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Everyone is watching "Thunder Shazan! "Yet? In addition to the ubiquitous DC easter eggs in the film, there are many tributes to Shazam comics. Today, the easter eggs are here for you to analyze in detail!
Say my name
I believe many people already know that Shazam’s original name was " Captain Marvel " , that is, Captain Marvel . However, due to copyright disputes, the title was " robbed" by Captain Marvel next door, and the name was eventually changed to "Shazam" . (Hereinafter collectively referred to as "Shazan")
Probably to "retaliate" Marvel, there are two scenes in the film that ridicule each other.
Billy transfiguration hero, Freddy passers introduction he called "spark finger captain" (Captain Sparklefingers) , the name is from Marvel's Captain Marvel . In the surprise comics, the protagonist Carol was once nicknamed "Princess Sparklefists" (Princess Sparklefists) .
Freddy also named Billy "ZAP-tain America" , obviously spoofing another Marvel Captain-Captain America .
In addition, Freddy's name for Billy is "Red Cyclone", which reminds us of the "Red Tornado" (Red Tornado) who is also a DC superhero .
Billy's life
In the movie, Billy's parents divorced since he was a child, and his only biological mother chose to leave him.
In the comics, Billy's parents are both archeologists. He discovered the tomb of Black Adam during a mission, but was killed by his out-of-control companion Teo Adam (the reincarnation of Black Adam).
It is worth mentioning that Billy's biological father is named CC Batson (same as in the comics), and he obviously pays tribute to the creator of Shazam, CC Beck .
Shazam family
Among the children of the foster family, Freddy and Mary have more roles, because they are the core characters in the comics.
Freddy Freeman (Freddy Freeman)
In the comics, he was originally an ordinary fisherman. When he went to sea with his grandpa to fish, he rescued the Nazi captain who was thrown into the water by Shazam, but the other party killed his grandpa and knocked Freddy into a coma.
When Billy found that Freddy's injury could not be healed, he assigned his magical powers to him. From then on, Freddy became Shazam's partner "Captain Marvel Jr." (Captain Marvel Jr.) . Different from Shazan's setting, Freddy still looks like a teenager after transforming, wearing his exclusive blue costume.
Mary Bromfield
Originally in the comics, it was Billy's long-lost twin sister. When she found out that her brother could transform into a superhero, Mary also shouted the magic spell "Shazam", so "Mary Marvel" (Mary Marvel) was born.
Billy, Freddy and Mary formed the original "Marvel Family" . Later, more and more companions joined the team, including the "Wonderful Uncle" without superpowers and the talking Tiger Tao Qi Taoni et al.
In the new 52 series, the brothers and sisters of Billy's foster family became the new "Shazam Family" . In addition to Mary and Freddy, they also joined Eugene Choi and Pedro. · Pedro Peña and Darla Dudley . (The modeling of the Shazam family in the movie basically refers to the comic setting of the new 52)
Magic tiger
The image of the tiger appears many times in the film, including the tiger doll at the carnival booth, the tiger pattern on Billy's schoolbag, and even the tiger logo can be seen on Shazam's uniform.
In fact, there is a tiger character in the Shazam comics, Tawky Tawny , who can talk and walk in clothes like a person. He is an important member of the magic family.
In the new 52 comics, Tao Qi Tao Ni became a real tiger raised in the zoo, whom Billy regarded as the object of his family to confide in. Later, he accepted Shazam's magic and turned into a fierce tiger.
Eternal Rock
When Shivana first arrived at the Rock of Eternity in his childhood, he could see a small bug in a glass box. It was the famous villain Mr. Mind in the comics . Later, when the adult Shivana returned to the cave, the glass was broken, which was a foreshadowing for the first ending egg (see the end of the article for details).
When Billy first arrived at the Rock of Eternity, a mirror appeared in the picture. In the comics, it was a magic mirror with a female spirit named Francesca living in it, which would show Billy the way at a critical moment.
