THE DARK KNIGHT

[j...@wuphys.uucp]

First of all, I want to say I much I agree with
the rave reviews of The Dark Knight. It's really
fantastic. Next, I think the blond girl who
has been suggested as the new Robin is named Carrie
and not Michelle. Her friend is Michelle. She's
Carrie. The confusion, no doubt, comes from the name
Michelle being used many times while Carrie is used
only once.

In The Dark Knight, we find out what the Waynes were
doing the night Bruce's parents were murdered. They
went to see the movie Zorro. Now, for those whose
knowledge of Batman is encyclopedic, does this
contradict anything previously published? I can't
remember an comic ever saying where the Waynes had been
that night. All I remember is they were out for a
night on the town. I also didn't know he had ever
been trapped in a cave full of bats. I thought
the whole bat idea was because one flew by his window
while he was trying to think of a suitable name for his
vigilante persona.

I just read that Alan Moore and Brian Bolland are
going to do a Batman/Joker series. According to the
Comics Journal, this will finally explain while the
two hate each other so much and why the Joker rates
as Batman's greatest enemy. This would make
three great teams working on The Batman:

Miller/Mazzucchelli,
Englehart/Rogers,
and now
Moore/Bolland.

While I like the Batman, does he really warrants so
much effort? What can they possibly have to say about
him? He's not Superman, you know. He's just this
ordinary guy with a lot of money and a somewhat
fanatical desire to revenge himself on the criminal
elements. Part James Bond, part looney.

So people, what do you think? How about so debate
on the matter.

ihnp4!wuphys!jmc Jimmy Chen

[m...@k.cs.cmu.edu.uucp]

In article <4...@wuphys.UUCP> jmc@wuphys writes:
> I just read that Alan Moore and Brian Bolland are

>going to do a Batman/Joker series....
>
>While I like the Batman, does he really warrant so

>much effort? What can they possibly have to say about
>him? He's not Superman, you know. He's just this
>ordinary guy with a lot of money and a somewhat
>fanatical desire to revenge himself on the criminal
>elements. Part James Bond, part looney.

In my opinion, The Batman deserves even more effort than he is getting! He
has got to be one of the most interesting characters in comics. He is a man
so obsessed by a childhood trauma (a major one, admittedly!) that he has
essentially thrown away his life in an impossible quest for revenge. His
"ordinariness" makes his accomplishments more impressive and his fanaticism
an even greater tragedy. In the hands of a good writer, The Batman can
really come to life!

On the other hand, I've never really liked Superman. After all, what can
threaten a super-strong, super-fast, invulnerable, flying man? (Other than
Kryptonite (green, red, gold, blue, white, and jewel!), Q-energy, red sun
radiation, and a thousand other bogosities invented by desperate writers.)
Aside from one Superman Annual written by Moore, I've never identified or
sympathized with Superman. He is just too powerful to be an interesting
character.

Well, I've babbled enough for one day. I can't wait to see Moore do The
Batman!
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