After months of analysis and distinctly unfair criticism of every design decision that's gone into Jared Leto's new take on the Joker, Warner Bros and Empire magazine have teamed up to give us something more to be concerned about. The fanboy hatred of Leto's new "pimp" look (which actually has a lot of influences that have been pulled directly out of the source material) is ridiculous but inevitable, but it seems odd that everyone is happy to give the film's take on Enchantress (heavily rumoured to be the real villain of the piece) far more of a positive reception. The character was thus far shrouded quite well by the marketing, which leaned heavily on Harley Quinn and the Joker (inevitably), but now she's got her own cover, and it feels a little like when the first images of Aquaman were released. Yes, it's an impactful look, and yes there are some... bold decisions behind it, but how anyone can look at it side by side with the Joker and come to the conclusion that it's better is astonishing. And before you climb straight into the comments to angrily type in your fanboy accusations, consider this - that barely clad, scruffy-looking wraith is not the Enchantress we should want, and it shouldn't be the one we're getting. She makes Joker Leto look great by proximity, and there are some pretty strong reasons you need to put aside your Joker hate and concentrate on this new - far more pressing - problem...
8. The Melting Hairline
Why exactly does having awful unwashed hair denote evil? Ok, so The Ring is the obvious answer, but the whole annoying fringe thing is such an on-the-nose riff on that it looks like a tacky spoof. There's something terribly Alice Cooper/Tia Dalma/meth head about Enchantress' look, partly because the film's aesthetic launching point seems predominantly to be the marriage of ink and soil as if someone in the art department dropped their fountain pen in the park and had their Eureka moment. Ok, so perhaps the grubbiness wouldn't be such an issue if the cover hadn't been touched up to make her eyes look like they've been Tippexed in, but it's all too self-consciously Mad Maxian and frankly, she looks like her skin has been inspired by a tangerine.
