The Death of Batgirl

We’ll all remember where we were on August 2nd, 2022 at around 2 PM. I was laying in bed staring at a wall, you know, as you do, when I get a notification on my phone from my group chat. “Streets is saying the Batgirl movie is canceled.” I clutched my pearls like Martha Wayne. No, this couldn’t be. Then I went to Twitter, where the timeline was ablaze like the entirety of Arkham Asylum had just escaped. It was true, and I couldn’t believe it. The number one trending topic was Batgirl, and when I clicked on it, my eyes widened. ‘“Batgirl’ and ‘Scoob!: Holiday Haunt’ Scrapped at Warner Bros. Amid Cost-Savings Push.” Is it silly that this is such a big deal to a lot of people? Maybe. At the end of the day, it’s a movie, and sure, there are more important things in the world. But there are a bunch of reasons why it’s something that people will be scratching their heads over for the foreseeable future.  So let’s go over the how’s and the why’s and air out our frustration. Another Bat-Movie? Listen, my aversion to Bat-centric anything is well documented. I have stated on many occasions that Batman and Gotham, or anything adjacent to that, is being milked for all that it’s worth. And I still mean that, but I’d have been lying to you if Batgirl didn’t seem like a fresh new direction while still having that ever-recognizable symbol light the path. The movie, at least aesthetically, seemed to be taking inspiration from Batgirl’s time in Burnside, a neighborhood of Gotham from the …