Oh, television
Mar. 16th, 2009 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kilroySo, I finished the hilariously awful pilot for Birds of Prey over lunch. It was something I'd been meaning to do for years-- not as someone who loves the comic series (which I do), but as someone who runs a bad movie festival. I was not disappointed.
Really, it had it all. Bad writing, bad CG, bad production design, bad acting, bad costumes, bad voiceover, the works. Literally the only thing I saw that they did right was that they gave Helena sensible boots to fight in. And of course they tried to pull a Batman Beyond and rewrite the continuity, but they couldn't really find a leg to stand on. The Burtonesque Catwoman costume was extra great.
Really, watching it reminded me of watching Night Man. I almost lost my food through my nose a few times. I'll probably watch the next episode or two to see if the carnival of crap continues, then move on with my life. In the meantime, I will enjoy it for what it is: terrible.
Also:
#288: The only time when looped recordings of big cats will help the immersion of the audience is when there are actually big cats on screen. (Birds of Prey)
Really, it had it all. Bad writing, bad CG, bad production design, bad acting, bad costumes, bad voiceover, the works. Literally the only thing I saw that they did right was that they gave Helena sensible boots to fight in. And of course they tried to pull a Batman Beyond and rewrite the continuity, but they couldn't really find a leg to stand on. The Burtonesque Catwoman costume was extra great.
Really, watching it reminded me of watching Night Man. I almost lost my food through my nose a few times. I'll probably watch the next episode or two to see if the carnival of crap continues, then move on with my life. In the meantime, I will enjoy it for what it is: terrible.
Also:
#288: The only time when looped recordings of big cats will help the immersion of the audience is when there are actually big cats on screen. (Birds of Prey)