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Birds of Prey -- New WB series coming this fall -- Discussion Thread
Just saw a preview for a new WB series starting in the fall.
Its titled Birds of Prey.
The preview said it was a new tale in the Batman Saga.
http://thewb.com/News/Special/0,8341,52997||,00.html
New Series
Hour Drama
Wednesday, 9/8c
In the days when Batman patrolled the dark streets and rooftops of
New Gotham, the world's master criminals were drawn to the city to
prove themselves against the greatest crime-fighter of them all.
Now, Batman has vanished, but New Gotham still seethes with
generations of criminals. For the good citizens of this dangerous
place, hope comes in the unlikely form of a trio of beautiful and
relentless heroines, the "Birds of Prey." In this exciting
action-adventure series, the Batman legend takes an unexpected
turn.
The story begins on a terrible night seven years in the past when
The Joker attacks the two women at the center of Batman's life:
Catwoman and Barbara Gordon, who fought at Batman's side as
Batgirl. With Catwoman dead, Batman mysteriously disappears from
New Gotham. Batgirl, now confined to a wheelchair, redefines
herself with a complicated double life ¿ by day, she is Barbara
Gordon, a teacher of computer sciences, but by night, she is
"Oracle" (Dina Meyer, Beverly Hills, 90210), a master of cybernetics
and weapons design, who monitors the activities of New Gotham's
criminals from her secret lair in the city's Clocktower.
Barbara takes under her wing the secret daughter of Catwoman and
Batman, young Helena Kyle. Helena has inherited Batman's strong
sense of justice, along with Catwoman's meta-human abilities.
Although she longs for a normal life, she quickly grows into the
fierce and beautiful "Huntress" (Ashley Scott, A.I.: Artificial
Intelligence). The pull between good and evil is strong within her,
and Barbara knows she must guide Helena carefully.
Into the lives of these two remarkable women comes an innocent
teenage girl named Dinah (Rachel Skarsten, Virginia's Run) who is
drawn to the Clocktower by powerful, haunting visions. Unsure of her
background, but impressed by her budding meta-human powers, the
two crime-fighters take Dinah in, and the trio is complete. They are
now the "Birds of Prey."
In this city full of crime and corruption, there is one honest cop.
Detective Jake Reese (Shemar Moore, The Brothers) is wrestling
with his own dark secret - he is the son of New Gotham's most
ruthless crime lord. Atoning for the sins of his father, Reese is on a
personal mission to fight crime wherever he finds it, and he refuses
to turn a blind eye to the strange events that always seem to involve
the mysterious Helena Kyle.
In the center of this mix of heroes and villains is Harley Quinn, a
brilliant madwoman who was the paramour of The Joker. Carrying
on his dream of creating a criminal empire, Harley uses her daytime
persona as a therapist to achieve her savage purpose - to release all
the lunatics from mental institutions and use the resulting chaos to
take control of New Gotham. Though Harley crosses paths often with
Barbara and Helena, they are unaware of each other's secret
identities.
As the leader of the "Birds of Prey," Barbara has gone from being
Batman's protégé to the leader of a new generation of crime fighters
who are determined to carry on his legacy. To her own surprise,
Barbara finds that the responsibility of family - even a self-made
family like these three amazing women - is ultimately just as
important as any mission to save the world.
From executive producers Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe
Davola (Smallville), Birds of Prey was written and developed for
television by Laeta Kalogridis (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) and is
produced by Warner Bros. Television and Tollin/Robbins
Productions based on the popular comic books from DC Comics.
I can't wait.. It looks and sounds pretty cool. *is a nut for Batman stories*
Its titled Birds of Prey.
The preview said it was a new tale in the Batman Saga.
http://thewb.com/News/Special/0,8341,52997||,00.html
New Series
Hour Drama
Wednesday, 9/8c
In the days when Batman patrolled the dark streets and rooftops of
New Gotham, the world's master criminals were drawn to the city to
prove themselves against the greatest crime-fighter of them all.
Now, Batman has vanished, but New Gotham still seethes with
generations of criminals. For the good citizens of this dangerous
place, hope comes in the unlikely form of a trio of beautiful and
relentless heroines, the "Birds of Prey." In this exciting
action-adventure series, the Batman legend takes an unexpected
turn.
The story begins on a terrible night seven years in the past when
The Joker attacks the two women at the center of Batman's life:
Catwoman and Barbara Gordon, who fought at Batman's side as
Batgirl. With Catwoman dead, Batman mysteriously disappears from
New Gotham. Batgirl, now confined to a wheelchair, redefines
herself with a complicated double life ¿ by day, she is Barbara
Gordon, a teacher of computer sciences, but by night, she is
"Oracle" (Dina Meyer, Beverly Hills, 90210), a master of cybernetics
and weapons design, who monitors the activities of New Gotham's
criminals from her secret lair in the city's Clocktower.
