‘Blue Beetle’ Review: DC’s Latest Trades Big Scope for Smaller Stakes

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.DC usually doesn’t usually care about the little guy.

While Marvel has plenty of underdogs that become heroes, DC’s superheroes are more akin to gods.

Even the lesser members of the DC Universe, like Shazam or The Flash, have the ability to fundamentally alter the world on a large scale.

And even though we’ve seen DC attempt to introduce lesser-known characters into this world, with films like Black Adam and Birds of Prey, DC is still clearly more interested in finding new ways to tell the stories of their main characters: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman.

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