I don't feel great about that.
Danger's my birthright.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.
Steph L. - Mar 30, 2017 11:01:12 am PDT #5632 of 5827
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Connie Neil - Mar 30, 2017 12:10:20 pm PDT #5633 of 5827
brillig
Original BatGirl got into the game because she wanted to emulate BatMan and Robin, she wasn't trying to avenge a tragedy in her life. I want a girl with, as Christopher Fry put it, "An endearing disposition to be a hero," not someone bogged down with pain and suffering. Of course, pain and suffering are endemic to life, but someone who chooses to be a hero rather than forced into it by fate (Buffy, Spider-Man, et al, et al, et al) would be a nice change.
chrismg - Mar 30, 2017 12:23:32 pm PDT #5634 of 5827
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I sense a great disturbance....as if millions of voices suddenly cried out WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIFS in unison and then were suddenly punched in the mouth.
Connie Neil - Mar 30, 2017 12:43:08 pm PDT #5635 of 5827
brillig
It could even be made tragic, Barbara is gung-ho but unprepared and bad things happen, but then she womans-up and saves the day. That's what Homecoming looks to be doing, if it's good enough for Spider-Man, it's good enough for BatGirl. (I'd love seeing the Bat Woman story brought back.)
Jesse - Mar 30, 2017 2:09:39 pm PDT #5636 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I want a girl with, as Christopher Fry put it, "An endearing disposition to be a hero," not someone bogged down with pain and suffering.
I'm with Steph. I wouldn't have thought Natasha Romanoff was bogged down with pain and suffering until Joss got his hands on her.
Connie Neil - Mar 30, 2017 2:19:31 pm PDT #5637 of 5827
brillig
I wouldn't have thought Natasha Romanoff was bogged down with pain and suffering until Joss got his hands on her.
Natasha has a tragic back story in re: the things she's been made to do, and it didn't need to be more personal.
edit: Plus he wanted to fridge Clint's family in Ultron, which is lazy storytelling, so heaven knows what he'll do with the Batverse. If he's mulling over The Killing Joke, I'll be annoyed.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2017 1:14:01 am PDT #5638 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ugh. For starters, Clint's family should be his brother and Pizza Dog.
Tom Scola - Mar 31, 2017 3:01:27 am PDT #5639 of 5827
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I'm pretty sure that Joss is incapable of writing someone who has a great relationship with their father. I'm already cringing thinking about what the Jim Gordon scenes will be like.
Sue - Mar 31, 2017 3:22:00 am PDT #5640 of 5827
hip deep in pie
I have no opinion on any members of the Bat universe, but I was hoping that Joss' next project would be back on TV.
Zenkitty - Mar 31, 2017 3:30:07 am PDT #5641 of 5827
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Plus he wanted to fridge Clint's family in Ultron,
Ugh. That makes me mad. Killing them was the only reason to introduce them, they served no narrative purpose and they didn't make any sense. But bringing them in just to kill them off makes no sense either, what's the point? Is the only way to give Barton depth by killing off his sudden family? He could've had a secret farm for the team to hide at, without having A Family(TM). The very existence of a family compromises Barton, they can't possibly hide well enough to keep both him and them safe.
There's no way that was a real working farm anyway, even if they had an old tractor in the barn.
Ugh. I was so disappointed in Age of Ultron. There was some really good bits but most of it just didn't work.