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Post by gerbilfacedgeek on Jul 29, 2024 8:11:47 GMT -5
P.P.S. I beg you, tell me Melissa McCarthy isn't up for the VA job. She's played by Minnie Driver. A combination guaranteed to make me say...WHEW! Still not totally sold, though. I mean, evil British aristocrats/headmasters are always fun. I mean it COULD work, as Penguiness looks like a Harry Potter or Roald Dahl type villain. But there's the stuff I said above too.
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Post by Gunhaver on Jul 29, 2024 12:50:32 GMT -5
I read on a Facebook fan page that the character is meant to be OG penguin's mother. Is that not actually the case? I like it regardless but initially thought the mother idea, if true, is a neat little wrinkle.
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Post by lucas_lee on Jul 29, 2024 13:57:27 GMT -5
I just want the Eraser and the Calculator team up
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Aug 1, 2024 11:58:48 GMT -5
Good show. Like the take on it and some of the characters.
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Aug 1, 2024 12:17:34 GMT -5
Argh the classic tale of two sides of me fighting again
Of course you should change things up otherwise you’re telling the same stories over and over again with no difference
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But I don’t want them to change that lol
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Post by Legion on Aug 1, 2024 15:52:26 GMT -5
Really enjoyed the aesthetic and most of the voice acting is top notch.
Gender swapped Penguin came off as a grotesque and almost felt like a bit of a trans joke given the fact the character was a gender swap. I didnt enjoy it.
The other swaps didnt change or impact anything, although I can't help but lol at the gingers going black again. It's got to be a trope by now!
I iddnt enjoy this version of Harley though, not because she's Asian; the costume didnt work for me and the characterisation was a bit too serious for how I feel that character works best as - though I get why they'd change it up so as to be different.
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Post by gerbilfacedgeek on Aug 1, 2024 19:17:28 GMT -5
Gender swapped Penguin came off as a grotesque and almost felt like a bit of a trans joke given the fact the character was a gender swap. I didnt enjoy it. So it's like Velma level attempts at being inclusive, eh?
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Post by gerbilfacedgeek on Aug 1, 2024 19:22:47 GMT -5
I read on a Facebook fan page that the character is meant to be OG penguin's mother. Is that not actually the case? I like it regardless but initially thought the mother idea, if true, is a neat little wrinkle. Well like I said he had an Aunt Miranda in one story arc that would fit the part. Plus she flipped out if anyone called her a penguin.
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Post by Legion on Aug 1, 2024 20:11:06 GMT -5
No, the character isn't the mother of the Penguin. She's called Oswalda and her two son's, who feature in the story, are called Aaron and Ronald. It's a straight gender swap.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Aug 1, 2024 20:19:58 GMT -5
I read on a Facebook fan page that the character is meant to be OG penguin's mother. Is that not actually the case? I like it regardless but initially thought the mother idea, if true, is a neat little wrinkle. her being the real Penguin's mother doesn't make sense. she has two grown children, neither of which are named Oswald or look like the original Penguin. and even if she has a future child that becomes Penguin, Batman is already in his 20's, so by the time he grows up you're going to have a 50-something year old Batman fighting a 30-something year old Penguin. plus they already have a Barbara Gordon, a Harvey Dent, a Clayface, a Harley Quinn, etc., so why have all these characters exist now and then have some others appear decades later
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Aug 1, 2024 20:25:53 GMT -5
I caught the first three episodes during a screening at Alamo Drafthouse last night and thought it was great.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Aug 1, 2024 20:37:03 GMT -5
Gender swapped Penguin came off as a grotesque and almost felt like a bit of a trans joke given the fact the character was a gender swap. I didnt enjoy it. So it's like Velma level attempts at being inclusive, eh? Velma's problem was that it was bad. This is DC, there is a billion versions of everyone.
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Post by Gunhaver on Aug 1, 2024 21:51:44 GMT -5
I read on a Facebook fan page that the character is meant to be OG penguin's mother. Is that not actually the case? I like it regardless but initially thought the mother idea, if true, is a neat little wrinkle. her being the real Penguin's mother doesn't make sense. she has two grown children, neither of which are named Oswald or look like the original Penguin. and even if she has a future child that becomes Penguin, Batman is already in his 20's, so by the time he grows up you're going to have a 50-something year old Batman fighting a 30-something year old Penguin. plus they already have a Barbara Gordon, a Harvey Dent, a Clayface, a Harley Quinn, etc., so why have all these characters exist now and then have some others appear decades later Cool, I didn't know that at the time, hence why I asked. I wonder where the idea originated from.
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Post by Renslayer on Aug 2, 2024 0:14:00 GMT -5
Hearing good things about the show so far
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Post by gerbilfacedgeek on Aug 2, 2024 7:02:59 GMT -5
So it's like Velma level attempts at being inclusive, eh? Velma's problem was that it was bad. This is DC, there is a billion versions of everyone. Was thinking more in the sense that it ultimately seemed tone deaf. Like it was inclusion yet came off worse.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Aug 2, 2024 7:54:48 GMT -5
Velma's problem was that it was bad. This is DC, there is a billion versions of everyone. Was thinking more in the sense that it ultimately seemed tone deaf. Like it was inclusion yet came off worse. Nah didn't come off like that at all, just a different version, which I didn't hate.
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Post by thechase on Aug 2, 2024 10:13:37 GMT -5
God, if it weren't for the plot demanding everyone be either corrupt or stupid, "Kiss of the Catwoman" would have only been five minutes long
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Post by gerbilfacedgeek on Aug 2, 2024 10:37:43 GMT -5
Was thinking more in the sense that it ultimately seemed tone deaf. Like it was inclusion yet came off worse. Nah didn't come off like that at all, just a different version, which I didn't hate. Oh. I guess I was reading into the "bad trans" portrayal comment.
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Post by Legion on Aug 2, 2024 14:27:56 GMT -5
{Spoiler} They did my boy Jim Corrigan dirty. Just let him become the Spectre, stop trying to make him corrupt. Bru and Rucka keep on doing it!
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Post by Zombie Mod on Aug 2, 2024 15:25:21 GMT -5
watching this at the moment (on episode 5.) I dont know what to make of it as I've just re-watched most of the 90's batman series, I can see the influences of the 90's version and their need to be different to it.
it's not terrible and given time could get to the same level as the 90s version.
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