Post by thisguy4000 on Apr 10, 2018 20:06:29 GMT
Mad Love and Girls Night Out are definitely what I’d call “meatless”. Mad Love in particular is a story that absolutely infuriates me the more I think about it. I don’t really consider myself a feminist or anything, but Harley Quinn’s backstory is incredibly sexist. The idea of a a professional psychiatrist being stupid enough to fall in love with a blatant psychopath based on a bunch of phony sob stories is just awful writing. It’s even worse in the original comic (which precedes the animated version of the story), where it’s implied that all it takes to get a PhD is screwing your college professors.
While we’re at it, I’d say that Harley Quinn ruins the Joker as well. The Joker isn’t supposed to be some charming Ted Bundy-character who manipulates women into falling in love with him. He’s too unpredictable for that. I also hate the idea of having the Joker be anything other than asexual. It makes him come across as a rapist.
As far as Batman Beyond is concerned, the reason I say that the show is like Muppet Babies is because the entire reason it exists is so that we can have a teenage Batman, which is an idea I absolutely loathe. I hate superhero stories that take place in high school in general, so why would BB appeal to me? I also do not care for Return of the Joker. I think the entire idea behind the movie is stupid. Seriously, the Joker demonically possesses Tim Drake? Not to mention that the whole thing with the Joker torturing Tim Drake not only felt really forced on the count of the fact that it was never mentioned before or since, but it also comes across as a desperate attempt to show how cool and edgy they are.
That’s my two cents.
While we’re at it, I’d say that Harley Quinn ruins the Joker as well. The Joker isn’t supposed to be some charming Ted Bundy-character who manipulates women into falling in love with him. He’s too unpredictable for that. I also hate the idea of having the Joker be anything other than asexual. It makes him come across as a rapist.
As far as Batman Beyond is concerned, the reason I say that the show is like Muppet Babies is because the entire reason it exists is so that we can have a teenage Batman, which is an idea I absolutely loathe. I hate superhero stories that take place in high school in general, so why would BB appeal to me? I also do not care for Return of the Joker. I think the entire idea behind the movie is stupid. Seriously, the Joker demonically possesses Tim Drake? Not to mention that the whole thing with the Joker torturing Tim Drake not only felt really forced on the count of the fact that it was never mentioned before or since, but it also comes across as a desperate attempt to show how cool and edgy they are.
That’s my two cents.