On some missions, Squad members were even equipped with armbands that would blow off the relevant limb should they move too far away from the mission site. Not just if a prisoner tried to escape, but for insubordination, refusing orders, failing to meet objectives or messing with group cohesion. Why wouldn't they just cut and run as soon as they were let loose on assignment? Because upon their admittance to Belle Reve, Waller had arranged for bombs to be installed in their skulls, and she could blow them at any time. Why would these amoral malcontents want to work these dangerous missions? Because in exchange for their cooperation, they'd receive better treatment and shortened sentences. wanted full deniability if the Squad was discovered on the job. They'd be sent on any mission too dangerous to waste even superpowered agents on, and any mission so dark that the U.S. Members of the Suicide Squad, as it came to be known, would be specially selected by her from the national prison population of costumed criminals. Waller's idea was simple: Turn the nation's strictest maximum security prison, Belle Reve, into the home base of a new kind of of spec ops team. Want more Waller? Watch Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. In comics, Waller didn't create the first Suicide Squad, but she discovered the existence of earlier incarnations of the group, and based her proposed Squad on elements from them. Hence, the Suicide Squad, an attempt to take some of the most worthless folks the superpowered community has and turn their worthlessness into a successful black ops team one that works for the U.S., but cannot be traced back to it. Mostly, it gets her into the deepest, darkest areas of the United States government, working on ways to make sure that no superhero can ever truly defy it, or on ways to make those powers work for the powers that be. This attitude never quite makes her a villain, but it often prevents her from being an ally of the Justice League and the folks they'd call their friends. Waller believes that sort of thinking is idiotic, naive and downright dangerous. Where they differ is that Nick Fury (at least the one in the Marvel movies) believes that superheroes are the key to defending humanity from destruction. She told him, "Watch your back, rich boy."Īmanda Waller is a bit like the Nick Fury of the DC Universe, in that she knows everyone's secrets, she's constantly at odds both with her superiors and her subordinates, and she's a kickass character of color in a predominantly white setting. I hear her pantsuits are insured for $10,000. How do I begin to explain The Wall? She's flawless. Played by Viola Davis, Amanda Waller is seen in the dinner scene at the beginning of the teaser (previous actresses who've taken the role include C.C.H.
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