[ZeoRangerV]

So just watched The Killing Joke (yes, its out there already) and it's every bit as bad as everyone is saying it is. The first half an hour anyway - its like watching someone's bad fanfic. It doesn't do anything to improve Barbara in the story, it makes her inclusion all the worse. The scene previously discussed in this thread and its fallout feel all the weirder hearing Kevin Conroy and Tara Strong do the voice acting.

From then on its a pretty serviceable adaptation of the book. If you like the book you'll like it, if you don't you won't - that's all there is to it really. Hamill's voice acting is always great to hear so that's something at the very least. It's weird though because after the disjointed beginning segment the actual Joker stuff feels oddly superfluous.

There is one mid credits scene that made me smile though. Oracle!

So yeah, not the best outcome for such a long-awaited movie. I hope DC are prepared for the backlash they seem to be getting.