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Dark Knight Countdown thread (+ Batfacts)
20 DAYS TILL NEW BATMENS.
Have any batfacts you would like to share with the group? Please post them here.
Did you know that "The Dark Knight Strikes Back" made my soul cry? It's true!
You're lucky you ain't my wife, cause I would slap you in the face many a time like you was Connie Corleone!
Mind you I'm not saying he's NOT gay, I'm just saying that in the previous picture you posted, he's got OCD.
Edit: There it ar!
You're lucky you ain't my wife, cause I would slap you in the face many a time like you was Connie Corleone!
i feel like ive learned a lot about batmans homosexuality in this thread
good bat facts, nate
The very first vehicle introduced was not the famed Bat-mobile but a Bat-plane. It debuted just four issues later whereas the Bat-mobile was more like a year and a half later. In the mean time Batman drove around in ordinary cars. It was not until 1941 where it was called the Batmobile but it lacked any of the traits associated with it. Other wise it was a pretty cool looking red convertible with a bat ornament.
After Identity Crisis, in which Batman learns that Zatana fucked his memory a little bit, he grew even more suspicious of the rest of the DC heroes, especially those connected to Justice League. So he builds this badass-looking satellite called Brother Eye MK1 to spy on the other metas. But what smartass Bruce couldn't forsee was that the satellite's control would be taken from him and given full independence. The satellite launches two protocols to wipe out meta-humans and actually manages to kill a lot of them. As expected, they stop Brother Eye during Infinite Crisis, but Batman's hands are covered in blood like they had never been, super-heroes blood...
After Identity Crisis, in which Batman learns that Zatana fucked his memory a little bit, he grew even more suspicious of the rest of the DC heroes, especially those connected to Justice League. So he builds this badass-looking satellite called Brother Eye MK1 to spy on the other metas. But what smartass Bruce couldn't forsee was that the satellite's control would be taken from him and given full independence. The satellite launches two protocols to wipe out meta-humans and actually manages to kill a lot of them. As expected, they stop Brother Eye during Infinite Crisis, but Batman's hands are covered in blood like they had never been, super-heroes blood...
...holy shit...
In "The Dark Knight Strikes Back" they have SPACE CANNONS, the existence of which cracks me up to no end.
You're lucky you ain't my wife, cause I would slap you in the face many a time like you was Connie Corleone!
When I first heard about this movie, I thought it was based on the Dark Knight limited series that Frank Miller did back in the day. Y'know, Batman and the Joker were old men, Robin was a girl, and Superman was working for the government to bring all his old buddies back into line. Then I found out this movie had nothing to do with that limited series and I thought, "Well, that's kinda fucked." Now, I'm not so excited.
Read Harry Crews before it's too late...
I don't think Frank Miller is a genius. Also I thought Sin City was garbage. I like blood and boobs, but not mixed together. And not so much as to be desensitized. I didn't think I'd ever want to see a naked girl again after that movie... thankfully that's not the case at all.
I am the ghost that haunts my dreams. It's pathetic, really, to be the monster of my own nightmares. Next to you is the only time I feel safe...
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Jason Todd (Robin #2) was killed via popular vote by Batman readers, and to my knowledge, is the only character to have his fate decided in such a way.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
I don't think Frank Miller is a genius. Also I thought Sin City was garbage. I like blood and boobs, but not mixed together. And not so much as to be desensitized. I didn't think I'd ever want to see a naked girl again after that movie... thankfully that's not the case at all.
I wouldn't call him a genius either - but The Dark Knight Returns was a fantastic Batman comic and I think Sin City is better suited for people who aren't whining cunts. Desensitized? What, was it mandatory to IV Ket as well as buying a ticket? And were there even any naked women in that film? There were maybe two pairs of tits, at most. I think there's plenty to be said for Frank Miller, recurrent themes of vigilante moralism beyond what most comics will go to and I'm sure he was one of the first writers to have a little empathy for his 'villians' - but if you want to be a bitch and complain about what you read, go ahead. There really is too much enjoyment in the world, please, infect the rest of us with your tepid horseshit.
Frank Miller did a great job. Whether you like it or not.
BTW, Jason Todd came back from the dead and became the Red Hood (or smoething like it) but apparently, that got solved in Countdown (I haven't read all of that yet)
It doesn't matter what the readers want, because everytime a hero dies, the writers will revive him/her somehow. I think the only characters that ever stay dead are the Uncle Bens, the Batman's Parents, the Plastic Man's wives. And maybe Thunderbird I, but everybody else comes back to life.
I wouldn't call him a genius either - but The Dark Knight Returns was a fantastic Batman comic and I think Sin City is better suited for people who aren't whining cunts. Desensitized? What, was it mandatory to IV Ket as well as buying a ticket? And were there even any naked women in that film? There were maybe two pairs of tits, at most. I think there's plenty to be said for Frank Miller, recurrent themes of vigilante moralism beyond what most comics will go to and I'm sure he was one of the first writers to have a little empathy for his 'villians' - but if you want to be a bitch and complain about what you read, go ahead. There really is too much enjoyment in the world, please, infect the rest of us with your tepid horseshit.
