Bad Moon
Unicron
for reasons known only to the goblins that live in my brain
Posts: 3,091 
|
Post by Bad Moon on Dec 9, 2018 14:42:59 GMT -5
Has anyone seen this? I just watched it today on a random whim and I can barely believe this exists. I'm packing a list of things that happen in this movie out of context in spoiler tags, but I still sincerely recommend you check this out. {Spoiler}
Harley Quinn works as a waitress at a superhero themed Hooters called Superbabes.
Harley sexually assaults a beaten and tied up Nightwing. During this scene she also insinuates that Batman and Robin are gay and references the book Seduction Of The Innocent, which she has written a paper on.
There is a sequence set in a dance club full of supervillain henchmen in which Harley performs a rockabilly number on stage. Even Batman gets into it.
There is a prolonged joke about Harley's farts being so bad she hotboxes the batmobile.
In a brawl scene, they play the Adam West fight music with the sound effect boxes, but instead of onomatopeia they say stuff like 'Break' 'Bleed' and 'Ow, my balls'.
Someone gets stabbed to death right in the heart.
Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue have a psychedellic trip with tubers harvested from Swamp Thing's dead body, implying that this movie takes place in continuity with Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run.
and I could go on. Possibly the wierdest stuff about all of this is that the visuals and even the voice actors are all directly from the old 90s Batman TAS. It's like if somebody let the Venture Bros. guys do a two-part episode of the cartoon. How did this thing slip through the WB branding machine without getting hammered into shape with the rest of the boring forgettable DC animated stuff? I seriously wanna know. |
|
chrom
Backup Wench
Master of the rare undecuple post
Posts: 84,522
|
Post by chrom on Dec 9, 2018 15:41:40 GMT -5
DC was giving Harley a Roman Reigns push during that period
|
|
|
|
Post by Hurbster on Dec 9, 2018 15:41:54 GMT -5
To be honest, that sounds awful.
|
|
chrom
Backup Wench
Master of the rare undecuple post
Posts: 84,522
|
Post by chrom on Dec 9, 2018 16:11:48 GMT -5
To be honest, that sounds awful. Truth be told, it is |
|
|
|
Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 9, 2018 16:13:54 GMT -5
It was odd. Entertaining in spots, but just weird.
|
|
|
|
Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 9, 2018 16:19:14 GMT -5
Yeah, between this and The Killing Joke, all I can say is that Bruce Timm has issues.
|
|
|
|
Post by mrtuesday on Dec 9, 2018 16:23:02 GMT -5
Yeah, between this and The Killing Joke, all I can say is that Bruce Timm has issues. A lot of fans lost faith with him with those two |
|
|
|
Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 9, 2018 16:35:04 GMT -5
Yeah, between this and The Killing Joke, all I can say is that Bruce Timm has issues. A lot of fans lost faith with him with those two He's the kind of creator that works best with limits, people standing over him telling him what he can and can't do. His best work were the original Batman: TAS episodes on Fox Kids when censors were strictest with him. As the DCAU continued to KidsWB and then the Cartoon Network, there was a noticeable, although not extreme, drop in quality as he had less oversight. Then we get to these two movies where DC/WB basically gave him free reign to do what he wants, and we get this. |
|
chrom
Backup Wench
Master of the rare undecuple post
Posts: 84,522
|
Post by chrom on Dec 9, 2018 17:10:27 GMT -5
Yeah, between this and The Killing Joke, all I can say is that Bruce Timm has issues. Heaven help us if he and Frank Miller work together on a project |
|
H-Virus
Hank Scorpio
A Real Contagious Experience
Posts: 5,961
|
Post by H-Virus on Dec 9, 2018 17:28:10 GMT -5
A lot of fans lost faith with him with those two He's the kind of creator that works best with limits, people standing over him telling him what he can and can't do. His best work were the original Batman: TAS episodes on Fox Kids when censors were strictest with him. As the DCAU continued to KidsWB and then the Cartoon Network, there was a noticeable, although not extreme, drop in quality as he had less oversight. Then we get to these two movies where DC/WB basically gave him free reign to do what he wants, and we get this. So he’s basically Vince Russo. He’s got a ton of creative ideas, but only about 10% of them are any good and he needs someone to stop him from using everything that enters his head. |
|
|
|
Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 9, 2018 17:36:04 GMT -5
Woah woah woah, for all his problems, I'm not ready to lump Bruce Timm in with the likes of Frank Miller and Vince Russo. There's a difference between throwing a bullet and shooting a gun.
