Shazam's past and present lives and the meaning of the name
In the original Shazam comics, when Billy Batson was young, his parents were treacherously assisted by Theo Adam (the big villain Black Adam, "Black Adam" starring Dawn Johnson will be released in 2020 ; Another setting of Black Adam is Shazam’s first-generation successor Tes Adam, who later became black Adam and was sealed by the wizard Shazam) and was killed. After that, Billy and his twin sister Mary had to be separated. He was fostered at his uncle's house, but unfortunately he was taken away from his inheritance rights and was soon abandoned by his uncle. Billy had no choice but to wander the streets, initially selling newspapers to make a living. This is the life experience of the old version of the comics. After the restart of the new 52, that is, in this movie, Billy Batson is the son of a 17-year-old unmarried mother Batson. The mother and son were abandoned by his father. He was in the amusement park more than a year old. He lost his mother while playing, and has been fostered in 23 families. In order to find his biological mother, he has fled these foster families one after another. At the beginning of the movie, Billy was under fifteen years old and lived on the streets. He was finally fostered in the Vasquez couple's house. Mary also changed from a twin sister to a sister in his foster family.
In the new family, he has five siblings, Freddy Freeman (Freddy Freeman), Mary (Mary Bromfield), Pedro Pena (Pedro Pena), Darla Dudley (Darla Dudley) and Eugene Choi, these people were later members of the Shazam family. Billy also has a magical tiger called Rhubarb. In the movie, he gave a tiger doll to the hiding child. It is very similar to Rhubarb. It is expected to appear in future movie series. Billy is optimistic, kind, brave and selfless. Although he strives to avoid physical conflicts with others, he can stand up at critical moments when others need help. He knows what is right and insists on doing the right things without worrying too much about personal gains and losses. Billy Batson's beautiful personality and traits attracted the attention of the old wizard Shazam (called Mamaragan in the new version, the god of thunder and lightning in Australia).
One day, Billy Batson took the subway and somehow came to a subway station that he had never seen before. There were mysterious hieroglyphs and strange symbols everywhere. He came to an eternity where a statue symbolizing the seven deadly sins of mankind was placed. Zhiyan, the old wizard is already three thousand years old. In order to resist the dark forces, he exhausted his energy and was about to run out of lamps. He believed in Billy’s personality and was deeply impressed by him. He chose him as his successor and made him a living The wizard of justice in the world. The wizard passed all his abilities to Billy, granting him all the super powers of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. Billy only needs to shout Shazam, the name of the wizard, will transform into a superhero with these six supernatural powers.
Shazam’s body is not an ordinary person’s body. Shazam has six divine powers, namely S ( Solomon’s wisdom ; Solomon was the king of the ancient Jewish kingdom. The Old Testament Kings said he had superhuman wisdom), H ( The strength of Hercules; Hercules is the greatest hero in ancient Greek mythology, brave and infinite), A ( Atlas's endurance ; Atlas is the engine of ancient Greek mythology The giant god of the sky, he was condemned by Zeus to support the sky with his shoulders), Z ( the power of Zeus; Zeus is the king of the gods in ancient Greek mythology, using thunderbolt as a weapon to maintain the order between the heavens and the earth, built by a cyclops Lightning spear), A ( the courage of Achilles; Achilles was the most powerful hero of the Greek coalition in the Trojan War) and M ( the speed of Mercury; Mercury is the god of Roman mythology Messenger, wearing flying shoes, holding a magic wand, walking like flying), Shazam is the most powerful wizard with six powers in one body.
After the restart of the new DC 52, Shazam's name also has a new meaning shown in yellow letters.
The relationship between Shazan and Captain Marvel
Anyone who knows Shazan knows that there is another name before Shazan "Captain Marvel", yes, it is the DC version of Captain Marvel.
The Great Depression after 1929 made reading comics in newspapers a popular and cheap form of entertainment. From the late 1930s to the mid-1950s, it was the golden age of American comics. In 1939, cartoonist CC Baker and screenwriter Bill Parker published Flash comic (also known as Thrill comic) by Fawcett Publishing, and created Captain Thunder. However, due to copyright reasons, the second issue was renamed Whiz comic. Before the comics were printed, the painter Pete Costanza suggested changing the protagonist's name to Captain Marvelous, which was later edited and simplified to Captain Marvel (Captain Marvel). Captain Marvel was once very popular, even surpassing the famous Superman comic series.
In 1941, Captain Marvel became the first superhero to have a live-action movie due to its overwhelming sales volume. The comics have even been expanded and his own Marvel Family (Marvel Family) was created. In the same year, National Comics (the predecessor of DC), which owns the Superman series of comics, believed that Fawcett Publishing had plagiarized Superman and took it to court. After the first trial, Fawcett was sentenced to infringement by the court. After a long lawsuit, in 1951, the court finally found that the national comics had the copyright of Superman, but Fawcett's Captain Marvel did not infringe the image of the national comics as a superman.
