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Spoilers Batwoman - Season 1
- Thread starter dahj
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What can a poor boy do? Except sing in a rock and roll band?Egad, what have I done?
Something terrible happens to Kate. For some reason related to the party responsible, Gotham can't know right then. Luke and Mary are scrambling to figure out their next move when Alice shows up, simultaneously distraught about the loss of her sister and angry at having her revenge on Kate stolen from her. They all agree to work together until the responsible party is eliminated, and Alice becomes Batwoman, at least temporarily. (But of course, it becomes more permanent, and a bit of a nightmare scenario for Mary and Luke.)
This is being reported as fact by legit industry outlets like the Hollywood Reporter, so it's apparently the real thing. Not at all what I would have expected them to do.This is allegedly the casting call that went out recently:
Not sure if real, but since we don't have anything else to speculate about right now, this will have to do.
I kinda hope this report isn't true. They spent more than a year establishing Kate Kane's character and her relationships and conflicts. It would seem like a waste to ditch all that untold storytelling merely because of something external to the narrative like an actor change. I'd rather see the character recast than replaced.
Not to mention that replacing the original identity of the comics character with a newly created character would probably be seen by many as inauthentic. Granted, the Arrowverse has given us some well-liked original characters like John Diggle, Sara Lance, Alex Danvers, and the majority of the current Legends, but none of them are replacing the original bearer of a major superhero identity. (There was a White Canary in the comics before Sara, but she was a pretty minor character and a villain.)
Not to mention that replacing the original identity of the comics character with a newly created character would probably be seen by many as inauthentic. Granted, the Arrowverse has given us some well-liked original characters like John Diggle, Sara Lance, Alex Danvers, and the majority of the current Legends, but none of them are replacing the original bearer of a major superhero identity. (There was a White Canary in the comics before Sara, but she was a pretty minor character and a villain.)
The producers and the network already made it clear in their joint press release that they are recasting the role of Kate, so I have a hard time believing that this is valid.
Aw-haw.
And right after I made my last post, I find out that The Hollywood Reporter has weighed in on this whole thing.
We also have TVLine, the sister site of Deadline Hollywood, saying that they've independently confirmed that the series is getting rid of Kate, and so I don't know what to think.
We also have TVLine, the sister site of Deadline Hollywood, saying that they've independently confirmed that the series is getting rid of Kate, and so I don't know what to think.
should have kept it simple and simply recast the role of Kate and acted is she'd looked the same way all along.
Take away the father/ex-lover/step-sister-who-knows-the-secret/twin-sister-gone-batshit-insane interaction and you pretty much junk everything from the first season.
though if they wanted to play a season for Kate's going, she could have still be suffering guilt from killing mouse's father.
So they'll have to kill her off off-screen then. They may as well get rid of Alice too, since her story won't have any point with Kate gone. The Hush as Bruce plot is a dead end now as well.
Edit: Hell, every open storyline from Season 1 is now meaningless. Maybe the best thing is to just pretend it never happened. Keep the cast but give them all new roles, as opposed to the father, sister, step-sister, childhood friend and assorted ex-lovers of a character who's not there any more.
Edit: Hell, every open storyline from Season 1 is now meaningless. Maybe the best thing is to just pretend it never happened. Keep the cast but give them all new roles, as opposed to the father, sister, step-sister, childhood friend and assorted ex-lovers of a character who's not there any more.
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I feel strangely vindicated about a show I never (outside the Crisis special) watched.
I mean, what you all said makes sense. It's probably not going to be an easy transition. Batwoman Season 2 will pretty much have to be a brand new show, I imagine. Which is probably for the best if it's been having ratings issues.
I'm reposting this quote from myself because I stand by it.
The series cannot exist without Kate Kane as Batwoman.
Full Stop.
Have we even had confirmation that this is more than a rumor, or perhaps deliberate misdirection? People might be jumping the gun here.
The Hollywood Reporter weighed in on it and TVLine independently confirmed that it's the direction in which they're going.
It occurs to me that if they are bringing in a new character as Batwoman, that potentially leaves the door open for Ruby Rose to return as Kate on a recurring basis. I wonder if that could be a consideration, the hope that they can patch things up and maybe get her back on a less strenuous, more occasional schedule. Recasting Kate would have more finality in that regard.
^ Ruby has, in a roundabout way, debunked the rumors about workload being a factor in her decision, which makes this whole "writing Kate out of her own show" thing make even less sense.
It could make more sense depending on the personalities involved. Casting a "likable" character who is "nothing like Kate Kane"...
^ As I've already said twice, there is no series without Kate Kane.
I was really excited when the series premiered, but if you're going to write out Kate's character, you might as well just take the show off the air.
I was really excited when the series premiered, but if you're going to write out Kate's character, you might as well just take the show off the air.