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Birds of Prey teaser (Harley Quinn)
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SidViscous
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Turns out the secret to defeating 100 armed men is just to kick them all in the nuts, then finish them with a completely random and unexplained xmen super power.
Film was fun but they needed to turn down the "men are all bad, hah" shit by at least three notches, was borderline offensive.
Ewan and huntress were great, the rest not so much. Most of the movie feels like a setup for the final 30 minutes.
Film was fun but they needed to turn down the "men are all bad, hah" shit by at least three notches, was borderline offensive.
Ewan and huntress were great, the rest not so much. Most of the movie feels like a setup for the final 30 minutes.
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How dare young men be normal!
SirKicksalot
Member
It looks like it's not renamed in Europe... yet. European titles were not quite as retarded. The changes are up on US websites.
They still have time to print a small batch of new main posters for next weekend lol
They still have time to print a small batch of new main posters for next weekend lol
residentgrigo
Banned
Birds of Prey Changes Title At Movie Theaters
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is changing its name to Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey on all theater chain sites after a struggle to fly at the box office in its opening weekend. The R-rated DC Comics movie, which had a lesser budget than most other major comic...
comicbook.com
Yep. See what I mean when I say that this film has no idea what it wants to be. Harley and the Birds only meet in the last 20 minutes. She doesn´t get along with them or joins them and the Birds don´t even form on-screen by the end. You only hear that they do in the stupid narration. I don´t even know... Fucking Arrow (S02 and enough of S05 are legit good) did Huntress and even Canary better and it fucked up Canary.
The film´s rookie writer will be fired off The Flash within a week and the director equally messed up as another one had to come in for re-shoots. RIP Flash.
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That cuck's rant is self-contradictory anyway, because people who went to see Birds of Prey still went in large part because Margot Robbie is a beautiful actress, a beautiful face. They may not have gotten to see her T&A but they still probably enjoyed looking at her as a beautiful woman. That's why producers cast attractive people: we enjoy looking at them. So basically it's still superficial no matter how you look at it.
residentgrigo
Banned
I don´t get Gerry´s takeaway. Who he is:
The film had meh marketing and didn´t look like "appointment cinema". That´s why people didn´t show up. We´ll see about the film´s legs but a wonder would need to occur here. The B+ CinemaScore is another problem.
Gerry Conway - Wikipedia
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The film had meh marketing and didn´t look like "appointment cinema". That´s why people didn´t show up. We´ll see about the film´s legs but a wonder would need to occur here. The B+ CinemaScore is another problem.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Birds of Prey Changes Title At Movie Theaters
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is changing its name to Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey on all theater chain sites after a struggle to fly at the box office in its opening weekend. The R-rated DC Comics movie, which had a lesser budget than most other major comic...comicbook.com
Yep. See what I mean when I say that this film has no idea what it wants to be. Harley and the Birds only meet in the last 20 minutes. She doesn´t get along with them or joins them and the Birds don´t even form on-screen by the end. You only hear that they do in the stupid narration. I don´t even know... Fucking Arrow (S02 and enough of S05 are legit good) did Huntress and even Canary better and it fucked up Canary.
The film´s rookie writer will be fired off The Flash within a week and the director equally messed up as another one had to come in for re-shoots. RIP Flash.
Correction: you SEE them as a team at the end. You didn't see them fighting those goons? Just the 3 of them. As a unit. Huntress has an almost comic accurate top and domino mask in that last scene. Even Dinah's outfit is a bit more comic accurate.
I don't remember Renee's costume.
residentgrigo
Banned
Huntress was the worst part of the film
DeafTourette
. She gets a puke/10. Arrow S01 did her better it trashed her character so hard that she got dropped. The reshoots tried to put her family's execution into the center of the film for some reason as the diamond plot was clearly something else originally (who knows about the dick picks) and boi oh boi is all of it bewildering. Fake Batgirl at least had a personality but no thanks to her too. I actually had to see her as a fully original character to not get triggered. Zsasz got butchered and he should be un-fuck-upable. Renee is just some lady that is mostly used for cop show jokes (how is any of this supposed to translate btw?) and Dinah comes off as despicable and nearly irredeemable. Even the Canary Cry got butchered due to bad choreography and effects. Harley is... whatever but I liked her in SS. You know what. Black Mask was the closest to being entertaining and even he didn´t work. We are now 0/2 with him in life action due to Gotham, overall a good show, and he bearly worked in Arkham Origins on top. He can´t be hard to adapt as Under the Hood shows but he apparently is.
