#Headline Creation Challenge#"Shazam 2: Wrath of the Gods" has been released, although the plot of the movie is simple, and the plot is not obscure and needs to be analyzed, but as a comic movie, "Shazam 2" still contains a large number of comic Easter eggs and popular memes, today we will not discuss the plot, mainly to explore the Easter eggs and some details that appear in the film.
Without further ado, here we go!
1. Shazam 2 belongs to the DCEU
The opening animation of "Shazam 2" still follows the DCEU template, and although this film is the first film after Rolling Director and Safran took office, the production of the film was completed before, so it naturally belongs to the DCEU era. Therefore, the teaser Easter eggs that appear in this film may not fill in the hole in the future DCU.
2. Messenger of Peace actor cameo
Rizwan Manji, who plays the speech and dismissal in the museum, plays Jamil, a cleaning man in "Messenger of Peace", and he also discusses with Messenger of Peace whether Aquaman has grass carp, which is obviously two different characters since he was killed by Atlas' daughters in "Shazam 2".
3. Atlas' daughter
The daughter of the villain Atlas of this film is the original character of the movie, in Greek mythology, Atlas is the titan god who lifts the sky, in mythology, the titan god and the new god are two god races of the same branch, legend has it that in the initial chaos of the world, the first god was born, that is, the earth goddess Gaia, and from the finger of Gaia was born the sky god Ouranos, and the two gods mated to give birth to twelve titan gods and giant races such as cyclops and hundred-armed giants.
And Kronos, the youngest of the twelve Titan gods, led the Titans and the giants to jointly overthrow the rule of Ouranos, became the second god-king, and married his sister Rhea, and gave birth to a new god race including Zeus.
And Kronos' brother, Iapotos, who is also a Titan race, gave birth to the third generation of the Titan race, that is, Atlas. Thus Atlas and Zeus, as well as Poseidon, Ares their peers.
And Wonder Woman is Zeus' daughter in the setting of DC, so the three villains are strictly calculated and should be Diana's sisters. However, in "The New Snow White", Gadot is Rachel Zagler's stepmother, and this life is really messy.
4. The power of Shazam
The reason why the three daughters want to seek revenge from Shazam is because in the setting, the wizarding association steals all the divine power of the gods, and Shazam represents 6 kinds of divine power, namely: S is the wisdom of Solomon, legend has it that when Solomon first ascended the throne as king, he had a dream, in which God asked him what gift he wanted, Solomon replied that he wanted the Holy Grail (no), Solomon replied that he wanted the wisdom to govern the country, so God gave him superior wisdom. And this ability allows Shazam to have a large amount of knowledge, never forget, understand any text and hypnosis, etc., but this ability is not reflected much in comics or movies, so the movie also officially plays a meme, saying that Shazam is the wisdom of locking the door.
Then H is the power of Hercules, Hercules in Greek mythology, who passed the well-known twelve trials, this blessing can give Shazam no less power than Superman, so fans often ridicule, but where Shazam IQ is improved, because the advantage of being able to use magic, there is a chance to defeat Superman.
Then A is Atlas' stamina, which is why the three daughters in the film say that Shazam has Atlas divine power, in mythology the Titans failed to rebel against Zeus, and Atlas was punished by Zeus to permanently support the sky, so his stamina provided Shazam with strong physical strength, so that he did not need to eat, sleep or breathe.
Then Z is the ability of Zeus, the mythical king of the gods and the god of the sky, who wields massive magic and thunder powers, which allows Shazam to summon lightning and use magic, although the latter is not represented in the film.
Then the second A is the fearlessness of Achilles, in mythology, Achilles, in fact, Achilles, because the prophecy says that Achilles will die on the battlefield, so his mother Netis, the goddess of the sea, soaked his young Achilles in the water of the River Styx, so that he had an immortal body, but because when soaking, Netis held Achilles' heels, so that the heels did not soak in the river, so this became the only drawback of the immortal body, which is the origin of Achilles' heel. And this blessing gave Shazam an invincible defense.
