Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-11 (Tuesday)

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

Batman: Assault on Arkham (blu-ray) - 2014 direct to video animated
movie.  I'm slowly making my way through the DC Animated Universe (DCAU)
movies heading to the "Tommorrowverse" and "Crisis" movies.  I own close
to all of them.  Most I've already watched, but a lot of the more recent
ones, I haven't gotten too yet.  I have a list to help me keep track of
where I left off.  I went to get the next two on the list and noticed a
couple of movies sitting on the shelf that weren't on the list.  Turns
out in addition to the DCAU there are also "standalone" movies and
Batman: Assault on Arkham is considered a "standalone" and not part of
the DCAU. I went ahead and watched it.  Basically Amanda Waller (CCH
Pounder) sends a group of super villains on a suicide mission with the
promise of exploding their heads if they refuse to go, or time off their
sentence if they obey.  The plot was convoluted!  I'm still not entirely
sure what their objective was.  Anyway, it was otherwise OK.

Isn't that her go-to move? It's like they could all just grab her and
keep her with them, calling her bluff, as by now they should have
predicted what she'll do to them.