Blue Beetle — Why the Audience Doesn't Care | Anatomy of a Failure

Honestly it's not just DC, but Superhero movies and TV Shows are underperforming due to the overexposure, inconsistent storytelling, and the removal and downright replacement of old and beloved characters with bland and forgettable ones, doesn't help that they have been destroyed when it comes to quality

Yeah I found it funny how Jaime so badly didn’t want to kill anyone yet his family killed a bunch of people without caring when they went to save him.

I love how we live in a world where Puss In Boots is being used as an example of fantastic movie writing

This movie was so safe, it was essentially Iron man and Venom combined. The thing that made Blue Beetle interesting in multiple animated shows/movies is that the Scarab was uncomfortable around humans. If it thought a human looked at it funny, then it would instinctively try to attack. It's a gift and curse that prevented Jaime from even being near his family because he could potentially harm or even kill them. He had to teach it to get comfortable with humans. Where's a conflict like this in the movie? Even the no kill rule could've been explored more. What if Jaime had a no kill rule, but the Scarab didn't and forced him to kill. That would certainly make him stand out.

If you've watched Young Justice, the alien voice is actually a bit malevolent in the cartoon. It makes for a good dynamic because it's constantly trying to make him "terminate" people while he resists. I sort of wish they had gone that route instead of making it so the alien voice stopped him from doing something drastic.

I watch this, and I cannot help but realize that this film is the most "super easy, barely an inconvenience" filled film

The thing that intrigued me about this film was that his whole family knew about the super hero thing right away. That was a different dynamic than what we’ve seen before, and it did interest me a little, but with DCs track record that one thing wasn’t enough to make me want to pay theater prices.

I think more writers need to understand why Succession is so much more interesting than 90% of modern movies, despite it being 99% people in rooms talking to each other. Characters are always juggling obstacles. Even a funeral isnt just a funeral, but a way for certain characters to showcase their value and resilience to shareholders.

It's nice to hear Filmento back from the dead. He has truly embraced modern Hollywood: no one's ever really gone.

I feel like the writers didn't even care about Blue Beetle either. Jamie Reyes had no autonomy here, he was just taken for a ride. In a story, sometimes it's a good idea to have the hero forced to be the hero, but give then a point where they have a choice. For instance, in the first Iron Man film, Tony Stark was captured by terrorists, but he escaped. He didn't have a choice, it was escape or die. Once he escaped he had a choice, either continue his playboy lifestyle or be a hero. Ultimately, he choose to be the hero because he wanted to. He felt he needed to make things right.

What I found strange was that Jamie was a superhero fan. From what I understand, he's always dreamed of being a hero in a world with people like Batman and Superman already saving people. Then he gets the scarab and it's a nightmare because he's stuck with a murderous robot bug stuck to his spine but it's also a fantasy because he sees it as an opportunity. In the movie, he only sees it as a curse. His family, mainly his uncle, are the ones that say he can work it out.

It's crazy that writing mistakes this big can happen in such big budget movies

I honestly can't tell you how happy I am to hear your voice. The reader guy was... fine, but he just wasn't Filmento.

For a video suggestion you should talk about what worked about Pacific rim and what didn’t work about it’s sequel.

The only problem I had with Blue Beetle was that it focused way too much on the family dynamic and not Jaime's development as a hero(because there literally is none).

The whole artistic process of storytelling is fascinating, whether it be a movie, a show, a comic, a book, etc. Some authors know how to make their scenes mean something, and others just put stuff on the screen/page and leave it at that.

I think a good intro would have been to play the whole college angel. The main character should have had the weight of getting his family out of poverty weighing on him while also trying to be the first of his family to graduate college. He should have been shown using "Ganas" to succeed even when everyone thinks he cant. Then once he graduates college and is met with the real world challenges we already expect him to use that "Ganas" to succeed.

Glad to have your voice back, it makes a world of difference. I didn't go see Blue Beetle, because it just gave Chinese knockoff straight to DVD vibes. Nothing from the trailers made this feel fresh and worth watching, so it makes since neither did the whole movie.

Does anyone see the irony of this "We are Mexican we might be unfairly arrested" scene being juxtaposed by the fact that the Uncle has a EMP Generator? a literal device of terror.

My biggest problem with this film was the villains, I didn't care about them. The moment I saw Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Manta) in Aquaman I was instantly invested.