I am all for radical reinventions of source material if you got a take (Blade, Blade Runner, Joker, Scarface, The Shining, The Thing or even Burton's/Nolan´s Batman) but yeah... not like this. More rounds of shakeups at WB are cleary to follow. Fucking kill me but at least these producers need to go and take writer Christina Hodson with them.
We now live in a world where Alfred got an actually good prequel show that is renewed for S02. I would have laughed you in the face if you told me any of this a decade or even 5 years ago.
Was Renne´s sexuality even mentioned? The comics won awards for her coming out story (i didn´t fully love it but later books did wonders with her), comic Canary might be bi, Harley for sure was since TAS + it´s tie-in comic and don´t ask me what this film tries with the 2 villains. WB drummed up that it would have such elements cuz yow know, it kinda should? This is the least gay LGBT film I ever saw and is further an "agenda film" without an agenda. This film, I swear to Zodd. The movie in gif form:
Edit: This is at least better than the last Harley film (4/10), so there is that:
DeafTourette
. She gets a puke/10. Arrow S01 did her better it trashed her character so hard that she got dropped. The reshoots tried to put her family's execution into the center of the film for some reason as the diamond plot was clearly something else originally (who knows about the dick picks) and boi oh boi is all of it bewildering. Fake Batgirl at least had a personality but no thanks to her too. I actually had to see her as a fully original character to not get triggered. Zsasz got butchered and he should be un-fuck-upable. Renee is just some lady that is mostly used for cop show jokes (how is any of this supposed to translate btw?) and Dinah comes off as despicable and nearly irredeemable. Even the Canary Cry got butchered due to bad choreography and effects. Harley is... whatever but I liked her in SS. You know what. Black Mask was the closest to being entertaining and even he didn´t work. We are now 0/2 with him in life action due to Gotham, overall a good show, and he bearly worked in Arkham Origins on top. He can´t be hard to adapt as Under the Hood shows but he apparently is.I am all for radical reinventions of source material if you got a take (Blade, Blade Runner, Joker, Scarface, The Shining, The Thing or even Burton's/Nolan´s Batman) but yeah... not like this. More rounds of shakeups at WB are cleary to follow. Fucking kill me but at least these producers need to go and take writer Christina Hodson with them.
We now live in a world where Alfred got an actually good prequel show that is renewed for S02. I would have laughed you in the face if you told me any of this a decade or even 5 years ago.
Was Renne´s sexuality even mentioned? The comics won awards for her coming out story (i didn´t fully love it but later books did wonders with her), comic Canary might be bi, Harley for sure was since TAS + it´s tie-in comic and don´t ask me what this film tries with the 2 villains. WB drummed up that it would have such elements cuz yow know, it kinda should? This is the least gay LGBT film I ever saw and is further an "agenda film" without an agenda. This film, I swear to Zodd. The movie in gif form:
Edit: This is at least better than the last Harley film (4/10), so there is that:
Batman and Harley Quinn - Wikipedia
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Hulk_Smash
Banned
Netflix happened. MUCH safer bet putting them on streaming service. You’ll have the oddball every once in awhile (Crazy Rich Asians) but yeah, you want date night til you movies, you gotta go streaming.
MayauMiao
Member
What a joke, not even in a proper costume like the comics.
residentgrigo
Banned
I am all out of DC/comics or even movie making wisdom but this meme is gold:
Wonder Woman 1984 may have had weird reshoot stuff but it has a hook, a strong trailer and a marketable premise. DC will survive and thrive in the summer but the DCEU pseudo-canon needs to die. Especially once The Batman and The Suicide Squad hit. My lord and Zaddy had a neat plan but it died even before JLA hit so move on and put a proper bullet in it. And no Crisis/Flashpoint either. Just move on and focus on making films that don´t set up anything besides a direct sequel for the protagonist and nobody else.
Edit: The Snyder Cut (I don´t even need fully finished effects) is a must though but maybe not now. Especially after Birds. Man... the number of people that this film dicked over. (Producer-)Ego runs amock - The Movie I say.
Wonder Woman 1984 may have had weird reshoot stuff but it has a hook, a strong trailer and a marketable premise. DC will survive and thrive in the summer but the DCEU pseudo-canon needs to die. Especially once The Batman and The Suicide Squad hit. My lord and Zaddy had a neat plan but it died even before JLA hit so move on and put a proper bullet in it. And no Crisis/Flashpoint either. Just move on and focus on making films that don´t set up anything besides a direct sequel for the protagonist and nobody else.
