DC Animated - Hush Trailer

So the trailer for the animated adaption of DC's Hush dropped the other day and wow was I... disappointed.

Which sucks! I really enjoyed the Hush comics and when I saw a trailer for the adaption - which I didn't even know they were doing - I clicked straight away. But oh boy was my enthusiasm dampened. It was like that classic Libra advert where the woman uses a pad to absorb the murder victim's blood so there was no trace of any wrong doing by the time the cops got there. It was like my niece's food at snack time. All gone!

Before, we could proudly say "Well the DC live action movies suck hairy donkey balls but at least they're killing it in the animated movie department!"
Only now it's like the animated department is going the way the Disney live actions are, like basically remakes just to keep the trademarks but with little, insidious changes made. Also Will Smith is getting his filthy little fingers into all of these pies. ANYWAY - we know why The Killing Joke and Batman and Harley Quinn etc were weird or bad movies... what's happening with Hush?


Okay - so for those who don't know, I don't want to spoil anything so go and read it! But in bare bones, Batman finds several of his enemies from varying ranks seemingly teaming up against him, but in odd ways and being led by someone he can't pin down. He starts to get suspicious and paranoid, so he searches to find out what's happening while his relationships - old and new - come back to him. Also there's a lot of cameos.

The comics were great, the art was nice and it was really cinematic in the way it was laid out and the way they did flashbacks etc. It kept you guessing, and made you look for little connections. It was like Lost but with comic characters and a better ending.

So... the trailer opens with the Batman/Catwoman rooftop chase/flirt which was fine... only the way they cut the dialogue kinda weird so it's like Catwoman's all sultry "We've being doing this dance for a while..." cuts to "LIKE THE VIEW, YA CORNDOG? IT'S ALL YOU GON' GEEEET" before she yeets herself off a building.

Also... what's with the neck? Did Catwoman become Elastigirl? Maybe it just looks worse next to no-neck Batman.


Then we have Batman fighting Poison Ivy alongside Catwoman.. then Poison Ivy straight up confesses to being forced to control Superman.. and Catwoman snaps her out of her spell by splashing her with water? Okay... you.... know she's like a plant, right?

Bish Plz!

But... that's not the worst of it. Thennn......

Batman: What's his name?
Poison Ivy: He calls himself 'Hush'!
Cinema Sins: Rolll credits!

Like... Ivy just straight up spills the beans and expositions the mystery man!! COME ON! Wasn't the whole idea of Hush that Batman DIDN'T know who it was?

Harley's Costume

To be frank, there's not much difference from her classic costume, except the saucy shoulder reveal. I suppose with this we can see she's still got her normal skin tone. Woo-hoo! The colours look nice - the red on her costume and her blue eyes are bright, it's a good look.

The only thing I would really criticise would be that her lilliripes seem a bit too sharp edged but that's not anything to worry about at all. 

Everyone else is a bit of a hodge podge between classic and New Shittypoop but Ivy looks soooo much better here than she did in the comic. 

I mean, she's not HIDEOUS or anything but she was just.. very Jim Lee. Overly posed, too many lines, way to skinny, etc. Her hair was completely out of control - maybe even on par with Gotham City Sirens Ivy's severe up-do. Also she just trailed garden debris everywhere but not in a good, normal Ivy way.
I noticed as well that she seemed to have more of her original personality where she just cared about the money not the other greenery and spent way too much of her time kissing and possessing boys.

Still, it's just the trailer so it's probably been chop'n'changed all over the shop, I'll still watch it when it comes out but I really hope it's better than the trailer. I mean... it's a comic adaption. All the work is done for you already, just film it!

Best line:

Commissioner Gordon: Is it too much to ask for one quiet weekend?

Was that a trick question? You know where you work, right?

Worst line:

Nightwing: It's like they're all crawling out from under the carpets.

Do you mean 'out of the woodwork'... or do you have more of a rodent problem?

Voice Actors

Batman: Jason O'Mara
Catwoman: Jennifer Morrison
Superman: Jerry O'Connell
Poison Ivy: Peyton List
Lois Lane: Rebecca Romijin
Lex Luthor: Rainn Wilson
Amanda Waller: Vanessa Williams
The Riddler: Geoffrey Arend
Harley Quinn: Hynden Walch
Nightwing: Sean Maher
Thomas Elliot: Maury Sterling
Gordon: Bruce Thomas
Damian: Stuart Allan
Alfred: James Garrett
Joker: Jason Spisak


Release Date: 20th July 2019