Quoted for truth.
Read Harry Crews before it's too late...
Since Christopher Nolan is trying his hand at "realistic" batman villians I want him to try his hand at Dr Hugo Strange.
I don't want to see Cat Woman. She sucks in any storyline.
This also means Killer Croc, Mr Freeze and ManBat are out the window.
Since Christopher Nolan is trying his hand at "realistic" batman villians I want him to try his hand at Dr Hugo Strange. I don't want to see Cat Woman. She sucks in any storyline. This also means Killer Croc, Mr Freeze and ManBat are out the window.
false. michelle pfeiffer was a very good catwoman.
Mr. Freeze was a totally respectable villian in Batman: The Animated Series, and then they just did something horrific to him in "Batman and Robin." He reminded me of Santa-bot on "Futurama."
You're lucky you ain't my wife, cause I would slap you in the face many a time like you was Connie Corleone!
Also I don't think Robin has EVER been portrayed in any way that doesn't make me want to cringe myself into a coma, except as Carrie Kelly in the 'Dark Knight' series.
You're lucky you ain't my wife, cause I would slap you in the face many a time like you was Connie Corleone!
the joker is the only and best real villian in the batman franchise. mr freeze was well crafted, but doent hold a candle to the radiance of the psychosis of paint face. and it just so happens that i'm a huge fan of those nolan two. and bale, among others.
i cant believe someone is going to show the real joker, instead of nicholson dancing and singing and whatever that ish was way back when.
As deeper breathing returned, he coddled a dream of images of his future family, of himself and his love and children and in it he smiled the smile of one who works hard and provides, the proud father. The pride of the father. He stopped his thoughts and pushed himself to hurry because of the pride of a father like Ol Jim, because there are some people in this world you just shouldn’t rile.
-A Daughter's Pride
I don't think Frank Miller is a genius. Also I thought Sin City was garbage. I like blood and boobs, but not mixed together. And not so much as to be desensitized. I didn't think I'd ever want to see a naked girl again after that movie... thankfully that's not the case at all.
I wouldn't call him a genius either - but The Dark Knight Returns was a fantastic Batman comic and I think Sin City is better suited for people who aren't whining cunts. Desensitized? What, was it mandatory to IV Ket as well as buying a ticket? And were there even any naked women in that film? There were maybe two pairs of tits, at most. I think there's plenty to be said for Frank Miller, recurrent themes of vigilante moralism beyond what most comics will go to and I'm sure he was one of the first writers to have a little empathy for his 'villians' - but if you want to be a bitch and complain about what you read, go ahead. There really is too much enjoyment in the world, please, infect the rest of us with your tepid horseshit.
If anyone is a whining cunt, it's you for moaning that someone didn't like Sin City. I did not attack Dark Knight Returns, I've read it, I liked it. I'm simply saying Frank Miller is given more credit these days, still, then he's really earned as of late. Sin City, the film, for instance is credited for showing a comic book can be directly translated to film and remain successful... I don't agree with that. That's all I'm saying, fuckhead. I didn't even mention Dark Knight Returns in my original post.
You're oh so clever calling people cunts and writing page-long rants in passive voice, trying to impress with your extensive vocabulary! Keep it up!
I am the ghost that haunts my dreams. It's pathetic, really, to be the monster of my own nightmares. Next to you is the only time I feel safe...
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a lot of aggression on the cult threads recently. cant we all just get along and stop yelling at each other at this internet community of pseudo-interactions?
id also like to know where people get all these silly comic strips. they sure do tickle my funny bone.
I don't think Frank Miller is a genius. Also I thought Sin City was garbage. I like blood and boobs, but not mixed together. And not so much as to be desensitized. I didn't think I'd ever want to see a naked girl again after that movie... thankfully that's not the case at all.
I wouldn't call him a genius either - but The Dark Knight Returns was a fantastic Batman comic and I think Sin City is better suited for people who aren't whining cunts. Desensitized? What, was it mandatory to IV Ket as well as buying a ticket? And were there even any naked women in that film? There were maybe two pairs of tits, at most. I think there's plenty to be said for Frank Miller, recurrent themes of vigilante moralism beyond what most comics will go to and I'm sure he was one of the first writers to have a little empathy for his 'villians' - but if you want to be a bitch and complain about what you read, go ahead. There really is too much enjoyment in the world, please, infect the rest of us with your tepid horseshit.
If anyone is a whining cunt, it's you for moaning that someone didn't like Sin City. I did not attack Dark Knight Returns, I've read it, I liked it. I'm simply saying Frank Miller is given more credit these days, still, then he's really earned as of late. Sin City, the film, for instance is credited for showing a comic book can be directly translated to film and remain successful... I don't agree with that. That's all I'm saying, fuckhead. I didn't even mention Dark Knight Returns in my original post.
