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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller
I have grew up on a steady diet of the dark gritty moody Batman, from Burton to Timm and of course Nolan. And since I was not reading comics in the 1980s this was not really the revolutionary graphic novel. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, and there are plenty of things to gush over, but the intent of shock and awe that was meant to full the pages just wasn't there. A psychotic Joker, seen it, hysterical media, seen it a lot, a fanatical yet cynical Batman, check. Though I did not realise how chatty Batman is, talks to himself all the time, he must confuse criminals by thinking he was a crazy old man.
An ageing Bruce Wayne getting sick of the rising crime in Gotham brings back the cape and heads back into mean streets, but Gotham is not the same, can it handle the return of the Dark Knight? The idea of this premise is interesting, Bruce himself has not changed, he maybe older and not as quick, but still fanatical. Gotham, on the other hand has changed the old guard are being pushed a side, Batman doesn't really fit in. I suppose he never has, reclusive billionaire that he was, but now instead of Gotham embracing him like a cruel Muchausen mother, it rejects him like a five year old to broccoli.
I did like the static chaos of it all. Every thing seemed to steeped under a haze of white noise, for me this was done by combining dystopian illustrations and noir language (some really fantastic one liners that would never work outside the pages, but still Raymond Chandler would be proud) . Though brilliant, this had the feel of trying to put a jigsaw puzzle together in the wrong order, trying to shove a corner into a slot where it doesn't fit. Actually this is the same thing I didn't like about Nolan's 'The Dark Knight' yes I know, I am sure there is a law some where about 'The Dark Knight' must be your top of the three other wise you will be stoned in a public square for all to jeer. I do get the imaginative brilliance of it, especially when you are dealing with a Joker narrative, still doesn't mean it doesn't grate slightly, as with the 'The Dark Knight Returns'. And this comic can feel very discounted, a lot.
Yes Mr Miller I see your genus, just I felt bombarded by it, maybe I should have read one part then put it down, like how many people read the original, but alas I am a novel reader and we consume everything like a glutton. But another thing I loved was the 1980's action flick vibe, it was almost Bruce Willis or Mel Gibson wearing a cowl. Brucie would be the perfect age to play 'Dark Knight Returns' Batman. Since there are so many aged action movie stars trying to reclaim their glory days, Willis, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, even Gibson well he is trying, but he got into a habit of drinking and calling people Sugar Titts.
My first official Batman graphic novel, and not my last.
An ageing Bruce Wayne getting sick of the rising crime in Gotham brings back the cape and heads back into mean streets, but Gotham is not the same, can it handle the return of the Dark Knight? The idea of this premise is interesting, Bruce himself has not changed, he maybe older and not as quick, but still fanatical. Gotham, on the other hand has changed the old guard are being pushed a side, Batman doesn't really fit in. I suppose he never has, reclusive billionaire that he was, but now instead of Gotham embracing him like a cruel Muchausen mother, it rejects him like a five year old to broccoli.
I did like the static chaos of it all. Every thing seemed to steeped under a haze of white noise, for me this was done by combining dystopian illustrations and noir language (some really fantastic one liners that would never work outside the pages, but still Raymond Chandler would be proud) . Though brilliant, this had the feel of trying to put a jigsaw puzzle together in the wrong order, trying to shove a corner into a slot where it doesn't fit. Actually this is the same thing I didn't like about Nolan's 'The Dark Knight' yes I know, I am sure there is a law some where about 'The Dark Knight' must be your top of the three other wise you will be stoned in a public square for all to jeer. I do get the imaginative brilliance of it, especially when you are dealing with a Joker narrative, still doesn't mean it doesn't grate slightly, as with the 'The Dark Knight Returns'. And this comic can feel very discounted, a lot.
Yes Mr Miller I see your genus, just I felt bombarded by it, maybe I should have read one part then put it down, like how many people read the original, but alas I am a novel reader and we consume everything like a glutton. But another thing I loved was the 1980's action flick vibe, it was almost Bruce Willis or Mel Gibson wearing a cowl. Brucie would be the perfect age to play 'Dark Knight Returns' Batman. Since there are so many aged action movie stars trying to reclaim their glory days, Willis, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, even Gibson well he is trying, but he got into a habit of drinking and calling people Sugar Titts.
My first official Batman graphic novel, and not my last.