You know I was thinking about Batman: Beyond the other day while mowing the lawn. It was mentioned here that it had divorced itself from canon by having Barbara Gordon as a non-disabled-by-Joker police comissioner. I was thinking that that doesn't have to be the case because 1) I don't recall seeing anyone confined to a wheelchair or similar device on the show. 2) During a visit to the Batcave, Babs looks at her old costume and remarks to Bruce "I see you sewed up the bullet holes." 3) There is a Kraven-style "villain" who had his spine cybernetically replaced after it was severed by a panther. It's possible that Barbara Gordon was shot by the Joker and then surgically healed at some point during the 30 or so years between the canon timeline and BB.
I realize this really doesn't amount to anything. I just thought it was interesting.
Ooh, that's interesting. I'm such a dork, though-- my first reaction to
2) During a visit to the Batcave, Babs looks at her old costume and remarks to Bruce "I see you sewed up the bullet holes."
was "But Babs wasn't in costume when the Joker shot her!"
Dorkity dork dork dork.
was "But Babs wasn't in costume when the Joker shot her!"
Me, too! I'm right there with you in dorkitude.
was "But Babs wasn't in costume when the Joker shot her!"
Ah. Oops. Didn't realize that.
Ah. Oops. Didn't realize that.
In fact, at the time she was shot, she'd essentially hung up her costume and retired. The joke of it was that Joker didn't know who he was shooting, other than Gordon's daughter.
Crap. Anyone want to talk about the latest issue of Batman? I need to stop spamming Mary's comments in her LJ, and I'm just burning to discuss
Bruce's fears and projection of them onto a hallucination Jason.
PMM, Bruce has
a hallucination?
That doesn't sound like a good grasp on reality.
t /cheap shot
Hey now!
Supervillan toxins are *not* Bruce's fault. Though, of course, one could argue that *what* he sees and the conversations he has do indicated a bit about his level of fucked-puppydom.
Let your freak flag fly, Bruce. Without the villain, where would you be?
Reading the Supes/Bats Generations crap (Byrne used to be good, right? Can someone remind me when?) he's just so damned chipper the whole time (I think he mentions offhand that having a Robin took the edge off, so it's pink puppies for everyone). He quite casually hallucinates/is visited by the ghost of Alfred. And they completely don't go into that. I mean, if it's not a hallucination, the implication is that Alfred will serve Bruce forever, beyond death. Which is awful. None of the other dead people appear to him, just poor Alfred who probably thought he could finally get a vacation.
Let your freak flag fly, Bruce.
I think I'd like to tag this, if I may.