Barbara takes under her wing the secret daughter of Catwoman and
Batman, young Helena Kyle. Helena has inherited Batman's strong
sense of justice, along with Catwoman's meta-human abilities.
Although she longs for a normal life, she quickly grows into the
fierce and beautiful "Huntress" (Ashley Scott, A.I.: Artificial
Intelligence). The pull between good and evil is strong within her,
and Barbara knows she must guide Helena carefully.
Into the lives of these two remarkable women comes an innocent
teenage girl named Dinah (Rachel Skarsten, Virginia's Run) who is
drawn to the Clocktower by powerful, haunting visions. Unsure of her
background, but impressed by her budding meta-human powers, the
two crime-fighters take Dinah in, and the trio is complete. They are
now the "Birds of Prey."
In this city full of crime and corruption, there is one honest cop.
Detective Jake Reese (Shemar Moore, The Brothers) is wrestling
with his own dark secret - he is the son of New Gotham's most
ruthless crime lord. Atoning for the sins of his father, Reese is on a
personal mission to fight crime wherever he finds it, and he refuses
to turn a blind eye to the strange events that always seem to involve
the mysterious Helena Kyle.
In the center of this mix of heroes and villains is Harley Quinn, a
brilliant madwoman who was the paramour of The Joker. Carrying
on his dream of creating a criminal empire, Harley uses her daytime
persona as a therapist to achieve her savage purpose - to release all
the lunatics from mental institutions and use the resulting chaos to
take control of New Gotham. Though Harley crosses paths often with
Barbara and Helena, they are unaware of each other's secret
identities.
As the leader of the "Birds of Prey," Barbara has gone from being
Batman's protégé to the leader of a new generation of crime fighters
who are determined to carry on his legacy. To her own surprise,
Barbara finds that the responsibility of family - even a self-made
family like these three amazing women - is ultimately just as
important as any mission to save the world.
From executive producers Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe
Davola (Smallville), Birds of Prey was written and developed for
television by Laeta Kalogridis (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) and is
produced by Warner Bros. Television and Tollin/Robbins
Productions based on the popular comic books from DC Comics.
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07-16-02, 08:54 PM
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Possibly.. but I wouldn't think so.. Superman doesn't show up in the Batman comics all that much.
I could see them bringing in Batman, Robin, Nightwing occasionally.. I was really hoping that Birds of Prey would have the new Batgirl in it...
Is she in the comic? I haven't been reading Birds of Prey.
I could see them bringing in Batman, Robin, Nightwing occasionally.. I was really hoping that Birds of Prey would have the new Batgirl in it...
Is she in the comic? I haven't been reading Birds of Prey.
07-16-02, 08:55 PM
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uh oh. I can already see Smallville/Birds of Prey crossovers.
uh oh. I can already see Smallville/Birds of Prey crossovers.
I saw the four minute trailer that was released a few months ago. I must day I was seriously suspect when I heard the premise, but once I saw the footage I got to thinking this might not be so bad. I guess we'll see in the fall.
The only bad thing is the time slot....I'm pretty set on what I watch all night Wednesday, I'm never really committed to watching a whole season of a show when I had to tape it all the way through.
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Anyone check out IMDB?
It lists Mark Hamill as the Joker. Could be a typo. He did the voice for the cartoon. Great job, I might add.
Sherilyn Fenn is listed as Harley Quinn. She looks the part. Ian Abercrombie will be Alfred. For those that don't know, he was Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld. Good choice.
The rest of the cast looks ho-hum. But if it's as good as Smallville, I will be watching.
It lists Mark Hamill as the Joker. Could be a typo. He did the voice for the cartoon. Great job, I might add.
Sherilyn Fenn is listed as Harley Quinn. She looks the part. Ian Abercrombie will be Alfred. For those that don't know, he was Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld. Good choice.
The rest of the cast looks ho-hum. But if it's as good as Smallville, I will be watching.
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Originally posted by Flay
It lists Mark Hamill as the Joker. Could be a typo. He did the voice for the cartoon. Great job, I might add.
It lists Mark Hamill as the Joker. Could be a typo. He did the voice for the cartoon. Great job, I might add.
Sherilyn Fenn is listed as Harley Quinn.
Anyway, I think it might end up decent. That trailer that came out a few months back didn't look all that bad, and before that I read an interview with one of the producers, who I think actually wrote for some of the Batman comics, so knows a little bit about the characters (although they completely changed Black Canary, so she's basically unrecognizable, and used a pre-Crisis Huntress--who I wasn't that familiar with to begin with, so it doesn't matter to me). The show could easily go either way, though.
