There are many trailers for Batman: Arkham Asylum out now. Batman fighting singing skeletons. Batman in lock down mode in Arkham. All of which have sold me on the new release which promises to do what the Dark Knight did for comic book movies to video games. However, what has gotten me the most excited (and possibly an XBOX 360) is the following trailer featuring the Joker's significant other Harley Quinn. Who since her introduction in the children's cartoon adaptation of Batman won me over in the 90s when I was just a little fangirl.
There are really three reasons Harley has always been my favorite Batman girl:
1) Her and her man may not have the healthiest of relationships but they do love each other. Instead of the ambiguity of right and wrong that Catwoman and Batman represent, Joker and Harley are just those people to as Nolan's Alfred put it so perfectly love to "watch the world burn". They are a male and female equivalent of each other that is so perfect yet so wrong.
2) Harley is herself always her ditsy, crazy, oddly alluring self. Crazy as she was even Gotham's most powerful resident baddie couldn't deny her charm. Joker loved Harley for who she is ya gotta admire a women who courts a madman, who subsequently falls for her. She's got guts.
3) Her personality is a little deceiving. On her surface she seems like the type of girl that could easily be used but not our Harley. As much as she is insane she is capable. We've seen her compliment her man on the cartoon but also hold her own schemes together in the comics. Plus, her and BFF Ivy make the best chick equivalent to the bormance in recent years. I mean together they are the evil team equivalent of Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
Just check out her recent take in Batman: Arkham Asylum (below)and see what I am talking about:
Still not convinced? This is the Harley that I adored as a child:
Sunday, August 16, 2009
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