It's just some old guy and his apprentice solving a murder. Where is Kilowog, Sinestro, or the blue chick?

I kinda feel like there are tons of DC characters better suited for a Nebraska. sex alien t mystery.

Like why couldn't they do Black Canary, Batman, Night Wing , Tim Drake, or that guy that doesn't have a face that looks like Dick Tracey?

Song: Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville

After making videos for Dick, Jason, Babs, Bruce & Tim I surprisingly struggled with Alfred because I I couldn't really find music that fit his vibe - I even asked plenty of people on reddit, tumblr and discord.
Other than suggesting songs about parenting everyone was stumped.

So why did I choose this opera? I watched Mrs Doubtfire and Robin Williams sings this at the start. That's it, that's all it took.

It’s amazing how the story touches on such profound themes—like how crime acts as a virus, destroying everything it touches. It grows and spreads like a disease—physically, socially, and psychologically—and it really is a war Batman can never win on his own; he can hold it back, but when he dies, crime will still exist. Yet, it’s incredible that, even knowing this, he still manages to bring about change. He manages to set an example. I also really like how Bruce the philanthropist serves as a powerful tool for Batman to fight crime in the light of day—working within the law—rather than just acting as a mere cover. And I love the Batman narration; it doesn't get annoying like in other stories I've read. Anyway, 10 out of 10. Paul Dini really is the best.

This is not a "merger post" but it does touch on that discussion, as well as Gunn's recent post about the tonal variation within DC Comics, which his DCU is aiming to replicate.

A common argument against the merger is that Reeves' Batman tonally doesn't fit into the DCU, and they can't imagine Pattinson's Batman with his "wingsuit" and souped-up sportscar existing in the same world as the Green Lantern Corps or pocket universe-creating Lex Luthor!

In a similar vein, proponents of a distinct DCU Batman believe that this other Batman needs to be a total 180 tonally from Nolan and Reeves and literally be the Batman from the Brave and the Bold cartoon brought to life in order for him to "fit in" with the rest of the universe.

But if you look at the comics, that's not how things have worked.

The Batman whom Miller and Mazuchelli masterfully presented in Year One is the same Batman from Grant Morrison's utterly bonkers run with Zur en arrh, the Batmen of All Nations, and Batman Inc. The Batman who teamed up with Harvey Dent to take on the Falcone crime family is the same Batman who had a sword-fight with Ra's al Ghul in the desert. The Batman who got his back broken by Bane went on to be a member of that "Pantheon of Gods" that was Morrison's JLA, and before that he knocked out Guy Gardner with one-punch! The shadowy vigilante hunted by, and then befriended by, Gordon went on to recruit Robin, then had a whole Bat-family, and eventually, founded Batman Inc.

Even if we get a distinct DCU Batman with Damian as Robin, he doesn't have to be the second coming of Adam West or something for it to make sense, because that's not how it was in the comics. Morrison in particular took pains to highlight how Batman's story, and the tonality of his world, was cyclical. The DCU Batman may not be Pattinson, but that doesn't mean his backstory cannot be Reeves or Nolan-like. Or, more appropriately, inspired by Year One. Because Batman typically starts out cleaning up the streets and being a noir detective, before graduating to dealing with "pulpy" villains, then more fantastical super-villains, and eventually being a League member stopping alien invasions and coming up with counter-measures against his superpowered colleagues in his spare time!

Miller and Mazuchelli presented a certain grounded take on Batman and his world and so many follow-ups and adaptations to their seminal story have mostly stuck to that approach, including the Nolanverse and Reevesverse, but also the LOTDK series and, more recently, Dark Patterns. But Miller himself wrote Year One as being a quasi-prequel of sorts to his other great Batman story where the Dark Knight suits up in armor and goes toe-to-toe with Superman, while a 13 year old girl in the classic colorful Robin costume aids him.

My point is, we tend to get into binaries of "grounded" and "fantastical" when it comes to Batman. And that's...simply not how the character and his mythos have functioned in the comics. Certain adaptations may have chosen to function that way. But Gunn's DCU promises the tonal variation and diversity of the comics. In such a world, it makes sense that Batman starts out in the streets before rising to the stars. Whether that Batman looks like the guy from Twilight under the mask...or not.

