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CatwomanDay #1
HNR was present today at Hastings and Hornby in Downtown Vancouver for the start of principle photography on DC's 1st comic book feature since 1997's "Batman & Robin". It was an exciting time with flocks of tourists and paparazzi all over the place. We would like to commend WB's production personnel for their courtesy in dealing fairly with the crowd.
Now here come the pictures. The scene being shot today involved Patience Price(Halle Berry) walking down the street carrying a box containing the Egyptian Mao cat. We were able to snap a few shots of Halle Berry conversing with French Director Pitof, along with some shots of the general area, Catwoman's motorcycle and what could be Gotham City license plates (depending on if the film is set there or not).
Also we received the official synopsis submitted to the city by the production office:
"Catwoman" is a feature film based on characters created by DC Comics. In this new adventure Patience Price, a mild mannered graphic artist, is murdered in order to keep her silent about an accidental discovery she made. An ancient myth is played out when an Egyptian Mao cat, indebted to Patience for her saving its own life, breathes life back into the young woman. Patience is reborn with an independent attitude, carefree behavior and the heightened senses of a cat. Now she must investigate the circumstances behind her murder and learn to accept both parts of herself.Every time I hear that synopsis, or any summary of this film, I am struck by how very, very little I want to see this film. Holy cow.
"Moriarty" out.
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WB presents BATMAN XTREME!!! Bitten by a radioactive bat, teenage Bruce Wayne has to juggle crimefighting with his career in a rock group, and warding off the advances of his sassy female butler. WHY DO WB JUST NOT GET IT???? ADAPT DON'T RUIN!!! Ahh, what's the use.
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Even though the synopsis still sounds odd, I'm curious to see what the outcome will be. I love Catwoman and Halle Berry
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Hey, just because Warner has screwed up every other superhero movie they've tried to make doesn't mean this one will necessarily be bad. After all, all they've done so far is change the name, origin, personality and mission of the character. ...aw crap.
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...but hey, that's just my opinion.
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Cripes, the movie's barely started production, and already I'm booing at the screen. This sounds gag-inducing. Who comes up with these ridiculous and boring script ideas? I can't believe films like this ever get greenlit. What's so hard about keeping a character true to it's original origins? Were they not good enough? Millions of dollars in comic book sales aren't evidence enough that people have been interested in the Catwoman represented on DC's pages for the past few decades? I'm getting so sick and tired of this "make a buck, don't give a fuck" attitude towards screenplay writing. Moriarty sums it up perfectly: I am struck by how very, very little I want to see this film.
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Ahhh...shit, that's the funniest thing I've heard in awhile...hee hee hee...
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the Catwoman in this movie isn't Selina Kyle? Sorry WB, I won't be spending my money to see this one. In fact here's an idea...
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I mean seriously who gives a shit about this movie?? of ALL the cool villains to do a spinoff, why catwoman? why not harley quinn? Why not scarecrow? This is stupid, and halle berry is stupid for fucking up storm, now shes gonna fuck up catwoman.The only thing shes good for is showing her ass and tits on tv.
MAKE ME FEEL GOOD she says..
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Sep 29, 2003 9:30:23 AM CDT
Thinking about who is cast in this film and reading the synopsis
by lost skeleton
...I think WB never intended this to be aimed at comic geeks. I think this "re-imagining" is for the female crowd who are not in to the comics. Basically, they are making an action movie for girls. On that note, it will fail because women ultimately hate action movies, especially ones based on comic books.
Bad move WB...however the one good move WB is making is introducing the most groundbreaking finale to one of the greatest movie triolgies of all time...Revolutions...fucking you hard on November 5th! -
..on the other, at least it's NOT Selina Kyle they're fucking up. And DC have been kowtowing to the movies longer than thirty years; in the forties they changed Alfred from a fat, clean shaven guy to the Alfred we know b/c the actor playing him in the movie serial looked liike that.
Adapting stuff for the sake of shit like Smallville and Birds of Prey [ooh, contrived plot to get Black Canary younger!] is a fucking cuntbubble though. The spineless dicks. -
Please tell this isn't real. Selina Kyle is Catwoman, not PATIENCE PRICE. Jesus. I'm gonna be sick.
