It doesn't seem likely that she'll be integrated into the new DCU films (One can hope though! Absolutely rooting for Jurnee to have a place in it). I'll forever be bummed her solo movie couldn't come out after finally being greenlit.
"Cassandra Cain's role in the Birds of Prey movie fits Stephanie Brown/Harper Row/Charlie Gage-Radcliffe/etc better" y'all are throwing names of random teenage girls at a dart board and hoping one of them will stick. No one fits the the role Cass occupied in that movie. She should have been an OC.
it kinda amazes me that some people don’t like the birds of prey movie. The cast is amazing and the costumes are EVERYTHING. and it’s just...a good movie.
birds of prey and the fantabulous emancipation of one Harley Quinn is such an unironically good movie and the fact that it isn’t taken seriously as a campy and silly action movie that also has serious underlying themes it contends with and morally complex female main characters who make up the cast… it’s like so deeply informed by the fact that the director and the writer of the movie are Asian women and audiences aren’t willing to take certain narratives about women by women seriously enough to even critique. like at least the suicide squad has been ripped apart to shreds but god damn the sexualization of margot robbie is so fucking egregious in all the clips of that movie I’ve ever seen whereas every single aesthetic choice made about Harley’s character design in birds of prey is so intentional, expressive, and fun!! very much a visual embodiment of Harley Quinn and quirky and free as she’s exploring a new independence and sense of self after getting broken up with. and the action scenes?! the fight scenes do not overly rely on guns as weapons (which are a cop out in most action movies imo like what happened to creative ways of depicting killing people???) and utilize choreography and the set and production elements to their full potential. the prison breakout scene with the sprinklers going off??! the funhouse roller skates (and the fact that margot robbie did her own stunts like bro)!! the paintball gun!!! all the delightful one liners— “run piggies run!” “I’m not shopping at this store. I’m robbing this store.” “Paying is for dummies!” EVEN THE FRAMING DEVICE of the whole fucking narrative setup and use of point of view vs. perspective is so brilliant like ugh it’s so underrated
1. Man of Steel (2013)
2. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
3. Suicide Squad (2016)
4. Wonder Woman (2017)
5. Justice League (2017) | Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
6. Aquaman (2018)
7. Shazam! (2019)
8. Birds of Prey (and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
9. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
10. The Suicide Squad (2021)
11. Peacemaker Season 1 (2022)
12. Black Adam (2022)
13. Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
14. The Flash (2023)
15. Blue Beetle (2023)
16. Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023)
Despite the upcoming reboot of the DC movie universe, Peacemaker will also be considered a part the new continuity (DCU), with a confirmed second season in the works. Viola Davis will also return as Amanda Waller. Blue Beetle might also make a comeback.
Look, I can understand where Birds of Prey had its flaws, but it still was an enjoyable movie and I don't really get the hate even to this day.
I do feel like the main storyline should have made it a solo Harley film (because that shit would have gone hard) because although there was a slow setup of the actual group itself, we never really got to see much depth from the other characters.
But despite that, I did love the way it was done. Margot and crew did really good. I mean, look at the costume design, the soundtrack, the set designs, the props! So much went into that movie and I don't think anyone really appreciates that.