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[The Snake]

Holy hell I just watched the trailer. What a shame. Kate never (as I recall anyway) had the whole “grrl power” thing about her in the comics. She was a lesbian and it was just a background part of her character. She didn’t compare herself to Batman as a woman but rather as another vigilante. This is some bad pandering.

They got the suit right at least.

 

[Badlucktroll]

this show is probably going to have AT LEAST 11 seasons.

 

[Gavin Stevens]

This is the worst thing I’ve seen today, and I just shit myself and wiped it up with a Pringle can...

 

[DeafTourette]

I just lost all interest thanks to that trailer.

 

[cap_shepard_fan_boy]

Ruby Rose

I actually thought that was Katie Cassidy at first.

 

[oagboghi2]

Those YouTube comments


"Batman: master detective. Master in psychology. Master in several different martial arts. Trained by ninjas.

Batwoman: is a wahmen"

 

[Javthusiast]

Can we just market female heroes as just fucking heroes and not constantly trying to say look ITS A WHAMAN HERO?

 

[The Snake]

Can we just market female heroes as just fucking heroes and not constantly trying to say look ITS A WHAMAN HERO?

That's one of the things I liked about the comic. Her gender didn't define who she was other than her name and her aesthetic (the hair/lipstick I mean).

 

[Shelbutt]

Can we just market female heroes as just fucking heroes and not constantly trying to say look ITS A WHAMAN HERO?

That would be too easy

 

[12Goblins]

I don't think Even the SJWs wanted this =(

 

[KonradLaw]

This is the worst thing I’ve seen today, and I just shit myself and wiped it up with a Pringle can...

I hope Titans will deliver on Batman front enough to wipe the bad taste Batwoman will leave in my mouth

 

[KonradLaw]

lol
I enjoyed the first season of Supergirl.

That's because Kara is adorable and comes off as a very nice person. This coupled with lighter tone of the show as well as humor make girl-power declaration much less cringy than when they're delivered by angry butch lesbian.

 

[NickFire]

How does someone with long and bright unnaturally red hair hide her identity?

Although to be fair, Superman hid behind eye glasses for forever.

 

[lifa-cobex]

 

[Stitch]

How does someone with long and bright unnaturally red hair hide her identity?

It's a Wig and part of her costume..

 

[NickFire]

It's a Wig and part of her costume..

Makes more sense. Still hate it though, almost as much as the bright yellow on Keaton's suit. I prefer my Batman in all black. Easier to hide in shadows.

 

[888]

Wtf is this shit? Talk about turning up the cringe to 1000.

 

[PennywisetheDancingClown]

I wanted to like this trailer. I really did. But it's really bad, cheesy and has low production values.

Ruby Rose doesn't fit. I like her, but not for this.

Most of the superhero shows I've watched have sucked and most CW shows suck, so this isn't a surprise.

 

[ComptonJapan]

But is she a strong and independent woman though?

 

[Ol'Scratch]

I think Ruby Rose is hot as hell but her acting and delivery is terrible right now. In the very small appearance that the character had in the last Arrowverse crossover it was Hayden levels if not worse and the teaser trailer does not change my mind. I will watch because I love the character and want to see where it goes and will hope it gets better.

 

[PennywisetheDancingClown]

I think Ruby Rose is hot as hell but her acting and delivery is terrible right now.

I agree.

 

[ComptonJapan]

I think Ruby Rose is hot as hell but her acting and delivery is terrible right now. In the very small appearance that the character had in the last Arrowverse crossover it was Hayden levels if not worse and the teaser trailer does not change my mind. I will watch because I love the character and want to see where it goes and will hope it gets better.

I think her role in John Wick was good. She didn't speak, appeared a couple of minutes here and there. That was the perfect role for her.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

I'm gonna miss Gotham tbh.

Me too friend, me too.

Such an underrated show. It had some growing pains early on, but man - it absolutely developed into my favorite current show on TV through the years. A true gem.

 

[MetalAlien]

She looks just like the girl in that youtube video where she is trying to get the guy to punch her acting all badass and when he does she flies back like a rope pulls her in a movie and proceeds to cry like the bitch she is.

 

[TrainedRage]

I give it 2 and a half seasons.

Also I have something that fits perfectly in a whaman. But yeah this show is not for me apparently.

 

[Ol'Scratch]

It is funny that they are taking the exact same "Batman deserted us/ Batman is missing" thing that was used in the original Birds of Prey Series. (Which was oddly capable of pulling an effective women empowered thing without having to stare into the camera and yell some catch phrase constantly)

 

[Dacon]

Holy hell I just watched the trailer. What a shame. Kate never (as I recall anyway) had the whole “grrl power” thing about her in the comics. She was a lesbian and it was just a background part of her character. She didn’t compare herself to Batman as a woman but rather as another vigilante. This is some bad pandering.

They got the suit right at least.

