The Suicide Squad, the 2021 sequel, actually feels like a Suicide Squad story. It is a campy, gory, splatter comedy with a mix of unexpected supervillains forced to fight for their lives while serving the whims of the government.
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Top 11 Films of 2020
2020 will go down as a historic year for the arts, a forced cultural reset that gave a wide range of art usually cast to the side a large platform through streaming access during a global pandemic. Of the Top 11 films of 2020, three were able to have a traditional theatrical release where anyone could safely watch in theaters if they were old enough and close enough; the rest are alternative releases through different streaming platforms.
Harley Quinn Review (TV, 2019-20)
Harley Quinn is the exception that proves the rule. It is a good series. It’s just incredibly dark for what I expected from DC animation. I’m used to Wonder Woman buying a little girl an ice cream cone or Green Lantern going down like Wile E. Coyote. I’m not used to shocking closeups of shattered shins and melting faces in every fight scene.
Super Sales on Super Heroes Books 1-3 by William D. Arand Review (Book Review, 2017-2019)
Felix lives in a world where superpowers are common. He has powers, too, but they’re pretty terrible. He can pull up a DnD character sheet for anything he owns and upgrade traits with a limited supply of points. Where he lives (Skipper City), superheroes are illegal and supervillains run everything. Slavery is also legal. While trying to buy a supply of lead bricks to turn into gold, Felix accidentally buys an auction of three nearly-dead superheroes. Suddenly, his point totals are exponentially higher than ever before, high enough to bring the heroes back from the brink of death. Felix has a new business idea now: buying superheroes at auction to work in a pawn shop, where he can purchase junk and upgrade it to incredibly valuable antiques.
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn Review (Film, 2020)
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn refuses all of the superhero genre standards standards. This is a cartoonish crime drama where a grand total of one character has anything resembling a superpower. Everyone else is just really lucky or trained in a specific weapon. The violence is merciless compared to the broad comedy and is tonally unexpected in a DC film.