Billy picked up an Egyptian-style staff in the Rock of Eternity, which is the magical artifact of the DC universe, Ibistick , which can achieve all the miracles that the holder can imagine. The original owner of the staff was Prince Amentep of Egypt , and like Shazam , both were characters from Fawcett's comics.
Black adam
In the movie, when the wizard tells Billy the past history, he mentions a betrayer who is Shazam's old enemy- Black Adam .
Whose real name is Adam Black Waters - Adam (Teth-Adam) , was born in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago, has been selected to grant Power of God, become the guardian of Egypt's hero. However, his mind was corroded by a powerful force, and he was eventually exiled to an alien planet by the wizard Shazam.
In the new 52 series, Black Adam comes from ancient Kandak and suffered long-term servitude. Later, he and his nephew obtained the power of Shazam. However, Adam did not hesitate to kill his nephew who opposed him for revenge, and was finally sealed by a wizard for a thousand years. .
Until Billy Batson became Shazam, Black Adam returned to the world. After thousands of years of vengeance, he was determined to eliminate all who hindered him. For this reason, he repeatedly turned against Shazam and the Justice League.
The movie version of Black Adam has been confirmed to be performed by Dashi Johnson , and a personal movie is about to be released. I believe that in the near future we will be able to see the epic battle between Shazan and Black Adam on the big screen!
Dr Shiwana
The film shows us the blackening story of Shivana's childhood and also explains the reason why he is dedicated to the pursuit of magic.
In the comics, Dr. Sivana is an evil entrepreneur (similar to another famous bald Lex Luthor) and a typical mad scientist who is good at making various high-tech weapons and props.
In the new 52 manga, Rishwana was hit by a lightning seal in his right eye while exploring the tomb of Black Adam, thus gaining eyes that can see through magic and spirits.
In the movie, Shivana is possessed by the seven deadly sins and gains a powerful force, becoming a villain with the same ability as Shazam. However, Shivana in the comics is unable to withstand divine power due to his mortal body, and is weakened whenever he uses magic.
Seven Deadly Sins
The seven deadly sins are derived from Christian theology and include seven monsters representing human evils: arrogance, jealousy, greed, anger, laziness, gluttony and lust .
In the comics, the seven deadly sins need to find the most corrupt soul in the city, parasitic on the villain brother's father Mr. Blair, turning him into a huge monster, madly destroying everything around him.
Crocodile
When Billy and his siblings came to the Rock of Eternity, they found a lot of weird doors. One of them opened and three Crocodile Men in suits and playing cards appeared . In the comics, they are usually the subordinates of meditation mites, so most of the time they will be crushed by Shazam.
It is worth noting that one of the crocodile men is a guest played by director David F. Sandberg .
Black mercy
Behind the other door, a strange tentacle monster appeared, which is probably the deadly plant "Black Mercy" in the comics . It will draw spiritual energy from the brains of parasites and make them dream of the perfect world in their hearts.
DC easter eggs
There are a large number of DC universe-related easter eggs in the film, and almost all come from the superhero tenth scholar Freddy. For this part, you can refer to the previous Shazam article by Qiujun.
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When Shazam and Freddy were testing their superpowers in a dilapidated building, they could see the "ACE Chemical Factory" logo in the background . This is a famous landmark in DC comics. Batman's archenemy, the Joker, was born from the potion that fell into the ACE chemical factory.
Shazam threw a Batman to Shivana, this toy is from the 90s cartoon version.
On the toy shelf, you can also see the heavy armor worn by Sheriff Gordon when he temporarily replaced Batman in the comics.
We can also see that the trademarks of some toys use the DC logo, indicating that a company called DC in this universe is launching peripherals for superheroes...
Fawcett Comics
Like the new 52 period, the background of this film is set in Philadelphia, USA.
In the DC comics before the restart, Shazam’s story mainly took place in the fictional Fawcett City (Fawcett City) , which was a tribute to Fawcett Publications , which created the "Captain Fantastic" Shazam .
