Despite being a far better film than Suicide Squad and having some interesting things to say, like the traumas of the male gaze, Birds Of Prey got its wings clipped at the box office as it unceremoniously became the lowest opening DCEU film ever despite topping hitting the number one spot.
Needless to say that there’s a bit of head-scratching going on back at Warner Bros. as to why Birds Of Prey crash landed the way it did despite scoring some good reviews and promising box office forecasts. As for the fans, well, they haven’t exactly taken the news too nicely as they’ve reacted by taking a leaf out of Harley Quinn’s book and started trolling Sonic The Hedgehog for some reason.
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Birds Of Prey opened to very little competition but is expected to be knocked off its box office perch when the live-adaptation of Sonic The Hedgehog finally enters the fray after a much-needed glo up.
Sensing that the Blue Blur will put a massive box office dent in the already-fading hopes of Harley Quinn’s solo adventure, DC fans have decided to bat for their movie by plugging Birds Of Prey while simultaneously dragging down Sonic The Hedgehog – a movie which they haven’t seen – with false claims of “homophobic slurs”, “racist” scenes, and other unsavoury lies.
That’s not to say that every DC fan is doing this in bad faith – some of these tweets are actually pretty funny and are clearly jokes – but given the behaviour we’ve seen from these troll circles in the past, you just know this misinformation campaign began from a cesspool of fanboy resentment.
It’s understandable to be disappointed that Birds Of Prey didn’t do as well as expected since it means there’s less chance of a sequel or more solo Harley Quinn adventures, but propping up the movie by dragging down another film is just not cool. Just let other people watch what they want to watch in peace.
In a way, this moronic Birds Of Prey vs Sonic The Hedgehog internet fight is a snapshot of where we are in 2020 – when something doesn’t go the way people want, they project, gaslight and lash out at others while being unable to accept responsibility or the real reason why it failed.
It is more than likely that Sonic The Hedgehog will take the box office crown away from Birds Of Prey based on early forecasts, and the big irony is that all this trolling from DC fans in an attempt to tear the Blue Blur’s live-action debut down may have inadvertently helped it do even better since Sonic fans are mobilising in response.
Hoo boy. It seems like we’re in for quite the 2020.
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