The Suicide Squad is the third installment in the new DC Cinematic Universe. It’s a bold move having the first “Team Movie” consist of anti-heroes and villains. This episode contains spoilers! After you watch the movie, listen to our review and tell us your thoughts on the movie.
Jonathan Hickman’s “The Black Monday Murders” was released this week! In this episode we do a (mostly) spoiler-free review of issue #1. If you love Hickman’s writing or just enjoy a damn-good story be sure to check it out.
Comic Review
- 1:25 – The Black Monday Murders
Suicide Squad Review
- 5:56 – Mid-Credit Teaser
- 8:21 – Overall Thoughts of the Movie
- 10:35 – The Squad
- 10:37 – Amanda Waller (Viola Davis)
- 11:21 – Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman)
- 12:16 – Dead Shot (Will Smith)
- 15:35 – Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie)
- 23:10 – Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney)
- 24:57 – Diablo (Jay Hernandez)
- 27:23 – Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)
- 29:11 – Enchantress/Dr. June Moone (Cara Delevingne)
- 30:26 – Slipknot (Adam Beach)
- 30:35 – Katana (Karen Fukuhara)
- 31:41 – The Joker
- 35:10 – Cameos
- 35:15 – Batman
- 35:32 – The Flash
- 35:50 – Easter Eggs
- 35:54 – Alex Ross Tribute
- Harley Quinn Jester outfit
- Batman: Harley Quinn cover art
- 36:19 – ACE Chemicals
- Also appears in Batman V Superman Ultimate Edition
- The Killing Joke (>Where the Joker falls into a vat of chemicals)
- 36:38 – Midway City
- Home to Hawkman, Hawkgirl & Doom Patrol
- Episode 14: DC Superhero Cities
- Based on Chicago
- Midway City is a metropolitan community in the state of Michigan in the United States.
- 37:01 – Harley was listed as accomplice to Robin’s murder
- Keep in Mind: Harley wasn’t created during Jason Todd’s Death
- She didn’t kill him
- But she helped
- 37:14 – The Watchmen
- The Smiley face seen when Deadshot is staring at some child-sized mannequins.
- Also seen when Harley takes the purse from the store
- Also in Batman V Superman “The End is Nigh” on a billboard
- Man of Steel has some bloody smiley faces spray painted
- 37:55 – Johnny Frost
- Featured in “Joker” graphic novel
- Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo
- Told from Johnny Frost’s point of view
- Deadshot covert reference during his introduction
- Also: Deadshot’s relationship with Batman
- Batman catches him
- “I’ll kill the bat” Deadshot says “You don’t want that.”
- Possible Oracle Refences
- New 52’s origin for Harley Quinn
- Gotham
- In New Jersey
- According to Floyd Lawton’s file
- A.R.G.U.S.
- DC’s version of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- John F. Ostrander Federal Building
- Tribute to the writer who reimagined the Suicide Squad
- Monster T
- Met the Joker in the casino
- Dexter Tolliver
- Throw back to Ostrander’s Suicide Squad
- He operated between the covert group and the National Security Council
- Superman II Tribute
- General Zod and Lex Luther had an alliance
- General Zod tore the roof off the White House
- 35:54 – Alex Ross Tribute
- 38:13 – Suicide Squad vs Justice League