Yes, the Batman Live Arena Show!
Holy crap I want to go. Apparently they hope to make Australia part of their 3-5 year plan, but I guess it depends on how well the show is received in London and surrounds.
I found out too late about it and I kinda do need to save money, so that sucks. There's so many things I'd love to do in England, after all I was born there but I haven't been back since...
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for all the opportunities this country has offered me, but I'd like to see my original home. I want to visit my mum's relatives, put flowers on resting spots, check out the wax museum and historical spots.. I just want to get out there and do it.
Although the time frame here is a little bit off and I can't rearrange my schedule around a live action comic book show. (moan....)
So I've been keeping up with the news on Twitter, Facebook and their actual website. It all looks fantastic! I did hear that it was mostly about Robin (huh, which one? lol) and that was also a factor in my choice not to go straight away. I mean, Harley wasn't even around for that back story, how much of a part will she have on stage?
The costumes look very Jim Lee/Hush Batman, and they translate well into real life. Although for some reason.. Harley Quinn is the only one not in her original outfit. She's wearing some sort of.. super diamondey red and purple tutu number. Then instead of liliropes she has....... um, Heidi-pigtails. Well, that's different. I mean, it's kinda cute but it's just like... why is her outfit the only one that's insanely different?
Surely it can't be a legal thing. I did notice the drawing on the website was more purple than red - oh no, thank YOU Arkham Asylum the Video Game - but she was wearing her usual costume. She's the only one that really HAS a steady costume. Everyone else keeps changing over the decades. Harley is too young for that but it appears she's making up for it in a very short space of time.
I don't mind her new video game outfits.. although the emo-nurse skank bit was obviously thrown in there for the fan boys only. I haven't played the game but I have watched it being played and I have to say, I really hate all the super skanky one mold fits all female game character business.
Example: Harley struts along a hallway, Poison Ivy pleads for freedom from her cell. Harley hesitates because Pammy isn't on the 'guest list' but Poison Ivy makes an impassioned cry for help because her plants are in trouble, they need her! Harley relents and what happens next? Poison Ivy stripper-struts her way slowly down the hall. Hold up. Her babies are in danger and she has to urgently rescue them, and she does so by catwalk modelling her prison standard tighty reddies down the runway? What? Does no one else see anything wrong and out of character with that?
Arkham City looks a bit more promising. They've gone back to the red and black colouring and it does look like something she would wear - a bit like her hench girl gear in the one shot Joker novel. I mean, seriously, who the hell suggested Harley should wear red and PURPLE?? Let's dramatically change her costume, and then switch the colours that would otherwise be a dead giveaway. Riiiiiiight. Probably wanted her to match the Joker, or something stupid like that.
So I have no idea what's going on with this stage Harley. Although I suspect it could be a throw back to that hideous original sketch design. Must admit, I am liking the giant mallet.
If you'd like to watch what I just saw, here's the link.
SFX YouTube - Batman Live Press Clip
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