Mal ,'Shindig'
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Batman's got a long enough history that I'd guess one could make just about any statement about his psychology/motives/personality and have it supported somewhere in comics canon.
Exactly. Which is why, when evaluating accuracy, I start from his major appearances today and work my way back.
In Kingdom Come, Batman taunts the criminals who have been caught doing their bad things. (It's Lex Luthor, IIRC.)
But Kingdom Come is AU. I mean, if we're trying to come up with a psychological profile of the "real" Batman (inasmuch as he's fictional), we have to use canon to do so.
I bet, going over 60+ years of comics, we'd find quite a few examples to support my cause.
Yeah, but that's the problem with comics, and why I'd never go back more than 15 years on any particular argument. Even 10 is tight, but still. It's a diffuse characterisation, with lots of hands in the pie, and can't stand up to one interpretation.
Again, I agree. It might not be fair to say that 60+ years of canon is unuseable, but then again, the DC universe is the one where you have to qualify time periods as "pre-Crisis" or "post-Crisis."
but then again, the DC universe is the one where you have to qualify time periods as "pre-Crisis" or "post-Crisis."
And aren't they about to have another Crisis, too? So in another year, it'll be "pre-Crises," "in-between Crises," and "post-Crises"
will take ita and Tep's word that it took its tone cues from current canon.
More or less; I kept expecting movie!Batman to be a big freaky jackhole, but then I had to keep reminding myself that this is Batman *Begins.* All the things that happened in comics canon that have further fucked him up haven't yet happened in the movieverse.
And aren't they about to have another Crisis, too? So in another year, it'll be "pre-Crises," "in-between Crises," and "post-Crises"
There's always some crisis. DCU = drama queen.
but then again, the DC universe is the one where you have to qualify time periods as "pre-Crisis" or "post-Crisis."
And aren't they about to have another Crisis, too? So in another year, it'll be "pre-Crises," "in-between Crises," and "post-Crises"
I know -- "Well, but that's pre-Crisis Batman....no, no -- I mean pre-FIRST Crisis Batman; pre-RECENT Crisis Batman is just a spooky freak."
Crisis crisis crisis. The word has no meaning anymore.
(Also, I keep misreading Batman as Bateman. I blame Christian Bale.)
Crisis crisis crisis. The word has no meaning anymore.
Coming in November 2005 -- DC presents: Infinite Tartlet!!!!
Appetizers will never be the same in the DC universe again.
Infinite Tartlet!!!!
Please (a) let this be true and (b) let it lead to Batman telling someone to stop calling him pastries.