In 1953, Fawcett made concessions, agreed to stop publishing, and settled out of court for $400,000. Since then, due to poor sales, Fawcett decided to stop the comics. Unexpectedly, in 1972, DC acquired the role of Captain Magic. Unfortunately, between 1953 and 1972, the name of Captain Marvel (Captain Marvel) was registered by DC competitor Marvel because the copyright expired, so DC was unable to officially release and promote Captain Marvel, so it had to change the name to Shazam SHAZAM! , Correspondingly, the Marvel family in the comics was changed to the Shazan family. In 2010, Marvel fixed the Chinese translation of Marvel as "Manwei".
The Superhero Dream of Secondary Two Boys
Billy can become a superhero by shouting Shazam, and by shouting again, Billy will become a teenager Billy again.
After the first transformation, Billy was at a loss, because the old wizard gave him his supernatural power and turned to ashes and dispersed. No one taught him how to use the supernatural power, and no one taught him any magic. With the cooperation of his foster brother Freddie (the second generation of Captain Marvel in the comics), Shazam began to verify his power again and again. Freddy posted a video verifying Shazam's supernatural power on social media, making Sha agree to be an Internet celebrity. One day, Shazam abused his superpowers and caused a car accident. In the end, he used his superpowers to save the bus in the accident. At the same time, his video became popular and also attracted Mark Strong (Mark Strong). The jealousy of the villain, Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, Dr. Sivana wanted to get magic after all his life, so he used various methods to force Shazam to pass on his superpowers. People start various duels from heaven to earth.
Dr. Shivana is a man desperately searching for magic in the movie. He was a boy Said who liked magic when he was a child. He was once admired by the old wizard Shazan, but in the end he was ruthlessly abandoned by the old Shazan because his mind was not pure enough. , He caused his father's car accident, so he was also disgusted by his father. In the setting of the comics, Dr. Shivana found the tomb where Black Adam was sealed. When he opened the tomb, he was struck by lightning in his right eye. As a result, he gained the ability to see through magic. He could understand the tomb. Text. The text in the tomb says that if no one can destroy Black Adam, don’t let him out. If you want to release Black Adam, you will yell "Shazam." Dr. Shivana saw that it was so easy, so he released Black Adam. , So at the beginning of the film, Black Adam may have been released.
On March 25th, I watched the movie clip of "Thunder Shazam" in advance. I also saw Shazam starring Zachary Levi (Zachary Levi). Zachary is 1.9 meters tall and wears a neat suit. Lisuo is handsome, and there is a certain distance from the second Shazan of the sand sculpture in the movie, so he plays the second Shazan of the sand sculpture mainly by acting. Zachary looks like a big American boy with a very cheerful personality. He is very active in interacting with fans. When answering questions from the host, he will actively find some laughs, and the atmosphere of the scene is active. In the movie, although Shazam has a tall and mighty adult body, because he is still a teenager, he often performs incredible childish behaviors. This is also the main joke of the movie. When watching the movie in the morning, the audience on both sides Always laughing, this is probably the most down-to-earth superhero.
As a mid-to-young actor, Zachary starred in the first to fifth seasons of "Supermarket Agents". He has appeared in many movies before, but most of them are supporting roles. He played the role of Fandral in the "Thor" series of movies. For this role, I have watched several Thors but I am not impressed with him. "Thunder Shazam" is the first time that Zachary Levy starred in a superhero movie as a male actor. His performance is remarkable and not bad. Although it is a bit of a second in the sand sculpture, it will not make people feel contrived. No Deliberately acting out the naive kind of deliberate traces, the performance is relatively natural, and the fighting scenes are also free, which is considered to be a relatively successful casting in the live action movie.
Because of the seven deadly sins of arrogance, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, lust and gluttony, the seven evils of the seven deadly sins actively participate in the story. Shazan has a darker direction. "Thunder Shazan" is not stupid. Children's film. The various fight scenes between the dark forces headed by Dr. Shivana and the Wonder Family in the playground, Billy's displacement on the street, and the various details of the story of him and Freddy being bullied at school, all enrich the texture of the film. It is impossible to imagine what kind of story the feature film is just by watching the trailer.
Foreign reviews of "Thunder Shazan" are good. Rotten Tomatoes gave a high rating of 93%. After watching the entire movie today, I also think the movie is good. As the live action movie "Thunder Shazan", it is a qualified commercial blockbuster. It’s dark when it’s dark, it’s funny when it’s time to be funny, and it’s crazy when it’s time to fight. The interspersed humor in the second temperament makes this movie very grounded. The film's storyline also borrows from "Grow Up" starring Tom Hanks. And some of the sections in "Deadpool", there are also many tribute eggs in the movie, such as Batman's dart, Superman's newspaper, and the words Fawcett written on the school wall, etc., all DC comics fans are not happy. The easter egg he is looking for.
After the movie ends, there are two Easter eggs. The first one implies that Dr. Shivana, played by Teacher Ma Qiang, will make a comeback again with the help of some kind of magic, so don't rush away, remember to watch it.
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