In case you’ve missed it: this has not been a great time to be a content provider for DC comics (and shows). A new broom has arrived, and its bristles are made out of barbed wire. Lots of projects have been, canceled, finished, and in one particular case, buried alive. For those unfamiliar with this sort of thing, this is what the end of a boom cycle looks like. Product that would have been kept around in more cash-flush times will get the ax, and there’s no ruthless like entertainment company ruthless. This is simply the way of it*.
But HARLEY QUINN‘s still standing! “According to Entertainment Identifier Registry (via Screen Rant), which is what media companies use to manage content that is being released on multiple platforms, Warner Bros. Animation has already registered Harley Quinn season four.” This is probably mostly because HARLEY QUINN seasons one through three do not actually suck — which surprised me, too: I thought that they would. It would appear that this is also being translated into sufficient eyeballs that the studio is willing to do another season of the show.
This implies something about the shows that did get canceled and/or bricked up in a cellar, but it’s not nice to kick things when they’re down.
Moe Lane
PS: They’ll probably still keep the Flash movie going, because apparently audiences liked the Flash movie. It’ll likely be a one-and-done, though. Either that, or they fit Ezra Miller with a shock collar. And don’t think Hollywood executives wouldn’t like to have access to that option in general.
*The real question, though: what happens to DC’s print comics lines? – Because a lot of those haven’t made money in years.
I don’t know what you’re talking about. The absolute best time to kick something, is when it’s already down.
On that recommendation, I’ll check out the Harley Quinn cartoons. I am very surprised to hear that they do not suck. (I was very disappointed in season 3/relaunch of Young Justice. “Let’s do The Judas Contract again!” Yeah, pass. I can only take so many iterations before nostalgia gives way to annoyance.)
I don’t know why DC sabotaged the “New 52” movement they had going about 8 years ago. The writing was crisp, the art styles were sharp, the stories were interesting, and not retreads. I was actually getting into comics again. Then mismanagement, political correctness, and Status Quo is God completely destroyed it. (I especially mourn the loss of Harvest. He was the most compelling villain DC had come up with in decades.)
Kicking a thing when it is down is just part of natural selection. If it was good, it wouldn’t be down, and therefore less prone to being kicked.
I have always been more of Marvel guy. Daredevil was my favorite. If ever there was a movie that deserved to be kicked, it is Daredevil. The Netflix series was better. Now, if they can just get Frank Miller to do a Daredevil script, all would be well.
Now, wasn’t Harley Quinn a relatively recent invention, just for the Conroy/Hamill animated series? It’s strange that she has eclipsed the Joker.
She was.
I wouldn’t say she’s more popular than the Joker, just more useful.
She can be used as victim, villain, anti-hero, anti-villain, or supporting cast. She can be plugged in to almost any hole, and work without adaptation or explanation.
She also taps into the archetype of the capricious fairy, and Jungian archetypes just have a power all their own. (Just ask Unknown Armies.)
Thank you, Luke. That has to be the most succulent and insightful summary of Harley Quinn’s character and role that I have seen, and helps me understand better the extended fandom around her.
(Bows)
Ditto.