Xander ,'Empty Places'
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Is Batman that badass that he scares the sun away?
I think we've established that. He's the goddamn Batman.
And I realise I can't work out if Blake is
I don't know if Gotham needs a Batman, specifically, or just a hero. Because he could totally be Nightwing. I'd be really really really okay with that.
Are there any after-credits scenes?
So, in answer to Steph's question: I was ready to roll with it. I thought he could be dead, but I figured that since this was the end of a trilogy, there had to be some hope at the end. So I am okay with Batman's death as long as there is long-term hope for Gotham.
I watch too many movies and too much tv, so I think I really would have been FLOORED if the death stuck. I didn't think about the whys and wherefores, because I was just caught up in the narrative. For once I wasn't overthinking it.
dcp, no.
but seeing as how I didn't have previews either, perhaps someone else needs to weigh in.
No, dcp. Nothing extra. Just...time to exhale, and make sure your mascara is okay.
Okay, the really clever people who are up in arms about Superman having a beard in the trailer--have you been assuming Kryptonian hair just stops growing like that, right into a cute hairstyle with a curl?
The ones up in arms about a kid running around with a cape--I guess it could be true that this is a kid growing up in a world where there have never been capes. That can totally happen, right? Maybe no heroes, and no other reasons for capes either. Also, this kid is definitely Clark Kent.
The only whine I get is the contrails (although wikipedia does say they can be generated without exhaust, I don't know if Supes has the right surface physics). The others just seem like looking for issues in 90s of footage.
Steph, I pretty much agree with your whole post.
Seconded. I totally believed it too for all the reasons you mentioned. Also, ita !, SERIOUSLY THAT KISS FOR FUCK'S SAKE EVERY SECOND COUNTS HERE SELINA.
P-C, that is EXACTLY my reaction to that kiss!!! Like, are you people NUTS?!?
I’m with Jessica; the NYC visuals made it too real for me. I wish I could have enjoyed it as much as you all did.
Tom, a large part of why I was horrified by the scenes of parts of Gotham and the bridges being blown up is precisely because it was so obviously NYC.