re: Batgirl (HBO Max film) costume revealed

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I’ll bet the shoes are sensible as well.

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They'll have bunion protection.

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“I want a Batman movie that shows him being the World’s Greatest Detective” lol

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That’s a criticism that doesn’t really hold up in the majority of cases.

In Batman (1989), Batman has analyzed the various combinations of cosmetics and found the combinations that are toxic. (Did these critics want to see Michael Keaton mixing chemicals in flasks and beakers?)

In Batman Returns (1992), Batman is researching the backstory of Oswald and the Red Triangle gang.

Batman Forever, he analyzes the riddles left behind to discover the Riddler’s identity. (It’s silly in that it’s obviously Nygma, but in comic book logic where those masks actually work, it works.)

Batman & Robin - Okay, this one is a blank. No detective work.

Batman Begins - He is electronically eavesdropping on Falconi and Crane and uncovers the plot to gas Gotham with the fear toxin.

The Dark Knight - We actually see him working in the Batcave to piece together the bullet fragments to get the finger print. (Although, somehow, the computer algorithm he uses somehow virtually reconstructs the casing (which has the actual fingerprint on it) along with the bullet which would have been discarded on the floor rather than buried in the wall.)

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Unless she has some special powers imbued in her (Wonder Woman, Buffy, River Tam, etc...) It's silly to perpetually think a 5'4" girl weighing 125 soaking wet can take down a 6'4 260 Lb mobster or even a 5'11 200 lb average guy.

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I didn’t realize Batgirl (2022) was supposed to be a documentary.

If we are to judge movie fight scenes based on real-life consequences, Indiana Jones would have had a mangled, monsterous, and unrecognizable face by The Last Crusade.

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Unless she has some special powers imbued in her (Wonder Woman, Buffy, River Tam, etc...) It's silly to perpetually think a 5'4" girl weighing 125 soaking wet can take down a 6'4 260 Lb mobster or even a 5'11 200 lb average guy.

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hold on a damn minute. You mean to sit here and tell me that superheroes AReN’t ReAL!!!!!!???

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I didn’t realize Batgirl (2022) was supposed to be a documentary.

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Who said it was? How is that relevant? Or did you not read my post-at all?

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If we are to judge movie fight scenes based on real-life consequences, Indiana Jones would have had a mangled, monsterous, and unrecognizable face by The Last Crusade.

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Yeah, nice deflection. Stick to the issue, how about? The real world comparison here are men participating in women's sports and crushing the competition.

I think you’re taking this a bit too seriously.

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Another waif that I’m supposed to believe can beat up big grown men.

Superhero movies aren’t for you.

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A lot of action movies as well. I remember a joke Eddie Murphy used to do on it. "That stuff you see in the movies? That's choreographed. I'm a 150 pounds. I ain't beaten' nobody's arse in a fight."

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Your average ordinary spy girl can't take down several burley large men. Black Widow had nearly a life time of training (and help with CGI) for her to win her fights, but most of her skillset was that she didn't broadcast her abilities and was able to catch her adversaries off guard.

The smarter and better written a character, the more the viewer will buy into them doing things which otherwise would seem unlikely.

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I'd rather suspend my belief some and have a good actress play the part similiar to the comics than have some Ronda Rousey brute bad actress type play the part just so it will make a comic book show slightly more believable.

You literally have no idea how well the writing will be. You're talking like you've already seen the show and they've screwed up the writing. You might think they have screwed up the casting by not hiring some WWE actress, but that's about all you can say right now.