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Veggeta X
11/14/19 12:56:50 PM
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https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/1195026329520893953

The Man in Black
Like most kids growing up, I dreamed about being a superhero. Having cool superpowers, fighting for whats right and always protecting the people. It all changed for me, when I was 10yrs old and was first introduced to the greatest superhero of all time - SUPERMAN. As a kid, Superman was the hero I always wanted to be. But, a few years into my fantasy, I realized that Superman was the hero, I could never be. I was too rebellious. Too rambunctious. Too resistant to convention and authority. Despite my troubles, I was still a good kid with a good heart - I just liked to do things my way. Now, years later as a man, with the same DNA I had as a kid - my superhero dreams have come true. Im honored to join the iconic #DCUniverse and its a true pleasure to become, BLACK ADAM.

BLACK ADAM is blessed by magic with the powers equal to SUPERMAN, but the difference is he doesnt toe the mark or walk the line. Hes a rebellious, one of a kind superhero, wholl always do whats right for the people - but he does it his way. Truth and justice - the BLACK ADAM way. This role is unlike any other Ive ever played in my career and Im grateful to the bone well all go on this journey together.
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Solid Sonic
11/14/19 12:58:11 PM
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He doesn't take enough pride in being that guy to a whole generation of kids.

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11/14/19 12:58:35 PM
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But the Rocl was a superhero in Scorpion King
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HBOSS
11/14/19 1:00:17 PM
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...about time. how long has it been? like 5 dc movies??

maybe we can see the Shazam! family before the ones we got now.

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darkphoenix181
11/14/19 1:00:48 PM
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Is he in denial that Black Adam is a supervillian?
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ZevLoveDOOM
11/14/19 1:01:32 PM
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he should be The Thing in a new Fantastic 4 movie.

i think its self-explanatory... >_>
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Solid Sonic
11/14/19 1:13:31 PM
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ZevLoveDOOM posted...
he should be The Thing in a new Fantastic 4 movie.

i think its self-explanatory... >_>


People want that role to go to John Cena.

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EzeDoesIt
11/14/19 1:14:26 PM
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Oh shit he looks badass.

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Veggeta X
11/14/19 1:26:34 PM
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HBOSS posted...
...about time. how long has it been? like 5 dc movies??

maybe we can see the Shazam! family before the ones we got now.
Rock's movie is gonna build up to Black Adam vs Shazam.

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Veggeta X
11/14/19 1:27:42 PM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
Is he in denial that Black Adam is a supervillian?
Prolly or convinced himself BA is at the very least an anti-hero or the Iron Man to Shazam's Captain America.

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OctilIery
11/14/19 1:28:02 PM
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In what fucking respect is Black Adam a hero lol
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Megaman50100
11/14/19 1:29:18 PM
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This is the first time reading the character's name, I thought it was Black Atom,

It being Black Adam makes me lul
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Garioshi
11/14/19 1:29:52 PM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
Is he in denial that Black Adam is a supervillian?
Black Adam is very much an antihero

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OctilIery
11/14/19 1:30:49 PM
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Garioshi posted...
darkphoenix181 posted...
Is he in denial that Black Adam is a supervillian?
Black Adam is very much an antihero

No
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Veggeta X
11/14/19 1:31:37 PM
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OctilIery posted...
In what fucking respect is Black Adam a hero lol
Well, he was chosen by the wizard so he must have had some good qualities. He prolly started out good but as time goes by and as he experience the world for what it is, his views prolly get skewed. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. It's one of those stories.

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darkphoenix181
11/14/19 1:32:32 PM
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Solid Sonic posted...
People want that role to go to John Cena.


No Cena should play Sue Storm.
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Skye Reynolds
11/14/19 1:33:08 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
darkphoenix181 posted...
Is he in denial that Black Adam is a supervillian?
Prolly or convinced himself BA is at the very least an anti-hero or the Iron Man to Shazam's Captain America.