As for the last M, it is the speed of Mercury, who is Hermes in Greek mythology and the messenger of the gods, which gives Shazam the same speed as Superman, but in the confession of Shazam at the beginning of the film, it seems that his speed is weaker than Superman and Flash.
5. The Flash, Batman, Aquaman
When Shazam consulted at the pediatric hospital, he mentioned that he was not as fast as The Flash and not as cool as Aquaman and Batman, apparently to imply that Shazam was still in the DCEU universe.
6. Annabelle
In the corner of the doctor's office, Annabelle's doll appears, and director David Sandberg directed the film "Annabelle" before joining DC, which, like Wen Ziren, is also a self-tribute.
7. Staro the Conqueror
On the wall of the doctor's office, there are many motifs, among which there is a starfish and placed next to S, suggesting that it is the villain of The New Suicide Squad, the "Conqueror" starfish Starro.
8. Freddy's hero name
In the movie, Freddy refers to himself as "Captain All-Power", but in fact, in the comics, Freddy's official hero is named "Little Captain Fantastic" or "Little Shazam".
9. Superman and Wonder Woman
In Eternal Rock there is a newspaper clipping titled "Is Superman and Wonder Woman in Love", which corresponds to the plot in N52, where Superman and Wonder Woman become lovers.
10. The Tiger of Shazam
Tiger toys have been recurring in the "Shazam" movie, and when the Shazam family saves the bridge, Dara adopts a kitten, and the color of this kitten is yellow-brown, corresponding to the Shazam tiger in the comic, if the movie Luck can have a third part, then this kitten may also become a member of the Shazam family.
11. Wonder Woman doesn't need to work
When Shazam tried that Mary did not need to work, he said that Wonder Woman did not work, but in fact, in the DCEU, Wonder Woman has been hiding in the museum, doing the work of cultural relics, but because it is a hidden identity, no one knows.
12. Superman/Wonder Woman hides her identity
Freddie said that Mary wore sunglasses to hide her true identity, and said that Wonder Woman would not do this, this passage cued Superman and Wonder Woman's way of hiding the identity of the hero, Superman hides his identity by wearing glasses, this pair of glasses can distort the viewer's mind, making them mistakenly think that the wearer is thin and not aggressive, and Wonder Woman is directly hidden in humans in her original appearance, so far in addition to being recognized by Big Ben's Batman, other humans in the DC world seem to be blind, It is not obvious that Diana and Wonder Woman are one person.
13. Headless cameo again
After the first film ended with a headless Superman cameo, the sequel continues to use the dreams of Headless Wonder Woman as Easter eggs, it should be noted that this Wonder Woman is not played by Gal Gadot, but a stuntman.
14. Billy is a fan of Batman and The Flash
Billy has posters of Batman and The Flash hanging in his room, as well as a Batman cup at Eternal Rock, all of which show that Billy himself is a superhero fan, especially Batman and The Flash.
15. Batman and Robin
Freddy wears a shirt printed with Batman and Robin, but in the DCEU, Robin has been killed by the Joker when Batman debuts again, so the Robin that Billy knows is unlikely to be the previous one, only it is possible that Batman has found a new Robin.
16.ChatGTP
The magic quill in the library of the Eternal Rock, pinching him is probably the hottest AI software ChatGTP today, especially when he writes letters, he can't tell which words are useful, like some anti-intellectual dialogue in ChatGTP.
17. Burning violin
Shazam used a violin that distracted Atlas's daughter, an artifact of the Rock of Eternity, called Nero's violin, which burned continuously. From the 1946 Shazam comic book Cult of the Dam Part 4: The Flame of the Magic Violin.
18. Grimm's fairy tales
In the door of the Rock of Eternity, there is a door with the label Wonderland, which refers to the fairy tale world of Grimm in the comics, which is home to fairytale creatures in which the Shazam family once went on adventures.
