The Batman

office records in its opening weekend. It has earned over 170-180 million US dollars approximately, which is way beyond the expectations of everyone. The film has also broken the record of highest opening of march in North America, previously held by “Batman vs Superman” which earned 166 million. The movie Beauty and the Beast which is the remake of the 1991 classic animated movie with the same name has recorded the seventh best opening overall in the United States and Canada. The movie had…

The Dark Knight Trilogy (“Batman Begins”, “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises”) This Batman reboot was directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy and the late Heath Ledger. The Dark Knight trilogy shows us the side of Bruce Wayne we did not see in the previous Batman series. 4. The “Toy Story” Trilogy ("Toy Story", "Toy Story 2" and "Toy Story 3") Form the…

toys within their play has had a significant influence on their self esteem and gender roles. Popular toys such as Barbie and Batman are being blamed for children developing a negative view of what is beautiful and acceptable in society. Barbie has always been a controversial issue as it gives young girls an unrealistic sense of what a woman should look like. Whereas Batman insights and sends a message to boys to be strong and tough. The toys a child plays with can shape their skills and the…

brawl to see which is more powerful. In humans, there are fights that people get into to assert control. A newer example of this would be the movie Batman vs. Superman. Batman and Superman are similar to the wolves as they try to decide who would be better at leading the pack. In this film Batman believes Superman is a threat to humanity and Batman deems it his job to show Superman he will not allow this to happen. Sooner or later this will lead to the formation of the Justice League where the…

The words “it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a man!” have become some of the most iconic lines to come from the film industry. Superman and Batman, Iron Man and Spiderman, DC and Marvel have all become very common household names among all age groups. The revival of the superhero genre in the last few years is accredited to amazing performances at the box-office; as well as, the fact that these movies are easy to market and have a great deal of merchandise available to the public. Superhero…

Starbucks and Déjà vu: Megalomaniacs Assemble! Macbeth, Satan, and Victor Frankenstein walk into a bar…well, a Starbucks. It may sound like the beginning of an odd joke, but this situation is actually the window into some interesting insight of the views of power by individuals whose very stories are woven around the concept. In a way, each of these characters can be viewed in a negative light because of their involvement with power: killing for it, losing it, manipulating for it, or abusing it.…

guts in the story, then that is such a good sign. Villains are even more interesting in fantasy/science fiction comics. The world of Marvel and DC Comics revolve around its superheroes and villains. No matter how old you are, you know who Superman, Batman, Ironman, Captain America, Wonder Woman are, especially because of the amazing cinematic universe nowadays. However, these superheroes wouldn't exactly be superheroes if it wasn't for the bad guys who are trying to take over the world or just…

comics books. A comic book character that shows courage is The Batman. Batman has courage more than any other character (in DC comics), in my opinion. He has no superpowers but he still goes patrolling every night to fight crime in Gotham city. He fight the likes of joker and bane, two insane freaks who want nothing more but to hurt people. One of the best comics he shows courage in is “The Dark Knight Returns”. In this storyline Batman has become old, and has retired, when a new group of…

of the story, it shows Trippe still as child in school. This is where I noticed the first eye catching variation. It demonstrates his first experience watching the Batman movie and he effectively changes the mood by changing the speech bubbles to clearly indicate that it’s quotes from the movie. In the story, once Trippe realizes Batman overcame childhood trauma, he looks to him as an idol. This is the first true demonstration…

In Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, Dr. Dee displays the theme of obsession through his desires for Morpheus’ dream ruby (Gaiman np). The initial illustration of this occurs through the use of significant colour relationships between Dr. Dee and the ruby itself. For instance, where lead colourist, Daniel Vozzo renders Dr. Dee in flat brown tones, he instead colours the dream ruby in a vibrant red (see figure one) (Gaiman np). As Scott McCloud notes in Understanding Comics, vibrant colours such…