@ChristiJunior@jimmybuffettfanaccount@monsterislandcolonizer The part about the Punisher killing so other people don't go through what he did is true up to a point, but he became someone who lives through revenge a long time ago. Mephisto once asked Frank if he knew how many innocent people he killed. Frank didn't and the answer was more than 10 but fewer than 100. In Dark Reign, Frank Castle killed his own resurrected family. He probably did so out of fear that they'd be corrupted by whatever rite was being used, but he was also afraid of them seeing him and knowing what he'd become.
@jimmybuffettfanaccount@ChristiJunior@monsterislandcolonizer We saw a universe where Batman did kill Joker, and it didn't go well for anyone. Joker had rigged himself with a very special toxin that would only be released when he died, and the person who killed him would be exposed to it. We ended up with a creature full of Joker's homicidal tendencies and disregard for life who also had all of Batman's training and resources. image.png image.png
@smugumin The people who claim the pronouns aren't a big deal would throw a tantrum if someone made a mod that removed them.
That's how you know it is, in fact, a big deal. It's not enough to live and let live, you do you, I do me, etc. This is just another part of the message, to force you to say something you don't believe in. To make their words come out of your mouth.
I say no. I'm not going to play that game, and THERE! ARE! FOUR! LIGHTS! image.png
@poastoak@ceo_of_monoeye_dating@rlier23@ChristiJunior The FFVII remake could have been amazing if they had just followed the structure/story of the ps1 game and put some pretty graphics and voice acting on top of that. A missed opportunity!
Heavens Feel (heavens_feel@bae.st)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:57:45 JST
Heavens FeelSaw Batman and Harley Quinn (2017). I'm one of those individuals who believes that _Batman the Animated Series_ is the best filmic adaptation to date of the Batman character and his stories. They got everything right -the tone,look, mood, music, and how the character reacts to the world. One of the wonderful additions to Batman's mythos which we got from that show was the character Harley Quinn, an impressionable and underqualified psychiatrist who would go on to be manipulated by both the Joker and Poison Ivy.
The real Harley Quinzel is a person who got through medical school by taking shortcuts and was not ready to deal with sociopathic personalities. This is true in the case of the Joker, a terrorist who desires to sow chaos and reveal the meaninglessness of life, and in Poison Ivy, an ecoterrorist who views humanity's presence on the earth as an unhealthy infestation. Harley's becoming involved with either of them is a mistake - the Joker is violent and incapable of actual love, and Pamela Isley (Poison Ivy) is a literal femme fatale who uses mind control to make men and women do what she wants.
From a certain perspective, the character is a victim but is also one who chooses not to learn from her mistakes. This is true in the main series timeline - only after the death of the Joker in the Batman Beyond movie, _Return of the Joker_, does she retire and go back to living a normal life (though her granddaughters Delia and Deidre Dennis eventually developed an obsession with the Joker which caused them to join the Jokerz posergang under the shared alias, Dee Dee.)
It's because of this that I don't really care for the modern "woke" interpretation of the character that reduces her to a female Deadpool in permaclown makeup. While Harley can be very funny at times there should also be a tragic angle to the character - a loser who makes bad choices and loves the wrong person way too much. So I went in wanting to like this movie which was supposed to take her back to the Animated Series character.
A neat idea, but this story happens outside of the main DCAU timeline. I can say that much because she had broken up with the Joker in this and there was no mention of his death. "Return of the Joker" also establishes that she went dark after his passing and that Batman et. al had not seen her since Joker died. That said, there were quite a few nods to other things in the long-running Batman line, such as a thug imitating Batman's dancing from the 1960s show or pop-up visible sound effects as a nod to that old series' fight scenes. When Batman and co. go looking for clues at a henchmans' dive, a number of mooks and heavies from the original Batman cartoon are in attendance. It's a nice little touch. Gotham's red-tinged sky and art deco buildings are there, and they're still lovely to see.
Unfortunately, this particular movie tries to lean too heavily into comedy instead of drama, and many of the jokes just don't land, especially the extended part about Harley passing gas in the Batmobile. There are also two musical sequences that go on for too long. In my view this movie is like a cover band's take on Batman the Animated Series, where many of the key elements are there, but it feels lacking compared to the real thing. It was enhanced by some great voice acting and I was glad I got to hear one of Kevin Conroy's final performances as Batman in this. My final rating is that you might be better off watching old episodes of Batman the Animated Series (especially Mad Love, which contains Harleen Quinzel's origin story) and then chasing it with one of the better Batman movies like _Mask of the Phantasm_, _Return of the Joker_, etc.
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