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Chapter 3 Page 09

Abt_Nihil

on Dec. 28, 2008

I can assure you, the next panel's first caption will NOT read "And one thing led to another…" ;-)

And the line in the 1st panel is - of course - Selina Kyle's famous line from Batman Returns. Many people are looking down on Tim Burton's Batman movies these days - I always say: let's not forget that they probably were far more revolutionary back then than The Dark Knight is now. I mean - these days we'd EXPECT a superhero movie to be somewhat true to the source material. Back then? Hah.

This is the only update I can manage between Christmas and New Years', the next one should be on Thursday next week. So… hope you had a nice Christmas and that you'll have a happy new year, and thank you very much for the support this past year.

P.S.: I'm away for a few days (staying at a cabin in the Austrian mountains, far away from anything that could justifiably be called technology), so don't expect me to reply before next weekend.

REPLIES:

mmm bacon0: Thanks!

alejkhan: Thanks, you too! I did like Batman before Tim Burton came along, but he really only made sense afterwards :-)

DAJB: Exactly my point… TDK may end up being the better movie, but Burton still had the much harder task. And a whip… I should be able to "whip" one up… hah!

Fitz: I just re-watched Tim Burton's Batman movies, and Batman Returns still holds up - and that's saying something!

JNP: Comics or cartoons… I think I got into both at the same time. My comics may actually be more influenced by cartoons though… I like to think of them more cinematically.

Scorpious: Don't worry, you're not alone, I've heard that opinion once before ;-) However, I don't agree, because I think there are many different interpretations of the Batman mythos which are all absolutely viable, the realistic gangster thing being one of them. I think Batman really makes sense as a crime hunter, his parents being gunned down by a regular thug… But I agree insofar as I love the Burton movies about equally much as TDK. They both got it right, as far as I am concerned.

Jabali: People have often said that the villains would take too much of the spotlight in the Batman movies (and in many other superhero movies actually). Still, I think they're playing quite well off each other in Burton's as well as in Nolan's movies. And if you look at it closely, Batman does have a lot more screen time in TDK than The Joker… TDK is a great ensemble piece, I think. The "triumvirate" of Batman, Gordon and Dent is a core theme of the Batman mythos for me, and I admire Nolan for finally getting that right. And his Joker makes perfect sense as an antagonist, meshing with the mob/gangster theme (see my answer to Scorpious above) perfectly.