This is especially true when it comes to Harley's personal connection to Wonder Woman. The script is light and humorous, but prone to losing focus and glossing over the more interesting story elements. Harley barely interacts with the heroine or the new team of sad-sack heroes dubbed "The London Legion of Superheroes." She spends the bulk of the story skulking about and trying to prove her worth as a solo superhero, which seems to defeat the purpose of the book. The real problem with this book is that, despite its oversized length, we only actually see Harley and Diana together for a handful of pages. His darker, more angular style makes for a fairly jarring shift, though it at least does suit the tone of the brief flashback sequence. Recurring Harley Quinn artist John Timms steps in for a couple sequences. Unfortunately, Conner doesn't handle every page herself. Her clean, expressive style brings the Harley/Wonder Woman team-up to life (what little teaming up there is to be had) and gives the book a palpable sense of energy. Conner actually draws much of this issue herself, which is a nice change. Where’s the commentary? Where are the deleted scenes? Instead it’s just another movie the studio threw away….first theatrically, and now with its DVD.With Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti still on board as co-writers, this new series is very much in line with the old in terms of tone. My own personal rant aside, this DVD edition of Little Black Book isn’t what it could be. Wake up Hollywood, either put them both on a one sided disc, or just don’t even bother. What’s worse is when they do it on one disc and make it so that you have to flip it over, or when they tout it’s a 2-Disc special edition when the second disc is just the movie in full screen. Some studios waste time and energy creating a whole new repackaged edition. This widescreen/fullscreen disc is a perfect example of how to do it, they’re both here. I really hate it when studios puts out two versions of the same movie when it is just as easy to put them both on one disc, why waste there money? I don’t get it. It’s actually quite educational if you’re a fan of the whole Talk Show phenomenon.Īlso included are both the Widescreen and Full Screen presentations. Full of interviews from actual producers of talk shows, this featurette basically drives home how accurate the film is to the Talk Show world and the experienced bunch pull no punches in pointing out all the cinematic liberties the film takes. The second, and final, featurette is call “Be My Guest: Inside Daytime Talk Shows”. It is obvious that the cast and crew were just about as surprised with the original material as I was at watching it. All of the interviews are intercut with behind the scenes videos and actual footage from the movie. This featurette includes various interviews from cast and crew talking about the origins of the story, how they came to accept the project, and what it was like to make the film. The first of only two featurettes on this disc is “Live & On-Air: The Making-of Little Black Book”. It’s sufficed to say that the extras are scarce, but at least they are indeed decent extras. This DVD edition of Little Black Book is nothing special. I wouldn’t go so far as to call this Little Black Book a “romantic comedy”, with how the film ends an all, but I will go so far as to say, much like Mike Nichols’ Working Girl - which is paid homage to many times - it’s just a very uplifting “chick flick”. Other than that, it’s pretty much okay in my book (no pun intended). My only personal gripe is that in this age of “the new millennium” a real little black book is supplemented with the tech savvy palm pilot. The premise is quite obvious, but the execution is pretty well done. The lies and betrayal that come with snooping around added to a clever twist on the ending, makes Little Black Book astonishingly entertaining.Ī good majority of the laughs in this comedy don’t so much fall flat, but rather than laughing hysterically you smile at their cuteness. She uses as a rouse that the show is interested in them, while learning more and more about Derek in the process. Inspired by the idea, and the absence of her boyfriend, Derek (Ron Livingston) the New Jersey Devils talent scout, Stacy locates Derek’s palm pilot and begins searching out and interviewing his “ex”es. During a pitch meeting, fellow associate producers, including Barb (Holly Hunter), throw the idea out for a show based around a little black book, where a girlfriend would search through her boyfriend’s past attempting to dig up dirt. Her first step into the television world is that of being an associate producer for the trashy talk show “Kippie Kan Do” based out of New Jersey. Ever since a therapeutic, Carly Simon serenaded car ride with her mother, Stacy (Brittany Murphy) has grown up wanting to be just like Diane Sawyer.
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