Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Though he has pretty much lost it now, if "All Star Batman and Robin" is any indication. Batman in the seventies wasn't really bad compared to the past twenty years. That was when they started moving him back towards his darker roots. The fifties and sixties were when Batman was a total doofus.
Originally posted by: theredbaron
Well, if you're talking about the Frank Miller Batman (who is pretty much THE Batman these days), then he doesn't know who killed his parents (though he suspects it may have been John Corben/Metallo); he has nightmares about the event almost every night; and he dances on the edge of justice and revenge.
I believe Lex Luthor or someone else only tricked Batman into believing it was Metallo, and that was only post-Zero Hour. Even after Batman: Year One and Frank Miller's reimagining of the character, Joe Chill was still the murderer.
So yeah, while it may have been true to most of his history, I'd have to say that the character of Batman was almost untenable pre-80s, particularly from the point of view of making a Batman film today. Read any 70s Batman comic and tell me that it doesn't just read like Spiderman dialogue dressed as Batman. When I read the monologues of DKR, I think finally, someone has found the voice of Batman.
Well, if you're talking about the Frank Miller Batman (who is pretty much THE Batman these days), then he doesn't know who killed his parents (though he suspects it may have been John Corben/Metallo); he has nightmares about the event almost every night; and he dances on the edge of justice and revenge.
I believe Lex Luthor or someone else only tricked Batman into believing it was Metallo, and that was only post-Zero Hour. Even after Batman: Year One and Frank Miller's reimagining of the character, Joe Chill was still the murderer.
So yeah, while it may have been true to most of his history, I'd have to say that the character of Batman was almost untenable pre-80s, particularly from the point of view of making a Batman film today. Read any 70s Batman comic and tell me that it doesn't just read like Spiderman dialogue dressed as Batman. When I read the monologues of DKR, I think finally, someone has found the voice of Batman.
Though he has pretty much lost it now, if "All Star Batman and Robin" is any indication. Batman in the seventies wasn't really bad compared to the past twenty years. That was when they started moving him back towards his darker roots. The fifties and sixties were when Batman was a total doofus.
But he survived the 50s and 60s so be grateful.
So can anyone think of an actress who could play Catwoman in more sequels to Begins?