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That scene in which Jaime says goodbye to his Father and finally connects with the suit is so beautiful, the soundtrack is great, this movie is quite underrated, it is not the most original but it doesn't have to be, it just has to be done well

This movie is so sweet and so fun, it's one of the best things DC has done in recent years and one of the few things I'd miss not getting more of after the restructuring with James Gunn

This movie didn't deserve to flop at all 😢😢😢

My Hispanic wife lost her shit when El Chapulin de Colorado she grew up watching it!

I'm so glad that blindwave loved the movie like I did and also that they share my mindset that if a movie doesnt do incredible box office doesn't mean it's bad. Also to the blindwave guys the reason the blue beetle ship reminded you of nite owls ship is because that was based on blue beetle vehicles along with 80s nite owl and 60s nite owl were based on the Ted lord and Dan Garrett blue beetles

James Gunn said that he intends to bring Xolo Maridueña to the new DC Cinematic Universe as Jaime, but this movie will be disregarded. As a Brazilian, I do hope that Bruna Marquezine also returns as Jenny. She has a huge fanbase here in Brazil and we loved to watch her in such a production; she works as an actress in telenovelas since she was a child. Also, Chapulín Colorado is very famous here in Brazil, so we recognized the reference immediately.

As a Latino who loved blue beetle since a kid this movie hits different, I really appreciated the feel and the family aspect❤ was waiting for this reaction

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I was really sad to see it perform poorly at the box office but I’m excited to see more Blue Beetle in the future!

This reaction just made want to see more Young Justice reactions.

I remember crying during the dad dying scene while Jaime was tied up and dragged away. That scene was great

this movie is criminally underrated. George lopez had me dying lol

omg you guys are the best !!! lol the fire thing had me cackling. Also, loved this movie, as a brazilian who grew up watching Bruna this was a very "proud sister" moment, she crushed it as Jenny, the whole cast did

I hope James Gunn keeps this movie in the new DCU. There's no reason not to

I love this movie so much! It mean so much to me. It hit all the right beats for me. Maria Del la Barrio has SUCH a huge impact on Latinos (especially in the US) growing up. It was a massive hit. The whole thing with his name, Jaime vs Jamie.. that's a fight most of my family has. El Chapulin.... This movie was a beautiful thing. Angel, the director did amazing. The cast did great. I wish more people would go see Blue Beetle!

I openly SQUEALED when Jamie fired the staples, gave me Young Justice flashbacks ❤

GLAD THAT XOLO IS STAYING AS BLUE BEETLE IN THE DCU!

As a Mexican American this movie was made for me… I loved it.. I saw it in theaters and hope we get a 2nd one.

Unless Aquaman does something ridiculous, this is absolutely Top 3 superhero films this year with Spiderverse (clear winner) and Guardians 3. Shame about the circumstances in which it was released led to a bad box office, but the public response (and I believe most of the critical response) has been superb.

ok just a little history lesson. Dan Garett was the first Blue Beetle. that version went through a lot of changes in his 20 years of on again/off again writing but the stuff that DC kept was that Dan was able to use the scarab but it functioned more like a magical artifact and didnt necessarily bond to him in the same way it does to Jaime. Dan is mentioned in the movie when they first enter Ted's lair. Uncle Rudy said that Ted found out death is the only way to remove a scarab because the scarab was bonded to Dan and when he died it left him. In the comics, Dan also died and Ted recovered the scarab from where his body was located. The scarab did not bond or activate in any way towards ted. Having studied Dan Garrett's exploits as the Blue Beetle, Ted recreated Dan's abilities with his own inventions and became the 2nd blue Beetle

The vic VapoRub bit, the chespirito and chapulin colorado, the dia de muertos reference when Jaime sees his father, the latino family theme. My latino soul is fulfilled, this movie is so good.

As a Puerto Rican who also had a family death, film made me cry 3 times, the death, the afterlife, the final fight

Eric was so bloodthirsty lmao I’m glad BB was a good movie because I really like the Beetle/Jaime in Young Justice.