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Sep 29, 2003 9:45:12 AM CDT
Michelle Phiefer did it best in BATMAN RETURNS and I have no des
by tall_boy
Phiefers performance was pure gold and sexy as hell to boot. No batman + magical egyptian cats = me no see.
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jesus...
what the hell..... why!!!!
this is going to smell so much of shite that im gonna have to leave the cinema for some loo roll to wipe the seat!!! why the fuck have they done this.. DC???? why have they completely chaneg the whole license... Patience???? for fucks sake!!!! y not use the batman license even a little bit.. it wouldnt have been hard for christs sake,, a fucking black costume, some ears and say she had a few stitches after beiong shot in "batman returns" they could have come up with a story... but nooo... they have to get pissed and come up wioth some fairytale... shit, anyway im going on.. forget it... arses, -
Don't Play a Character Named PATIENCE!!! At least don't call the movie CATWOMAN!
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Sep 29, 2003 10:12:22 AM CDT
Yeah, changing the character to something unrecognizable to the
by spyguy
The really sad thing about this is, it's going to bomb and WB will have another lame excuse not to do proper comic book adaptations, while franchises like SPIDER-MAN and X-MEN kick their ass.
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What a freakin' crime! Halle Barry, how could you? Somebody needs to call the police because you STOLE J-LO'S HAIR! sk
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Halle Berry has little charisma, besides having a pretty face. She sucked big time as Storm and she will be a boring Catwoman as well. I can't wait to see this movie flop. Only losers with boners for Halle will pay $8 to go see this.
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Where's Fett?
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This is a misfire of idiotic preportions. Hope it makes less than Dickie Roberts.
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Sep 29, 2003 10:45:39 AM CDT
Pud, it's not racism just because she is unattractive! And why d
by sith witch
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I seriously doubt if racial issues have anything to do with the complaints of this film. After all, there wasn't much of an uproar over the fact that the Kingpin was portrayed as a black man in "Daredevil". There were so many other things to complain about, people quickly forgot their gripe with that bit of casting.
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Sep 29, 2003 11:02:35 AM CDT
It's not Racism, Halle Berry is just a sucky ass actress!
by brian_de_man
Halle Berry is a waste of space! She never deserved that Oscar, She did nothing in Moster's Ball except show her fake ass tits and curves. She cannot act worth shit so she uses her body to influence ratings by showing it off. I hate to tell you this..but she is not that good looking, I can go to a Porn site and see 10 better looking girls in the first 5 minutes. Michelle Phiffer (spelling?) is a better actress for Catwoman and should be the only one playing this part. She atleast had class and did not have to show her body to be sexy. Racism has nothing to do with it.. Putting Halle Berry, a horrible actress as Catwoman, is just as bad as putting Brendan Fraser as Superman. He might have been good in the Mummy, but will suck as the man of steel. That's not racism, thats just fact.
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Sep 29, 2003 11:46:41 AM CDT
she has the superpower of a "carefree attitude and hieghtened se
by big bad clone
Why not give her Black Cat's "luck" based powers? Can she move/leap like a cat? Lay around the house like my cats? Wake you up one hour before your alarm goes off meowing to get outside and throwing off your sleep schedule? Shit, they don't mention night vision or anything. Maybe if she has a scene where she licks herself...
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Sep 29, 2003 11:56:17 AM CDT
I was wondering when the sad little wolf-crying cultural defende
by iamjacksuserid
Pud!, you are what is so very wrong with race relations. It is that paranoia that minorities have when something doesn't go their way or they get criticized and they find it extremely easy to yell 'racism'. Is it so hard to believe that maybe people look past skin color when they don't like someone? Maybe they have a legitimate, non-racial beef? Of course not! Then you couldn't get up on your high horse and trot around, spewing out blames and yelling of injustices on outlets such as internet news sites. It's funny. Halle Berry is very successful. She's been in many films, has been paid very well, is extremely popular, and even managed to win an Oscar. This is quite an achievement and a good yardstick on race relations. Yet there are still people out there who have nothing to fight for or about and go out of their way to find something that might resemble injustice or mistreatment. Quite frankly, I am sick to death of it. I am sick of people like yourself, Pud!, that wake up in the morning just wanting to start that fight over nothing.
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Thank GOD! Keep her for the Batfilms ... let them do what with Patience. I dont care. Just dont mess with the Bat
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First of all, Halle Berry isn't black. She's half white and has white features. Second, people are complaining about the ridiculous premise of the film not the actress' race. I'm so sick of douchebags pulling out the race card every chance they get.
