tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post6310269057993811204..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Cinematic GreasepaintingScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-47626268167425766122019-10-01T09:06:57.328-05:002019-10-01T09:06:57.328-05:00100% agree, Scipio. "The Killing Joke" p...100% agree, Scipio. "The Killing Joke" pretty much ruined the Joker. Never liked the ending either. The Joker has just paralyzed Batgirl and Batman shares a good chuckle with his arch nemesis? Yeah, right. And don't give me that crap about Batman actually killing Joker at the end. Brian Bolland himself denies that was the intent. Dr. CoffinNailsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-37831398080971642062019-08-26T10:51:49.098-05:002019-08-26T10:51:49.098-05:00Alan Moore looks like if Sons of Anarchy and Duck ...Alan Moore looks like if Sons of Anarchy and Duck Dynasty had a child...cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-64028701440286215492019-08-23T13:37:27.972-05:002019-08-23T13:37:27.972-05:00I felt The Dark Knight was an grossly overrated mo...I felt The Dark Knight was an grossly overrated movie. Sort of a run-of-the mill, competent Batman story, disguised as a work of genius. What I DID like about he Joker character in the movie is his "origin", it being different depending on who he tells it to. Almost like he's playing to their fears, or simply doesn't even know, anymore.Tonebonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89771828590603861542019-08-22T19:46:55.668-05:002019-08-22T19:46:55.668-05:00The core problem is that the Joker is much more of...The core problem is that the Joker is much more of a plot device than a character, most of the time, and that's kind of borne out by the fact that he can't carry something as trivial as a backstory. And I've never been able to understand how what amounts to a literal clown became the villain everyone wants to write. It's fine if you're Cesar Romero, when you're on a show where the only backstory (prior to the appearance of Batgirl) is a throwaway line about Bruce's parents being murdered, but not so hot when you're around for eighty years in a universe that has a habit of cataloguing every minute of every costumed character's life.<br />As for the movie, on the one hand, I suspect that "stand-up comic becomes a killer clown" was pretty fully developed before realizing that Warner Brothers would sue. But on the other hand, I kind of appreciate the sign that DC is going to abandon their attempt at rushing to a shared universe where the characters have no reason to spend time with each other beyond their mothers' names.John Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-40035885607641954252019-08-22T15:30:02.628-05:002019-08-22T15:30:02.628-05:00You raise a really interesting point about "T...You raise a really interesting point about "The Dark Knight" and how much of it is Two-Facey. Not that I can be bothered to look it up -- it's not like I could just hit Google and do some research -- but I wonder if the original draft of TDK was with Two-Face as the only villain of merit, but the producers said "no, we already showed a Joker playing card last movie, incorporate the Joker". Maroni was even in the movie, almost as if he was originally intended to be something more than a red herring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com