How Black Adam Was The Death Blow For The DCEU

Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam might be one of the more disappointing movies for the outgoing DCEU. With over a decade of production trouble, as well as a botched marketing campaign from The Rock, Black Adam came out to less than stellar reviews. Which in turn, was the final nail in the coffin for the DCEU franchise. But how exactly did Dwayne Johnson make Black Adam that final nail in the coffin?

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Written by Dave Baker
Edited by Paul Ritchey

[HMF]

Another major issue with Johnson's ego is that he doesn't want his characters to show any vulnerability. How are we supposed to feel urgency and tension in the action scenes with a character who's pretty much invincible?

[consistentlystupid]

The only thing I think this video gets wrong is implying that you need to showcase a hero's most iconic villain in their first movie. The Dark Knight is a perfect example of being able to save a villain for the second movie AFTER the character has already been established, as a lot of the first movie (When it's an origin story) is about the character trying to learn what they can do which ultimately takes away from the villain.

[KingOfMadCows]

WB/DC has built an interconnected universe before, it's called the DC Animated Universe, and it's fantastic. And they didn't even plan it out, they had no idea if their shows would get renewed, all the continuity and story arcs were done on the fly.

[risunamashaba]

I was always on The rock's side during the whole fast and furious drama, but I recent times I've realized that the rock only plays for himself

You can't have that in a connected universe

[LucasCarter]

The rock destroyed Shazam 2 with his ego. I used to like him but now all I feel is disgust at his pathetic need to control everything.

[sudimara]

Dwayne Johnson never grew out of his "The Rock" persona. He's an actor yet he only played as The Rock.

[thiagoteixeira]

I'm very excited for James Gunn's DCEU!

[BrooklynGuyReactions]

I would say Black Adam was like the final nail in the coffin for a already dead universe

[William-the-Guy]

A Batman Beyond with Michael Keaton sounds amazing...

[raymonreiz]

They should have showcase Black Adam in Shazam first, then shift to the Anti-Hero side of Tath Adam, sort of like the Scorpion King, also played by THE ROCK

[EMBEEAY]

Literally the Flash, Batman, and SUPERMAN are gone, of course it’s dead. DCEU was destined to fail from the start trying to be something they aren’t.

[lilshabaz]

7:07 Where is that shot of Iron Man palming Mjolnir in place of Hela from?

[umano]

Black Adam felt like a B-movie with an A-movie budget

[CesarManiaX]

Here’s what they should’ve done. First, they should’ve made a Hawkman movie, an Atom Smasher movie, Cyclone Movie and also Doctor Fate movie to introduce the characters in the DCEU. Afterwards, they should’ve made a Justice Society of America movie. Then they should’ve made Black Adam afterwards. After that, black Adam could’ve made a cameo appearance in Shazam 2 which would’ve set up a Shazam vs Black Adam movie.

[MorbiusBlueBalls]

black adam is what you get when the studio is more commited to actor than the character and source material.

[cttommy]

The thing with The Rock is we've seen everything from him. He not only plays the exact same character all the time, he has been over exposed with how many movies star The Rock. People are sick and tired of seeing him. You would think he would learn his lessons after the "Die Rocky, Die" chants he got when he started out his career in wrestling.

But see, he is now so famous and rich, he forgot that and just refuse to change, and now has become the John Cena of cinema where people are just bored of him and can see he is not the superhero he tries and portray himself, again, just like John Cena.

[Bram_Moya]

I actually liked it. It was fun, it tried to explore its character and put some importance on the people of Khandaq. Superhero movies barely do any of those things

[HeJumper]

i love that this video comes up as the 3rd result if you type in "the hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change".

[paweld]

I had a ton of fun watching black adam. Yea the pacing was rushed, but still, fun. That makes it a better movie than most others that have come out recently.

[furymaster]

What ruined the movie for me is dr fate appearing in the movie. He is an actual god, he could destroy Black Adam instantly. Damn he was massively nerfed.