When he says the magic word, he gains genius-level intellect via "the wisdom of Solomon." It's only the first letter in the acronym. They leaned too hard on the immature teenager aspect of the character in the New 52 comics and the live-action adaptations. Superman edges Captain Marvel out by way of being a product of science and, thus, reason. SHAZAM! represents magic and the supernatural - something to be overcome or at least explained in modern science fiction. What is with modern comics taking boy scout characters and just ruining them? It's not "kewl" to be a boy scout anymore. Now, you have to swear up and down about how you're going to change the hierarchy of some nonsense.
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 4, 2023 23:25:56 GMT 1
What is with modern comics taking boy scout characters and just ruining them? It's not "kewl" to be a boy scout anymore. And yet out of the current crop of superhero movies starring a character of the Boy Scout archetype, only the Captain America trilogy was both a financial and critical success, featuring a generation-defining character in Steve Rogers. Snyder's MoS is divisive at best, and the DCEU Shazam has, what, a dozen or so fans?
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Post by Lord Death Man on Apr 4, 2023 23:29:11 GMT 1
I believe the former admin mentioned that once or twice. That's probably why he was so cavalier about banning people. He had the numbers. And now ProBoards is in the process of handing his precious forum over to someone else. He had an empire and threw it down the drain, just like we always said he would. There used to be a website that ranked the pro boards sites by post count and popularity. IMDb 2 was consistently in the top 10 based on post count. here is a list I saved from 2020. RANK WEBSITE POST COUNT #01 officialfan.proboards.com/ 15,445,923 #01 pandce.proboards.com/ 11,287,435 #03 forum.wrestlingfigs.com/ 8,538,945 #04 pulsemusic.proboards.com/ 7,320,211 #05 oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/ 6,272,947 #06 goodbyecb.proboards.com/ 6,026,442 #07 support.proboards.com/ 5,826,096 #08 imdb2.freeforums.net/ 4,047,138
#09 princessmc.proboards.com/ 3,035,901 #10 2peasrefugees.boards.net/ 3,035,524 #11 ymam.proboards.com/ 2,901,244 #12 www.wcrpforums.com/ 2,823,556 #13 forum.retro-rides.org/ 2,536,292 #14 bonnaroo.proboards.com/ 2,415,962 #15 howeverithappened.proboards.com/ 2,415,719 #16 volleytalk.proboards.com/ 2,328,588 #17 10000islands.proboards.com 1,756,709 #18 c19.proboards.com/ 1,631,694 #19 blueandamber.proboards.com/ 1,451,416 #20 bsn.boards.net/ 1,359,868
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 4, 2023 23:34:19 GMT 1
And now ProBoards is in the process of handing his precious forum over to someone else. He had an empire and threw it down the drain, just like we always said he would. There used to be a website that ranked the pro boards sites by post count and popularity. IMDb 2 was consistently in the top 10 based on post count. here is a list I saved from 2020. RANK WEBSITE POST COUNT #01 officialfan.proboards.com/ 15,445,923 #01 pandce.proboards.com/ 11,287,435 #03 forum.wrestlingfigs.com/ 8,538,945 #04 pulsemusic.proboards.com/ 7,320,211 #05 oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/ 6,272,947 #06 goodbyecb.proboards.com/ 6,026,442 #07 support.proboards.com/ 5,826,096 #08 imdb2.freeforums.net/ 4,047,138
#09 princessmc.proboards.com/ 3,035,901 #10 2peasrefugees.boards.net/ 3,035,524 #11 ymam.proboards.com/ 2,901,244 #12 www.wcrpforums.com/ 2,823,556 #13 forum.retro-rides.org/ 2,536,292 #14 bonnaroo.proboards.com/ 2,415,962 #15 howeverithappened.proboards.com/ 2,415,719 #16 volleytalk.proboards.com/ 2,328,588 #17 10000islands.proboards.com 1,756,709 #18 c19.proboards.com/ 1,631,694 #19 blueandamber.proboards.com/ 1,451,416 #20 bsn.boards.net/ 1,359,868 Wow, John really is a bitch.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Apr 5, 2023 0:02:01 GMT 1
Should I join this one or should i wait and see if V2 comes back to life or join some place else? This is so confusing. They just announced that John Carter is coming back, and now a lot of folks who moved over to V1 ( about 100 of us ) are basically saying "fuck that" For real? Why?
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Post by Indiana Jones on Apr 5, 2023 0:02:55 GMT 1
And now ProBoards is in the process of handing his precious forum over to someone else. He had an empire and threw it down the drain, just like we always said he would. There used to be a website that ranked the pro boards sites by post count and popularity. IMDb 2 was consistently in the top 10 based on post count. here is a list I saved from 2020. RANK WEBSITE POST COUNT #01 officialfan.proboards.com/ 15,445,923 #01 pandce.proboards.com/ 11,287,435 #03 forum.wrestlingfigs.com/ 8,538,945 #04 pulsemusic.proboards.com/ 7,320,211 #05 oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/ 6,272,947 #06 goodbyecb.proboards.com/ 6,026,442 #07 support.proboards.com/ 5,826,096 #08 imdb2.freeforums.net/ 4,047,138
#09 princessmc.proboards.com/ 3,035,901 #10 2peasrefugees.boards.net/ 3,035,524 #11 ymam.proboards.com/ 2,901,244 #12 www.wcrpforums.com/ 2,823,556 #13 forum.retro-rides.org/ 2,536,292 #14 bonnaroo.proboards.com/ 2,415,962 #15 howeverithappened.proboards.com/ 2,415,719 #16 volleytalk.proboards.com/ 2,328,588 #17 10000islands.proboards.com 1,756,709 #18 c19.proboards.com/ 1,631,694 #19 blueandamber.proboards.com/ 1,451,416 #20 bsn.boards.net/ 1,359,868 Given all the issues it had, that's still impressive.
