Current Events > Caught some snippets of that Harley Quinn show and... yikes.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Just... just yikes.

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Too much swearing?

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Yeah that too.

You know, Brave and the Bold did comedy so perfectly, it's such an underrated show. Not a lot of people tend to think of it. This Harley Quinn show could maybe take a couple of pages out of its book.

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Interesting

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I think its pretty good

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So far I'm liking it.

I personally don't mind the swearing (it's an adult show about villains). I'm enjoying the new takes on certain characters...and I really did not expect to. Yet they're written in a way that still won me over. The show's also supposed to be a comedy. The typical dark and gothic edginess of the comics can only stretch so far to support that, so naturally some of the characters were going to need a personality makeover to really fit in. Overall I'm having a good time watching it and hoping it stays the course.

I know the advertising may have set off alarms for some people worried it's another cringy "SJW" attempt at hijacking comic icons and bleeding excessive in-your-face girl power all over the place, but...this series does not seem to me like it's doing that. I was pleasantly surprised it does not actually go full steam down that route. And if you pay close enough attention you start to notice that the main characters are just all over the place socially/politically. It's not really shoving feminist agendas down the viewers' throats. It's like the DC version of Seinfeld and if you like that concept, I think it's pretty watchable.

I know there are some gender issue themes thrown in here and there (which makes sense when you think about it considering who the main character is and one of her biggest origin controversies is). However, these moments surprisingly don't make up the bulk of the scenarios, just minor plot points. I guess what I'm trying to say is this is not a "super feminist" show. In fact the main character, Harley Quinn, actually makes a lot of not-so-feminist decisions through out the episodes if you pay attention. Like the first moment she has an opportunity to throw together her own criminal gang, she doesn't race out and team up with angry man-hating she-villains. She grabs henchmen instead and actually treats them on a similar level. Her gang is such an oddball bunch, she herself fits right in with them. I like that.

I know one gripe by critics so far has been the gender political introduction of the Queen of Fables, who's initial thing is how she's convinced she can't be a successful female supervillain with a gang because "waah gender discrimination". However, I think a lot of the critics bothered by that don't realize that the show is full of comical tropes and cliches that play with the comedy. And the Queen is actually one herself: she's the classic bitter woman who ironically plays the victim and blames the world for her embarrassing past instead of admitting it was just her turn as a supervillain to get deservingly stomped by the Justice League. It actually had nothing to do with her gender; one the most powerful female Leaguers basically shoved her into a literary pokeball.

I don't know, I'm just not seeing any heavy political red flags so far. Me and my comic fan friends are happy for that and the goofy twists keep us interested. I hope the series stays that way.

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Just saw a clip with Bane and Joker. That was kinda funny. Any reference to the hilarious tdkr Bane is always humorous.

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I saw a clip about clayface and king shark and it looks great

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I've been enjoying quite a bit. It definitely tries too hard to be funny, but it does often succeed at it imo.

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I won't lie, I've been enjoying it.

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It's a fun show, you should try watching it

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I've been enjoying it and I honestly didn't expect to.

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I only saw clips and i do get the feeling it tries to hard to be funny, but maybe ill actually enjoy it when watching it.

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IronChef_Kirby posted...

I've been enjoying quite a bit. It definitely tries too hard to be funny, but it does often succeed at it imo.

It's kinda like those family guyish shows, a whole bunch of jokes and occasionally one of them is bound to garner a cheap laugh.

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saspa posted...

It's kinda like those family guyish shows, a whole bunch of jokes and occasionally one of them is bound to garner a cheap laugh.

Yeah, that's a good way to put it.

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I really like it. My only complaint is that it's pretty fast, just rapid fire dialogue and scenes. Enjoying it far more than I thought I would and it feels like a fresh take to every other animated super hero show.

Well I heard it was banging... Finger ba*gets shot*.

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^ ^ Yeah that's pretty much what the show is like. Consensus going around that it's fast, trying to be one of those kinda shows. For better or worse.

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As sure as I am this guy fucks bats

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Comedy may be subjective, but damn am I loving this show.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JACT68I-Y5g
I thought this was pretty funny.

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BakonBitz posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JACT68I-Y5g
I thought this was pretty funny.

LOL what is this

Hard to believe that Drew Carey's dumb friend Oswald is Batman.

Is that Batman the voice actor from Batman: The Brave and The Bold or just someone who sounds like him?

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saspa posted...

Is that Batman the voice actor from Batman: The Brave and The Bold or just someone who sounds like him?

It's him. Diedrich Bader.

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saspa posted...

Is that Batman the voice actor from Batman: The Brave and The Bold or just someone who sounds like him?

It's the same voice actor, Diedrich Bader.

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That's probably why I'm enjoying him so much then. Very happy to hear him once more, one of the more underrated Batmans.

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