There are so many real world cities and real world circumstance that are miserable that, of course people would live in a place like Gotham. There is a laundry list of reasons people stay in "sub-optimal" communities. And there's no reason to assume that those who could might not have availed themselves of this opportunity before the movie even begins.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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§ ita § - Jun 26, 2012 11:21:20 am PDT #21328 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Jun 26, 2012 11:24:48 am PDT #21329 of 30000
Because books.
The city in Se7en, which is never identified specifically (and it drives me crazy because it feels like Philly and Chicago and L.A. rolled into one) is very much that sort of grim. A sort of Every City urban grimness, I guess.
For me, Gotham has always been New York, so it never occurred to me to wonder why people would want to leave. It also didn't feel very unrealistic to me, and I love New York.
erikaj - Jun 26, 2012 11:24:50 am PDT #21330 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
People still live in Baltimore, and Detroit. If you don't know what it's like to live somewhere else, it may be hard to imagine...it is for me and ours is a sunny, shiny, hell.
§ ita § - Jun 26, 2012 12:42:11 pm PDT #21331 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Good god, why do the Ted trailers totally captivate me? I swear I don't want to see it, but Ted is exactly the sort of annoying character I can enjoy, at least in the doses provided so far. I can't take the Zach Galifianakis bumbling offensive type. Shoot them in the knee and leave them in a rest stop.
(I watched some of Hangover II yesterday. This is fresh.)
erikaj - Jun 26, 2012 2:45:39 pm PDT #21332 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Hangover II is like moviemaking crime, ita. And not the way I like. (I enjoyed the first one quite a lot.) But to make the same movie plus added rude jokes about Asians,blah.
§ ita § - Jun 26, 2012 2:48:31 pm PDT #21333 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Asians and trans* people. I know it's stupid to pick a point in the movie and say "This! This is offensive!" It's Hangover. Two.
But...the lady boys subplot wasn't remotely funny for me.
erikaj - Jun 26, 2012 2:52:52 pm PDT #21334 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I'd almost forgotten about that, ita. I'd like to make a movie where we get revenge for Hangover II. I don't enjoy everything, but it's been a long time since I felt actively used and insulted by an evening's entertainment.
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2012 2:53:43 pm PDT #21335 of 30000
hwæt
Consuela - Jun 26, 2012 3:22:14 pm PDT #21336 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, that's sad.
JZ - Jun 26, 2012 3:35:11 pm PDT #21337 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Agh, Wikipedia is saying she passed just a few minutes ago.
I think I'm going to go dig up my copy of Scribble Scribble and bury myself in it for a bit.