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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…
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Which Batman Character Does Trump Resemble Most? Part 6: The Conclusion

24 Mar 201624 Mar 2016
For the past several weeks, this blog has investigated which Batman character has the most in common with presidential candidate Donald Trump. We have considered five Batman villains thus far:…
2016 Election…

How the Republicans Have Become the Political Equivalent of Batman’s Villains

17 Mar 201625 Oct 2016
"This has never been about who the nominee is," Paul Ryan said yesterday, explaining why his party will fight any Supreme Court justice nomination made by Barack Obama in 2016, and…
2016 Election…

Is the Scarecrow the Batman Villain Who Trump Resembles Most?

10 Mar 201621 Jan 2017
This is the second installment in an ongoing series of articles exploring which Batman character Donald Trump resembles most. You can read the first installment here, in which I explain…
2016 Election…

Is the Penguin the Batman Character Who Trump Resembles Most?

8 Mar 201621 Jan 2017
There is perhaps no narrative referenced more in today's pop culture than that of Batman. It makes sense: Batman is omnipresent. He first appeared in 1939, and has subsequently been…
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…

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