Hello again, nerd squad and welcome to another nerdy list.
If you haven’t seen the new Shazam trailer yet, what are you waiting for?
It’s amazing.
Don’t believe me?
Go watch it, I’ll wait.
While DC has struggled with some of the films in their cinematic universe, this second trailer
for Shazam only appears to have confirmed what the first trailer set out to prove, that
this film is going to be hilarious, action-packed and shazamazing!
Sorry, that was bad.
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I’m your host, Amanda McKnight and this is your top 10 easter eggs for the new Shazam
trailer.
Did you miss me?
I missed you.
10 Family Shazam
One scene in the film teases that Billy’s secret identity may be found out.
While at first glance these kids may appear to Billy’s friends, the scene takes place
it what appears to be home setting.
It is more likely that these kids are the adopted siblings of Billy’s as the Vesquezes
have also been teased in the first trailer in the first trailer as well.
Although sadly the IMDb page does not yet have anyone confirmed as playing Lady Shazam
or Shazam Junior, Meagan Good is credited as adult Darla Dudley which means we may get
to see Family Shazam in the film.
I’m so ready.
9 BIG
If this trailer felt somewhat familiar, there may have been a reason.
This trailer gives us more than a couple nods to another film throughout.
That film being BIG.
From the few glimpses that we get of a fairground to the scene in the toy store, it seems like
Shazam may be making a nod to the film that also shares a similar storyline to it.
For those of you that don’t know aren’t familiar with BIG, it is a classic 80s film
in which Tom Hanks plays the lead--in his case a boy who is trapped inside the body
of an adult after his wish is granted by a mysterious animatronic fortune teller named
Zoltar.
Seeing the similarities?
8 Spiderman
Although Marvel won the right’s to the name Captain Marvel, it appears the feud between
the two comic book publishers is not quite yet over.
As I’m sure we all doubt that it is any coincidence that both DC’s Shazam and Marvel’s
Captain Marvel share release dates that are barely a month apart.
Along with that, we also see in this trailer a couple of similarities between Shazam and
Spiderman among them, Billy’s running jump off the roof as he transforms into Shazam.
The running jump is a very classic Spiderman move although I must say it looks equally
good on Shazam.
7 Batman.
That’s right it seems Batman may have a cameo!
Albeit a small one.
Although Batman himself does not seem to yet be credited in the film, there have been multiple
easter eggs across both trailers from bat symbols, to Joker references, to the hat that
the sales clerk in the convenient store is wearing--is that a cat woman inspired hat
or a bat-winged hat?
I can’t quite tell.
But it’s definitely a nod to the Batman comic world.--No, instead of an actual Batman
credit, we get this [show clip of Batman from trailer] a Batman toy.
The voice that calls out I’m Batman in the trailer definitely does not seem to belong
to Ben Affleck, and has to be confirmed as belonging to anyone in particular.
I personally think sounds like a more animated Batman.
That’s right, I suspect that voice might belong to the esteemed Kevin Conroy.
6 Fight in a Toy Store
That’s right.
If the first trailer for Shazam didn’t give you enough action, this one certainly will.
It included the fight in the convenient store, an battle in a fairground, an epic fight in
a square and hilarious scuffle in a toy store.
In this fight we also get a glimpse at many DC toys, including almost all of the members
of the Justice League including Wonderwoman, Super Man, the Flash, Batman and Cyborg.
While I don’t think we can expect a second Justice League movie any time soon, it is
nice to see a nod towards Cyborg who is currently appearing in new show Doom Patrol.
And with Cyborg being so prominently featured in these shots, perhaps this is a hint at
a possible Cyborg film franchise could be happening in the future.
I know I would certainly love to see that.
5 Last in Square
We see Shazam catch a bus in the trailer and on the side of that bus there appears to be
an ad of some kind although it is hard to make it out, it looks like it reads Last In
Square.
This is perhaps something that links us to another scene in the film where Shazam appears
to be flying up and away from appears to be a city square below in the distance.
Is there some kind of competition we will get to see Shazam participate in?
If so, I’m sure like most of this trailer, it will certainly be hilarious and full of
jokes.
4 Soundtrack
This new trailer’s music seems to have been perfectly selected, heavily featuring the
song, Hi My Name Is… by Eminem.
This song teases at what appears to be, you guessed it, a slam dunk of a soundtrack for
the film.
( Sorry, I’ve been watching a lot of Space Jam recently.
) Eminem even tweeted about the trailer soon after it dropped, writing “my name is who?”
with the trailer attached.
It seems his involvement with the Venom soundtrack was only the beginning of Mr Slim Shady’s
involvement in the comic book cinematic world.
The soundtrack appears to feature Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Drake, J. Cole, Kanye
and a lot of Imagine Dragons among others and is available to stream on Spotify.
I highly recommend what is described as being the film’s theme, a track by Kendrick Lamar
called HUMBLE.
3 Fawcett City
That’s right it appears that the original setting for Billy Batson’s
origin story is confirmed in this trailer.
Not only does the opening shot scream Philadelphia with the historic architecture, seen left,
melding with the more modern buildings of the city, seen on the right but in it we also
see a bus.
The bus appears to be following route number 9, 4th-Walnut which is an actual bus line
straight out of Philly.
2 Staff
While in the first trailer we clearly see the Wizard carrying a magical staff, it appears
that it is more tucked away and hidden from view in this trailer until we see confirmed
villian, Doctor Sivana, wielding it.
This appears to be another deviation from the original storyline and as it appears the
villian and banished magic user, Black Adam is not yet credited in the film this leads
me believe that DC CU version of Doctor Sivana succeeds in getting into the Wizard’s realm,
the Rock of Eternity and is able to steal the Wizard’s magic staff sometime after
Billy enters but before the Wizard perishes.
1 The Wizard.
Our first look into Shazam’s origins echo that of the comics.
At the beginning of the trailer we see a wizard reveal himself to Billy and ask that he speak
his name so that he may pass on his powers.
What is interesting about this is that in the new 52 it is established that the wizard’s
name is Mamaragan and yet in the trailer the name the wizard asks Billy to speak is Shazam,
lending to the pre-crisis character of the wizard.
When it comes to DC comics they are known for being quite strict when it comes to new
storylines.
With any new interpretation of a character usually tying in to a relaunch of the entire
DC comic world.
If the wizard in the film’s name is Shazam this would mean almost a melding of the two
versions of the wizard, both pre-crisis and new 52 something that is almost unheard of
within DC.
The Marvel MCU has found success in finding its own interpretations of comic book stories
and characters for the screen.
While DC in the past has struggled to do just that, this new take on melding and adapting
their characters and stories in a similar way to Marvel may mean more success for them
as well.
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