First of all...I just want to say this...
[frick] YOU Bruce Timm and Brian Azzarello you piece of gahbage hacks who
RUINED the character of Batgirl and Batman for me. Okay then. Just needed to get that off my chest first.
So back when this movie was first announced, I was a bit worried that they would completely follow the comic book storyline scene per scene. I was worried because Barbara Gordon was barely a character in the comic and was just used as a misogynistic plot device. So when it was announced that Barbara Gordon would get even more story and an entire prologue that promised even more character development. I was pretty excited for this since Barbara Gordon is perhaps my second favorite DC Comics character after Harley Quinn.
Then the movie came...and the rest is history.
Sure Barbara was given more screentime and an entire prologue, but this so-called "prologue" completely violated and
RUINED the character of Batgirl. First, it turns her basically into some sex-crazed boy-crazy schoolgirl who fantasizes about [frick]ing her teacher/mentor/father-figure Batman. Seriously Bruce Timm? This right here is the definition of misogyny. You
PROMISED to give Barbara a better storyline in this movie. Having her want to [frick] Batman is
NOT [frick]ing better! Somehow Bruce Timm and his lacky goon Brian Azzarello turned the most degrading story about Batgirl and make it
even more [frick]ing degrading. Batgirl is a [frick]ing sex object in this piece of gahbage movie. This is worse than the Killing Joke comic.
Much worse. This movie is an
INSULT to the very character of Batgirl. It is an even bigger insult to her fans. And shame on you Batman. Bruce Timm and his goon writer turned Batman into a pedophile sexual assaulting moronic creep. Come on Batman. You're supposed to be the world's smartest man and yet you basically sexually assault a teenage girl who is half your age. This is basically incest since Batman is a father-figure to Barbara. And poor Robin. Batgirl and Robin have like a thing and old creepy Batman still does the deed. And sadly this movie isn't the first time this has started. Bruce Timm has a disgusting perverted fetish for shipping Batgirl and Batman. This has been pretty obvious even from the days of Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond.
So in conclusion...
[frick] this movie and the people who made it. The reason why I am so pissed off is because I am a fan of Batgirl if that wasn't obvious from what I wrote up there. Also, because I am (was) a fan of Batman before this movie came out. I just can't look at him the same ever the same, in animation or live-action. 2016 has been the year of the death of Batman. The title of this movie is indeed accurate since it was a joke of a movie and it killed the character of Batman for me.
This movie completely and utterly destroyed the essence of whatever was left of my soul.
So to finish this whole rant...let me end on a comparison for old times' sake. Batman: The Killing Joke is the real life equivalent to going to a party and finding out another girl is wearing the same exact outfit as you. You girls and fabulous men out there know what I'm talking about. As Marlon Brando once said,
The horror...the horror. If you aren't a girl or a fabulous man then the above situation I compared to this movie...the situation about the same outfit...all you need to know is that it's bad. Absolutely bad and terrible and awful and embarassing in every single way. That is all.
Rant over.