Batman carries on beginning in ... The Dark Knight

omg that should be casting industry standard procedure.

"Michael Keaton" and "awesome" are only allowed in the same sentence as "Beetlejuice" sorry.

How soon we forget "Jack Frost."

How soon thankfully we forget "Jack Frost."

It's all Jungian and shit. Fuckin' Morrison. (I don't think AA is one of his better works, but I'd take minor Morrison over a Loeb 'masterpiece' anyday.)

-- Oilyrags, Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:26 PM (9 minutes ago)

Ya, I got the Jung undertones, I think it was just too much atmosphere and too little comprehensible story for my tastes. I loved the art, but it was too difficult to follow. I suppose I should go back and read Morrison's annotated script in the back.

AA is a bit of a big mess, but it was one of the first things I remember reading with Morrison's name on it - definitely put him on my radar

"Michael Keaton" and "awesome" are only allowed in the same sentence as "Beetlejuice" sorry.

Dear Jessie,

You are wrong.

Sincerely,

Mr Mom

MR. MOM (1983)

Plot Keywords:
Child Nudity / Self Discovery

i actually liked him as batman

I actually liked Arkham Asylum.

I like it as well! Then again it's one of the few Batman books/stories I actually own/have read, which probably skews my viewpoint on the whole cycle.

I only have Killing Joke, Year One, and a copy of AA that a friend gave me. Don't feel the need for much else (I can't stand Frank Miller anymore)

Wouldn't it be great if they'd someday come up with a Batman/Robin love story, where Katie Holmes would act as Bruce Wayne's beard?

No.

here is how I rank Batman books I own:

Killing Joke > Arkham Asylum > Year One > Long Halloween > Dark Victory

I only want to see Robin in a Batman movie if they are going to kill him or if he ends up hating Batman for being the psycho he is.

<quote>Wouldn't it be great if they'd someday come up with a Batman/Robin love story, where Katie Holmes would act as Bruce Wayne's beard?

No.

-- HI DERE, Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:19 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
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Oh, I could live with it. Williewonkafy the whole Batman concept til its so silver age it hurts and doesn't really affect perception of the Batnolan movies and it'd be fine.

See you in December = when the first teaser trailers are released?

I only want to see Robin in a Batman movie if they are going to kill him or if he ends up hating Batman for being the psycho he is.

omg jessie u r soooo wrong the iconic Batman is mortal perfection personified wlomgoltf.

Are there actually any truly great Batman graphic novels or miniseries besides the Miller ones and Killing Joke? Because most of the ones I've read have been disappointing in one way or another, and I've never had the money or time to follow the monthly books.

Batman and Judge Dredd Files is a must to own by any fan of Batman comics or otherwise, 3 stories by different writers and artists.

Oh yeah, I've read the first one of those (with Judge Death and Scarecrow), it was pretty good.

that was Simon Bisley artwork, which was in my opinion simply breathtaking

So to summarize, Tuomas hates Batman.

We already knew this, though.

You're not my intended audience.

Leee I will fight you for I Love Comics ownership.

I checked "The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told" out of the library recently, and despite an inevitable emphasis on one-issue stories, it has a lot of great material in it.

I really dig Matt Wagner's three-parter "Faces" from Legends of the Dark Knight. I think it got reprinted as a tpb. There was another one "Blades" from around the same time with art by Tim Sale and written by James Robinson that was also high quality. Dunno if you can still find that one, though.

Also, the recent "Mad Moon Rising" or whatever it was called thing by Wagner retelling the early Hugo Strange and Mad Monk stories is a lot of fun. Fact is, though, I'm just a Wagner fanboy, so take that as you will.

Oh yeah! Also the first Grendel/Batman crossover, the one with Hunter Rose. The later one with Grendelprime kinda sucked.

Now that I think of it, when it comes to superheroes I've always preferred bright-coloured cosmic fables to dark and edgy vigilante stuff, so I guess I do hate Batman.

good now get out

Bring it if you can, monster jessie.

xpost s1ocki otm.

slocki harsh but fair -- it's like Tuomas is wishing the sky wasn't blue.

tuomas would probably like the batman story in mike allred's solo tho.

yay Matt Wagner

If you can find them in the back issue bins, Pete Milligan's Batman one-issues are just as awesome as their titles suggest they might be ("The Executioner Wore Stiletto Heels" and "The Hungry Grass!"). Also, the Wagner/Grant run is bestest -- definitely more "funny dark" than "tortured dark."

i dunno guys tuomas is saying it in a really annoying way as usual but i think hes right that this is some bullshit dark re-imagineered david fincher joker instead of classic funny-yet-crazy joker - do yall also like this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/American_McGee_Alice_box.gif/256px-American_McGee_Alice_box.gif

No one likes American McGee.

tuomas would probably like the batman story in mike allred's solo tho.

Also sci-fi closet Morrison? There were really only a couple of good issues though.

I like Year 100 but Tuomas wouldn't.

I dunno, I thought the Nolan movie was quite light-hearted in places. It wasn't dark in a "grim 'n gritty" way.

classic funny-yet-crazy joker

"classic" is subject to debate, as this thread makes rather obvious. which interpretation a reader/viewer priveleges is entirely up to their own prejudices.

I dunno guys we have two photographs and a totally inconsistent narrative spanning nearly a century involving perhaps hundreds of authors, surely we can nail down the probable levels of genuine intent and fitting nuance mr ledger will bring to the role, and what the script will have in it.

I predict Ledger dances a killer Batusi

I hope Ledger's Joker tries to out-do Bale's Batman in a contest of BONERS

definitely psyched about the prince song.

R. Kelly should do the soundtrack.

Perhaps snorggirl should play the Joker.

Snorggirl? Is that some superhero?

better if it were Snoggirl

genuine intent and fitting nuance mr ledger will bring to the role

I predict Ledger dances a killer Batusi

I hope Ledger's Joker tries to out-do Bale's Batman in a contest of BONERS

Can y'all call him Heath otherwise I get a little taken aback whenever I open the thread.

i just realized while watching it again this weekend that while its not my favorite batman movie i think mask of the phantasm has by far the best batman characterization of any of them