It's wild how they went out of their way to make Jaime never kill anymore, but literally every single person on his side, other than his dad, kills at least one person.

i love this movie so much! jaime is one of my favorite characters and xolo is such a talented actor that i couldn't help but root for it

btw as a child of latino immigrants y'all dont know much the scene of the family being herded out at gunpoint felt so terrifying i felt sick to the stomach, its like all the horror stories you hear about deportation

48:47 Mark! 2.4K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️ Notes: Whoa! Is this my first time seeing one of your videos both this month and year? 😮 You guys are still so much fun to watch and hear! 😊

15:03 Mark! Aaron, until I saw the name "TACOMA" I didn't know why he was saying "taco" because he wasn't selling food from his truck! 😁

Blind Wave talking about Super hero fatigue bummed me out since they almost NEVER talk about that and they've still enjoyed the majority of the MCU stuff recently. There were more than just Super hero movies that didn't do well this year. Dungeons and Dragons, Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones are just a few examples of films that didn't do to well. I think the only ones considered "huge successes" are Barbie, Oppenheimer and Guardians 3 and even some people said Guardians 3 was disappointing since it didn't reach a billion. I have to say as well, I was a big fan of The Marvels and I'm still bummed it didn't perform as well, but there were just SO MANY other factors other than "superhero fatigue" that got in the way of that movie not performing as well. But lastly, I do appreciate that they made sure to mention that just becasue a move didn't do amazing at the box office doesn't mean it's a bad movie.

I love how both Blue Beetle AND Venom can basically be summed up as "symbiotic alien parasite gets stolen from rich and evil corporation and bonds with the unlikely protagonist. The hero learns how to use their new alien suit to fight someone from the evil company with the same power set."😂 I'm mostly joking because I still liked the movies, but couldn't help notice that haha

Underrated. Very enjoyable

26:21 "anime sword" that's what I said the first time I saw that

let's goooo!! such a fun and wholesome movie, the family, fights and music were amazing! I really hope we see more Jaime in the future

39:49 Mark! Before this movie, Ted Kord, was the only one that I knew about! He has a character card in the RPG boxed kit! I have some of his comics and I read them. The "Owl Man"? His technology is the most like Ted's. Do you remember that flying machine from the "HBO" mini-series? 🤔

The clip on the TV at 4:56 is from the movie Cronos, which is the first Guillermo del Toro film! It also just happens to involve a beetle that is a bit more of a parasite than Jaime's beetle.

8:38 Mark! Note that the VFX team made the same mistake that was made in the first "Ironman" movie. There should not be any smoke! That suit isn't propelled by chemicals of the solid-fuel or liquid-fuel variety! It uses energy repulse! 😌 "Repulsor"!

Is 2024 Eric in his villain era 😂😂 I love it!

i was so upset when i saw this movie wasnt doing well in the box office and some people were even happy about it. It was so much fun great story great characters and a great message. at least we wil continue to get Xolo in the DCU as blue beetle he was amazing.

I saw this recently on a plane, I thought it was actually pretty good especially considering I had never heard of the character before

42:14 Even a Mission Impossible movie struggled at the box office. While the box office numbers for 2023 were up from 2022, overall the box office numbers aren't reaching what movie sales did pre-Covid. Superhero fatigue could be a factor but I feel the economy, cost of the movie experience, and streaming services are big factors. The cost of the average movie going experience has aged almost as bad as the cost of sporting events. When I was a kid, the turn around time from box office release to seeing it on VHS/DVD was many times over half a year and even close to year in some cases (see the LOTR trilogy). Now the turn around time from box office to streaming is so short (sometimes 40-60 days) that people might just be waiting to watch these films on the streaming services they're already paying for. The film industry almost disincentives people from going to the theaters anymore. I'm also curious if the video game industry having one of the best years in gaming since 1998 had an impact on the film industry in 2023 and wonder if people spent more of their entertainment dollar buying video games. It's anecdotal but I found myself spending more money on new games this year than I have in previous years.

In the comics Garrett was the 1st iterations, Ted is the 2nd, and Jaime is the 3th

Scarab - We are not killers Jaime His entire family - LETS SEE WHO CAN DECAPITATE THE MOST ENEMIES

One of the things I like that they did for the suit is that it isn’t cgi 100% of the time! In the scenes where it doesn’t need to be cgi they made it a real suit. It makes the suit a lot more believable and it’s shocking how much effort they put into this movie

Dan Garret was the first Blue Beetle when he first appeared in the Charlton Comics line along with Captain Atom, The Quistion and other characters that DC purchased from that defunct company. Yes Kord never got the scarab to work for him but invented all his specialized equipment fight crime. He knew Dan Garret and it was passed down to him.