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Originally posted by Flay
Sherilyn Fenn is listed as Harley Quinn. She looks the part.
Sherilyn Fenn is listed as Harley Quinn. She looks the part.
]. So now they're going to have to reshoot. Someone is posting the pilot somewhere. Once it's done and i've watched it, i'll post a report.
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yep they are all hot 
ill be watching. im not a smallville fan, since superman is ... boring. however, i am a batman fan, and this fits in with the batman universe of course, then add 3 hot babes and im watching. mark hamill who does of course the animated joker's voice is doing the voice over for the joker in the pilot episode when
ill be watching. im not a smallville fan, since superman is ... boring. however, i am a batman fan, and this fits in with the batman universe of course, then add 3 hot babes and im watching. mark hamill who does of course the animated joker's voice is doing the voice over for the joker in the pilot episode when
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Originally posted by Vryce
Possibly.. but I wouldn't think so.. Superman doesn't show up in the Batman comics all that much.
I could see them bringing in Batman, Robin, Nightwing occasionally.. I was really hoping that Birds of Prey would have the new Batgirl in it...
Is she in the comic? I haven't been reading Birds of Prey.
Possibly.. but I wouldn't think so.. Superman doesn't show up in the Batman comics all that much.
I could see them bringing in Batman, Robin, Nightwing occasionally.. I was really hoping that Birds of Prey would have the new Batgirl in it...
Is she in the comic? I haven't been reading Birds of Prey.
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well, i just got done watching the pilot. needless to say, WB owes me 50 minutes of my life. i realize that there's a certain amount of bastardization to make things in a certain "niche" friendlier for the mass market -- but this is ridiculous.
Let's start at the top shall we...
I wasn't expecting a work of brilliance. In fact, [being a fan of the comics] I was looking forward to this. But, I don't know if this'll be on my fall viewing schedule.
Let's start at the top shall we...
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I wasn't expecting a work of brilliance. In fact, [being a fan of the comics] I was looking forward to this. But, I don't know if this'll be on my fall viewing schedule.
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Which newsgroup is it on?
Which newsgroup is it on?
It was also posted on the 9th but didnt notice it before.
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Sounds a lot like Charmed...
It might be worth a shot though. I never read any of the Batman comics except for Robin so I won't too much to be outraged about. Except the bizarre Huntress origin and the lack of constumes.
It might be worth a shot though. I never read any of the Batman comics except for Robin so I won't too much to be outraged about. Except the bizarre Huntress origin and the lack of constumes.
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Re: Huntress' origin
Do some homework before complaining. That *is* Huntress' origin....circa 1976-1980. :-)
The current Huntress is a replacement character for the original. She was Bruce and Selina's daughter on Earth-2, one of DC's parallel earths. When DC did away with the multiple earths in 1986, Helena Wayne was killed off. Helena Bertinelli joined the scene a few years later.
I'm assuming they're using this version because it gives them a more direct tie to Batman. Also, Helena Wayne was just a much cooler character than Helena Bertinelli ever will be. Unfortunately, she never got the chance to be as well fleshed out as a character due to the sporadic nature of her appearances over the years.
-Gren
Do some homework before complaining. That *is* Huntress' origin....circa 1976-1980. :-)
The current Huntress is a replacement character for the original. She was Bruce and Selina's daughter on Earth-2, one of DC's parallel earths. When DC did away with the multiple earths in 1986, Helena Wayne was killed off. Helena Bertinelli joined the scene a few years later.
I'm assuming they're using this version because it gives them a more direct tie to Batman. Also, Helena Wayne was just a much cooler character than Helena Bertinelli ever will be. Unfortunately, she never got the chance to be as well fleshed out as a character due to the sporadic nature of her appearances over the years.
-Gren
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07-18-02, 06:41 PM
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Okay, I've watched the pilot, here are my thoughts:
I don't know how it'll do in the ratings, but I'll enjoy getting to see Dina Meyer (Oracle) on a regular basis.
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I don't know how it'll do in the ratings, but I'll enjoy getting to see Dina Meyer (Oracle) on a regular basis.
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According to TVGuide.com --
"Actress Mia Sara, best known for her role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, has been tapped to replace Sherilyn Fenn as the bad girl on the WB's fall superhero series Birds of Prey, TV Guide Online has learned. Fenn dropped out due to scheduling conflicts."
"Actress Mia Sara, best known for her role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, has been tapped to replace Sherilyn Fenn as the bad girl on the WB's fall superhero series Birds of Prey, TV Guide Online has learned. Fenn dropped out due to scheduling conflicts."
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Is it wrong to get turned on by a hot chick in a wheelchair? 