From GoldenEye to Die Another Day, the James Bond films were particularly carried by the charm of Pierce Brosnan. But the Brit is also powerless against some cinema disasters. This was evident, for example, in Black Adam. The 007 star is the best thing about the action hit, but he couldn’t avert the shocking box office flop.
With Bond star Pierce Brosnan: Why did Black Adam flop?
Black Adam revolves around the eponymous superhero Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson), whose powers in the DC Universe are even comparable to those of Superman. Ripped from a long slumber, the male is thirsty, to free his homeland of Kahndaq from a group of tyrants.
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Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate
Brosnan plays the powerful magician Dr. Fate, who and his Justice Society are supposed to end Black Adam’s uncontrolled campaign of revenge. He embodies his role with dedication and a typically British wink. But it didn’t help.
As a film, Black Adam suffers from 1000 different weaknesses. Especially this The script holds the plot together so loosely and in such an uninspired way that that the blockbuster is constantly in danger of collapsing. Many critics panned it (via Metacritic) and, according to Screenrant, its performance in the cinema caused the production studio to lose $100 million.
Podcast for One Piece fans: The German Luffy voice in an interview about the Netflix series
Netflix’s One Piece series breaks the curse of bad anime adaptations. A highlight of the shrill pirate adventure is the return of the well-known German anime voices. Monkey D. Luffy explains to us personally why that was the only right decision in the podcast conversation.
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Voice actor Daniel Hose has been lending his voice to the Straw Hat pirate Luffy for over 20 years. In the podcast he talks to us about his work on the Netflix adaptation and reveals why he almost turned down the job. We also discuss our highlights from Netflix’s One Piece.
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