Batgirl The Movie

Collector Freaks Forum

Help Support Collector Freaks Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

I haven't seen the finale yet but I detected nothing in what I've seen so far this season. He's best buds with Silver, I dunno, was I supposed to read more into that?
And I don't remember him verbally making reference to his homosexuality - it's possible I missed it though as I'm often posting on here at the same time as watching these shows.

Well, he confesses to Silver what it was all about (dunno if that was S3 or S4), Madi learns about it as well, and well, without spoiling anything, it plays a part in the finale. What I'm getting at, is that characters like Flint, Midnighter, Modern Extrano, etc, have this certain characteristic, but they aren't defined by that in the way that Marvel's Miss America Chavez is, considering her whole deal is being a sassy latina lesbian Wonder Woman copy with none of Diana's appeal.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

Well, he confesses to Silver what it was all about (dunno if that was S3 or S4), Madi learns about it as well, and well, without spoiling anything, it plays a part in the finale.

It's a great show, I'm gonna have to watch it through again.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

It's a great show, I'm gonna have to watch it through again.

Yeah, that it is. It's just a shame nobody really watchedit, so that the actors can get bigger parts. Stephens is a stage actor so he's good, Charles Vane played/is playing the Superior over at AoS and... that's it, really. Meanwhile, GoT turned them all into stars. Yeha, yeah, different beasts and all, but still. If more people watched BS, it would've been better for everyone. As it stands, only a small reddit community exists, that I imagine will die soon.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

The Charles Vane actor is also on The 100 at the moment - he looks much the same on that show as he did in Black Sails, I dunno about AoS - I think I must have stopped watching before he joined.

It's a strange one though how Black Sails went under everyone's radar, including mine until only last year but that's not unusual for me, I'm often a late-comer to any TV show that I watch.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

The Charles Vane actor is also on The 100 at the moment - he looks much the same on that show as he did in Black Sails, I dunno about AoS - I think I must have stopped watching before he joined.

It's a strange one though how Black Sails went under everyone's radar, including mine until only last year but that's not unusual for me, I'm often a late-comer to any TV show that I watch.

I started the show about a month or two ago. Not to mention that I only caught Mad Men last year. So many shows, so little time... But yeah, it's weird how obscure Black Sails turned out to be.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

PS: I once saw a Tumblr discourse about making Tony Stark a bisexual who has HIV, to promote that HIV is nothing harmful...

Not gonna lie. I actually had an idea for "The Death of Batman" where he's interrogating drug addicts on skid row and one of them stabs him with a dirty needle. Then I remembered that he's super rich, so, basically, Bruce Wayne would have Magic Johnson aids, not Philadelphia aids, and I figured "meh."
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

Not gonna lie. I actually had an idea for "The Death of Batman" where he's interrogating drug addicts on skid row and one of them stabs him with a dirty needle. Then I remembered that he's super rich, so, basically, Bruce Wayne would have Magic Johnson aids, not Philadelphia aids, and I figured "meh."

Wouldn't he have Kevlar or something underneath the tights? Or wear an armor-esque suit? Besides, I was never a fan of these "realistic" stories. Yes, people contract HIV. Others get cancer. Others are born with weak hearts. But these are super-heroes. They're above us, they're Demi-Gods. Similar to the protagonists of the Ancient Tragedies, they have flaws that ground them, but they're still beyond us. Make them all too human, and, well, you lose what makes them special. Not to mention that in a universe of magic and clones, I imagine AIDS would've been cured.

For the record, there's only been one mainstream death that I've liked, and it was the only one which was tackled with maturity, and that's Mar-Vell's. Cancer is a tricky subject, so I can buy them not curing it, especially since his physiology being different due to him being Kree. Regardless, there was no fight or flashy lights, just a man dying by something that he could not control, and he alongside his friends, and enemies, coming to terms with it.

Now, you might say "well, why do you like that and are against Batman getting lung cancer", and well, the answer's biased, but... one was a C-Lister, the other is THE A-Lister. And since they'd never let Batman die forever, it'd be a cheap gimmick. So I'm generally against main characters beng "torn down". Let them be ideals and shinning beacons. We've grounded them enough already.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

Wouldn't he have Kevlar or something underneath the tights? Or wear an armor-esque suit? Besides, I was never a fan of these "realistic" stories. Yes, people contract HIV. Others get cancer. Others are born with weak hearts. But these are super-heroes. They're above us, they're Demi-Gods. Similar to the protagonists of the Ancient Tragedies, they have flaws that ground them, but they're still beyond us. Make them all too human, and, well, you lose what makes them special. Not to mention that in a universe of magic and clones, I imagine AIDS would've been cured.