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Sep 29, 2003 12:27:22 PM CDT
Halle Berry is Black?!!! Next thing you'll know they'll say Mel
by big bad clone
Who gives two fucks? I'm "multiracial" so I guess I'm a bit color blind. But really, none of the race shit matters. I'm sorry to lose my temper so. I'm part latin and Irish so obviuously I'm prone to fly off the handle.
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Sep 29, 2003 12:31:16 PM CDT
People complained when Ashley Judd was attached to this shit...
by king rhythm
..so shut the fuck up, Pud.[Appropriate name though] Because you're a cunt. And did anyone even mention Halle's race? What a fucking knee jerk reaction from a crank. Dicks like you make a mockery of any real gripes real people might have. Not me though. I don't care.
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But, for once, I have to agree with Pud! (somewhere a mountain slides into rubble), Halle Barrie is a STONE FOX! Any manjack who sez otherwise oughta be boiled in his own puddin'!
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...Pud! has been pulling this schtick over at any LoTR related TB's for a couple of years now (Tolkien was a racist, Italians = orcs, etc.). He's just trolling to get a rise out of you...and succeeding, it seems.
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While I wouldn't kick Halle Berry out of bed, she's no jaw - dropper. And although I wouldn't say she messed up Storm or her character in the last Bond flick, exactly, I'd still say that her performances really didn't stick in my mind afterwards. These views have nothing to do with race, I couldn't give a shit. Couple these things with the absolute bollocks of a story it seems they've come up with, and I'm going to stay well clear of this one.
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PUD! You're on the money about Halle ... she's God's gift to this world, and ain't no silicone on her. And I'm not sure the right to be sexually exploited is anything to wish for, but Halle's got as much right to it as any white chick!
But the movie's still gonna suck. The formula for a female superhero movie/series hasn't been perfected, and most attempts have been dogshit. Lines like Birds of Prey's "I am the weapon" delivered with bubblegum-snappin' emptyheadedness don't help. The Alias TV show usually manages to avoid being totally ridiculous, but it's still not quite there.
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Is anyone else extremely bothered by the fact that the above story description in no way, shape or form resembles CatWomans' origins, or the fact that there's never been a CatWoman named Patience Price. Selina Kyle is CatWoman, the one, the only.
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I can't stand Halle Berry, She didn't deserve the oscar, she's nowhere near as good an actress as people (or she herself)seem to think. That self-congratulatory oscar speech almost made me throw-up. Judy Dench got robbed!
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Sep 29, 2003 1:14:08 PM CDT
Oh, and Halle Berry's not black, she's mullato, half white, half
by mwhelan67
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I was expecting something naughtier. Oh, well. the lamer the Berry, the sweeter the boos.
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A bunch of seven year olds. Just like when I was seven, this script would have been it would have been lame. But see, the heads of the studio (seven year olds I mind you) are a little jaded by spending so much time BEHIND the camera instead of in the audience, and their footing is a little loose. Maybe by the time they hit puberty things will fall into place and make sense. And for someone who can't even get Ororo Munroe's character, Halle Berry deserves a better agent. I am very tired of movies that fall flat on their faces before even trying to walk. What a crappy movie this will be.
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but, um, Pam Grier? Does the name ring any bells? She was "strong" and "proud" and even "black" long before Halle. And, jesus, you want to talk tits? Please tell me you're not a brother. You're embarrassing us all, G. I like Halle as well as the next dog, but she ain't all that. Fine, yes, lucky, no doubt. But, man, I'd take Pam Grier right now, 50-plus, over Halle on a stack of Oscars. In fact, if they wanted to cast a sister as Catwoman, they should have done it when Pam was in her prime. She was built exactly like the character Jim Balent drew with kickballs for bosoms.
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I am so tired of the PREDICTABLE plot machinations of Hollywood! I am willing to bet that there is a male character that ignores/mocks/satirizes/overlooks the "P.P." character, but is in love with the mysterious Catwoman! And imagine the surprise that "P.P." has had a crush on Mr. Tall, Dark, and Shallow the whole time! How will she handle the situation? Does he love her for who she is, or for what she is? Spend your money soon to have this and other gripping questions answered in .....
