Gordon Allport

In the 2008 movie, The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, multiple explosions occur in the Gotham City Hospital as the Joker walks down a street like nothing happened. Mayhem breaks loose as there is another possible two hospitals that he may blow up as well, how does the community deal with the Joker? Do they kill him or leave him be? This might be one of the most controversial debates in the comic community, should Batman kill The Joker? The Joker has done many Per many different…

As Joker is burning the money in this scene, he says, “This town deserves a better class of criminal. And I’m going to give it to them.” Much of the film is dedicated to exploring what kind of criminal and what kind of hero Gotham City deserves. Bruce Wayne seems to be a white-collar criminal, who engages in the kind of corporate crimes that attract our real-life two-faced prosecutors. He takes corporate resources to pursue his own interests, uses deceptive means to obtain a majority stake in…

The Joker manages the overthrow of an entire criminal organization, predicting the moves of the cops and others on their way. The Joker says “Do I really look like a guy with a plan, Harvey? I don’t have a plan…” “I’m a dog chasing cars… I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it. I just do things. I’m just a wrench in the gears. I hate plans.” “Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I’m not a schemer, I show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really…

and just phenomenal and Heath really does capture the persona and feel and vibe The Joker has to it’s character and his performance was so good that he won an academy award for best supporting role in a movie. Gary Oldman he plays detective James Gordon and he does a great job in this role and he does capture the character persona and he was a great fit for the role but also they kind of made him look kind of weak which he is not in the comics he a really important character. Aaron Eckhart and…

DC Comics thrills again with the one-shot Batman: Arkham Knight - Robin Special #1. The 20-page story is a quick blast of energy written by Peter J. Tomasi. Robson Rocha handles the penciling while Rob Schwager craftily colors the artwork. After an intense training session in the Batcave, Tim Drake settles in for a normal day as a science teacher at Robinson Academy. But just as a class field trip to Wayne Industries begins, things take a violent turn when a gang of armed thugs enter the…

The narrative of the film centres around crime between the protagonist; Batman/Bruce Wayne and the antagonist; The Joker. The genre of the film is a crime thriller. Christopher Nolan, the director of the batman trilogy make uses of variety of film techniques in the dark knight to create scenes of order and absolute chaos. Christopher uses a variety of camera angles, sounds effect and special effects to depict his scenes between order and chaos. When creating a scene of order the director uses…

GOTHAM’S GREATEST ENGINEERS (whole group discussion) Welcome campers back to The Science of Superpowers! Today, we look to rebuild Gotham City. The hometown of Batman, the city has been ransacked by the various villains and needs to be reconstructed. Can Gotham pass the three design challenges as you work together to rebuild Batman’s most prized possession? As you make your way through the lesson, add to the conversation by either reading directly from the Background Information or by ad-libbing…

“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…

I finally got to sit down and read Batman: White Knight. From the moment I heard the premise, I wanted to read it. The idea of joker becoming sane and working with the police to stop Batman seems like a fun idea but after reading the first issue I am not going to lie I found it a bit disappointing. I was hoping it would essentially be the standard Batman world, Batman is a vigilante that although pushes limits are overall still rational and adhere to his own moral code and don't usually beat…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the author incorporates the idea of the negative impact a lack of a parental figure has on the nurturing of the creature’s life. From the moment the creature became animated, he experienced feelings of isolation as even his own creator, Frankenstein, alienated him and left him to grow up as an outsider. For this reason, the creature’s knowledge and nurturing was learnt through experience and therefore lead him to a miserable and vengeful life. From his experience,…