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The new Batman v Superman movie is one that has many fans skeptical. The replacing of Christian Bale with Ben Affleck is a move that could doom this movie from the start. It is not fair to judge a role before the movie is actually seen, but Affleck just does not seem like the king of guy who could pull of playing Batman. LEGO BATMAN IS MORE ENTERTAINING THAN THE NEW TRAILER I have watched many movies where the trailer was amazing, but the movie sucked. A lot of the times when this happens, the…

Ideological Analysis of The Dark Knight Rises The 2012 film, The Dark Knight Rises is the third installment of the Batman trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan. The film is a portrayal of the constant battle between good and evil, and does so through the representation of our justice system. The lines between good and evil are hard to distinguish, however due to the police force in Gotham being as well known for its corruption, as it is for its actual crime fighting, and the Villains of the…

My inner 10-year-old (not named Ben by the way, very strange, goes by Hammerhead) just high-fived the universe for this bodacious gift from DC and IDW comics. The winged guardian of Gotham teams with those saviors from the sewers...Batman and the Turtles in an epic 6 part miniseries from writer James Tynion IV (Constantine, The Eighth Seal) and artist Freddie E. Williams II (The Flash). Ok, ok, ok...down to business. Is this comic worth it's ink and paper? Happy to say yes. It's always…

Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns 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…

For many years, everyone that’s into superheroes movies has finally got their wish to see Detective Comics Batman and Action Comics Superman in the same movie. It will be release this March with both characters. The movie Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice will feature both characters at the same time, but each character does have their own unique story of how it all originated. The origin with Batman is also known as Bruce Wayne is a billionaire owner of Wayne Enterprise which takes place…

The final trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may have shown that the Dark Knight can hold his own against the Man of Steel, but it also hinted on a brief flirtation between Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot). So is there any possibility that Batman and Wonder Woman will start a romance in the film? Affleck recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about how Batman reacts after realizing that Wonder Woman is a powerful being. “It inspires in him the idea that well, if…

“Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist.” This quote, by the character Rorschach from the movie Watchmen, serves to highlight what the character’s ethical values are. Movies are a useful tool in teaching and personifying ethical ideals in a way that reaches a wide variety of people. The 2009 movie Watchmen is a near perfect example of this as the main characters are personifications of several ethical…

Good morning my fellow peers and judges; I am Ben Ries, this is my partner Matt Taggart, and we are standing before you to confabulate a contemporary point of question: is vigilantism justified when the government has failed to enforce the law? As the affirmative side, we staunchly believe that vigilantism is justified. The resolution that has been made needs to stay in place if the people of the world want equality. Not only the inhabitants of America, but the world as well need to awaken and…

James Gordon continues his reign as Gotham's Dark Knight in Detective Comics #49. Peter J. Tomasi provides the script for Fernando Pasarin’s illustrations. The two give us a tale that takes us back to the golden age adventures of the Caped Crusader when he not only dished out a good beating but solved a mystery along the way. In Detective Comics #49, James Gordon is caught up in an cold case from his days on the force. He grapples with the new freedom he has as Batman to investigate the crimes…

They’re are so many ways to put more than one thing together, like they are the same, but completely opposite. A different meaning, layout, storyline, but by the end you notice that they have some of the same characteristics and parts. In the “Monty Python” violence was a key point. It wasn’t like any other violence. It was the funny type that made you laugh and ask why you were laughing at something so cruel. The Black Knight and Green Knight were fighting and it got pretty serious. One…