Peacemaker on HBOMax: Cena and Hair Bands and Eagly OH MY

New episodes up on HBO today and I have only one question: ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?

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Guys I watched the first ep & it’s very good

Robert Patrick as Peacemaker’s dad is chefs kiss, I dunno how they got him to agree to the hair but it’s amazing

Cena kills it of course, he was so good in the movie and was basically born to be in a starring role like this. the Quireboys scene alone - he just fully commits & its excellent

James Gunn put a great glam metal playlist on spotify over a year ago and now I know why! Lots of this stuff is in the show

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5vbR9VxLoDw1ciT7t1JehQ?si=5RfrT_Q8R4WZpZZYQ_8lKQ

sic if you do that thing i swear to god

Was not prepared for the opening titles.

"That one will give you scabies."

tbrr this was the show I needed now

Gunn/Cena feels like a match with Carpenter/Russell potential

otm

Watched the first episode and I'm in.

This is fuckin great

The theme song alone is better than hawkeye

this prompted us to see The Suicide Squad movie before watching the series and we surprisingly loved it, just a fantastic super hero movie that doesn't take itself seriously and is such a fun watch.

the show picks up where that left off and keeps much of the same vibe while introducing some cool new characters. Looking forward to the rest of the season!

Judomaster is such a great obscure add.

for posterity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mrr3UNALww

Eagly finding his light at the end of the song kills me everytime.

and here's some white dragon continuity for you
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/William_Heller_(New_Earth)

it should be noted that this show plays by Gunn's rules, which is fast and loose with race and gender

the balcony hard-falls in e2 made me laugh so hard, cena is killing it

the hostage husband and wife had me rolling too

Cena is spectacular in this, really great range and some of the best physical humor I've ever seen. His willingness to give up his body is super impressive. Ex-wrestler!

yeah i knew he’d be funny & game for anything but he’s basically fearless actingwise & stuntwise

Episode 5 featuring the Hanoi Rocks singalong grew my heart 10 sizes (before chainsaw horrors shrunk it 11 sizes)

some nice twitter stuff

No. The deeper meaning is that @michaelmonroe & Hanoi Rocks are one of the greatest rock bands ever - it’s one of the few things #Peacemaker & I actually agree on. (For instance, I don’t think the cast of Riverdale should be framed for murder). https://t.co/OaJp16mFOT

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 29, 2022

11th Street Kids IRL. #Peacemaker #11thStreetKids pic.twitter.com/K3jbglW0zi

— Jennifer Holland (@jennlholland) January 28, 2022

I love how afaict Peacemaker's main power is basically just to take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.

Cena is a hoot. He looks like he's been shaped out of still malleable clay.

Cena is a hoot. He looks like he's been shaped out of still malleable clay.

It's really astonishing how he can shift from "conventionally handsome" to "rubber-faced goon/living Halloween mask" in an instant. He would probably have been a star in the silent film era too.

i want that faster pussycat shirt

omg yes! same

Caught up and loooooooooove this show. So, so dumb + fun.

Yeah this is really fun.

John Cena’s face shares some DNA with Jim Varney’s and I love that.

“Coverdale Farm” lmao

Cena playing a version of “Home Sweet Home” on the piano is why I love him & this show forever. <3

I saw the closed caption as it was starting and was like "no...really?" good stuff.

fyi for anyone missing it, there's generally a bumper scene after the credits

I stopped watching those after a few eps--I found they mostly ratified the choice to edit them out. Y'all are much more into this show than I am though

oh i am very into it

I think this is surprisingly likable. I wasn’t that crazy about Gunn’s movie but gave this a shot and it’s a legit really good show on multiple levels.

do you really wanna taste this?

this fuckin' show! lots of great stuff in the latest episode.

i swear i get the theme song stuck in my head at least once a week

i can't wait until they raid (david) coverdale ranch to a nonstop whitesnake mix

The inspiration for #Peacemaker’s hug & relationship with Eagly. https://t.co/FSVwU1wNyL

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 17, 2021

I had no idea the song was a real actual song that a band recorded not specifically for the show and I still kind of can't believe it, it's wonderful

I was really afraid this was gonna be another Deadpooly show so I was late to start this one. but it most definitely isn't. I am in love.

and the Wig Wam intro song is fucking amazing.

