Huntress birds of prey cw1/22/2024 The top 25 ‘Buffy’ and ‘Angel’ comic book arcs bad guy” encounters until the 45 minutes are up. On this show, it’s just a series of increasingly more successful “good guy vs. On a better show – say Season 1 of “Buffy” – that suspect would be a red herring and the actual baddie would be revealed later. Early in “Reunion,” Huntress says she has figured out who the bad guy is based on one obvious clue – he’s clutzy, and shapeshifters are known to be clutzy. AND she’s working on a device that will allow her to walk.) Telegraphed plotsĮven when it’s not spelling things out in the dialog, the plots are telegraphed. (By the way – huh? She has everything else going for her – she’s gorgeous, brilliant, endlessly wealthy and a superhero. Several times, Barbara broods about not being worthy of a real relationship because her legs don’t work. Several times, Dinah is rebuffed in her requests to join a mission. Several times, Huntress tells cop/love interest Jesse (Shemar Moore) that she “works alone,” usually on dark, empty streets. The biggest problem with “Birds of Prey” is the slow-moving and redundant scripts. Trying to be brooding, Scott is instead a bit bland, but at least she’s easy on the eyes. The actresses are decent, as Meyer makes Oracle’s computer mumbo-jumbo not sound silly, and Skarsten supplies spunky energy. In that sense, “Birds of Prey” casts a nice variety, with the pretty one, the hot one and the cute one. Maybe the title refers to “bird” in the 1960s colloquial sense. Dinah’s mom is Black Canary ( “Summerland’s” Lori Loughlin), but while Dinah may have eventually inherited her mom’s moniker, as some unimaginative superheroes do, it doesn’t happen in these 13 episodes. Stars: Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, Rachel SkarstenĪ bat isn’t a bird, nor is a huntress. The title comes from the comic of the same name, although I’m not sure where the term comes from. Thirty-something Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (Dina Meyer), now confined to a wheelchair and known as Oracle, 20-something Helena Kyle/Huntress (Ashley Scott, coming off “Dark Angel”), and teen Dinah (Rachel Skarsten) are the titular crime fighters. While the 13-episode series is fodder for plenty of talking points and trivia – for example, it’s the only live action Bat-verse TV series other than the 1960s “Batman” and “Gotham” – it’s not particularly enjoyable to watch. While “The Killing Joke” or the Nolan films or “Batman: The Animated Series” might’ve been wise choices, I’m apparently a glutton for punishment, because I selected “Birds of Prey” (2002-03, WB now streaming on CW Seed) as my window into past lore. On somewhat of a “Batman” kick while enjoying the latest strong season of “Gotham,” I decided to explore some other corners of the Bat-verse.
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