It feels strange to me that the first season of
Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose, who did a great job with the character, is now done and there isn't going to be any more. If you aren't following news regarding this, Ruby Rose decided to retire from the character after just one season. And the showrunner has decided to just reboot everything. So the second season won't have anything to do with the first at all. It will be a different setup and a different villain and an entirely different story. They didn't want to recast Batwoman and just continue with the story that had some dangling threads. So it very much is kinda like the one season of
Birds of Prey that happened twenty years ago when the CW used to be the WB. It's a one and done piece, and the first season of
Batwoman is now just a historic art piece to showcase Ruby Rose's talent.
Of course, the devil will be in the details and the execution. I'm trying to stay positive about this, as I did enjoy watching
Batwoman. Maybe there's ways that an entire reboot after season one could be great. And I don't know at all why Ruby Rose left. But I can imagine that replacing Ruby Rose with someone that ticks all of the boxes for the character of Kate Kane (a white queer woman who looks natural with red hair and has experience in action roles, can act, and is affordable on the CW's budget) is probably kind of hard. Making it a new character means that they can fudge a little on the character's details and maybe find someone that will work.
Ah well, it's not like 2020 didn't suck already. Cheers, y'all.
It's been a curious exit, but I think it would have been weird if they just replaced the actor a la soap operas. She's said some curious things, so I wonder if the issue was personal or if there are systemic issues on set. I mean, I could understand personal, as being the lead on an hour long show is grueling. One day we'll know these answers.
ReplyDeleteI only saw the character in the Crisis on Infinite Earths thing. With parallel worlds and time travel and all that it shouldn't be too hard story-wise to do a reboot.
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