I mean, it is, but it's also its own thing

Let there be rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w07N2nfB7KY

Last episode, sadface

“Which one of you dumb, sister-fucking, tiki torch-carrying, Sloths-from-The-Goonies-lookin’ pieces of shit wants to go next?”

Was great because it's the type of dumb Twitter insult that would normally be delivered in over the top, annoying fashion, but Vigilante's delivery just rolls off the tongue beautifully as a calm yet inflammatory (and accurate) means of instigation.

the minor character names on the episode credits are often v good ie this week:
“White Power Shithead”
“Whitehood Wanker”
“Asshole Referee”

i loved that the EZPZ mart frat dude first line is something about Boondock Saints. Tells you everything you need w a fragment of a sentence lol

also i like how Emilia is head to toe in black like a tiny Emma Peel

"... tender, nice touching...

lmao Vigilante is so weird i love him

these shows always need at least one real comic relief full-on psychopath

".... Taylor Swift sexy butt?"

Haha that was one of the only Vigilante jokes that felt too US sitcom basic and clunky for me

ridiculously-costumed John Cena weeping bitterly as he prays to God to spare his beloved pet eagle was honestly just such a hell of a fuckin vibe

I wondered whether the earlier episode discussion about what kind of organisms the butterflies can use as hosts might be foreshadowing that Eagly is like a possessed entity being used to cynically pep Peacemaker up for a given end but its honestly way better and funnier if it's just an eagle that loves John Cena and hugs him spontaneously

s2 is a go

🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

new item added to my bucketlist:
get John Cena to carry ME around like i’m a giant baby

what a great finale

what a majestic stupid funny gross perfect fucking tv show omg

and this song fooled me completely, took it for last-gasp 1990 hairband its from fkn 2009
hats of to whoever they are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdIMwhFhyIg

ahhhh its a Nikki Sixx cowrite that explains it. i wasnt completely off my game

Wrap up interview

https://www.vulture.com/article/james-gunn-peacemaker-finale-interview.html

wrapped up pretty well if not spectacularly imo, surely leaves the door open for more fun times.
i really wanted to believe he didn't dye his beard

that speech was so good

Do you really taste it?
-#peacemaker #kadusdraws @JohnCena pic.twitter.com/H0JSTsKG5i

— kadusaurus 🦕 (@kadusaurus) February 9, 2022

Bailed after episode 2, my wife wasn't feeling it, it might be too dumb and not funny enough. The house style is fine in small doses, but the pacing gets old pretty quickly (ie, stop the action for a banal conversation that goes on longer than would be conventional, and would ideally be funnier). I get why people like it though, it's fun and all.

tbh it improves a lot more once Vigilante is fully integrated into the show

Disagree, I think if the first two eps aren't your bag the show's not your bag

Yeah, the pilot was incredible and the tone doesn't really change after that, it just adds layers of emotion while still delivering absurdity and hyperviolence (and rawk).

Vigilante def helped though I liked it from the getgo.

i would get why people DON'T like it, my partner loathes it. Except for the opening. And the fact that I watch it with obvious glee. But it is very much a cilantro show

I need to watch this. I remember the character from the old Charlton days.

lol, there was a nice easter egg in the last episode when a news conference was being broadcast on Charlton News

That's a nice nod. It's remarkable what fertile ground those comics have been. The characters in Watchmen were all based on Charlton characters. They provided a platform for Steve Ditko, and I still remember first encountering a very young John Byrne in their series Doomsday +1 and Space:1999.

... "cilantro show"?

meaning some people will love it and others will think it tastes like soap, metaphorically

If I could somehow summon the powers of a real life #Peacemaker I think this would be a great time to do so.

— John Cena (@JohnCena) February 24, 2022

o_O

uh

NGL though I wouldn't mind if the last words V Putin ever heard on earth were "activate human torpedo"

Uh indeed

God bless him and all but Cena is a deeply weird guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6maL6gq6qME

I haven't been following the thread because I've been taking my time and am only on episode 7 and in fact (correctly) figured that even though it might not be her thing my wife would enjoy it so started the series from the beginning, but ... man, it's so key that Gunn writes every episode himself, keeps the through-line of the vision intact.

this is pretty great

No kidding, we shot the actual opening in a school auditorium not so different from that. #Peacemaker https://t.co/S9IsLv8ReU

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 26, 2022

Apparently Season 2 has begun filming!!

:D

I need this