Miles Surrey

1 sketch, 12 claims, and 3 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

The Big Picture: 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview (guest)

Miles prefers the grounded first half of Shazam! to the CGI villain half, has some Marvel fatigue, and likes the DC standalone approach. He was less taken with Wonder Woman than most. He enjoys talking about actors who transform.

Stances

  • Shazam! is best as a what-if about a kid with powers
  • Superhero final fights are derivative
  • Marvel fatigue makes DC's standalone approach appealing

Humor: Snarky pop-culture riffs, such as Chris Pratt as a discount Brendan Fraser.

In their words

  • “I did prefer sort of the the 1st half of the movie” (0:04:55)
  • “maybe I just have a bit of a Marvel fatigue” (0:09:17)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

The Big Picture

Their claims

Showing 1–12 of 12 claims.

  1. lineage (lineage): Shazam! → Amblin. Miles says Shazam! has the throwback coming-of-age feel of 1980s Amblin movies.
    “something you would see from like ambling in like the 80s”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:03:27 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Shazam! → Spider-Man (Peter Parker films, as a generic comparison). Miles says most superhero movies turn derivative at the power-discovery stage, as with Peter Parker scaling skyscrapers, but Shazam! felt genuine there.
    “like Peter Parker like scaling skyscrapers type of thing”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:05:03 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Justice League → Shazam!. DC pivoted to standalone films after Justice League underperformed against expectations.
    “they did a pretty quick pivot from, like, fast tracking their Justice League movie”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:06:43 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Aquaman → Aquaman 2 and The Trench spinoff (planned). Miles says Aquaman mostly planted seeds for a sequel and a Trench spinoff.
    “Aquaman, you know, was only really playing the seeds for Aquaman 2”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:06:56 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Shazam! → Black Adam (planned). Miles expects Shazam! to lead into Shazam 2 or a Black Adam movie.
    “it's just leading into Shazam 2 or maybe like a Black Adam movie”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:07:21 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  6. people (people): Dwayne Johnson → Black Adam (planned). Black Adam, a Shazam villain, is supposed to be played by Dwayne Johnson.
    “a Black Adam movie, which is like a Shazam villain that's supposed to be played by Dwayne Johnson”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:07:21 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  7. people (people): James Gunn → Suicide Squad (planned reboot). Miles lists a rebooted Suicide Squad with James Gunn among DC projects.
    “a rebooted suicide squad with James Gunn”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:07:30 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  8. verdict (verdict): Shazam! → Wonder Woman. Miles was less of a fan of Wonder Woman than others were.
    “I personally wasn't as big of a fan as as Wonder Woman, as other people were”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:09:17 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  9. industry (industry): Avengers: Endgame → Shazam!. Miles has Marvel fatigue from years of buildup to Endgame and prefers DC's standalone approach.
    “it feels like we've been preparing for endgame, like, just forever”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:09:17 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (lineage): Joker → Martin Scorsese. Miles imagines Joker as a Scorsese pastiche that may not work.
    “it's like a Scorsese Pestiche that just kind of doesn't work”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:10:08 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  11. career (career): Zachary Levi → John Krasinski. Miles says sitcom stars can transform, from Chuck to a buff Shazam, and Jim from The Office to a horror movie and a Michael Bay film.
    “I never expected Jim from the office to like, you know, make a sound horror movie and also become buff for like a Michael Bay film”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:11:31 · Miles Surrey (0.80 sure it was them)
  12. people (people): Chris Pratt → Brendan Fraser. Miles dismisses Chris Pratt as a discount Brendan Fraser.
    “He's like a discount Brandon Frazier”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:12:06 · Miles Surrey (0.50 sure it was them)

Their fun items

Showing 1–3 of 3 fun items.

  1. fun, about Shazam!: The character was originally called Captain Marvel and became Shazam when folded into DC, since Marvel had its own.
    “he was actually originally called Captain Marvel”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:02:21 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Shazam!: Miles on what a real 14-year-old with powers would do: buy beer, hit a strip club, and rave about the wings because it's PG-13.
    “would go to script strip club and like beam about the chicken wings because this is a PG 13 movie”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:05:23 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Zachary Levi: Miles's cast-a-sitcom-star bit ends with Adam Scott as Galactus.
    “if Adam Scott were cast as Galactus”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:12:12 · Miles Surrey (0.55 sure it was them)