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Okay, admittedly this is never going to happen because WB doesn't make movies about women anymore or something, but they should.
Right now, the Batverse is red-hot, but Christopher Nolan is busy not making Batman 3 and the WB is miraculously too smart to go ahead without him. I know, right? So why not make a Birds of Prey movie? You could fit in the characters that are too outre for the actually-very-limited Nolanverse, you could get all that spin-off and merchandising going, and you could correct the glaring deficiency in female roles in the Batman movieverse.
After all, we all know TDK is a "Year One" and we know eventually, Batman's gonna have Robin and Batgirl running around. Just dye Gary Oldman's hair white and you don't have to include anyone else (well, given Nolan a producer's credit).
So we start off with Barbara having a flashback to her recent shooting (and all you need for this is a body double and a voiceover of Ledger!Joker laughing). Then, via montage, show her becoming Oracle, gathering her team together, and introduce her personal problems and her strained relationship with Dick Grayson (who would serve as a link to Batman).
( Unfortunately, it would still NEVER HAPPEN. )
Would it ever happen? Not in a million years. Fun to think about? Definitely. And I have THOUGHTS on who should play Nightwing. And the great thing about a BOP franchise is that aside from Barbara, you can have anyone leave the team and then shine the spotlight on another character. So if Alexa Davalos gets pregnant, that's cool, just bring in Onyx or whoever and you're good to go.
Right now, the Batverse is red-hot, but Christopher Nolan is busy not making Batman 3 and the WB is miraculously too smart to go ahead without him. I know, right? So why not make a Birds of Prey movie? You could fit in the characters that are too outre for the actually-very-limited Nolanverse, you could get all that spin-off and merchandising going, and you could correct the glaring deficiency in female roles in the Batman movieverse.
After all, we all know TDK is a "Year One" and we know eventually, Batman's gonna have Robin and Batgirl running around. Just dye Gary Oldman's hair white and you don't have to include anyone else (well, given Nolan a producer's credit).
So we start off with Barbara having a flashback to her recent shooting (and all you need for this is a body double and a voiceover of Ledger!Joker laughing). Then, via montage, show her becoming Oracle, gathering her team together, and introduce her personal problems and her strained relationship with Dick Grayson (who would serve as a link to Batman).
( Unfortunately, it would still NEVER HAPPEN. )
Would it ever happen? Not in a million years. Fun to think about? Definitely. And I have THOUGHTS on who should play Nightwing. And the great thing about a BOP franchise is that aside from Barbara, you can have anyone leave the team and then shine the spotlight on another character. So if Alexa Davalos gets pregnant, that's cool, just bring in Onyx or whoever and you're good to go.
