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Birds of Prey teaser
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ebailey140Looks like it'll have a John Wick/Atomic Blonde feel, which fits these characters, I think.
And bisexual lighting, too!
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And bisexual lighting, too!
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icon_ukMargot Robbie posted this image on Instagram which has been confirmed as the formal title for the the movie, so prepare yourself for
Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
The cast so far is;
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the Helena Bertinelli/Huntress
Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Dinah Lance/Black Canary
Rosie Perez as GCPD Detective Renee Montoya
Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain
I didn't know it had been announced that Ewan McGregor will be the villain, as Black Mask, which could be interesting.
The storyline is that apparently after breaking up with the Joker, Harley gets involved with the three heroes in saving Cassandra Cain from some plan the Black Mask has.
Writer is Christina Hodson (Who wrote the forthcoming Bumblebee movie, which actually looks to be a FUN TF film, and will be writing Batgirl)
Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
The cast so far is;
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the Helena Bertinelli/Huntress
Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Dinah Lance/Black Canary
Rosie Perez as GCPD Detective Renee Montoya
Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain
I didn't know it had been announced that Ewan McGregor will be the villain, as Black Mask, which could be interesting.
The storyline is that apparently after breaking up with the Joker, Harley gets involved with the three heroes in saving Cassandra Cain from some plan the Black Mask has.
Writer is Christina Hodson (Who wrote the forthcoming Bumblebee movie, which actually looks to be a FUN TF film, and will be writing Batgirl)
Catwoman #38
Dec. 7th, 2015 08:40 pminformationgeek
"In this specific case, I am lucky to not feel that pressure because Mark, our editor, and Garry have been on the same page as me since the first moment. I am definitely aware that there are issues regarding the presentation and role of women both on the page and behind it. For myself, as a storyteller, I am trying to not use some of the things that have been criticized. I am trying to not put any women in sexual peril. If I can get away with that through the entire run, that's my goal. Because, as we find out, there are plenty of other ways that someone can be in peril. [Laughs] But there is definitely some pressure from people that are hoping that comics will start to reflect women as subjects rather than objects and start to avoid these easy pitfalls." - Genevieve Valentine
Writer: Genevieve Valentine
Artist: Garry Brown
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
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Catwoman #36-37
Dec. 3rd, 2015 03:09 pminformationgeek
"When she takes the job, when she accepts her birthright, she is doing it with the best intentions. She does it so that no one else does it because she figures that her intentions are better than the other people who were trying to take this job. And she is hoping to use this as a way to make crime so organized that we can get rid of the collateral damage that comes when crime families are fighting with each other and we can start using all of these shell companies to start rebuilding Gotham. She has plans where she recognizes what she is doing is morally very tricky but she is hoping to be less evil than someone else would be in this same role. In some ways, she is taking one for the team. But of course, nothing ever ends up as clean as you hope, especially not in Gotham. When bad guys come knocking at the door, she has to decide how much she is willing to pay to stay in power. That's a big question." - Genevieve Valentine
Writer: Genevieve Valentine
Artist: Garry Brown
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
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Catwoman #35
Nov. 27th, 2015 01:25 pminformationgeek
"I love her intelligence, her resourcefulness, her determination, her independence, and the moral gray area she lives in that’s just big enough for her to reinvent herself as necessary and small enough that she’s often bumping up against its edges.
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I like to think Catwoman fans like her for all those reasons; there’s always something interesting in a character who’s constantly determining her own limits, but who’s independent enough that there’s always the option to bolt." - Genevieve Valentine
Writer: Genevieve Valentine
Artist: Garry Brown
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
With Valentine's run sadly closing out this month for.... some reason, let's reflect back on it.
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lego_jokerSome of you may remember the time I posted that one story where Bruce is depicted as a completely realistic corporate CEO. Well, more realistic than almost any other take, anyways. Good times, good times.
Many of you rightfully called out that portrayal as terrible, and that pondering the "realistic" foundations of Wayne Enterprises misses the whole point of Batman very, very badly. This recent article from Chris Sims on that very topic got me thinking: what would be the total, polar opposite of Batman: Tenses? What story would have Bruce's boundless charity and philanthropy play a central role, not just be relegated to a plot convenience or a fuzzy-wuzzy epilogue?
Ladies and germs, I believe I've found the answer. And the answer may shock you to your very core!
( Behind the cut: (the) Batman tackles the real issues )
Many of you rightfully called out that portrayal as terrible, and that pondering the "realistic" foundations of Wayne Enterprises misses the whole point of Batman very, very badly. This recent article from Chris Sims on that very topic got me thinking: what would be the total, polar opposite of Batman: Tenses? What story would have Bruce's boundless charity and philanthropy play a central role, not just be relegated to a plot convenience or a fuzzy-wuzzy epilogue?
Ladies and germs, I believe I've found the answer. And the answer may shock you to your very core!
( Behind the cut: (the) Batman tackles the real issues )
Tags:
- char: bane,
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: black mask/roman sionis,
- char: clayface,
- char: joker,
- char: killer croc/waylon jones,
- char: mr. freeze/victor fries,
- char: penguin/oswald cobblepot,
- char: poison ivy/pamela isley,
- char: riddler/edward nigma,
- char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson,
- char: ventriloquist/arnold wesker
DC Sneak Peek: Catwoman
May. 21st, 2015 06:58 pminformationgeek
There's such a great history for the character, but in the same way Gotham is an elastic town, she's got an elastic story, where there's a lot of room for her within the DC mythos that Mark [Doyle, the Batman group editor] and company have been excited to explore. The last arc of Catwoman was a chance to tell a really great story for Selina that made the most of her sly smarts and set up some characters that could give her a run for her money, in one way or another, and the reader response has been incredible. This arc is where all those delicate things start to go to pieces, and in some ways that's even better." - Genevieve Valentine
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lego_jokerFor the longest time, I'd always thought of Black Mask - especially the 2000s-era take on him - as Hush, but even worse. Hush might have been a huge Villain Sue with artificial competence and a wholly unoriginal composition, but at least he had the grace to leave the Bat-books (temporarily) as soon as Loeb was done with his debut story. Black Mask had all of the above (possible exacerbated by the fact that he was previously an unremarkable C-lister in Batman's rogues gallery) with the added caveat that editorial was in love with him for some reason, so we got him shoved down our throats as TEH MOST BADASS CRIMELORD EVAH for most of Gotham's mid-2000s status quo.
I'm not going to recap the disgusting mess that was "War Games" here - there are plenty of posts on this community devoted to covering that already - but suffice to say, BM got very little love from the female readership, and his fans in the male readership basically amounted to people impressed that he'd killed a Robin.
But then I sat down to Judd Winick's run on Batman, and realized that holy shit, apparently the newbie writer on the block agreed with me.
( The life and times of Roman Sionis, behind the cut. )
I'm not going to recap the disgusting mess that was "War Games" here - there are plenty of posts on this community devoted to covering that already - but suffice to say, BM got very little love from the female readership, and his fans in the male readership basically amounted to people impressed that he'd killed a Robin.
But then I sat down to Judd Winick's run on Batman, and realized that holy shit, apparently the newbie writer on the block agreed with me.
( The life and times of Roman Sionis, behind the cut. )