Edit: The Snyder Cut (I don´t even need fully finished effects) is a must though but maybe not now. Especially after Birds. Man... the number of people that this film dicked over. (Producer-)Ego runs amock - The Movie I say.
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The Scrivener
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They changed the name of the film? Wow, must be shit. Feminism man, what a joke.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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Shit costumes
Screamer-RSA
Member
Bruh..... reported.
VulcanRaven
Member
The movie is now called Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey:
Thye should have called the movie like that originally. People don't know Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn is the main character so it makes more sense. The movie is great so I hope people go to see it.
Birds of Prey Is Now Called Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
Warner Bros. has apparently made a slight tweak to Birds of Prey's title in order to boost its faltering box office performance.
www.superherohype.com
Thye should have called the movie like that originally. People don't know Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn is the main character so it makes more sense. The movie is great so I hope people go to see it.
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Javthusiast
Banned
I doubt the name change will do any good, the title was the least of it's problems overall the movie just didn't look appealing in the marketing.
MayauMiao
Member
The movie is now called Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey:
Birds of Prey Is Now Called Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
Warner Bros. has apparently made a slight tweak to Birds of Prey's title in order to boost its faltering box office performance.www.superherohype.com
Thye should have called the movie like that originally. People don't know Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn is the main character so it makes more sense. The movie is great so I hope people go to see it.
They should have also picked better costume designers because the birds looked more like a bunch of clowns.
Stilton Disco
Member
Guardians of the Galaxy was a complete non entity even in the comics and made over a billion dollars.The movie is now called Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey:
Birds of Prey Is Now Called Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
Warner Bros. has apparently made a slight tweak to Birds of Prey's title in order to boost its faltering box office performance.www.superherohype.com
Thye should have called the movie like that originally. People don't know Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn is the main character so it makes more sense. The movie is great so I hope people go to see it.
A good movie with good marketing will draw in an audience and keep it regardless of what it's called.
KingGhidorah
Banned
they thought title was the problem 
VulcanRaven
Member
Guardians wasn't R rated and it was part of MCU.
Endless Fluff
Banned
Shit like this killed the films box office
www.dailywire.com
and the author of the article saw it coming
Ewan McGregor: ‘Birds of Prey’ Is A ‘Feminist Film’ That Explores Misogyny
The upcoming DC comics movie “Birds of Prey” will be a feminist film that takes a close look at misogyny according to Ewan McGregor, who will be playing the character Black Mask alongside Margot Robbie, who returns to the screen as Harley Quinn. As reported by Bounding Into Comics, McGregor told...
and the author of the article saw it coming
I don't want to be educated by hypocrits in Hollywood like Margot Robbie who was playing a sex object in Wolf of Wall Street and was pretty much the same in Justice League. I will watch your movie someday in a few years, but it's a rent at best.
VulcanRaven
Member
I don't think most people care. Only a small minority on the internet.
Apparently the title hasn't really changed:
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lock2k
Banned
Yeah, right.
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Harley Quinn has better SEO, so Birds of Prey is getting a new name
Birds of Prey is now Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey because Warner Bros. wants better box office results.
www.theverge.com
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A small minority on the billions of people internet? Sure dude
NickFire
Member
Totally true.
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residentgrigo
Banned
Ghostbusters 2016 is the most forgettable film of all time but its harness schlock. It´s even better written and directed that GB 2.
I am an outspoken feminist btw. Spooky, I know.
feminism
/ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/
noun: feminism
- the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
Edit: Harley is apparently in The Suicide Squad 2021. I don´t get how the canon is supposed to work but there is no real canon anymore.
Suicide Squad 2 Set Video & Photos Reveal Harley Quinn's New Look
Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn has a new look with red and black hair while filming The Suicide Squad.
screenrant.com
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Stilton Disco
Member
So what? Birds of Prey featured Harley Quinn in all it's marketing, one of the most recognisable and well loved DC Supervillains, coming off the back of the billion selling Joker and Suicide Squad.
If you want an even more damning comparison, there's the similarly R rated but at the time complete unknown Deadpool.
A recognisable name doesn't hurt, don't get me wrong, but the DC brand isn't exactly keeping audiences away from good movies, and being R rated has been thoroughly proven to be no hindrance to success to comic book movies these days.
This movie bombed because it looked terrible, it wore it's unpopular extremist political views on its sleeves, and its marketing told its target audience and fan base they were unwelcome to see it, all while clearly having no respect for the sauce material or desire to tell a good story.
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KingGhidorah
Banned
Glad to see these feminist projects bombed one by one, ....so what's next on the horizon??
