Justice League will feature a more "comic book" Batman,

Justice League will feature a more "comic book" Batman, Aug 18, 2017 22:48:21 GMT

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Post by Tristan's Journal on Aug 18, 2017 22:48:21 GMT

Aug 18, 2017 22:14:56 GMT Skaathar said:

Aug 18, 2017 5:38:54 GMT Tristan's Journal said:

that is answered in the movie, skataar.

Batman starts out as a angry, brutal vigilante-loner but EVOLVES into a more reasonable, less brutal guy who wants to bind forces (league). The branding fetish and the corny "You must save Martha" events (ie we are all fighting the same cause to save the innocent we love) are key scenes for understanding this.

This is called an character arc, leaving no real questions to be asked. You have it too with Supes btw who starts out edgy and angry, but ends MoS with a big smile.

I personally could really live with the edgy, brutal vigilantes a la Miller and not seeing Bats/Supes degenerate into your friendly beefcake-in-tights vigilantes next door. But in the end these movies are directed at children too and not realistic crime dramas (alas).

That is not answered in the movie at all. Batman goes from a vengeful killing machine that brands criminals and rams them with the batmobile... to a vengeful killing machine that chokeslams criminals and throws grenades at them. Remember that the warehouse scene happened AFTER the Martha moment... and he's still every bit as brutal as the Batman at the start.

yeah he is still brutally effective when fighting, that does not exclude the ongoing character arc as portrayed in BvS. Batman mellows down on the vigilante loner thing and stops branding enemies, and he starts trusting other superhumans (instead of trying to kill them) and tries to form the league. ARC as defined under writing theory.

Bats is still a brutal street fighter when he needs to be. That makes him together with Logan, Rorschach etc by far the most interesting super hero character BY FAR. His arc may go on in this regard, eg by him establishing his no killing rules etc.

I hope they don't pussy down on the fighting though, that warehouse fight was one of the best fighting scenes in all CBM - the moment Batman is reduced to a weird, bat-dancing, my-little-pony-playing gnat will be the death of The Dark Knight. This is what Lego Batman is for, let the DC live action films be for grown ups.