Suicide Squad
chick of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)isn’t bill as a direct subsequence toSuicide Squad , but it still includes a number of call - backs and even incorporates someSuicide Squadfootage . Opening to mostlypositive reviewsbut sadly not a lot of audience attendance , Birds of Preymakes for an enjoyable return of Robbie ’s maniacal murderess - turned - antihero . It ’s a sports fan - favorite execution which is part of a larger tapestry of cool role and hoi polloi of easter eggs for eagle - eyed DC Comics fans and aficionados .
A orotund telephone number of easter eggs withinBirds of Preypertain to Harley ’s old show inSuicide Squad . The animated introduction retrograde her origin story from the Task Force X plastic film , show her meeting her opprobrious beau Mr. J ( Jared Leto ’s Joker ) and being subject to the orotund vat of chemical substance that bleach her skin . Birds of Preyarguably does Harley ’s line of descent betterthanSuicide Squaddid , but it does so by repurposing sure bits of footage .
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TheSuicide Squadfootage reprocess inBirds of Preyis Dr. Harleen Quinzel ’s translation in the Harlequin of Hate ’s girl atACE Chemicals . InSuicide Squad , a neon - unhorse flashback sees him set down his lovesick psychologist into the same value-added tax that made him the psychotic he is before diving in himself . bird of Preytakes this footage that ’s cautiously edited to void testify the Joker ’s nerve .
Indeed , the entire moviedoesn’t show Jared Leto . This was a conscious choice by music director Cathy Yan , who felt it unnecessary to have the Joker too much . She did still want to use the existing footage of ACE Chemicals fromSuicideSquad , however , to " [ help ] remind people what the significance of ACE chemical substance is " .
Suicide Squadwas a financial smasher , but with its humble review oodles and factious condition with many viewers - mostly because of itsunpopular version of the Joker- it ’s picayune wonder thatBirds of Preychose not to refer back to it too much other than a couple of nimble recaps and a few thrown-away jest . Like Harley Quinn refusing to permit Renee Montoya take over her " Daddy ’s Little Monster " shirt , or the Wanted poster of Digger Harkness AKABoomerangon the wall of the police post .
Harley Quinn is best left to move on from rehashing old footage with Leto ’s Joker , to be able to move on with her own lifetime and her own adventure . It ’s the entire raison d’être ofBirds of Prey . She can however next be picture in James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadreboot , which he is currently editing at home ( due to the Coronavirus outbreak ) for button in 2021 .
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