You mentioned Watchmen. Fun fact: the original idea was to use the recently acquired Charleston comics characters, and Night Owl was going to be Ted Kord. But when DC said no, Alan Moore just created his own heroes.

2:23 Mark! Howdy! 🤠 Did Eric just say "Beyonder"?! 🤔 If so, that's clever! But "Beyonder" is still one of my favorite "Marvel" characters! 😎

44:08 Mark! "I'll just watch it later." It must be nice to still have that as a voluntary option! My friend made me miss "The Marvels" at the local movie theater, though I had waited for however much time passed since "Captain Marvel" to see it at the theater! Unless "Netflix" gets it, it won't be a streaming option for me. If it were, it would still be on a tiny smartphone! Until our television and players are repaired or replaced, physical media isn't an option. At least I got to see "Blue Beetle" and the second "Aquaman" movie because he was okay with seeing them. I miss having reliable transportation. 😪 When I have the options available to me, I want to see every "Star Wars", "Star Trek", and CBM at least two to three times on the biggest screen that I can make the drive to! 🚗

So glad you guys are finally reacting to this movie blue beetle is one of my favorite DC and I was vary happy with the movie

4:57 thats "Sabado Gigante" it was a show that was created in chile on 1962 and it became so popular that they move the show to miami , the part you see in the movie its a segment were people sing and if they suck at it the "chacal de la trompeta" plays the trumpet and they gets sacked off the stage , it was a very popular among the latino comunity , the last episode was broadcast on 2015 . The show have the world guiness record for the longest show on air , 53 years

Fun fact: Nite Owl was meant to be an analogue for Blue Beetle (the second Nite Owl adds in some Batman) and the Owlship was basically a mix of the Blue Beetle Bug and the Batmobile. So it makes sense it reminds you of that.

Blue Beetle is everything Marvel should have done a looooong time ago with the contemporary Mexican/Hispanic family story. DC beat them to the punch and it was greatly done!

I like you Eric, but I would never ever want you to be my city’s superhero 😂

Hey. I haven't seen this movie yet , so I'll come back soon with my opinion. Hope Rick is ok , give him my best wishes 🤙

3:09 for those of you who read the comic you know what they are and you know why Jaime’s one is special

Fun movie,the family aspect and fight choreography were really well done.Cast was good too,scene with Jaime's dad was great :)

YES!!!!! I love this movie, it’s so good. Deserved to do well, I’m so upset it flopped.

Just watched Blue Beetle recently and I honestly loved it

Fun fact, the translation sort of botched when the mother to Jamie said “And go kick their asses!” What she *actually* said was something like “and go kick the fucking sons of bitches”, i think the movie got away with having two f-bombs because they were said in Spanish lmao.

I LOVED BLUE BEETLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jaime’s sister annoyed me at the start of this movie. Jenny literally told y’all not to open the box, but you pressure Jaime to do it anyway then get mad at Jenny when it has consequences? Cmon.

Awesome reaction! It was a joy to watch this movie with you guys!

At first I didn't expected this movie to be good enough but surprisingly it was fun when I first watched it at the theatre..💯

Had the rest of the DC movies been this good, maybe they could have done without a forced restart under Gunn. It's honestly sad that this movie will get left behind because of the failures of other movies.

This movie visually reminds me of the first Iron Man movie, you can tell that there’s CGi, but you can tell that it’s working from very good practical effects so it looks great

Probably my favourite movie from last year. It was so good. The family aspect and the superhero aspect were both incredibly well done. The comedy was great along with the visuals. Solid 9.2/10

The “no killing” rule is now a DC only thing, for the most part. About as common to the MCU as secret identities. As Natasha put it, “We don’t want to kill you, but we will.”

Fantastic movie with lots of heart. I'm glad its continuing into the new DCCU.

Is Blue Beetle revolutionary? No. But is it fun? Yes. And I really appreciate how vibrant and deep the world feels. The creatives didn't shy away from the lore.

The movie has big phase 1 Marvel movie energy.

