Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I understood Ra's Al Ghul to be his title, not his name. I also understood him to be of British origin. But again, my comic experience is very limited.
On the subect of church desecration, it's a question of intent. After all, it was just a set, not a real church anyway. But the point is, they chose to film a pointless scene of Batman desecrating a sanctuary before climbing the bell tower for the actual fight. That's what I had the problem with then and now. It was the intent behind it that I think was less than noble, both to the story and to Christians. I'm no Bible-thumper by a LONG shot, but this always got under my skin.
I understood Ra's Al Ghul to be his title, not his name. I also understood him to be of British origin. But again, my comic experience is very limited.
On the subect of church desecration, it's a question of intent. After all, it was just a set, not a real church anyway. But the point is, they chose to film a pointless scene of Batman desecrating a sanctuary before climbing the bell tower for the actual fight. That's what I had the problem with then and now. It was the intent behind it that I think was less than noble, both to the story and to Christians. I'm no Bible-thumper by a LONG shot, but this always got under my skin.
And something I completely forgot to mention was the whole idea of "bats in the bellfry" - an old cathedral is practically a bat's natural habitat (well, next to a cave, but we see plenty of Batman in the Bat-cave).