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 5, 2023 0:03:54 GMT 1
They just announced that John Carter is coming back, and now a lot of folks who moved over to V1 ( about 100 of us ) are basically saying "fuck that" For real? Why? Apparently his ego won't let it carry on without him. I suppose I can kiss my chances of returning goodbye.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Apr 5, 2023 0:05:06 GMT 1
Apparently his ego won't let it carry on without him. I suppose I can kiss my chances of returning goodbye. Well, he's fooling himself if he thinks the exodus will reverse itself as quickly as it happened. Again, he's probably the most despised person on Proboards at this moment.
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 5, 2023 0:08:28 GMT 1
Apparently his ego won't let it carry on without him. I suppose I can kiss my chances of returning goodbye. Well, he's fooling himself if he thinks the exodus will reverse itself as quickly as it happened. Again, he's probably the most despised person on Proboards at this moment. Or if it reverses at all.
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Post by AQUA JAR!™ on Apr 5, 2023 0:33:36 GMT 1
Well, he's fooling himself if he thinks the exodus will reverse itself as quickly as it happened. Again, he's probably the most despised person on Proboards at this moment. Or if it reverses at all. I am seriously considering going back in, just to delete my account.
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Post by AQUA JAR!™ on Apr 5, 2023 0:53:21 GMT 1
Proboards just deleted this comment from the support thread:
"You do realize he is the one that shut it down in the first place, don't you? When he handed the site off to a "new admin" a few months ago, he really just handed it to himself. Then he decided to shut the board down for good because he has spite for the community he runs, but once he saw the board was coming back and his plan to destroy the community failed, he didn't want anyone else to run it and possibly salvage it, so he wants it back instead. He's a spiteful man and it would be foolish to trust him to run that community again."
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 5, 2023 0:56:28 GMT 1
Proboards just deleted this comment from the support thread: "You do realize he is the one that shut it down in the first place, don't you? When he handed the site off to a "new admin" a few months ago, he really just handed it to himself. Then he decided to shut the board down for good because he has spite for the community he runs, but once he saw the board was coming back and his plan to destroy the community failed, he didn't want anyone else to run it and possibly salvage it, so he wants it back instead. He's a spiteful man and it would be foolish to trust him to run that community again." Maybe we should all spam it until they give in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2023 3:11:11 GMT 1
I want v2 back but this bizarre drama is uncomfortable. I’m not so sure I like v1 as a replacement though. There’s a lot of trolls running about there unchecked.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Apr 5, 2023 13:46:20 GMT 1
I want v2 back but this bizarre drama is uncomfortable. I’m not so sure I like v1 as a replacement though. There’s a lot of trolls running about there unchecked. I’ll alternate between the two. The admin Flying Monkeys is less of a jerk than JC at least.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2023 19:15:54 GMT 1
I want v2 back but this bizarre drama is uncomfortable. I’m not so sure I like v1 as a replacement though. There’s a lot of trolls running about there unchecked. I’ll alternate between the two. The admin Flying Monkeys is less of a jerk than JC at least. Yeah, I’ll probably do the same. I’m realizing part of the problem with that application idea was that most of the applicants were applying specifically to destroy v2. Multiple users admitted to this already. Proboards staff probably wasn’t prepared to vet all the candidates.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Apr 5, 2023 19:20:13 GMT 1
I’ll alternate between the two. The admin Flying Monkeys is less of a jerk than JC at least. Yeah, I’ll probably do the same. I’m realizing part of the problem with that application idea was that most of the applicants were applying specifically to destroy v2. Multiple users admitted to this already. Proboards staff probably wasn’t prepared to vet all the candidates. Yeah, apparently there was an alleged plot by the crazies over at Filmboards to infiltrate v2 as mods but it looks like that was quashed. Crazy shit I tell you.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2023 19:24:39 GMT 1
Yeah, I’ll probably do the same. I’m realizing part of the problem with that application idea was that most of the applicants were applying specifically to destroy v2. Multiple users admitted to this already. Proboards staff probably wasn’t prepared to vet all the candidates. Yeah, apparently there was an alleged plot by the crazies over at Filmboards to infiltrate v2 as mods but it looks like that was quashed. Crazy shit I tell you. There was that. Also, numerous people were planning to deliberately run it into the ground and invite everyone to the Monkey board. I wish they’d just given it to my boy AQUA JAR!™ . Would’ve been good times!
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Apr 5, 2023 19:28:43 GMT 1
I’ll alternate between the two. The admin Flying Monkeys is less of a jerk than JC at least. Yeah, I’ll probably do the same. I’m realizing part of the problem with that application idea was that most of the applicants were applying specifically to destroy v2. Multiple users admitted to this already. Proboards staff probably wasn’t prepared to vet all the candidates. You actually want to return to a forum where such pettiness has basically been bred and encouraged?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2023 19:35:46 GMT 1
Yeah, I’ll probably do the same. I’m realizing part of the problem with that application idea was that most of the applicants were applying specifically to destroy v2. Multiple users admitted to this already. Proboards staff probably wasn’t prepared to vet all the candidates. You actually want to return to a forum where such pettiness has basically been bred and encouraged? Every TRAP needs an Ackbar.
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