DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[JD]

Those murals are based on the 1930s Winold Reiss industrial murals from the atrium of the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, which was the inspiration for the original Hall of Justice in Super Friends (back when it was still a train station rather than a museum that moonlights as a train station) and which the movie used as a filming location. I assume they digitally altered the Reiss murals rather than tamper with museum pieces.

It's wild to see that a scene from this movie was filmed in a place I've actually been in numerous times in my life. I visited the Terminal a number of times in my youth, including once when my father hosted a radio broadcast from there, and in 1996 I worked there as a museum guide for the Star Trek Federation Science Exhibit, often taking my lunch break in the very atrium where they filmed. I haven't been there in quite a while, but I can see it from the overlook park near my apartment.

I don't know the scenes in The Hall of Justice were actually filmed inside Union Terminal, I had assumed they just did those one or two shots outside and then all the interiors were a set back at the studio. Did they change it much from how it usually looks?
So I wonder if stuff with Peacemaker jumping universes is him going from the DCEU to the DCU or the DCU to another different universe?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I don't know the scenes in The Hall of Justice were actually filmed inside Union Terminal, I had assumed they just did those one or two shots outside and then all the interiors were a set back at the studio. Did they change it much from how it usually looks?
So I wonder if stuff with Peacemaker jumping universes is him going from the DCEU to the DCU or the DCU to another different universe?

Peacemaker doesn't seem to be a joke in the other universe, do it's not the DCU or the DCEU.

 

[Christopher]

I don't know the scenes in The Hall of Justice were actually filmed inside Union Terminal, I had assumed they just did those one or two shots outside and then all the interiors were a set back at the studio. Did they change it much from how it usually looks?

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've seen some frames that appear to be from a scene shot inside the atrium, and I've seen a behind-the-scenes video of Fillion and the Hawkgirl actress clowning around in the atrium. It looked like the atrium I remember, so they probably just altered the murals and the signage.

 

[BillJ]

I don't know the scenes in The Hall of Justice were actually filmed inside Union Terminal, I had assumed they just did those one or two shots outside and then all the interiors were a set back at the studio. Did they change it much from how it usually looks?

Long-time Cincinnati resident. The mural and the little bit of furniture were the only change I noticed.

 

[The Realist]

I haven't seen the movie yet,

Are you waiting for an engraved invitation?

 

[Christopher]

Are you waiting for an engraved invitation?

I haven't seen a movie theatrically since COVID happened. I've been tempted to go see Superman, but I figure I should at least wait until the crowds have died down and I can hopefully take in a fairly empty matinee showing.

 

[The Realist]

Fair enough. The first movie I saw theatrically post-COVID was The Flash, because I just had to have my Supergirl. I usually go to weekday matinees, finding that even on opening day, those tend to be sparsely attended, at least at my theater.

 

[Mage]

I haven't seen a movie theatrically since COVID happened. I've been tempted to go see Superman, but I figure I should at least wait until the crowds have died down and I can hopefully take in a fairly empty matinee showing.

My movie buddy were so lucky a few months ago. We went to see Thunderbolts a few weeks after its premiere, on a Tuesday evening. The whole theater to ourselves. Service cinema, meaning we could order drinks and snacks during the movie and they're brought to us. We had our own personal waiter basically and could chat about the movie during the movie. Brilliant.

 

[Mudd]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[CorporalCaptain]

What was the Snyder/Cavill Man of Steel sequel going to be called? Or did they get that far?

Men of Steel.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

What was the Snyder/Cavill Man of Steel sequel going to be called? Or did they get that far?

I remember reading it was going to be called Man of Tomorrow and be a Brainiac plot. Could just have been rumour though.

 

[Aragorn]

What was the Snyder/Cavill Man of Steel sequel going to be called? Or did they get that far?

Man of Few Words

 

[Mudd]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Set Harth]

he's just impressed someone got a writing job done in a timely fashion

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Second episode of the Peacemaker podcast has Robert Patrick as a special guest:

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[rocketscientist]

His exact words were "They're not canon! I hate it!" Not "I hate them," but "it." I don't think he's saying he hated the films themselves, just that he hated the use of his Peacemaker characters in contexts he considers non-canonical and out of character (i.e. why would ARGUS agents recruit heroes to the Justice Society?). Or maybe he was saying that he hates people asking whether those films are part of his new canon.




I doubt that has anything to do with it. Despite being derived from the same source material, the Shazam movies and Black Adam are extremely different in tone and approach, so it doesn't make sense that someone would dislike them for the same reason.

I think you're right! My bad.

I actually really liked Fury of the Gods. It seemed to be in keeping with the previous Shazam movie which had a RT rating of 90%, higher than any of the Superman movies (I think the first 2 Christopher Reeves films are classics and obviously superior and yes, I'd put the new Superman movie ahead or at the same level as Shazam too). I guess I don't understand the substantially lower rating, but that's not unusual for some critics, who can turn on a dime against a sequel.

Black Adam though, well, that was a slog. It was kind of just there. I didn't care much for that one at all.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Also those were supposed to be actual JSA members in the cameos at the end of Fury of the Gods. But Dwayne “Rocks in his head” Johnson put a stop to it in his role as producer. Who we got was a last minute compromise. No surprise James Gunn was unhappy with it. Seriously I hope “Rock head” has nothing to do with DC movies in the future. He also prevented Shazam and Black Adam from appearing together. Of course fully responsible for the fiasco of Henry Cavill appearing in his movie. All for his own benefits.

 

[Mudd]

Black Adam was supposed to be a solemn, vengeful, scary dude.

Johnson has never had a scary or even very intimidating persona, not even as a wrestler. He's built his career on being a macho jester.

So has Cena, but Cena has more range as an actor.

 

[Christopher]

I actually really liked Fury of the Gods. It seemed to be in keeping with the previous Shazam movie which had a RT rating of 90%, higher than any of the Superman movies (I think the first 2 Christopher Reeves films are classics and obviously superior and yes, I'd put the new Superman movie ahead or at the same level as Shazam too). I guess I don't understand the substantially lower rating, but that's not unusual for some critics, who can turn on a dime against a sequel.

Black Adam though, well, that was a slog. It was kind of just there. I didn't care much for that one at all.

I thought the Shazam movies were decent but flawed, and casting Zachary Levi was the biggest flaw, since he came off as obnoxious rather than endearingly childlike.

As for Black Adam, I thought it was much better than its reputation. I loved how it felt like the sixth JSA movie or something, like there was this well-established history between Dr. Fate and Hawkman. But that made me regret that I didn't get to see those first five JSA movies.

 

[rocketscientist]

I thought the Shazam movies were decent but flawed, and casting Zachary Levi was the biggest flaw, since he came off as obnoxious rather than endearingly childlike.

As for Black Adam, I thought it was much better than its reputation. I loved how it felt like the sixth JSA movie or something, like there was this well-established history between Dr. Fate and Hawkman. But that made me regret that I didn't get to see those first five JSA movies.

I guess you had the opposite reaction to these films from me, which is totally ok.

Yeah, I suppose some of those JSA characters had some potential. Atom-Smasher was cool, Hawkman was ok. I really liked Pierce Brosnan's Dr. Fate the most.

But the thing is, to me, it's just not the JSA without some of the core characters, especially Green Lantern Alan Scott and Flash Jay Garrick. And, yeah, I've always liked Wildcat too.

Oh, well. Maybe, eventually, we'll get some of those JSA characters, or, better yet, a JSA film down the line. That doesn't seem to be a priority with James Gunn yet, though. He's probably got too much on his plate right now as it is.