GrandHarrier
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How can one not like her new backstory as Power Girl's teammate?
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Margot Robbie is your Harley Quinn
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How can one not like her new backstory as Power Girl's teammate?
unholyrevenger72
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BT is 6th
Better than having domestic violence as an origin.
L4DANathan
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I don't really have high hopes for the quality of the movie.....but this news certainly guarantees I'll be buying a ticket.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Hope she has the acting chops to embody Harley's madness.
I picture this clearly in my head, more so than him playing Deadshot.
Tsra Strong is old and not an on screen actress.Tara
Well, Mrs Robbie seems alright tho.
Finaika
Member
Perfect choice.
She should be Supergirl.
Already did in the Wolf of Wall Street, with a similar accent to Harley.
This is basically perfect casting.
Rude! She could handle it.
Finaika
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41 is old?
For movies like this? Of course. Not to mention she isn't a on-screen movie actress by any stretch of the imagination.
No studio in their right mind would ever pick this:
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Especially one one is a movie actress whose career is on the up and up and the other is a voice actor. GAF makes no sense.
Razgriz-Specter
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Batman is definitely behind (best)batgirl and her mom.
Marion Cobretti
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Solid casting. This and BvS should shove so much crow down the throats of those that think the Marvel way of world building is the only way to do it.
Such an absurd golden era this is gonna a be for everyone involved.
Such an absurd golden era this is gonna a be for everyone involved.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
The film comes out in 2016 so she'll be 42 or 43 in the film.
And Justice League Part 2 comes out in 2019. Imagine if they want Harley to appear in it or in another film later.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Arleen Sorkin is the original and best Harley voice actor anyway.
freeofgreed
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Oh man, please let this be true.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I'm thinking they'll go with a modern Harley design from the comics or something. The thought of it makes me sad. Not a bad casting, though.
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In Hollywood.
Sadly yes it is. For certain roles.
I think she looks a bit too bitchy.
Harley suits her down to a T
PhantomZone
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Would have gone with Kristen Bell personally
GrandHarrier
Member
Best Harley.
Edit: And let's be honest. Full body body snuggie Harley would look real dumb.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
I am very excited for this, loved her in Wolf of Wall Street.
Are there other Harleys? Aside from the impractical all-over spandex one, of course.
Secret Fawful
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I guess, if you think that a mentally ill victim of psychological abuse looks best in a slutty outfit that shows off her gams. I don't really agree, though.
EDIT: That's not really fair. I'm not trying to say that's what you like, I more mean that I take issue with her being highly-sexualized for that reason, especially since her entire look, character, and outfit is based around the psychological hold Joker put on her.
It's better if you don't look for others. You will only get hurt.
Although spandex Harley wouldn't work either. It's great in a cartoon/comic and not much else
Revolutionary
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Not a bad choice at all.
Maybe Warner pulls an X-men By Fox and comes up with an entirely new costume for her!
Secret Fawful
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Well, I don't think all her costumes are bad or slutty. The Arkham series costume is what I think of first when I think of a bad, stupid Harley costume.
GrandHarrier
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I'm coming entirely from a visually appealing standpoint. I like her newer looks. They also translate to real life in a way that her older look does not (imo). You also can't hold comics to real world standards (re: issues of mental illness). There isn't a real person we need to "save". Harley, at this point, is less the victim of Jokers manipulations and more the end result of a person who takes moral free impulsiveness to its logical conclusion.
Secret Fawful
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That's fair, but it's not really about "saving" Harley. That's dumb. But I do hold comics to some standards, and I just find it a bit more morally repugnant to take a character like Harley and fetishize her. Plus, DC Comics aren't exactly worthy of the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the visual design of their female characters.
I'm glad Harley has moved beyond Joker's abuse. That's really cool. The last time I read a Suicide Squad comic, which was during Death of the Family, she still seemed to be pretty held back in that regard. I have no problem with portraying psychological abuse, though, if it's handled well. It's ENTIRELY the costume or character design by itself that I get wary of.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Okay, let's see here...
They'd probably be better off with a new design that also references her original outfit.
They'd probably be better off with a new design that also references her original outfit.
Okay, let's see here...
They'd probably be better off with a new design that also references her original outfit.
You forgot the most rediculous
But yeah, I agree, they should design a new outfit.
Ether_Snake
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No way will they have so many big names in this.
She was great in wolf.
Agreed better than Leo in the film imo.
Stephanie's and Barbara's moms was a martial artists?
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