Darth Chaltab

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.

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I'm referring to the shift from Batman: The Animated Series to The Adventures of Batman and Robin, which I do believe was a decision from higher up in order to safeguard the kiddies by having Robin's constant presence lighten the mood. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Robin, and I really liked that version of Robin and didn't mind the switch, but it does kinda wrinkle my nose when a network starts demanding a shift in the direction of the show, and I think it was simply the first nail that led to the horrible animation shift later on with the WB.

I don't know, I liked most of the redesigns on TNBA. Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, Pengiun, ESPECIALLY BANE, and Scarecrow. The only ones I really disliked was the new Joker and Riddler. Well, Ventriloquist too. I don't know what they were thinking with that one. That said, paving the way for the "The Batman" designs is a sin in and of itself.

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Even in the comics, Batman figured out who killed his parents relatively early on. In a comic in the 1950s, Joe Chill is revealed to have been the thug who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne. Batman actually reveals himself to Joe, demasking and everything. Chill runs away to tell his goons in an attempt to get backup, but they get so pissed that Chill created Batman that they shoot him down in anger before getting to ask him who Batman was.

I'm not sure if any of this still holds in Post Crisis/Modern Era comics, but it wasn't just the movies that had that. Regardless, Batman still continued to fight crime.

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Kevin Conroy was a great Batman. He was also a pretty kickass Bruce Wayne as well. I really can't say enough about that, except that the first few seasons of the Animated Series was just perfect... until FOX had to stick its nosy business into it.

Originally posted by: sean wookie
I was requesting.

Originally posted by: TheSessler
Isn't it weird that regardless of how many members this site has as a whole, that there are only 13 or so people that have EVER really posted in the Off-Topic section more than twice?

And these 13 or so people keep this section of the boards ALIVE and HEALTHY and BLOATED with all sorts of topics with no signs of anyone not being interested in any topic set before them.