"The Catwoman"! I feel as though a colony of salmonella has taken up permanent residence in my bowels, creating the urge to blow this movie out of my @$$! Oh, by the way: First. Post. Evah! -
Sep 29, 2003 2:46:20 PM CDT
"...reborn with an independent attitude, carefree behavior"
by dastickboy
So let me get this straight - Halle Berry is filming a tampon commercial?
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this is probably one of THE STUPIDEST ideas for a movie...ever. WHYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?! Catwoman was just fine the way she was! And what the hell is this "Patience Price" bs? PATIENCE PRICE?!?! *Boosh, explode*
And hey, i am part of the minority of women who actually like action movies, especially when theyre comic-action movies.
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I can't stand Berry. From her 'I'm *reduced* to comic book movies' remark which quickly turned into "I LOVE my strong female black superhero role!" as soon as X-Men was a hit, to her infamous running a red light, severely crashing someone's car and just-taking-of-cuz-I'm-a-CELEBRITY-stunt, to her amazingly arrogant 'I'm the black female jesus of actresses' oscar speech. As for her acting, I've seen worse, but it's never been above mediocre, sorry. That SHE got that first oscar for a black female lead and not someone like Angela Basset is a joke. But then Oscars are pretty much devaluated to nothing by now anyway. As for this Catwoman movie, it's ridiculous. YES you have to cater to a bigger audience than the comic book readers, but you still need to KEEP them since they're the corner stone of your opening weekend! The only saving grace I can think of is the idea of Berry in a tight shiny catsuit. Yeah I do think she's hot and I do like hot women in tight shiny catsuits. Sue me. It's the only thing that makes me even click on links like these. Won't make me go to the theater though. For the record, I wasn't all that impressed with Pfeiffer's turn in Bats II either. I know that's almost sacrilegeous to say here but some of her in-costume dialogue ("Namely u-us!") is delivered every bit as campy as anything I've seen on the old Adam West show or done by Uma in the horrible Bats IV. Her acting OUT of costume I thought was pretty good and powerful. But really, falling out of a window, almost breaking some bones and having cats lick your face instantly turns you into a self assured vamp with high level acrobatic skills and the fighting prowess of a ninja??? That 'origin' was every bit as stupid as THIS one. Still Burton's films will probably be a notch or two above this upcoming Catwoman flick. Just a hunch of course. And 'Patience Price'??? Dear god and they make fun of comics! That's a porn star's name for frag's sake!!
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Sep 29, 2003 3:17:47 PM CDT
Female action heroes are pretty damn hard to do well...so, which
by salem hanna
Potential candidates are: Selina Kyle, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Wai Lin (from Tomorrow Never Dies) etc. Sadly, as well as these good ones there are many others that should never have been put on celluloid (Barb Wire, Tank Girl). So many bad actresses in so many turkeys...I say we separate the wheat from the chaff. Whose your favourite action heroine guys? And favourite doesn't have to mean most convincing, as most of these movies were tongue in cheek anyway. Lady talkbackers, cast your votes too!
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Along with Ripley in Aliens and Sarah Conner in T2 (both cited previously) that's about it.
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This movie will suck. The moment I heard something about some ancient Egyptian artifact I fell asleep. Can't Hollywood come up with new ideas anymore.
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You have to wonder about how these decisions get made. As a pitch, this movie sounds good: "Halle Berry wears skin tight leather/PVC and spends the movie doing kung fu and saying 'meaow' in a sexy way." All the execs at the table rub their chins and say "Hmm, sounds good. Joey the retard, do you want some input on this?" Joey the retard looks up from the corner of the room where he has been quietly banging his head on the wall and muttering to himself. "Change it all!" he yells, spattering the assembled WB execs with spittle. "Change it all! Where's my jelly? You're not my dad!" "Yes!" cries Exec#1 "Change it all! Excellent! I know, let's give it the same name as an established character, popular with thousands of people, but actually make it about someone completely different!" "Genius" ejaculates Exec#2 "That way, we can immediately alienate the cornerstone demographic whilst the retention of the comic character's name as the title will ensure that people who wouldn't normally go and see a comic book movie will still stay away." "It's a sure fire hit! Bravo everyone! More cocaine all round!" Everyone turns to Joey the retard, who has now pissed himself and his sniffing bemusedly at the wet patch on the carpet. "Well done, Joey!"
