Birds of Prey (TV series)

[Dick/babs]

Am I the only one that was Disappointed by the Birds of Prey (TV series)

When I heard about the Show I was excited :eek: I was waiteing to see Members of the BatFamily guests appearing and Some Dick/babs Romance and the Many revolving agents that is Under the leadership of Oracle I was waiteing to see
Black Canary
Huntress
Lady Blackhawk
Misfit
Big Barda
Black Alice
Creote
Gypsy
Hawkgirl
Jade Canary
Josh
Judomaster
Nightwing
Power Girl
Vixen
Wildcat

But what we got Batman leaves Gotham for a stupid reason the Three Robins Disappeared from Gotham without any reason

a Huntress that Have ridiculous cat-like abilities and is Not wearing a suit or a mask

a cheap Copy of Black Canary

a ridiculous Love interest for Barbara

and the most Stupidest Detective he is Haveing Problems in the discovery of Huntress identity and shi is Not wearing a mask :biggrin:

[Arvandor]

Why'd you think it flopped? EVERYONE hated it.

[kalorama]

I enjoyed it when it aired. I bought the DVD (discounted) when it came out. Enjoyed it again. It was what it was: fun, dumb, light entrtainment for an audience that didn't know or care about comic book "canon."

[Toonimator]

Am I the only one that was Disappointed by the Birds of Prey (TV series)
No, you're not. 99% of people on this board were disappointed in it...

...back when it was on the air. 7 years ago.

The reason you may think you're the only one disappointed by it is because nobody talks about it anymore. It came, it sucked, it went. A friend of mine worked on the pilot, and when asked what he thought of it, he replied "The best part about it was Mark Hamill as the voice of the Joker."

[Captain Jim]

Why'd you think it flopped? EVERYONE hated it.

Well, not quite everyone.

[G. Wayne]

Weren't Misfit and Black Alice created in the last 3 or so years?

Yeah, the show was a disaster of epic proportions. The convoluted backstory they came up with to "streamline" the setting was so ridiculous they needed an intro to explain it, for crying out loud. The lead character was awfully hot though.

[Murrocko]

Why'd Bruce leave Gotham again?

[pariah-1972]

I would have loved to see a Bruce Trimm animated version.

[DonC]

Am I the only one that was Disappointed by the Birds of Prey (TV series)

When I heard about the Show I was excited :eek: I was waiteing to see Members of the BatFamily guests appearing and Some Dick/babs Romance


They probably couldn't use Nightwing/Dick Grayson. And, as has been pointed out, the comic back then didn't have a rotating cast of members. It was just Barbara and Dinah.

Overall, I thought the show was okay. I knew it wasn't going to be Shakespeare so I wasn't very disappointed when it was average, at best. I did enjoy the hero-in-training part for Dinah and was saddened when it got cut short. Helena, though, didn't really work for me. If I recall correctly, she was supposed to be a thief with a heart of gold. I just never bought the heart of gold part.

[kalorama]

They probably couldn't use Nightwing/Dick Grayson. And, as has been pointed out, the comic back then didn't have a rotating cast of members. It was just Barbara and Dinah.

Overall, I thought the show was okay. I knew it wasn't going to be Shakespeare so I wasn't very disappointed when it was average, at best. I did enjoy the hero-in-training part for Dinah and was saddened when it got cut short. Helena, though, didn't really work for me. If I recall correctly, she was supposed to be a thief with a heart of gold. I just never bought the heart of gold part.

She wasn't supposed to have a heart of gold. The lack of one was one of the main elements of her character. She took after her mother not her father; she was in it for the action and thrill not the altruistic heroism. She didn't take to the whole hero thing naturally; it was Barbara who pushed her in that direction, and there were times when she rebelled against it. During some of the early episodes she more than once lamented the fact that she couldn't just kill the bad guys, and it wasn't clear whether she was joking.

[LtMarvel]

The show debuted to huge ratings for the network. The ratings eroded every week due to a weak show (casting and writing, imho). The audience was clearly there for the taking.