The Rock always worked better as a heel anyway.
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darkphoenix181
11/14/19 1:33:56 PM
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Garioshi posted...
Black Adam is very much an antihero


Is Lex Luthor an anti-hero?
And yes Lex is black.
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Gheb
11/14/19 1:34:22 PM
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Calling Black Adam an outright superhero is a stretch. He definitely has heroic qualities (he was a standing member of the JSA, alongside Captain Marvel, for a not insignificant amount of time) and he does genuinely care about the welfare of his people and will go to great lengths to protect them. He also has an overall sense of honor.

The problem is that the actions he is willing to take to protect his people or even do superhero things. He not only is willing and able to use lethal force, he has little issue with summary executions of defeated foes. If he thinks there is something that needs to be done he will stop at nothing to make it happen, even if it means killing heroes.

And that's the reformed version. The original Black Adam is just "Captain Marvel, but evil".
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OctilIery
11/14/19 1:35:04 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
OctilIery posted...
In what fucking respect is Black Adam a hero lol
Well, he was chosen by the wizard so he must have had some good qualities. He prolly started out good but as time goes by and as he experience the world for what it is, his views prolly get skewed. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. It's one of those stories.

Except it's been established that wizard can be pretty flawed. Adam does the right thing sometimes, but his motivations are not at all heroic, from when I've read him.
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Foppe
11/14/19 1:42:52 PM
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In the New 52, Adam was a slave that had his whole family wiped out, except for his nephew Aman.
They escaped and was discovered by the Wizard. The Wizard saw that Aman would restore the peace, so he decided to give him the powers.
...but Adam wanted revenge, so he killed his own nephew when he was about to get his powers, and stole them himself.

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Foppe
11/14/19 1:44:27 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
doesnt black adam squish peoples heads like grapes
Only if they wont follow his orders blindly.

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Compsognathus
11/14/19 1:45:00 PM
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Foppe posted...
In the New 52, Adam was a slave that had his whole family wiped out, except for his nephew Aman.
They escaped and was discovered by the Wizard. The Wizard saw that Aman would restore the peace, so he decided to give him the powers.
...but Adam wanted revenge, so he killed his own nephew when he was about to get his powers, and stole them himself.
Which is so much worse than his post-crisis origin.

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Veggeta X
11/14/19 1:47:53 PM
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Yeah, I hopefully Rock comes to an understanding that BA is not a good guy.

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Skye Reynolds
11/14/19 1:48:40 PM
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In the New 52, any man who washed up on Wonder Woman's island was put to death.
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Skye Reynolds
11/14/19 1:49:31 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Yeah, I hopefully Rock comes to an understanding that BA is not a good guy.


Considering The Rock is more famous, the character will probably change to suit. Black Adam's about to become the male Harley Quinn.
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HBOSS
11/14/19 1:53:24 PM
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new52 lex luthor was antihero. i liked his story. they made him spill his jealousy about superman and define his reasoning for hating superman. like he couldnt stand superman as the model human being and he sees superman as a threat. him joining the justice league was good.

not sure what lex is doing now in the comics. he and ozzy are comparing each others character last ive seen.

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ThanksUglyGod
11/14/19 1:53:26 PM
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Dwayne Johnson probably insisted that he be a good guy, so the writers wrote Black Adam as a good guy with an attitude
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Veggeta X
11/14/19 1:55:05 PM
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Well, you can't be the good guy when you're eventually going to be the opposition of Superman and Shazam. Wonder how they'll contextually go about this. This is getting very interesting.

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DeadBankerDream
11/14/19 1:55:52 PM
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Didnt Mark Strong play Black Adam?
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Deadpool_18
11/14/19 1:57:53 PM
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He clearly doesnt read comics. Like wow lol.
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TheoryzC
11/14/19 2:00:43 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
Didnt Mark Strong play Black Adam?

Sinestro in Green Lantern then Dr Sivana in Shazam
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MC_BatCommander
11/14/19 2:00:57 PM
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Y'all think maybe the movie version isn't gonna be like the comic version?

