The Batman

The late-night talk show has a long and storied history, with shows like “The Tonight Show” – a primary example of this tradition – dating back to the 1950s. Often scheduled for 11 PM or later, these daily shows are intended to give people a chance to relax and catch up on celebrity news after the kids are asleep. Despite the number hosts for late night television past and present, Jimmy Fallon of "The Tonight Show" and Jimmy Kimmel of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" have managed to distinguish themselves,…

pulp on a nightly basis. However, the Batman of The Dark Knight is easy to sympathize with, because he faces the same general experiences that most people do. At some point or another, everyone must deal with the death of a loved one—just as Batman does. Many people can say that they have fallen in love—just as Batman does. And, throughout their lives, all people are faced with some type of moral dilemma, without any obvious or absolute right choice—just as Batman does. The character the…

marriage to Tom Cruise, Katie is a star in her own write. From Starring in Dawson’s creek to staring in top grossing films; Katie has been in more than her share of movies. Take a look at the top 5 Katie Holmes movie of all time! 1.) Batman Begins Katie appeared in Batman Begins in 2005 playing the role of Rachel Dawes. Rachel is Bruce Wayne’s Childhood sweetheart. Rachel serves as Gotham city’s assistant District Attorney who is fighting against the city’s crime and destruction through her…

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way to ultimately defeat the evil. One famous example of this would be Batman. He is an ordinary man but still finds ways to defeat the evil that seemingly always pegs Gotham. He faces many challenges along the way, both internal and external, but they just motivate him more. The day gets saved by him and everyone has a happy ending, at least for that day. This whole concept of good defeating evil appeared long before Batman came around. Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The…

benefit (or happiness)(Cite Text Book). An example of Utilitarianism could be like the predicament Batman was put into in the movie, The Dark Knight, where Batman had to pick whether he could save the DA, Harvey Dent, or the love of his life, Rachel Dawes. Batman had to choose whether he wanted his own personal benefit, or the city of Gotham to benefit from Harvey Dent’s ideas for the future. Batman chose to save Harvey Dent in order for the whole city to benefit rather than just him to be…

There has always been interest in drawn out stories involving multiple strong main characters. The successes of franchises, literary or cinematic, often depend on the efficient execution of a created world wherein such strong characters interact. With fulfilling the fantasies and desires of the fans being the primary goal, the idea of “ shared universe” was born. A “shared universe” is a collection of multiple stories in books, movies, and video games set in the same world, mainly used in pop…

In Alan Moore’s giraphic novel, The Killing Joke, the Joker reveals to Batman how he really does not know what happened to him and how he lost his sanity. But if he were to have a past, he would prefer it to be multiple choice. His confession to Batman contains a great deal of irony because there can be so many interpretations of what all the little details in the picture of him really could symbolize. However, the answer to his multiple choice question probably would not be what people expect…

Wertham concluded Batman was gay because he wore a gown, had flowers in his house and had a butler. After the moral panic of comic books many states restricted the sale of comic books and many people had bonfires to burn comic books. Many changes had happened to the comic…

have to let things that don’t make things easier fly out the window. During the hard Great Depression times, Superman and Batman the fictional characters were by far major heroes. They showed people that even during the rough times, good things were coming their way. Some people that were living during the Depression said that comic books were their only way of happiness. When Batman would save the world from Joker, or Superman would kill a villain, it would give hope and strength to the…