I genuinely feel sorry for people who are true fans of the her comics. This character is practically unrecognizable in this trailer. This isn't Kate Kane.

 

[Dacon]

whoops

 

[Tesseract]

i made this.

i made this?

i made this.

 

[Elcid]

This looks terribad. Here's to hoping they cancel it before season 1 gets to finish it. How is a 90lb woman kicking anyone's ass believable? She's like a Chihuahua.

 

[Mihos]

I you want to be a strong female character, just be one. Calling it out every 2 seconds just kind of undermines the whole purpose.

 

[harry04]

maybe they need to stop make movies about superheroes from the comics?

 

[xrnzaaas]

This looks terribad. Here's to hoping they cancel it before season 1 gets to finish it. How is a 90lb woman kicking anyone's ass believable? She's like a Chihuahua.

I doubt it, even if it's not going to be a huge hit locally it will be one overseas and on streaming platforms. Just like Supergirl.

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Holy mother of Jesus, what the fuck am I looking at? This takes the cake for the most cringey thing I've seen all year.

Isn't it ironic that a supposedly strong female character has to drop everything that could make her feminine and ape masculine traits (short-hair, stoicism)?

"Your boss is my cousin." Was that supposed to be funny? What happened to Bruce Wayne spending half a movie training to become Batman? Now this chick comes in and becomes his equal just like that, because of yay nepotism. How fucking entitled.

I think my fasting is ruined from the wokeness here.

I feel for you, West. What will it take to undo the damage?

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I think the suit/wig look fine, honestly.

She doesn't seem to have great acting chops, but she has the look, imo

As far as the wokeness, or whatever, the one line that seemed way too on the nose was the last one, the "not letting a man take credit for a womans work" line. Maybe a little much there. The female empowerment of the trailer up to that point was fine to me.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I just shit myself and wiped it up with a Pringle can...

 

[Screamer-RSA]

As far as the wokeness, or whatever, the one line that seemed way too on the nose was the last one, the "not letting a man take credit for a womans work" line.

Don't forget about "The bat suit will be even better with a wahmen in it."

 

[Sacred]

What a fucking trainwreck, I really liked Ruby in John Wick 2, but after the flash/arrow/dc crossover I knew this was going to be awful.

 

[Insane Metal]

This been posted?







Holy fucken shit, disgusting

 

[Ixiah]

But is she a strong and independent woman though?

The only way a wahmen is strong and independent is when she acts like a Man.
"I'm not about to let a man take credit for a woman's work"
Steals everything from Batman.
You cant make this shit up folks, there are Writers out there who got this approved by a Board, People who are in charge of Millions of Dollars, how the hell did these Chucklefucks rise to their Position while hiding they are braindead ?

 

[captainraincoat]

I’m sorry but unless she got some cg weight shit shit going on it’s gonna be a train wreck...she apparently weighed in at 58 kg after back surgery so it’s not going to be convincing imo

 

[Falcs]

Reeeee era must be loving this shit.

 

[nkarafo]

The only way a wahmen is strong and independent is when she acts like a Man.
"I'm not about to let a man take credit for a woman's work"
Steals everything from Batman.
You cant make this shit up folks, there are Writers out there who got this approved by a Board, People who are in charge of Millions of Dollars, how the hell did these Chucklefucks rise to their Position while hiding they are braindead ?

They know exactly what they are doing. The writing is stupid enough to piss off most men but not as stupid for feminists to notice or be bothered by it.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Reeeee era must be loving this shit.

They have to maintain certain agendas, there's a lot of good in there (design, cast etc.) I just don't think nobody knows how to make a female Batman movie.

 

[kunonabi]

I’m sorry but unless she got some cg weight shit shit going on it’s gonna be a train wreck...she apparently weighed in at 58 kg after back surgery so it’s not going to be convincing imo

She just had back surgery? Well, I'll give her break on the action stuff for now although considering how bad she was at it in John Wick 2 I doubt there will be much improvement.

 

[Kenpachii]

Dunno like the actress nothing wrong with it.

Sadly dialogue is trash

 

[cr0w]

They're leaning into all the wrong angles with the story, Kate isn't a replacement for Bruce, she's a colleague. And the whole "Batman left Gotham" bullshit needs to stop being used, because unless he's fucking dead, Bruce wouldn't leave Gotham alone. If he was dead, fuckin Grayson or Drake would put on the suit.

 

[Ichabod]

The Trailer

 

[Barnabot]

Any chances of CW creating a TV series about Batwoman without any propaganda? I mean ... having an actual story instead? And having no need to be acting like a fool at the expense of ridiculing Batman?

And another thing to CW's writers: Batman and any of his colleagues can coexist in any universe. You just need to make sure you are creating good stories, not the ones coming directly from your ass.

 

[KonradLaw]

The sad thing is that in comics Batwoman was independent badass, here she pretends to be but in reality she's riding Batman's wave, using his stuff, his money etc. And her pretending that's not true only makes it more cringy.