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Bop (Birds of Prey) looks interesting at the very least. If it's as good as SmallVille i'll be watching.
Posted: 14:35 Jun 08 2002
Birds of Prey
Anyone seen the trailer for this upcoming series?
The show is a loose adaption of a comic of the same name, it concerns a trio of female crimefighters:
The Huntress, result of a fling between Catwoman and Batman
The Oracle, used to be Batgirl, until a certain clown faced villain confined her to a wheelchair.
Black Canary, a troubled young psychic woman.
The trio protect Gotham years after Batman as vanished...
The trailer is very very impressive, and seems to be 50%Angel 25% Batman 25% Charlies Angels
If you feel like taking a look try here:
home.iprimus.com.au/aivic/bop_promo.avi
The show is a loose adaption of a comic of the same name, it concerns a trio of female crimefighters:
The Huntress, result of a fling between Catwoman and Batman
The Oracle, used to be Batgirl, until a certain clown faced villain confined her to a wheelchair.
Black Canary, a troubled young psychic woman.
The trio protect Gotham years after Batman as vanished...
The trailer is very very impressive, and seems to be 50%Angel 25% Batman 25% Charlies Angels
If you feel like taking a look try here:
home.iprimus.com.au/aivic/bop_promo.avi
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Posted: 14:35 Jun 08 2002
The lady who plays the Huntress used to be in Dark Angel and i've read a few bits about it so im looking forward to it.
Posted: 19:10 Jun 08 2002 
it sounds pretty cool..still waiting for the trailer to down load.
Posted: 19:35 Jun 14 2002
wow just heard sherilyn fenn is in it mmmmmmmm ilove her ever since what she did with that cherry stalk. so anyone know who sherilyn plays in it?
Posted: 21:31 Jun 23 2002 
Spike she plays 'Harleen Quinn' she is the psychiatrist of of of the shows main characters. Her secret identity is 'HarleyQuinn'.
In the Batman cartoons she was the Jokers unhinged sidekick, but in this one i think shes ore of a villain in her own right.
In the Batman cartoons she was the Jokers unhinged sidekick, but in this one i think shes ore of a villain in her own right.
Posted: 22:03 Jun 23 2002 excellent she'll be wearing a tight little clowns outfit,.....actually thats not really all that sexy is it? well i'm sure she'll still look great
by Wobag
Spike she plays 'Harleen Quinn' she is the psychiatrist of of of the shows main characters. Her secret identity is 'HarleyQuinn'.
In the Batman cartoons she was the Jokers unhinged sidekick, but in this one i think shes ore of a villain in her own right.
Posted: 11:09 Jun 24 2002
I can't get the Avi file to work, but in the DC comics our heroines are as follows,
the Huntress was originally "Helena Bertinelli" the last surviving member of a Mafia family who took vengeance on those that murdered her family, and then kept going... the background's obviously changed a little for the TV show.
Oracle, Barbara Gordon was as Wo said once Batgirl and is Commisioner Gordon's daughter. She has a photographic memory and a huge supercomputer all located in Gotham City clocktower. Whether this will contiune in the show, I don't know.
The Black Canary real name Dinah Lance was a founding member of the Justice League of America. She's a martial arts expert as well as having "mutant/metahuman" powers.
the Huntress was originally "Helena Bertinelli" the last surviving member of a Mafia family who took vengeance on those that murdered her family, and then kept going... the background's obviously changed a little for the TV show.
Oracle, Barbara Gordon was as Wo said once Batgirl and is Commisioner Gordon's daughter. She has a photographic memory and a huge supercomputer all located in Gotham City clocktower. Whether this will contiune in the show, I don't know.
The Black Canary real name Dinah Lance was a founding member of the Justice League of America. She's a martial arts expert as well as having "mutant/metahuman" powers.
Posted: 21:03 Jun 24 2002
Is it animated or with real actors? Does anyone know if / when it will be coming over here??
Posted: 12:02 Jun 25 2002
Its live action, and has the look of Angel mixed with Tim Burton's Batman films.
Id expect it here around the same time the next Buffy/Angel season starts
Id expect it here around the same time the next Buffy/Angel season starts
Posted: 18:28 Jun 25 2002 
Re: Birds of Prey.
Hi there
I saw this pilot while I was in the States (got a screening copy). And I enjoyed it. For any Batman fanatic, you are gonna have a field day. There a some good references to characters from the comics and the three main heroines are great. There is a mixture of everything in there. I am not sure if it is coming to the UK, but I know it is piloting soon in US.
Pooks
(Edited by Pooks 28/08/2002 13:20)
(Edited by Pooks 28/08/2002 13:20)
Hi there
I saw this pilot while I was in the States (got a screening copy). And I enjoyed it. For any Batman fanatic, you are gonna have a field day. There a some good references to characters from the comics and the three main heroines are great. There is a mixture of everything in there. I am not sure if it is coming to the UK, but I know it is piloting soon in US.