You're oh so clever calling people cunts and writing page-long rants in passive voice, trying to impress with your extensive vocabulary! Keep it up!
I'm aware you didn't attack it - it's a clause. Read it again. I wouldn't call Frank Miller a genius either (this part agrees with the bitching in your post) - but (this conjunction tells you the following clause will be contrapuntal) The Dark Knight Returns was a fantastic comic (Ah! It's revealed - what I actually meant was that I don't think he's a genius but The Dark Knight returns was a fantastic comic - if only I'd had some way of making that point in my original post...). In addition to this, I find your claims of blood and boobs in Sin City to verge on the ludicrous, especially with your mentioning of desensitization. There's nothing all too graphic in the film, and what there is is stylishly covered up with their little filming style. The books... well, Frank Miller's a decent artist, but I've never looked at a Sin City spread and thought someone had slipped snuff pictures into my comic.
You need to learn what the passive voice is, and I'm pretty sure I'm speaking the common tongue here. Also, if my rants are page-long, the text on your screen is too big.
I'm not moaning that you didn't like Sin City, I'm attacking your desensitization claim. What kind of middle-class puritan shit is that? You're not 'simply saying' anything about Frank Miller, if you did you'd have said it in your post. You didn't mention Sin City being successful either. In fact, you say, and I do quote you here, sir - "Sin City was garbage." - Now refuting that claim, as a Sin City fan, is not only my right, but my duty. You're changing tact and talking out your arse, it'd be sensible now to just apologise.
My point on long-winded rants was not based on that post of yours. It's based on, well, everything else you've contributed to this place, honestly, including your blog posts and your fascination with calling people that you do not know cunts. You don't have the slightest idea of who I am, yet you assume much... like just because I don't find Frank Miller a genius, granted I will agree that The Dark Knight Returns was a milestone in comics, that I am a whining cunt. That's quite an assumption to be making when, if you look through my original post here, I wasn't even talking about The Dark Knight Returns at all. Rather, I was simply stating I did not like Sin City, did not think it was adapted well as it is so widely championed as a great transition from comic to film. I don't think Miller lives up to legendary status recently was my point - especially looking at his upcoming The Spirit. That's what I was trying to say.
Also, clever how you imply I was stating, as if fact, "Sin City was garbage." However, you missed two important words: "I thought Sin City was garbage." I did not put down your own feelings for the film. To tell me I should apologize for my thoughts and feelings on a film when I clearly and obviously prefaced them with the words "I thought" or "In my opinion", which denotes that what I'm about to say is opinion, rather than hardcore fact, is ludicrous. I am doing no such thing as changing my tune... what I originally said goes hand-in-hand with what I'm saying here.
I'm not apologizing. I did not attack you or call you a cunt. I am more deserving of an apology than you are, sir.
I am the ghost that haunts my dreams. It's pathetic, really, to be the monster of my own nightmares. Next to you is the only time I feel safe...
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you guys need to man up and rumble in the jungle. seriously, this is retarded.
why is everyone so angry around these parts lately?
bunch of debbie downers and bringdown betsies
bunch of debbie downers and bringdown betsies
Interssting Bat Fact: These were two unused Bat-Girl villains from the late 90s, when Barbara Gordon battled a horrible addiction to mood elevators.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
18 Days Till Batmens.
Batfact: The first time I ever tried to read "The Dark Knight Returns" I was drunk, so when I went back and re-read it, the ending was a total surprise to me. THat's getting the value out of your books: read 'em drunk the first time.
You're lucky you ain't my wife, cause I would slap you in the face many a time like you was Connie Corleone!
I haven't read those. The only ones I actually remember are the ones I read more recently: The Killing Joke, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory... the latter two, TLH and DV I have on my bookshelf here. Bought them after Batman Begins came out.
Instead of a Batfact, here's the joke from The Killing Joke:
"See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum... and one night... one night they decide they don't like living in an asylum any more. They decide they’re going to escape! So like they get up on to the roof, and there, just across the narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in moon light... stretching away to freedom. Now the first guy he jumps right across with no problem. But his friend, his friend daren't make the leap. Y'see he's afraid of falling... So then the first guy has an idea. He says "Hey! I have my flash light with me. I will shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk across the beam and join me." But the second guy just shakes his head. He says... he says "What do you think I am, crazy? You would turn it off when I was half way across."
I am the ghost that haunts my dreams. It's pathetic, really, to be the monster of my own nightmares. Next to you is the only time I feel safe...
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Rainbowsheep - go home and get your fuckin shoe shine kit.
I believe you meant:
Now Go home and get yer fuckin' shinebox!
Interesting Bat-Fact: Bruce Wayne has never seen Goodfellas.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
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