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Category: Batman Begins

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No More Gritty Reboots: Why Lego Batman and Legion Are the Future of Superheroes

12 Feb 201731 May 2017
Yes, this blog is dedicated to "an ongoing exploration of the dark and gritty reboot." But, as written about in the previous post on this blog, The World Needs Bad…
Bale…

Why Ben Affleck could be the best Batman ever

24 Aug 201524 Aug 2015
People like to predict that Ben Affleck will fail as the Batfleck. But what this blog post presupposes is, maybe he won't? The fact is, Ben Affleck is a good…
Bale…

Why Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman is A Bad Batman Movie

5 Jul 201517 Oct 2022
Note: I wrote this article back in 2015, and both my thoughts on the subject and the state of Batman films have evolved since it was published. I no longer…
Batman…

Reserving Judgments is a Matter of Infinite Hope: Regarding Batman, The Joker, and Their Fans

20 May 201520 May 2015
On the first page of The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway tells us about a piece of advice his father gave him: "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just…
Bale…

What Ever Happened to Bruce Wayne?

21 Aug 201223 Feb 2015
Warning: Spoilers for all the Batman films, as well as a few Batman comics, abound in the following: The most troubling element of the Dark Knight Trilogy (as it is…
Batman…

Bruce Wayne’s Privilege, and the Realities of Batman Incorporated

13 Mar 201227 Feb 2015
A 26 year old impoverished Slovakian man named Zoltan Kohari lives in an abandoned building, wearing a Batman costume he made himself.  He hopes to help the police and recently…
Batman Begins…

More Thoughts on Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle as Catwoman as Sarah Palin

11 Aug 20113 Sep 2011
The idea that Selina Kyle will be a metaphor for Sarah Palin in The Dark Knight Rises has already been previously discussed here, in the post Why Catwoman Will Be…
Batman Begins…

Why Bale Will Be Referred to as a Member of “The Bat Pack”

29 Jul 201110 Aug 2011
I am seriously disappointed that I'm not the one who came up with this, but website "The Wrap" (I don't know what it is; I googled it) wrote an article…
Bale…

More Bruce Wayne than Batman in The Dark Knight Rises?

19 Jul 20116 Aug 2011
If you haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises teaser trailer yet, then here you go: Basically, it's an okay teaser trailer that at first seems fan-made.  Qui-Gon Jinn is narrating,…
Bale…

Why Catwoman Will Be Sarah Palin

15 Jul 201131 Aug 2012
Now that The Dark Knight Rises poster is out and the teaser trailer has been released, it's a great time to be talking about Batman. There is something you have…

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