Batman Begins

is a groundbreaking masterpiece; It singlehandedly revolutionized the public’s perception of the character, Batman, whilst also addressing a large variety of themes throughout the four books making up the comic. One of the most revolutionary factors of The Dark Knight Returns is the way Miller presents the Batman’s resurgence. Miller successfully creates a fresh take on the character of Batman by telling a story, not through panels upon panels of grandiose and outlandish action, fights, and…

In the Batman: The Animated Series, season one, episode twenty-seven, “Mad as a Hatter”, Jervis Tetch is a scientist that is working for Bruce Wayne to create circuitry to control minds of others. First, he tests the circuitry on mice, then moves up to humans. He uses cards with the number 10/6 on them in order to control the minds of other people. Jervis is in love with Alice but, unfortunately for him, she has a boyfriend. Jervis eavesdrops on Alice and he realizes that her boyfriend, Billy,…

“I believe in Harvey dent.” (Loeb J. and Sale T. 1996-1997). In “Two-face: part one” begins with a figure cloaked in shadows flipping a coin into the air with a sinister message for the District Attorney: “it’s time”. Harvey wakes up to his aide Carlos repeating the same words as the man in the shadows notifying that a raid on a building owned by the notorious gangster Rupert Thorne is about to commence. With Batman’s help, the GCPD is able to arrest some of Throne’s goons, although when one…

Without any conflict a story-(read: a movie)-is boring. Some people are drawn to the dark motives and actions of the villains and because of this more often than not the villain is more liked than the hero. Movies have transpired to show the hero in a good light that’s enjoyable and believable. But a man’s worth can only ever truly be measured by the weight of those that stand against them. In days of old it was easy enough to throw a black hat on a man and show him shoot a few people and…

with a selfless, pro-social mission with superpowers” (Coogan 30). There was more written after this sentence, but this part stuck out to me the most. I must point out that a superhero doesn’t necessarily have to have superpowers because, look at Batman (I’ll go more into detail about his story later). Coogan does agree with my belief about the mission of the superhero. He also has a formula that he uses to determine whether or not someone would be considered as a…

the police force. On top of that, Spider Man and the police force had a bigger villain over all to deal with. The hero tends to think that their way is always right, and the only way to make the city better is with their help. In the Dark Knight, Batman always worked alone and even shot those who tried to help him in the beginning of the movie. The villain has the ability to give up the fact of being right all the time. The hero may be seen as the hero because they are dressed in bright colors…

maintaining trust. He continues to add that trust is the emotional glue that can bond people to an organization, or in this case a person. Bruce had to do a lot to gain the trust of the citizens. Many people were worried and scared when they heard that Batman was going around town and causing violence. After realizing that he was one of the good guys, they fell in love and became attached to the idea of him watching over Gotham. He gained the trust, but maintaining it is the hard part. As he…

In Batman: Ego, written by Darywn Cooke in 2000, a new category of villain fills the role left by the classic super villain. The new villain found within modern comics drastically differs from the villain found in Silver Age comics. This change in villain can be seen in other works besides the Batman comics. Ana G. Gal talks about the characterization of the hero and villain in Stoker’s Dracula in her essay “The Social Modes of Heroization and Vilification in Stoker 's Dracula, a Graphic Novel…

If there was one article that really stuck out to me throughout the semester, it has to be Nagel’s “What Is It Like to Be a Bat”. It’s concept and philosophy fixed itself into me and I tried applying those ideas to other articles as we went on. This article addresses one of the big questions of consciousness that tends to float around when discussing philosophy, which is what is it like to be something other than yourself? It isn’t too often that you debate on whether or not something or someone…

leaps beyond its origins. Batman is not the comic character, that you spent many nights reading his comic book anymore. Because of the amazing performances, the writing, the direction, and the technical quality of the entire production, this movie created characters we come to care about. By putting all the right elements in play, this movie had given the character of Batman a literary merit. This movie is not simply present the good and evil tale. It is the truth that Batman presented the good…