Now THIS is what the ‘Birds Of Prey’ TV series should have been like…

ByGlenn Hauman

 

Gail Simone, take note. D’Oh! Gail wrote this episode– I didn’t see the credits because it hasn’t aired in America yet. Thanks, Andrew.

Hat tip: Hugh Casey and Lisa Sullivan.

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23 Comments

  1. As I’ve always said, the live-action Birds of Prey had two great elements: the theme song (“I’d Start a Revolution”) and Huntress’ hair style. I am still devoted to both.

  2. A room mate of mine and I would sit down every week and watch that show. Before each episode began we both said the same thing “This is the week. The week they turn it around and this stops being the worse comic adaption ever.” Every week it turned out we were wrong.

  4. Kate (who’s not a comics reader but gets quite a bit of exposure through me) and i, OTOH, rather liked it.

  7. As I've always said, the live-action Birds of Prey had two great elements: the theme song ("I'd Start a Revolution") and Huntress' hair style. I am still devoted to both.

  9. A room mate of mine and I would sit down every week and watch that show. Before each episode began we both said the same thing "This is the week. The week they turn it around and this stops being the worse comic adaption ever." Every week it turned out we were wrong.

  10. Holy Excessive Double Entendres, Batman!

    You know, this stuff doesn’t fly as far above kids’ heads as some might think, folks….fanservice is great and all, but this is a little much, don’tcha think?

  12. Kate (who's not a comics reader but gets quite a bit of exposure through me) and i, OTOH, rather liked it.

  16. Holy Excessive Double Entendres, Batman!You know, this stuff doesn't fly as far above kids' heads as some might think, folks….fanservice is great and all, but this is a little much, don'tcha think?

  17. So why was Gail supposed to “take note?” Gail, as far as I’m aware, had NO connection to the “Birds of Prey” TV series which ended in Feb 2003; her first “Birds of Prey” comic carried a cover date of August 2003–presumably, that came out in June of 2003.

    As far as the live-action series being like the ‘toon, well, based on the clip, no. If anything, the idea of the Birds suddenly breaking out into a song-and-dance routine in the middle of an investigation (especially one that is supposed to be spur of the moment, yet not only is it well-choreographed, but the Birds all know the melody and deliver their verses with no sense of hesitation), the show would’ve been condemned as having crossed the line into camp. For a cartoon–where, quite literally, anything can happen–this is fine and dandy. But, unless you’ve set up the show as a stage musical (where people start singing their thoughts and feelings and bystanders join in the song and even start dancing for no apparent reason), you DON’T do this type of thing in live-action without some thought beforehand. (It worked for “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” in the wonderful “Once More, With Feeling” episode, but there was a reason for all the song-and-dance that made sense within the show’s context. It can make sense in sitcoms, especially when a show has a sense of the absurd, as on “Scrubs,” or within the context of a dream sequence, as was done on “Roseanne.”)

  18. So why was Gail supposed to "take note?" Gail, as far as I'm aware, had NO connection to the "Birds of Prey" TV series which ended in Feb 2003; her first "Birds of Prey" comic carried a cover date of August 2003–presumably, that came out in June of 2003.As far as the live-action series being like the 'toon, well, based on the clip, no. If anything, the idea of the Birds suddenly breaking out into a song-and-dance routine in the middle of an investigation (especially one that is supposed to be spur of the moment, yet not only is it well-choreographed, but the Birds all know the melody and deliver their verses with no sense of hesitation), the show would've been condemned as having crossed the line into camp. For a cartoon–where, quite literally, anything can happen–this is fine and dandy. But, unless you've set up the show as a stage musical (where people start singing their thoughts and feelings and bystanders join in the song and even start dancing for no apparent reason), you DON'T do this type of thing in live-action without some thought beforehand. (It worked for "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" in the wonderful "Once More, With Feeling" episode, but there was a reason for all the song-and-dance that made sense within the show's context. It can make sense in sitcoms, especially when a show has a sense of the absurd, as on "Scrubs," or within the context of a dream sequence, as was done on "Roseanne.")

  19. Now THIS is what the ‘Birds Of Prey’ TV series should have been like… Um no this would have been worse. Good for a cartoon though.

  20. Now THIS is what the ‘Birds Of Prey’ TV series should have been like… Um no this would have been worse. Good for a cartoon though.

  21. Now THIS is what the 'Birds Of Prey' TV series should have been like… Um no this would have been worse. Good for a cartoon though.

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