Watching this made me feel like the Normies watching The Empire Strikes Back for the first time and cheering at the Ugnaughts because they knew Nick Nolte's Quielle from The Mandalorian. I mean, I'm not going to sit here and pretend like DC Universe Online is a NEW game, but I didn't have any other context for "OMAC" until now.

One of my favorite DC heroes and a good movie IMO. I loved it and I’m hyped for the next one!!

I was so excited about this movie, sad the strike hurt the box office but still a good movie

Every time I see Bruna Marquezine, I'm proud of her. She deserves all the support, here in Brazil this movie was also known as "the Bruna marquezine movie" lol

If you look closely you can see the zorg ZF-1 pod from 5th Element.

"Power rangers scarabs" have me dead

This is honestly a great movie with a great cast. Yes the plot is predicable, villain could be better, but I unironically love it.

A bloodthirsty Eric is my spirit animal

Can't believe HOW GOOD THIS WAS! Add him to the new DC, they didn't show any Snyder icon emblems

Ted most likely is lost in time since his best friend is Booster Gold, who is a time traveler and father of Rip Hunter.

Loved this more than I had hoped!

Watched it in the theatre and had an awesome time😊

I like to imagine that Ted Kord is lost in time and space with Booster Gold somewhere lol

4:58 lmao Don Francisco 💀 FUERA!

Everything about this movie as a Hispanic person hit home so hard but one thing I was taken aback by was that the first time you see the relationship between Victoria and carapax you think it’s an adult relationship but when you see his memories you see that she groomed him and even tho this movie was so funny at times it was also so deeply sad

4:55 that's "Cronos" from Guillermo del Toro, an unsual take on the vampire myth it has a golden scarab that attach to people, good movie

I can't believe the movie gave Eric exactly the revenge he wanted! XD

24:15 😮😮😮😮😮 24:20 SIIIIIII HAHAHAH GO JOSE

Ayyyy I’m glad you guys watched this

I watched it a couple of weeks ago and I loved it! Very fun, really great action scenes, practical effects and 1st ever Latino superhero. Makes me very hyped about the upcoming DCU!

Even after a DECADE of The Flash I love that Eric is still all “REVENGE Kill kill kill kill kill!!!!!”😂❤

Como chilena... y como latina. Amé esta película. La cantidad de referencias a nuestra cultura y sobretodo lo mexicano que llegó a nosotros en los 80/90 perfectamente utilizado. Y si, las abuelas latinas te sacan la chucha. As a Chilean Woman and as a Latina. I loved this movie. The amount of easter eggs to our culture and especially the Mexican thing that came to us in the 80s/90s... perfectly used. And yes, latin grannys will smack the shit out of you.

I loved this one one, faaaar far better then any of the other DC stuff was last year. (Apart from Superman and Lois of course)

Blue Beetle is excellent in and of itself; but pair Blue Beetle with Booster Gold and you have a comedy duo that is unrivalled among superheroes.

You guys mentioned Watchmen so I’m gonna bring it up. Nite Owl in Watchmen WAS originally Blue Beetle. All of Watchmen was supposed to be characters from Charlton Comics who were bought by DC not new characters. Nite Owl - Blue Beetle Rorschach - The Question Dr. Manhattan - Captain Atom The Comedian - Peacemaker Silk Spectre - Nightshade (loosely) Ozy - Thunderbolt

eric is slowly turning into strax from dr who.

I did not know I needed to see “Blood Lust Eric” before 😂

Jenny Kord é interpretada pela Bruna Marquezine minha conterrânea daqui da cidade maravilhosa Rio de Janeiro e ela arrebenta!❤ good reaction👍

4:55 I think that was Cronos? It's a good Guillermo del Toro horror movie. Definitely would be worth a Blind Wave reaction someday.

This is probably the first Super Hero Movie in a long time that has me wanting a prequel movie that centers on the grandmother during a rebellion that has nothing to do with super heroes.

I still think that it was a serious mis-step to not have _the daughter of the earlier Blue Beetle_ and creator of the various gadgets and vehicles........ to _not_ be the one who used them, in favor of 'random relative of some guy' who is encountering this new tech for the first time. She's the desendant of the guy who made the stuff, let her drive that part of the plot.