DC's Peacemaker Starring John Cena (HBO Max)
 

HBO Max have just commissioned a Suicide Squad spin-off series centered on John Cena's Peacemaker character

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sui...ax-1234780589/

You know, there's a narrow but decent range of decisions WB/DC can make that won't elicit a negative reaction from me.

Unsurprisingly, this falls well outside that range. :tlol:

I am sure Leo is just thrilled about this :lol:

:tlol:

Next up, Dwayne Johnson cast as -- wait a minute, the Rock is already in a DC production. :tlol:

Yeah, but I'm convinced that ol' Flex was specifically only put on this Earth so that he could ultimately play Black Adam. It's the only reason he even exists and he's pretty much perfect for it, so I can live with it.

F*ck John Cena, though. F*ck that guy right in the ear!

It's probably going to be written by Geoff Johns.

Don't know how this is going to turn out but the costume looks nice at least.

Rikki Roxx was gonna face off against John Cena one night, but it never happened cause he didn't see his opponent anywhere.

Rikk mate, you should track down Bruce Blitz and shoot the breeze on Cena:lol:

I don't even like talking abut John Cena, it leaves my mouth tasting of ashes.

I will say, however, that his rap CD was a bit underrated. Although Tha Trademarc did most of the heavy lifting on that one. He later went on to do Kurt Angle's far superior and impeccable TNA theme, so we can tell where the talent in the Cena/Trademarc duo really was. :trazz:

I do occasionally nod my head to "Bad, Bad Man" to this day, I confess. But I'm always sure to follow it up by saying "F*CK John Cena" afterwards. My soul is clean.

You actually went out to the store and bought a copy? :lol:

I did. Almost certainly at FYE at the mall. It was a different time, the world didn't realize we should all hate him yet. But yeah, I got it when it was new.

Which is partly why I can say any f*cking thing I want about him. He got my $12.99 off the strength of one admittedly good single, and in turn I can razz him as much as I want to, forever.

To be quite fair, it's not actually bad. Thoroughly mediocre and meandering, but not "bad". He had good people working with him on it, like Bumpy Knuckles and so on. So that definitely helped him out.

Pretty much a one-track album, though. "Bad, Bad Man" is the one really good track and the rest is all kinda "eh" by comparison.

Sadly, I do not own Macho Man's rap CD, on account of it was apparently pretty hard to find and stores over here did not carry it. Bummer.

But yeah, I paid full price for John Cena's rap CD. I drink straight Jack. I have a Speed Racer tattoo. I wear Mets shirts in public. I never wear a condom. I make Very Good Lifestyle Decisions. :trazz:

I actually owned it. I remember creating Macho Man on some X-Box wrestling game and making his intro theme one of his rap songs. The one where he's rapping about how Hogan is whack and "I got featured on Spider-Man!"

The weekend Savage died, I was on a show with Danny Doring from ECW, and he made that track - "Be A Man" - his theme song in tribute because he's a huge Savage fan. I think he kept it that way all year, come to think of it.

I miss that guy. I used to see him all the time but I only wrestled him once, and then he slowed down after that. I think having a kid made him wanna stop. He's a trip, though.

Gunn suggests the show might not be a prequel, despite some focus being on the origins of the character

https://www.cbr.com/suicide-squad-jo...ot-be-prequel/

Danielle Brooks joins the cast

https://deadline.com/2020/11/peacema...ks-1234612903/

Matt Miller joins the show as an executive producer

https://deadline.com/2020/12/matt-mi...tv-1234655910/

Filming begins

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a...-gunn-filming/

First look from the show

https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news...rld-exclusive/

Yeah, not a prequel. A sequel:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-p...ns-peacemaker/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBMH2hAV...pg&name=medium

The level of troll is real with this one

Gunn even uses the Snyder cut chapter breaks:lol:


And of course, the intro.



Snyder cult seething

Gunn used the Snyder Cut Chapter Breaks in his Suicide Squad Movie too it was funny.

Say what, this is out? And already the first three episodes?

Just saw the first one. Man, I'm not sure. I get what Gunn is trying to do, and they're making Peacemaker himself almost like the Johnny Lawrence figure from Cobra Kai... but I'm not sure it works. Not with this ensemble and a lot of this "obvious humor." A lot of... stuff you'd expect to see in an SJW-driven show these days, too, but I can't tell for sure if Gunn is doing that ironically. Some of it, sure.

Maybe these will get better but no laughs from me at all in episode 1. That WAS a great fight at the end, though. It was telegraphed as coming but that was pretty brutal.

I totally blanked on that:ohwell:

I enjoyed 2 and 3 more than 1. Starts to get pretty funny.

Is it like an episode a week now that the first three have dropped? I may check this out

Renewed for season 2 already:

https://tvline.com/2022/02/16/peacem...6y5AKv3bKHG6dE

Finale spoilers

Yeah. Heh.

Gunn said in an interview

Ah. That totally computes then. Nice.

Superman's Body Double not too shabby

https://i.imgur.com/juso9hw.jpg

I mean if we're supposed to believe Peacemaker and such exists within the same universe, then they should make the occasional appearance, at the very least news reports or posters or whatever. It almost makes no sense if they don't.

Just started the first episode and the show has a black lesbian couple right from the start. Also does anyone else think the girl with the short blonde hair sort of looks like Robin from Stranger Things? Like maybe a slightly older version of her since this actress is older? I almost thought it was the same person at first.

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/sta...87571659645329

Why break something that doesnt need fixing?