"Batman and Harley Quinn" animated movie

I love all the animated films and Bruce Timm's work is my favorite, Im eager for Teen Titans the Judas Contract and now this

Melissa Rauch as Harley?

Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Rauch should be a good fit for Harley. Stoked for this!

I'm all for more animated DC films. Hopefully Rauch can pull off Harley.

Rauch as Harley is a little jarring mainly because that "Bernadette" voice is so relatable with her and wouldn't work with Harley. I know that it isn't her actual voice and something done for TBBT specifically but I have my concerns that she'll try a "Harley Voice" and it'll just sound too close to Bernadette to be believable. The animation looks fantastic though and I'm always up for more Conroy Batman.

The New Animated Adventures is not the classic style, IMO. And why wouldn't they bring back whoever did Harley's voice originally? She was fantastic.

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That aside... ugh, Harley. One of the most overused and overrated characters...

karamazov80 said:

The New Animated Adventures is not the classic style, IMO. And why wouldn't they bring back whoever did Harley's voice originally? She was fantastic.

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Arleen Sorkin quietly retired after Arkham Asylum in 2009. There's a podcast with Kevin Smith few years later and her natural voice sounded like it's breaking down. It's understandable, since the voice is really hard to do and she's 61 now.

I can't believe she's 61.

Yeah, sometimes voices change as people get older. Seems like Conroy's voice wasn't quite the same in The Killing Joke, but I'll still take him any day over Jason O'Mara.

Jameson Rook said:

Arleen Sorkin quietly retired after Arkham Asylum in 2009. There's a podcast with Kevin Smith few years later and her natural voice sounded like it's breaking down. It's understandable, since the voice is really hard to do and she's 61 now.

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Hasn't Tara Strong been doing it since Sorkin retired? I'm surprised she wasn't the go-to. Bernadette might be great at it but given she isn't exactly a top tier actor, I'm surprised they didn't go with someone established in the voice acting realm and nabbed someone new.

darthkostis said:

That aside... ugh, Harley. One of the most overused and overrated characters...

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Yeaah. I'm a bit excited for this since I love BTAS, STAS, and the JL cartoons, but I definitely feel like this'll try to capitalize on Harley's popularity.

The Mike said:

Hasn't Tara Strong been doing it since Sorkin retired? I'm surprised she wasn't the go-to. Bernadette might be great at it but given she isn't exactly a top tier actor, I'm surprised they didn't go with someone established in the voice acting realm and nabbed someone new.

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Yes, but her voice always sounds a bit too... exaggerated. It works for when she's in the PowerPuff Girls, but it was a bit jarring in Arkham City. She had improved a bit for Arkham Knight though.

I'm curious about Rauch, but I agree that she's an "interesting" choice.

Here's the sneak peek with a lot of clips from the actual film. She sounds...okay. Strangely, I thought she sounded best when they showed her in the recording booth, as opposed to any of the times they actually had her dialogue synced with animation.

Why do they keep saying this is in the classic Batman: The Animated Series style? It's more akin to Justice League: Unlimited.

I'm not really liking Rauch as Harley. I miss Sorkin. Hell, I miss Tara.

I expect this to be somewhere between Killing Joke and Return of the Caped Crusaders in terms of quality.

Am I the only one who thinks they need to just do a nationwide search for the next Harley Quinn or something? Get a soundalike, like Telltale did for Michael J. Fox with the Back to the Future game? Because, I'll be honest, I don't think Harley, as a character, will ever escape Arleen Sorkin's shadow, and I think it boils down to the fact that she was created for TV, and that was our first exposure to her.

There's versatility in adapting characters from comics, but DC seems to think that the fact that she "broke out" from under TAS and became an extremely successful crossover character means she has somehow transcended Arleen Sorkin, as well, when, in fact, all 20+ years of comics and other media have just reinforced that idea of Sorkin as Quinn. There's ambiguity in how I "hear" most comic book characters, but I've never opened a Harley Quinn comic and heard any voice other than Sorkin's.

Probably will be better than the live action

She sounds better when her voice is softer. I don't know, I guess I'll find out how much I love/hate her when I see the whole thing. Right now I'm just "meh".

Sweetness I'm ready.

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