re: Barbara Minerva's name. Wow, that's so cool. I would never have thought that deeply into something like that.
What exactly was Dr. Minerva's plan to get the lasso away? Say she's going to get the documentation and slip out the back door? Does "There's no Barba-" mean "Cheetah" is her true self? And one would think, if they thought Dr. Minerva was legit enough to go see her and hand her the lasso, that if she lied to them about something there would be people they could talk to about it.
The Cheetah tranformation sequence is beautiful. And the fight's fantastic. Who knew Julia was such a good shot?