19. Mary remake
In the movie, there is a scene recalling the first appearance of the Shazam family, which was actually re-filmed, in addition to the different uniforms of all members of the Shazam family, the actor after the transformation of the eldest sister Mary was also changed from Michelle Booz in the first part to Grace Fulton, the actor of the eldest sister.
And the eldest sister is also the only member of the Shazam family played by the same actor before and after the transformation in the second part.
20. Director cameo
The monsters bred by the Tree of Life begin to attack humans, and one of the flying monsters grabs a passerby and throws it from the air, and this passerby is played by director David Sandberg.
21. Uncle Hades
When Atlas's eldest daughter and second daughter quarreled, Hades was mentioned and called him an uncle, and according to the genealogy we said earlier, Ataras was the same generation as Zeus and Hades, so Hades was indeed the uncle of the three daughters.
22. Captain Marvel
When passers-by called Shazam, one of them called Shazam Captain Marvel, although the movie translated as Captain Marvel, but this is actually a wrong translation, Shazam's original name was Captain Fantastic, from Fawcett Comics, and later was sued by DC for character modeling plagiarism Superman, and during the long litigation between the two companies, Marvel launched Captain Marvel and preemptively registered the Captain Marvel trademark, which made it impossible for DC to continue to use Captain Marvel Marvel), so he could only change his name to Shazam.
23. Cameo appearance by Shazam actor in the 1970s
The passerby who calls Shazam Captain Marvel in the movie is played by Michael Gray, who is the Shazam actor of the 1970 "Shazam" live-action TV series, and the film allows Shazam actors from two eras to meet across time and space.
24. Justice League
In the film's first ending egg, Emilia Harcourt appears and recruits Shazam to join the Justice Society on behalf of Amanda Waller, which Shazam is disappointed by, in the comics Shazam has joined the Justice League and the Justice Society, and in the animated series, Shazam is also one of the founders of the Justice League.
25. Power Warriors & Avengers
In the face of Harcourt's recruitment, Shazam successively said the names of several teams, including the Justice Society, the Power Society, the Avengers Society, etc., and the latter two names correspond to the Power Team of the Rolling DCU and the Avengers of Marvel next door.
26. Emilia Harcourt
Actor Jennifer Holland, who plays Harcourt, is the wife of Rolling Director, and this is her fourth appearance in the DC Universe, and has previously appeared in "The New Suicide Squad", "Peacemaker" and "Black Adam", DC seems to want to make it into DCU's Nick Fury.
But fans think that Rolling Director is cronyism, so fans asked Rolling Director on the Internet to stop this behavior of letting his wife make a large number of cameos in DCU, and Rolling Director responded that only the cameos in "Peacemaker" were arranged by him, and the cameos in other works have nothing to do with him, so he hopes that fans will stop this groundless rumor.
27. Meditation mites
The second Easter egg of the film is that the villain of the previous work, Dr. Shivana, is still in prison, is a few years to meet the meditation mite in the previous Easter egg again, from the dialogue between the two, it is known that although the previous meditation mite promised to help Shivana have power again, but the fact is that the meditation mite is too small, resulting in the whole plan progressing slowly, several years have passed, even if Shivana is old, the two have a second dialogue.
In fact, many fans have misunderstood, the second Easter egg does not imply that "Shazam" has a third part, but the director is making up for the Easter eggs of the previous work, because the Easter eggs of the previous work obviously hint that Shivana and Meditation Mite will make a big move, but due to the restart of the DC universe, "Shazam" is likely not to have a third part, so the director simply abandoned this plan, borrowing the slow efficiency of Meditation Mite as an excuse to imply that the conspiracy between the two will never succeed, which can be regarded as hitting the previous work in the face.
Well, the above are the 27 Easter eggs and details that appear in this work, if there are new discoveries, please leave a message to discuss