The film pays tribute to the origin of the character in a similar way, changing the school Billy and his friends attended to Fawcett Central .
Film and television games
Freddy Billy joked that foster homes are like "Game of Thrones." It seems that the young man knows a lot.
The famous horror doll "Annabel" appeared in the shop where Billy initially tricked the police into it . This is because the film's director David F. Sandberg has directed "Annabel 2: Birth".
After Billy turned into Shazam, he asked Freddy to wait at home "Lights Out" to come to him and pay tribute to director David F. Sandberg's famous work "After the Lights" .
Shazan and Freddy mentioned Rocky on the famous Rocky Steps in Philadelphia .
Shazam stepped on the giant piano in the toy store, which is a tribute to the part of Tom Hanks dancing on the floor piano in the movie "Flying the Future" . "Flying over the Future" is a classic of "Children Becoming Adults" and an important reference source for this Shazam movie.
The video game Shazam and Freddy play is the same Warner's "Mortal Kombat X" . Shazam chose the character Raiden, who can also use lightning, and Freddy chose the funny character JohnnyCage.
Director cameo
In the film, Billy’s biological mother’s boyfriend only makes a voice, but does not see him. In fact, he is the director of the film, David F. Sandberg .
Re-employment of DC actors
John Glover , who plays Shivana’s father, is a frequent guest of DC film and television dramas. He has dubbed the Riddler in the "Batman" animated series, played Luther's father in the series "The Smallest", and also in George · Clooney's version of "Batman and Robin" starred as Dr. Jason Woodrue in soy sauce.
Adam Brody, who played the adult version of Freddy, and D.J. Cotrona , who played the adult version of Pedro (Little Fatty) , had the opportunity to enter the DC family a long time ago. In the Justice League movie prepared by the director of "Mad Max" George Miller, the two roles are the Flash and Superman , but the movie was cut in the end.
man of Steel
The character of Captain Marvel (Shazam) was often considered to be very similar to the setting of Superman at the beginning of its birth. The National Comic Publishing Company (the predecessor of DC) also took Fawcett comics to court for this.
Although DC eventually won the copyright battle, in fact Superman comics also "borrowed" many elements of Captain Magic, like Luther's bald reference to Captain Magic's mortal enemy-Dr. Shivana, and even only jumped at the time. The jumping Superman also "learned" the ability to fly after the publication of Captain Magic.
At the end of the film, Superman made a surprise appearance, giving Ferredi (and us) a surprise. However, although the superman is wearing the familiar red and blue costume, the picture is only brought to the position of the body below the head, and the movie ends.
It is worth noting that the background music of Superman's debut was the classic soundtrack of the 1978 movie version.
It is said that the director had hoped that Henry Cavill could play the role of Superman, but for various reasons it failed to achieve, so the Superman we saw in the movie was actually played by Shazam's stand-in.
Piece tail egg #1 Meditation mite
After the end of the feature film, the main creator list is presented in a cheerful anime style. You can see the interesting adventure shots of the older child Shazam. There are also many DC heroes, including: Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Flash.
After the first ending egg appeared in this animation, the defeated Dr. Shivana was imprisoned in a cell. The four walls were covered with ancient Egyptian characters. At this time, he heard a voice saying to him: " There is more than one way to obtain magic.” At this time, the screen brought a mysterious character in the shape of a worm-"Mr. Mind" (Mr. Mind) .
In the comics, the meditation mite comes from Venus. It is a Zerg creature with extremely high intelligence and ambition. It can control the human mind and make many villains take orders from it. It is the head behind the scenes of the Monster Society of Evil . Its members include: Black Adam, Dr. Shivana, Crocodile and Nazi Captain, etc. It is the number one enemy of Shazam and his family members.
Ending Eggs #2 Aquaman
The second clip was exposed in the previous trailer: Shazam (Billy) speaks to the fish in the fish tank at home, but does not seem to have this skill. Ferredi said that with this ability, he can command the undersea army. Shazan said: "What's so cool about this".
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