For the record, there's only been one mainstream death that I've liked, and it was the only one which was tackled with maturity, and that's Mar-Vell's. Cancer is a tricky subject, so I can buy them not curing it, especially since his physiology being different due to him being Kree. Regardless, there was no fight or flashy lights, just a man dying by something that he could not control, and he alongside his friends, and enemies, coming to terms with it.

Now, you might say "well, why do you like that and are against Batman getting lung cancer", and well, the answer's biased, but... one was a C-Lister, the other is THE A-Lister. And since they'd never let Batman die forever, it'd be a cheap gimmick. So I'm generally against main characters beng "torn down". Let them be ideals and shinning beacons. We've grounded them enough already.

I did think of body armor, but I just assumed there'd be limitations, even for Batman. Knife proof? Sure. Bullet proof? Why not? But a needle could pass right though the fibers of it hit right. For me, I'm not huge on Batman the superhero, or, rather, Batman as we've come to define him. I feel like there's far more storytelling potential in a more grounded, down to earth caped crusader than there is to be mined from the, at one point, literal God he's become. I should add that most of my ideas pertain to my own little headcanon and not to the mainstream DCU at large. Even then, I thought it was a ****ty idea. Your Tony Stark comment just made me remember it.:lol
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

I did think of body armor, but I just assumed there'd be limitations, even for Batman. Knife proof? Sure. Bullet proof? Why not? But a needle could pass right though the fibers of it hit right. For me, I'm not huge on Batman the superhero, or, rather, Batman as we've come to define him. I feel like there's far more storytelling potential in a more grounded, down to earth caped crusader than there is to be mined from the, at one point, literal God he's become. I should add that most of my ideas pertain to my own little headcanon and not to the mainstream DCU at large. Even then, I thought it was a ****ty idea. Your Tony Stark comment just made me remember it.:lol

I'm a fan of the more "urban" Batman as well, but at this point, it couldn't work. Either way, personally I have Moon Knight and Question for my pulpy needs, so I'm good. :lol
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

I actually had an idea for "The Death of Batman" where he's interrogating drug addicts on skid row and one of them stabs him with a dirty nee-

TsbmG8d.jpg
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

I'm a fan of the more "urban" Batman as well, but at this point, it couldn't work. Either way, personally I have Moon Knight and Question for my pulpy needs, so I'm good. :lol

For me, it's the nature of him as a victim of trauma; as a survivor, as well as the richness of the characters that surround him and the depth of the world that surrounds them that makes for incredibly compelling human drama at a level far deeper than "panic in the streets as The Joker gases Gotham...again." Honestly, I question whether or not, if I did tackle Batman, he'd even be a character in the DCU, or if his would just be a world in itself, akin to what Nolan did. Not in the sense that the Nolanverse is what my Batman would feel like, just that I'd prefer a more grounded setting to mine for rich character development, as opposed to massive action setpieces and spectacle.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

Not gonna lie. I actually had an idea for "The Death of Batman" where he's interrogating drug addicts on skid row and one of them stabs him with a dirty needle. Then I remembered that he's super rich, so, basically, Bruce Wayne would have Magic Johnson aids, not Philadelphia aids, and I figured "meh."


Already been done.


Spoilers, he gets raped in the bum.


 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

Already been done.


Spoilers, he gets raped in the bum.




Seriously, though, I've seen a lot of weird **** in my day, but that ****ing tops it. The Batman dude doing his best Keaton impression, the drug addict's cheesy porno acting, the soap opera music, and then it, basically, devolves into the most twisted afterschool special, ever. I was laughing my ass off.:lol
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

Seriously, though, I've seen a lot of weird **** in my day, but that ****ing tops it. The Batman dude doing his best Keaton impression, the drug addict's cheesy porno acting, the soap opera music, and then it, basically, devolves into the most twisted afterschool special, ever. I was laughing my ass off.:lol

You being a fan of pegging, the fact that you are laughing your ASS off about batman being raped doesnt surprise me.....sickening, but not surprising...
For shame batfan, for shame
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

You being a fan of pegging, the fact that you are laughing your ASS off about batman being raped doesnt surprise me.....sickening, but not surprising...
For shame batfan, for shame

Man, black mask, I never pegged you as one to get all butt hurt about it. I always thought we were cool, but whatever; be a ****ing ass hole.
 
Re: Batgirl - Written, Directed and Produced by Joss Whedon

I don't think he's serious with the for shame thing.
 
Back
Top