Pooks
(Edited by Pooks 28/08/2002 13:20)
(Edited by Pooks 28/08/2002 13:20)
Posted: 13:18 Aug 28 2002
I agree with Pooks, I've managed to see the pilot and it's certainly interesting.
They even get Mark Hamill to play the voice of the Joker.
They even get Mark Hamill to play the voice of the Joker.
Posted: 18:15 Aug 28 2002
Im wondering if this one may be sunk before it every aires as word is it has been 'retooled', to make it less Tim Burton and more Joel Schumaker in its tone. ie bright poppy with bad jokes.
I guess the suits dont think that dark sells.
I guess the suits dont think that dark sells.
Posted: 13:33 Sep 29 2002
I've watched the Pilot and the second episode and found it quite enjoyble in the same vain as Dark Angel I would say ... and it hasn't really been re-tooled as much , just few minor changes , Huntress now wears a different costume when patroling and also the cat growling sounds have been removed when she fights ... But it is still in the same mould as the Burton versions of the Batman films
(Edited by Bobby_Digital 27/10/2002 00:45)
(Edited by Bobby_Digital 27/10/2002 00:45)
Posted: 22:53 Oct 23 2002 
It will certainly fill the void that the cancellation of Dark Angel has made.
I've seen the pilot and was extremely impressed - it was upbeat and although the history appears a little shakey to me, it gives an edge to the characters.
Got to say the Black Canary reminds me of a young Uma Thurman.
Like to see more of this and soon
I've seen the pilot and was extremely impressed - it was upbeat and although the history appears a little shakey to me, it gives an edge to the characters.
Got to say the Black Canary reminds me of a young Uma Thurman.
Like to see more of this and soon
Posted: 22:58 Oct 23 2002 
I've seen up to episode 3 now, and I'm quietly impressed so far Obviously it's still early days yet, but I like what I've seen so far 
Sherylin Fenn was replaced after the unaired pilot, and the aired pilot is identical, only with Ms Fenn's scenes having been re-shot with a different actress.
Oracle does indeed have a big swanky computer in the clocktower, dunno about photographic memory yet though..
The strongest thing I've noticed so far is a similarity to Mutant-X, all the talk about meta-humans and stuff seems a little well, copied for want of a better word, but that might have just been down to the episode..
Can't wait for the next one
Obviously it's still early days yet, but I like what I've seen so far Sherylin Fenn was replaced after the unaired pilot, and the aired pilot is identical, only with Ms Fenn's scenes having been re-shot with a different actress.
Oracle does indeed have a big swanky computer in the clocktower, dunno about photographic memory yet though..
The strongest thing I've noticed so far is a similarity to Mutant-X, all the talk about meta-humans and stuff seems a little well, copied for want of a better word, but that might have just been down to the episode..
Can't wait for the next one
Posted: 21:25 Oct 28 2002 Actually, as I understand it, the Helena Kyle character is the Earth 1 Huntress, predating Helena Bertinelli but scrubbed in the Crisis on Infinite Earths when it was decided that the DC multiverse was just too complicated to live.
by MonSTeR
I can't get the Avi file to work, but in the DC comics our heroines are as follows,
the Huntress was originally "Helena Bertinelli" the last surviving member of a Mafia family who took vengeance on those that murdered her family, and then kept going... the background's obviously changed a little for the TV show.
Such is my understanding anyway.
I believe that Earth 1 Huntress may have turned up in Kingdom Come. Everyone else did, after all.
Scuttlebutt is that Black Canary will be later established as Black Canary II, the daughter of the original, although still called Dinah. If Kingdom Come is anything to go by, I think this makes her father the Green Arrow.
Oracle, Barbara Gordon was as Wo said once Batgirl and is Commisioner Gordon's daughter. She has a photographic memory and a huge supercomputer all located in Gotham City clocktower. Whether this will contiune in the show, I don't know.
The Black Canary real name Dinah Lance was a founding member of the Justice League of America. She's a martial arts expert as well as having "mutant/metahuman" powers.
Sherylin Fenn was replaced by Mia Sara, but I think the version of the pilot I saw was the original, unaired. It certainly looked a lot like Sherylin Fenn.
I believe the meta-human stuff deos come from DC, and is used to explain why superheroes exist parallel to the gritty pseudo-realism of Batman. I'm not sure though, as the broader DC universe is not my best subject.
Anyway. Having seen the pilot, I'd say the show has some potential, although I fear the Schumakisation. Didn't they get that that's what went horribly wrong with the film franchise?
We shall see.
Posted: 13:32 Oct 30 2002
Well all my info came from a book called "Batman - The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight" so I can't comment on the whos whats and wheres of it all other than to reiterate the info contained therein.
If it was Wolverine's universe then...
If it was Wolverine's universe then...
Posted: 20:04 Oct 30 2002 [ 1 2 ]