Speaking of which, did you notice, Jessica, that they have penguins at BAM along with Depp?

Ooh, Depp covered in baby penguins? Too much cute.

penguins at BAM along with Depp?

I know you don't mean Johnny Depp playing with baby penguins, but that's where my mind's going anyway.

Depp covered in baby penguins?

BZT

I think my brain just shorted out.

Given Depp's association with Tim Burton, you just know that it will happen sooner or later.

The baby penguins will get eyeliner?

Depp as the God of the Penguins! It would be deadly cute.

Steph, isn't it just amazing how well they captured that aspect? Bale did an incredible job in the role. It's had me thinking about the differences between Batman and his Robins, and how each Robin (with the exception of Tim, for reasons I'm also thinky about) has been an aspect of his personality that he's had to push away: Dick's heart, Jason's rage and willingness to perhaps take things a step further for the greater good, Steph's impulsiveness... which leads me to look at which ones have died and why and dear LORD, it's been a while since I got this thinky about something.

A review of Fantastic Four by Dr. Doom:

Indeed, such a failure must not be permitted to reach the theaters. Doom demands that the perpetrators of Fantastic Four, along with all existing copies, be turned over to his minions for disposal as he sees fit. Defiance of my wishes would be most unwise, for there are myriad ways to bring you to your knees, O Hollywood fools. Already, I have arranged for a number of previously untouchable "celebrities" to be injected with a psychotropic drug, causing them to immolate their careers in brazen displays of public boobery. Witness their destruction and tremble, miscreants! Thus is the fate of all who do not cower before the might of Doom!

It's had me thinking about the differences between Batman and his Robins, and how each Robin (with the exception of Tim, for reasons I'm also thinky about) has been an aspect of his personality that he's had to push away:

I have a theory about Timmay, but I can't quite articulate it. It has to do with Tim *choosing* to be Robin; and even though Steph did, too, Tim is way different. Steph already knew about the world of superhero-ing when she became Robin; Tim did his Boy Stalker thing from a totally civilian starting point. Tim's Robin has been built from the ground up in a way that none of the other Robins were.

Anyway, I think that Bruce absolutely believes that he (Bruce) had no choice but to become Batman; one can argue that he did have that choice, as a competent adult, but the key part is that *he* believes he never had a choice -- becoming Batman was inevitable.

And I think in that light, Tim represents the part of Bruce that he squashed down years and years ago -- the part that can choose what to make of his life.

To which I toss in my corollary of Dick having a choice not to be Robin, and Bruce never realising that. Which makes Dick and Tim two sides of a coin too.

It's like a threesome of roads taken and not taken.