Get Woke Go Broke is a powerful meme against this so-called 'progressive' woke Hollywood
Get Woke Go Broke is a powerful meme against this so-called 'progressive' woke Hollywood
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Stilton Disco
Member
Captain Marvel 2 will be the big one.
In the meantime I'm more interested in WW1984 and Black Widow, neither of which are pushing the woke narrative, and just look like good superhero movies.
If both those succeed without any woke bollocks, it'll make this whole 'men won't watch these films because they're sexist' diatribe even more obviously a pile of rancid wank.
sol_bad
Member
I don't think Harley Quin is really that popular to begin with. Yeah, she is with comic fandom but not to general audiences. The first time general audiences saw her was in Suicide Squad and that was shit.
Expectations should have always been low for box office results, just not this low.
Expectations should have always been low for box office results, just not this low.
EverythingsOverrated
Member
Well, I watched Tim Poole's discussion of the movie and it actually sounds much worse than what I expected
Revolutionary
Member
Just got back from watching it. I thought it started strong but devolved into garbage as it went on. My eyes rolled to the back of my head when Rosie Perez reacted to the ACE Chemical explosion with "oh my god, this means Harley broke up with Joker"
Also, I REALLY didn't like the casting of Cassie Cain - her acting sucked and she literally looks like a blowfish.
So yeah.. both Birds of Prey and Suicide Squad are average at best movies but I think I liked SS more.
Also, I REALLY didn't like the casting of Cassie Cain - her acting sucked and she literally looks like a blowfish.
So yeah.. both Birds of Prey and Suicide Squad are average at best movies but I think I liked SS more.
MayauMiao
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The Fireman
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MMaRsu
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KingGhidorah
Banned
It's a Hollywood female empowerment project. They even advertised as such, go see the interviews about this movie.
To me female empowerment means women being good mother, being the pillar of the family, loyal wife, etc. it's more of conservative view of female empowerment. Woke Hollywood hates that point of view, Hollywood's female empowerment is all about women replacing men, women acting tough kicking men's ass, etc
So it is woke, and now it's broke
MMaRsu
Member
Its not woke at all, none of these are positive role models or anything like that. Kicking the bad guys ass? No not at all, most of the time these women were the terrible ones.
But w/e keep thinking that everything that doesnt have a woman as a nurturing mother is instantly woke, what a fucking joke.
is Kill Bill a woke movie too? Because it features women kicking mens asses?
But w/e keep thinking that everything that doesnt have a woman as a nurturing mother is instantly woke, what a fucking joke.
is Kill Bill a woke movie too? Because it features women kicking mens asses?
KingGhidorah
Banned
Woke culture didn't even exist pre-2015. Seinfeld, Friends, and all other good shows back in 90s and early 2000s broke every single rule in SJW handbook and yet they were the most popular shows on TV at the time
Woke culture started to arise in 2012-2015 because of these reasons
- The rise of social media
- When Soros donated most of his money, totalling 20-billions+ dollar, to social advocacy groups
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Ballthyrm
Member
The new cartoon is really good.
The humor is on point and the voice over is top notch from the whole cast.
I really like Alan Tudyk version of Joker.
DKehoe
Member
What do you define woke culture as? What's the difference between it and political correctness?
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I'm fairly certain Margot Robbie has been nude in multiple films by this point.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
yes! 2016: The Year Feminism Broke.
note how it was a man who coined the term "Bernie bro" to denigrate other men. this is the pattern throughout all of this. men co-opting feminism in order to denigrate other men. the media, paradoxically, being toxic males, in order to fight male toxicity.
it is a lot like the Gamer Gate stuff. i did not follow what that was all about. everyone involved seemed very sketchy. but then mainstream magazines started writing "Gamers are dead" articles. i was like, what? um? huh? it was articles by gamers, people who play video games for a living, saying that gamers were all horrible people. again, it was this weird toxic behavior sold as a strawman. it was like i was being attacked for a hobby of mine all of a sudden. it is poor form to attack your audience. very unprofessional. you would get fired from any service job by acting like these people.
the promotional cycle for Harley, unfortunately, indulged in this kind of marketing. so i stayed away. i think a lot of people did. it's not that i hate the movie or think it is a secret plot to kill men, it's just i have limited time and attention, i don't need to go out of my way. probably see it on Redbox around thanksgiving or something.
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Vox is shilling for it....hard
Why Birds of Prey’s second-weekend box office numbers will be crucial
Even though the movie nearly made its reported budget in its first weekend, it didn’t live up to box office expectations.
www.vox.com
Cutty Flam
Banned
Standard white girl not even thick. Why are we exited for this? What's the appeal???