|
|
|
|
Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Dec 9, 2018 18:13:35 GMT -5
Woah woah woah, for all his problems, I'm not ready to lump Bruce Timm in with the likes of Frank Miller and Vince Russo. There's a difference between throwing a bullet and shooting a gun. He kinda has the same issue though. Not saying he's awful, but I don't understand what he's doing currently. It's as if it's a blessing Batman: TAS wasn't on HBO back in the day.. |
|
|
|
Post by James Fabiano on Dec 9, 2018 18:44:07 GMT -5
Yeah, between this and The Killing Joke, all I can say is that Bruce Timm has issues. Heaven help us if he and Frank Miller work together on a project I think we have Zack Snyder on the line ready for a collaboration! |
|
Mozenrath
FANatic
Foppery and Whim
Speedy Speed Boy
Posts: 121,020
|
Post by Mozenrath on Dec 9, 2018 20:15:07 GMT -5
It was better than The Killing Joke, hands down, but it was still kind of a mess.
That being said, I enjoyed my viewing of it. I am never going to give anywhere near a failing grade to a movie where Rob Paulsen and Rob Paulsen perform a duet. (A genuinely great rendition of Don't Pull Your Love)
|
|
|
|
Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 9, 2018 20:51:47 GMT -5
It was terrible, but in general I think the DC animated movies have been excellent, and they’ve done a lot of them. A rare aberration.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 22:05:16 GMT -5
A lot of fans lost faith with him with those two He's the kind of creator that works best with limits, people standing over him telling him what he can and can't do. His best work were the original Batman: TAS episodes on Fox Kids when censors were strictest with him. As the DCAU continued to KidsWB and then the Cartoon Network, there was a noticeable, although not extreme, drop in quality as he had less oversight. Then we get to these two movies where DC/WB basically gave him free reign to do what he wants, and we get this. Bruce Timm is the Vince Russo of animation. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 10:03:09 GMT -5
Possibly the wierdest stuff about all of this is that the visuals and even the voice actors are all directly from the old 90s Batman TAS. It's like if somebody let the Venture Bros. guys do a two-part episode of the cartoon. How did this thing slip through the WB branding machine without getting hammered into shape with the rest of the boring forgettable DC animated stuff? I seriously wanna know. This movie was billed as being a reunion/celebration of the B:TAS series. This movie could not have gone out of its way more to be anything but that... There's a fart joke that involved Batman and he's made to look like an idiot. WTF |
|
Bub (BLM)
Patti Mayonnaise
advocates duck on rodent violence
Fed. Up.
Posts: 37,742
|
Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 10, 2018 11:33:39 GMT -5
I shut it off the second Nightwing lost a fight to Harley. I don't know why Nightwing is so dumped on by lots of writers, nor do I know why a nutty former psychiatrist is written like she was trained by Master Splinter. What I do know is that Nightwing shouldn't be losing fights to any non-super people for the most part. Dude has Batman training, police training, and is probably the most skilled acrobat in the DCU.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 11:38:47 GMT -5
I shut it off the second Nightwing lost a fight to Harley. I don't know why Nightwing is so dumped on by lots of writers, nor do I know why a nutty former psychiatrist is written like she was trained by Master Splinter. What I do know is that Nightwing shouldn't be losing fights to any non-super people for the most part. Dude has Batman training, police training, and is probably the most skilled acrobat in the DCU. Oh, don't worry none, in HEROES IN CRISIS Harley fought Batman pretty much to a standstill and then Superman flew in and told Bats "She's as good a fighter as you." Not ironically. He really meant it. |
|
Bub (BLM)
Patti Mayonnaise
advocates duck on rodent violence
Fed. Up.
Posts: 37,742
|
Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 10, 2018 11:42:09 GMT -5
I shut it off the second Nightwing lost a fight to Harley. I don't know why Nightwing is so dumped on by lots of writers, nor do I know why a nutty former psychiatrist is written like she was trained by Master Splinter. What I do know is that Nightwing shouldn't be losing fights to any non-super people for the most part. Dude has Batman training, police training, and is probably the most skilled acrobat in the DCU. Oh, don't worry none, in HEROES IN CRISIS Harley fought Batman pretty much to a standstill and then Superman flew in and told Bats "She's as good a fighter as you." Not ironically. He really meant it. I don't even have the words. |
|
