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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 22, 2022 17:24:33 GMT -5
I feel like this season has been missing something from past seasons. Kite-Man |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Aug 22, 2022 17:29:44 GMT -5
I feel like this season has been missing something from past seasons. Not finding it as funny this time around. I think for me, this season Harley has been more annoying than she has been amusing or charmingly chaotic for me. We’re 6 episodes in and the main plot has basically been “Ivy trying to do Ivy shit, and Harley(and friends but mainly Harley) continues to distract her very much to her chagrin with “whacky” Harley hijinks.” It is just so…repetitive and until they actually do something with her this season that isn’t related to that, I kinda…don’t want her on my screen right now? Which is kind of a damning thing when she is the titular character, but I’d rather have more of this, “I’m not the stepdad, I’m the dad that stepped up” suburban soccer dad Joker. Like there’s real meat on the bones of that characterization. Basically so far for me this season stock in Harley is down, stock in Joker is up. The extremely reduced role of Kite Man isn’t helping either, honestly. I know he has the spin off coming, but even then, the vacuum he left is gaping and hasn’t been filled yet. Same for the hole left by Doctor Psycho. |
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Aug 22, 2022 17:44:55 GMT -5
I think the season has been alright so far. It definitely feels like Harley herself has nothing to do but I do like Ivy actually being Ivy for a change and stepdad Joker is way more engaging and hilarious than it has any right to be.
Also, Bane continues to be the MVP whenever he's on screen. I'm way more invested in his quest to get his pasta maker than I should be.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Aug 22, 2022 20:25:56 GMT -5
Can we get a Stepdad Joker spin-off, please?
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Post by thechase on Aug 31, 2022 13:20:56 GMT -5
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Aug 31, 2022 16:17:45 GMT -5
HBO Max continues instead of kills a series? Break into all the channels and cover this 24/7 instead, this is the very definition of Breaking News!!!! |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Aug 31, 2022 16:39:39 GMT -5
Of all the things not to get canceled, it’s this?
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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 31, 2022 17:11:28 GMT -5
Of all the things not to get canceled, it’s this? Yes, they decided to renew a popular and critically acclaimed show. Shocking news to be sure. |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Aug 31, 2022 17:14:24 GMT -5
Of all the things not to get canceled, it’s this? Yes, they decided to renew a popular and critically acclaimed show. Shocking news to be sure. Watched it. The only funny thing about the show is the Joker. |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Aug 31, 2022 20:39:20 GMT -5
Of all the things not to get canceled, it’s this? Yes, they decided to renew a popular and critically acclaimed show. Shocking news to be sure. Ok, serious question. I've seen season one and parts of season two (none of season three). After season three, does it genuinely feel like there are stories left to tell? Or does it just feel like it's continuing for the sake of continuing a popular show? |
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Post by The Captain on Aug 31, 2022 21:38:02 GMT -5
Yes, they decided to renew a popular and critically acclaimed show. Shocking news to be sure. Watched it. The only funny thing about the show is the Joker. A lot of people seem to disagree given that it's been renewed for another season. Not even David "Cancel Everything in Sight" Zaslav can ignore it. |
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Post by S-Chrome on Aug 31, 2022 22:26:34 GMT -5
Harley's been rather weak this season, can't ignore it... from the first episode on, really.
Maybe her and Ivy getting together should've been a good place to stop it.
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Post by thechase on Sept 1, 2022 0:43:53 GMT -5
Harley's been rather weak this season, can't ignore it... from the first episode on, really. Maybe her and Ivy getting together should've been a good place to stop it. I think the fact the original showrunners are packing it in after only one season of Ivy and Harley being together tells you all there is to know. They're bored of that toy already and want to play with new ones (like the Kite Man spin-off, as he's a far more captivating and likeable character) Ivy and Harley aren't even that good a relationship, there's a reason the mainline DC Comics never commit to it. They were always better suited as best friends in Batman: The Animated Series and fans blew that out of proportion. I'd love Harley to permanently break away from Ivy and settle with a guy, like how it is with the White Knight trilogy where she and Bruce are endgame. |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Sept 1, 2022 2:45:58 GMT -5
Personally, I like Harley with Booster Gold. Don’t really care much for any of her other male love interests. Bruce maybe, but that wouldn’t last in the main continuity.   |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Sept 1, 2022 2:48:31 GMT -5
As this season has gone on, another thing that I have noticed is this season it really feels like they’ve kinda…shrunk the scope of the world in this series.
First two seasons utilized a wide swath of characters and groups. This season, everything’s mainly been pared down to basically just the Batfamily, Harley & her friends, and Joker and Catwoman.
The episode where they went looking for Swamp Thing was probably the closest it felt to the prior seasons in terms of exploring the scale of the world to me. We went from involving the Justice League and even god damned Darkseid, to, well they’ve been spending a god damn long time in Catwoman’s place as a locale for scenes I’ll just say.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Sept 1, 2022 2:48:36 GMT -5
This season is a slow dirge of scattershot ideas and awful animation.
It's well and truly poor and I'm kinda awed it has the amount of good will still that it does.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Sept 1, 2022 2:52:01 GMT -5
This season is a slow dirge of scattershot ideas and awful animation. It's well and truly poor and I'm kinda awed it has the amount of good will still that it does.
I have to wonder if some people are giving this season some leeway due to it being a pandemic production? Because that certainly would at least explain many of the shortcomings. The heavily reused locations, the vastly smaller scope of characters, the sharp decline in the amount(and quality) of the action animation. |
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Post by thechase on Oct 7, 2022 12:10:44 GMT -5
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Oct 7, 2022 17:24:03 GMT -5
Fun season, though last season was better I thought. And please no on sticking with Harley with a dude. I'm so tired of DC screwing with their fans by not committing to relationships. Bruce/Catwoman, Nightwing/Barbara/Starfire, Ivy/Harley. Just gets hard enough to care about comics if the stories don't matter and everything just resets to status quo every time. Relationships can work in comics, writers and editors just need to be creative and not lazy as shit.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Oct 7, 2022 18:04:37 GMT -5
Fun season, though last season was better I thought. And please no on sticking with Harley with a dude. I'm so tired of DC screwing with their fans by not committing to relationships. Bruce/Catwoman, Nightwing/Barbara/Starfire, Ivy/Harley. Just gets hard enough to care about comics if the stories don't matter and everything just resets to status quo every time. Relationships can work in comics, writers and editors just need to be creative and not lazy as shit. What’s wrong with Harley with a guy? It’s not physically abusive like her relationship with the Joker was, but Harley’s relationship with Ivy isn’t as sweet as fans/writers like to portray it as either. Ivy’s still a homicidal maniac with no issue over killing people to get her way. She just doesn’t abuse Harley. Harley needs to be with a straight up superhero if DC constantly wants to portray her as part of the Batman Family, Justice League or a hero at all. Stop dating criminals. |
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