This is how you destroy adaptation of one of the best comic with feminist propaganda

TamidMT · 2016-07-23T11:43:38+00:00

The video doesn't play in Reddit, but plays normally if you follow the vid.me link.

Summary: snippets of what looks like the upcoming Batman: The Killing Joke DC animated film. Scenes in this video are:

use of the "objectifying" in reference, apparently, to a criminal "getting personal" with Batgirl
Batgirl getting angry that Batman says "we are [partners], but we're not equals. Not even close."
Batgirl getting angry at Batman for "getting protective and sitting in judgement".
Batman doesn't take any of Batgirl's aforementioned crap, so she attacks him. He easily counters her attacks, but miraculously she pins him to the ground.
a condescending "some guys get nervous about commitment" bit of advice given to Barbara (out of uniform) from what looks like a male friend
Barbara, when eating alone in a cafe, pays for herself. The video maker thinks that the focus on Barbara's money left on the table make a bit of a point of her being a "strong, independent woman" (especially when coupled with her power suit, and her being angry at a TV crime report). I personally think the money thing is trivial, but the angry "strong, independent woman" character is important because it's in the same scene as the following point:
Barbara judo throws a guy outside that cafe, who is having an "I need space!" argument with his girlfriend. This looks very deliberately painted as a "man asshole, woman victim" scene, and Barbara's unprovoked attack on him is unmistakenly gender-based.

The most important point made at the end of the video is that

none of the above scenes, dialogues, or storylines appeared in the original comic on which this film is based. Moreover, the character of Barbara/Batgirl is a complete opposite from her being a kidnap victim in the 1988 graphic novel (warning: novel spoilers).

The book has been the subject of feminist critique, criticizing the treatment of Barbara Gordon. [...] Author Jeffrey A. Brown, noted The Killing Joke as an example of the "relatively unequal violence [female characters] are subjected to." in the major DC/Marvel comics industry.

(There's a "bonus round" scene at the end of the linked video, but it's a bit of a spoiler, and I can't pinpoint the crucial context of the scene.)

eixan · 2016-07-23T09:42:48+00:00

This isn't from Batman: The killing joke is it?

2016-07-23T16:55:48+00:00

Well, there's another movie I was looking forward to that won't be getting my money. Jeeeeeesus, these fucking SJWs and their retcons.

Rethgil · 2016-07-23T21:03:38+00:00

How about the basic thing of giving the female character a load of screen time even though it doesn't remotely represent what happened in the original Killing Joke? That's plainly a weak attempt to appeal to female viewers.

ThePigmanAgain · 2016-07-23T10:46:54+00:00

My browser won't play this thing. How about telling us what's going on?

Title	This is how you destroy adaptation of one of the best comic with feminist propaganda
Author	FMTY
Upvotes	24
Comments	14
Date	July 23, 2016 6:03 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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