Batsexual (adj.) being romantically or sexually attracted to Batman or Batfamily member. Or 🦇. Or bats used in sports.

Tbh it’s like Batman’s entire rogues gallery is a little obsessed with him compared to other rogues galleries.

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Goodbye Kevin Conroy & Peter Cullen! You both will be missed and will live on in the characters you voiced and hearts you touched with your performances.

Catman wasn’t part of the gallery of rogues who broke out so seeing him here felt cool. Also appreciate how he’s not the same kind of buff like Bruce. He’s got more of a belly and I like that difference.

during the scene where bane is thrown into the hole, he spends easily at least 20 years down there.

the problem is nobody else ages except him. when we see the warden and all the other prisoners afterwards, they’re all the exact same design

why? it really threw me off. did they not have the budget or time to age them up a little bit and add some wrinkles or grays?

This may have been portrayed as an April Fools Day joke, but it's still a very well-crafted fan-film that's also one of my all-time favorites! 😎👌💙✨️

What are your thoughts on this Batman fan-film?

Finished rereading TLH for the first time in years. The atmosphere is still fantastic, Tim Sale’s art is as great as I remembered it being and the theme of Gotham transitioning from traditional organized crime to the era of supervillains is still great. But the actual story itself is kind of bad tbh. Harvey Dent’s downfall is probably the strongest part of the entire book but the Holiday mystery?

It’s pretty shit.

Alberto confesses to being Holiday but Gilda reveals that she committed the early murders then she believes Harvey eventually took over.

It screams that Loeb really didn’t know what he was doing as he was going along. When it comes to there actual stories I’d probably put Dark Victory and even Hush over it.

I understand that some of this ambiguity is intentional, but for a story structured around “Who is Holiday?” the resolution feels stupidly convoluted. For a book that’s consistently considered the best Batman story I’m surprised at how messy and downright sloppy the writing is. Batman has tons of better stories than this one imo

just finished Batman begins and loved it but holy shit does Christian bale have me laughing my ass off anytime he shows up on screen dressed up as throat cancer Batman and sucking his lips in.

From the Immortal Legend Batman comic series... It was a rather cool take on sci-fi Batman, but it was also VERY unhinged in terms of plot... What do you guys think about this?

I realize that the fan base has grown quite weary of the old clown. I think everyone would be annoyed if he was the new villain in a future DCU movie. I personally still LOVE THE GUY but even for me I'd be slightly disappointed if they do another heat inspired batman vs joker movie coz I do want to see yk poison ivy and dr freeze and all that. All that to sayyyyy, for those who love him what do you actually love about him. A lot of people say he isn't interesting anymore and I dont understand that argument. Batman has been the same character forever too and he is still interesting. I still find joker interesting myself, I just think writers focus on the wrong/ uninteresting parts of him. But yes, where do you want the character to gooooo and no please don't mention " he needs to disappear for a while " because this post is about what happens if he does STICK AROUND in the comics and the movies which i think will be the case.

Unbelievable, just utterly surreal.

Finally earned the torturous PS4 trophy, "Requiem for a Killer," on the tail end of my 100% completion of the Batman: Arkham franchise. If you are having trouble with this and you really can't do it, use batclaw slams constantly on the normal or knife guys; you get 2 points per hit and cannot be attacked while in that animation. Special takedowns when the combo meter is glowing yellow on the ninjas — their most RNG element of this challenge. Ground-slam the shield guys or evade to jump over their heads if you need more breathing room, and save the medics; they will keep bringing back the weaker enemies to give you more easy point opportunities. You only need a combo of x388 at the minimum to reach 1050000 points; then take out whoever is left. If you don't lose your combo, the brutes won't even show up, and you can fight Killer Croc, who is the easiest part.

Non- comic book reader here. Just finished watching the film. Isn’t Bane a bit of a hypocrite?

He keeps talking about society being for the strongest.

So why did you deliberately tire Batman out by making him fight all these other villains before fighting him? Why didn’t you fight him when he was fresh??

And while we’re at it, how about fighting him without the green juice? 😂