Wonder Woman 1984 is pretty bad — and so are the glitches

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Every bit Wonder Woman 1984 continues to underperform at the domestic box office in the U.Southward. and Canada, many viewers are at present reporting issues with streaming the movie on HBO Max.

In addition to the pic being rather lengthy (it's 151 minutes long) and having some questionable plot choices, a significant number of HBO Max users take had trouble watching the motion-picture show, particularly those using Roku streaming devices.

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Twitter users such as BuzzFeed'south Brandon Wall took to social media to vent their frustrations with HBO Max, citing "choppy frame rates" and "stuttering video":

For whatever reason, Wonder Woman 1984 plays similar crap on my Roku TV'due south HBO Max app, unwatchable choppy frame charge per unit. Everything else HBO plays fine though?Dec 28, 2020

According to ANTENNA, about 11% of all post-launch signups on HBO Max came three days following the release of WW1984, so it's likely that some new users hoping to watch the latest addition in the DC Cinematic Universe experienced some streaming issues.

Since its release in the dying days of 2020, Wonder Adult female 1984 has been a disappointment to fans of the previous motion-picture show. Officially released on Christmas Day in both cinemas and HBO Max, information technology turned out to be far from a joyful holiday surprise, grossing but $xvi.7M in North American on its opening weekend. In the post-obit weekend, this fell to but $5.5M, signaling a 67% subtract.

The film'south score on Rotten Tomatoes took a huge tumble also, going from 89% to 60% within a affair of days equally critics and viewers began to tear the sequel apart for its "mindless story" and "unimaginative series of clichés":

I'm 45 minutes into Wonder Woman 1984 and in that location'south still no plot.January two, 2021

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The events of WW1984 accept place decades after the previous movie (in 1984, in case it wasn't obvious). Portrayed by Gal Gadot, Diana Prince lives undercover as an anthropologist while still grieving for her deceased honey involvement, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine).

Nevertheless, after she and her co-worker Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) discover a curious artifact called the Dreamstone, Wonder Woman must protect it from Maxwell Lord, a Tv set personality and wannabe businessman who's interested in benefiting from the stone's powers.

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