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Sep 29, 2003 4:23:02 PM CDT
Reason why Marvel is so successful on their super hero based mov
by moviefreak05
Its because Marvel is smart enough to hire a screenwriter and have them write a good story of the character(s) and have the original origin roots. Its the reason why X-Men has such a huge success at the box office. What's wrong with continuing the story of Selina Kyle?? This is why WB can never make a decent super hero film, they screw it up all the time. WAKE UP WB! STAY WITH THE ORIGINAL STORY! Unforantely its too late to do anything about Catwoman since everything is moving forward as it is. I'm not saying this won't be a bad film it's just why not stick with the original story, the way it was meant to be told?
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Sep 29, 2003 4:28:06 PM CDT
I don't know if I can buy Halle as a kick-ass tpye of girl
by chunkysoup
but she is good at running people over with cars. She should star in a demolition derby movie.
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Sorry, that was me vomiting in disgust at how Warner Brothers treats its DC properties.
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This is not Catwoman, not that I'm that familiar with CW, but this sounds so much like a crappy version of the Crow, it ain't funny....
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We think this is a shitty idea for a movie and we're racist? *coughBULLSHITcough* Let's all remember that one of the best actresses to protray Catwoman was Eartha Kitt. Sure, the 60s Batman series was cheesy as fuck... but from the looks of it, it's still gonna be better than this piece of shit movie. Can't the estate of Bob Kane sue WB's asses off for fucking up his creation? Probably not, but it'd be nice to think they could. Personally, I got no beef with Halle Barry as an actress. The fact she's playing Catwoman doesn't bother me a bit. My issue is the fact they had to fuck up the story harcore. Whatever happened to Selina Kyle, cat burgler? You could do a pretty hiest flick with that material if you wanted to.
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WB doesn't care about the fans. Race isn't an issue. Quality is. In regards to MCD as Kingpin--he was a great choice because he's exactly like the comic except for skin color. The Big Show? Are you kidding me? He has no presence, can't act, and is actually younger than Affleck. Big and white doesn't mean he's Kingpin material. MCD was a great choice, IMO.
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HER SHORT HAIR and I'd still fuck her silly for two minutes. Any fool who thinks she's not hot is gay or lesbian with bad taste. By the way...Gina Gershon would have been cool as Catwoman. Gina is all that and slutty beeeatches!
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Sep 29, 2003 5:49:53 PM CDT
Only Warner Brothers could turn Catwoman into a Crow ripoff.
by jiggamanspence
Fuck Warner Brothers. Fuck them up their asses.
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Sep 29, 2003 6:13:34 PM CDT
They killed her to shut her up....but then she came back, and SE
by ribbons
Shudder.
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NO, I don't plan on seeing this movie.
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Why is this movie even called Catwoman? Couldn't they call it like Cat Burgler or something like that? Is WB trying to make people think that this is OUR Catwoman? If it's not Selina it's not Catwoman. Then I saw her costume over at SuperHeroHype. To paraphrase the imortal Bart Simpsons...I didn't think it was possible for something to both suck and blow at the same time, but I was prooven wrong. It was hard to laugh and cry at the same time. That helmet/mask she's wearing looks so stupid. Also, the whole Halle/Bratt relationship sounds an aweful lot like the relationship the Huntress had with that detective in the BOP TV series. Gee, now WB have to rip off their own television shows to get subplots for their movies. This isn't Catowman, I so won't be seeing this movie, and WB should be VERY ashamed of themselves. Sad, so very sad. Thank you for your time.
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www.superherohype.com/catwoman/index.php?id=207
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That costume is horrible! Someone call Joan Rivers, we have a fashion emergency!
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That is, hands down, the WORST superhero outfit I've ever seen! It looks like cheap, $2 hooker lingerie! That can't be for real, even the WB can't be that stupid!
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Sep 29, 2003 8:29:11 PM CDT
Let me get this straight...Halle is proud of being black?
by tracheotomy man
That must be why the first thing she did when she won her Academy Award was thank all of the important white people in her life, eh?
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.......this would make me sick. I love DC (and the Bat-mythos in particular), but it's painfully clear that DC just doesn't get it.
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like an dirtbke on the last day of summer...but she really sucks as an actress and studios(warners in particular) care nothing about comics,so, why wouli go see this steamer?
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