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Deadpool_18
11/14/19 2:03:05 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
Y'all think maybe the movie version isn't gonna be like the comic version?

Creative liberties that vary greatly from the source material have never been my cup of tea.
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Malfunction
11/14/19 2:04:29 PM
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His entire e persona is extremely corny
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Compsognathus
11/14/19 2:12:13 PM
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Deadpool_18 posted...
He clearly doesnt read comics. Like wow lol.
If he read JSA, which is the most consistently good run that featured Black Adam, you could definitely get the impression that he is a hero that skirts the line.

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OctilIery
11/14/19 2:13:03 PM
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HBOSS posted...
new52 lex luthor was antihero. i liked his story. they made him spill his jealousy about superman and define his reasoning for hating superman. like he couldnt stand superman as the model human being and he sees superman as a threat. him joining the justice league was good.

not sure what lex is doing now in the comics. he and ozzy are comparing each others character last ive seen.

Lex was never an anti-hero. He's like old Doom, sometimes siding with heroes but only for his own selfish reasons.
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HylianFox
11/14/19 2:20:51 PM
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pretty sure The Man in Black was Dread Pirate Roberts

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Foppe
11/14/19 2:37:31 PM
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HBOSS posted...
not sure what lex is doing now in the comics
He decided to doom the multiverse, sponsored everybody that wants to kill a superhero and faked his own death.
Or something like that.

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Skye Reynolds
11/14/19 3:18:04 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Well, you can't be the good guy when you're eventually going to be the opposition of Superman and Shazam. Wonder how they'll contextually go about this. This is getting very interesting.


The Scorpion King

In The Mummy Returns, he was a monster who sold his soul to a dark god. In the prequel spinoff, he was a heroic Conan the Barbarian type.

Besides, wrestlers change from good guy to bad guy all the time. He might be an actor now, but he can still do the old heel turn or face turn just the same.
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RickyTheBAWSE
11/14/19 3:27:48 PM
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anti-hero?

did Dwayne Johnson confuse Black Adam with Bishop or something?

Black Adam is definitely a supervillian, lol. not even borderline.
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Veggeta X
11/14/19 3:31:44 PM
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Like I said,

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

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Prestoff
11/14/19 3:37:09 PM
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They're probably gonna rewrite his character as an anti-hero or something, not the first time movies takes its own creative liberties.
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RickyTheBAWSE
11/14/19 3:49:31 PM
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leave it to The Rock to want to have his cake and eat it, too. "I wanna be the bad guy, but I also wanna be likeable because I'm The Rock."
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Skye Reynolds
11/14/19 3:55:52 PM
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...
leave it to The Rock to want to have his cake and eat it, too. "I wanna be the bad guy, but I also wanna be likeable because I'm The Rock."


I mean... that's why he's famous today.

Dwayne Johnson as a good guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56OccvGC5yo

Dwyane Johnson as "I'm bad, but you're gonna cheer me anyway" guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wss_Jf9ZQK8
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Veggeta X
11/15/19 8:55:13 AM
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bump

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Guide
11/15/19 9:01:44 AM
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Black Adam was a hero, then he turned.

My guess is that we get a sequel that shows his downfall, and then it'll be Black Adam vs Cap'n ShazaMarvel.

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KillerSlaw
11/15/19 9:06:47 AM
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They've been saying Black Adam is going to be a hero, or at the very least an anti hero, since they announced Rock for the role.
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Solid Sonic
11/15/19 9:12:10 AM
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Prestoff posted...
They're probably gonna rewrite his character as an anti-hero or something, not the first time movies takes its own creative liberties.


It's not impossible.

Perhaps that rampage he goes on that was mentioned in Shazam happens in the midpoint of the movie. He gets corrupted, goes berserk, but then comes to his senses towards the end and cleans things up but leaves in disgrace because no one forgives his actions. That would set him up to return in Shazam 2.

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