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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-12 (Thursday)
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On Jun 13, 2025 at 5:33:50 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>  On 6/13/25 8:09 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
>>  
>>>  On 6/13/2025 7:10 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>  What Did You Watch?
>>>  
>>>  I watched:
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  Shazam! (4K disc) 2019 movie set in the DCEU.  Asher Angel stars as 
>>>  Billy Batson, a young orphan who, after being shown to be a liar and a 
>>>  thief, is gifted by a wizard (Djimon Hounsou) magical powers that 
>>>  transform him into the superhero Shazam (Zachary Levi).  In spite of 
>>>  being the same person, the two actors seemingly make no effort to even 
>>>  try to play the same character.  
>>  
>>  Yep.
>>  
>>>  Anyway, when he's not goofing around 
>>>  making YouTube videos and otherwise exploiting his powers, Shazam must 
>>>  stop Dr. Sivana (Mark Strong AKA Sinestro) from unleashing the Seven 
>>>  Deadly Sins upon the world.  This one is generally pretty good.
>>  
>>  I still have never bothered with the sequel - between them firing 
>>  Michelle Borth between movies, and the sequel getting lousy reviews, I 
>>  could never muster up the interest.
> 
> As much as I hate to say it, Rachel Zegler is probably the best part of the
> SHAZAM sequel.

Go to your room.