Happy 4th Anniversary, Birds of Prey!

The Birds of Prey movie was released in theatres February 7, 2020. And it's such a fun, ridiculous and underrated film that I really wish had gotten a sequel. It's a spellbinding story that follows as Harley Quinn attempts to change her life now that she had ended things with the Joker. Yeah, she's a total mess but a fun mess who can totally take care of herself. Meeting fellow misfits (Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya) and trying to protect a little girl, Cassandra Cain from Black Mask made this a weirdly fanscinating story.

I remember going to see this on a Saturday with some friends and I really enjoyed watching Birds of Prey. Between the zany story and equally zany characters and cool fight and action scenes this really was an interesting movie. Yes, these were not the comic book version of Birds of Prey and other DC Comics characters but the movie adapted them in a unique way that went perfectly with this chaotic movie. I noticed that as time goes by, there are more and more fans who have grown to really appreciate this fun little movie. If I have time today, I think I'll rewatch it. It's been a while since I've seen this movie.

Happy fourth year anniversary to the Birds of Prey movie!

Art of the Day: Green Arrow, Black Canary and Speedy

Artwork: Green Arrow and Black Canary #12 cover by Cliff Chiang

Art of the Day: Black Canary

Artwork: Black Canary by Dominic Bustamante (Dommnics)

Art of the Day: Birds of Prey

Artwork: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) by Ar Jeffrey Bati

Art of the Day: Black Canary and Huntress

Artwork: Black Canary and Huntress by Evgeniy Bornyakov

Fandom Friday: Do You Have a Least Favorite Fandom?

I love being a fan of so many shows, movies, characters, books, etc., which I'm sure you do as well. But since I know we all love to talk about our favorite fandoms, I was wondering what are some of your least favorite ones? Or your least favorite aspects of certain fandoms? By least favorite, I mean it's not something you hate but it's not something you're a big fan of either.

Here are my least favorite fandoms or aspects of it that I can think of:

1. MCU Spider-Man, I'm a big Spider-Man fan but it's just something about the MCU Peter Parker/Spider-Man that really annoys me. He really is one of my least favorite live action versions of the character.

2. Wonder Woman being romantically paired up with either Superman or Batman. She has her own love interest, Steve Trevor and doesn't need to be put in a relationship with her friends and co-workers.

The same can be said for Oliver Queen/Green Arrow being paired up with Chloe Sullivan on Smallville and Felicity Smoak on Arrow. Neither decision made any sense especially since Dinah Laurel Lance/Black Canary was featured on both shows.

3. Which brings me to the Arrow TV series this is my absolutely least favorite show in the CW Arrowverse. The first two seasons were relatively good. Although it was nothing more than a Batman show masquerading as a Green Arrow show. Then it just seemed to go downhill from there until the series ended. There were some things I enjoyed about the show such as Laurel Lance's journey to becoming Black Canary. As well as her Earth 2 counterpart being the villain Black Siren redeeming herself and becoming a hero. She eventually takes up the heroic mantle of Black Canary.

These are the only three things I can think of for now but I'll write another post when I have more.

Art of the Day: Birds of Prey

Artwork: Birds of Prey by Patty Arroyo

Art of the Day: Black Canary (Birds of Prey)

Artwork: Black Canary by Annie Wu

Art of the Day: Black Canary and Harley Quinn (Birds of Prey)

Artwork: Black Canary and Harley Quinn by Datrinti (Tiago Ribeiro)

Fashion Meets Comics: Black Canary Shirt (Birds of Prey)

Black Canary was so much fun in the Birds of Prey movie and I'm happy to see more merchandise for this version of the character. I love everything about this shirt except for the straps in the cutout. It's too distracting, I would definitely have to cut them off and other than that I really like this shirt.

Birds of Prey Black Canary T-Shirt                          $21.52 (sale, regular price $26.90)                            Her Universe (heruniverse.com)

Birds of Prey Black Canary T-Shirt Plus Size                           $25.52 (sale, regular price $31.90)                          Her Universe (heruniverse.com)

Fandom Friday: My Favorite Smallville Black Canary Scene

I think one of my favorite Black Canary scenes in the Smallville TV series is when she was first introduced in the episode "Sirens" (season 7 episode 11). The episode opened with Chloe Sullivan stealing data from Lex Luthor to give to Green Arrow. However, Lex had a fun little surprise in store for Chloe with Black Canary showing up to retrieve his stolen property. In Dinah's defense, she was misled by Lex when he hired her, she did eventually find out the truth about him which led to an awesome fight scene between her, Green Arrow and Lex.

Anyway, I just loved the flirting between Black Canary and Green Arrow while they were facing off on the roof of the Daily Planet building. Didn't those two have amazing chemistry from the beginning? Too bad they didn't end up together, but that's a post for another day.

Art of the Day: Black Canary (Arrow)

Artwork: Black Canary by SpideyVille (James Rodriguez)

"Birds of Prey" Teaser Trailer

Here's the teaser trailer for the upcoming Birds of Prey movie which is scheduled to be in theaters February 7, 2020.

I'm a big Birds of Prey fan, I love the comics that featured Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress and Lady Blackhawk as the four main characters and on occasion they would receive a little help from other heroes. With that said you would think I would be over the moon excited for this movie. However, so far I don't have any interest in wanting to see it. Maybe by the time a full length trailer and promotion materials are released, I will have changed my mind and gained some kind of interest.

Whether I find interest in the movie or not, I do hope is that it will lead to a Gotham City Sirens movie because that's something I'm really interested in seeing. I would rather see Harley Quinn is a movie with Catwoman and Poison Ivy teaming up and causing a lot of trouble than pairing up with heroes.

Art of the Day: Green Arrow, Black Canary and John Diggle

Artwork: Green Arrow issue #10 cover by Juan Ferreyra

Art of the Day: Black Canary and Green Arrow (Smallville)

Artwork: Black Canary and Green Arrow by SpideyVille

I love watching Smallville but I can't stand that Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) was paired up with Chloe Sullivan instead of Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance). And Arrow which is a disappointment on all levels did the same thing by pairing up Oliver with Felicity Smoak. I don't understand how both shows could ruin the iconic relationship between Green Arrow and Black Canary.

Art of the Day: Green Arrow and Black Canary

Artwork: Green Arrow and Black Canary by Stephen Byrne

Looking at this amazing artwork all I can think is that I want a Green Arrow and Black Canary movie.

Art of the Day: Birds of Prey

Artwork: Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #20 cover by Adam Hughes

I love this cover but I never liked the title for this comic book series. It was as if the Birds of Prey were Batgirl's sidekick instead of all of them being a team. Why couldn't the series simply have been titled Birds of Prey especially since Batgirl has her own solo series, she didn't need to headline this one as well.

Art of the Day: Green Arrow and Black Canary

Artwork: Green Arrow and Black Canary by Pryce14

Art of the Day: Green Arrow and Black Canary

Artwork: Green Arrow and Black Canary by Mro16

Art of the Day: Black Canary

Artwork: Black Canary by Steelbred