Okay, I guess we’re shelving all of my article plans this week outside of the Rippaverse (the Batman one was a time issue) and doing a follow-up to an article earlier this week. Thus is the nature of unpaid blogging by a solo writer. Seriously, anyone who wants to give me money to do this stuff, I’m happy to take it depending on your conditions. Back on topic, though.
Batman seems to be quite the focus this week as well. Talking about iconic depictions and the cancelation of the Batgirl movie, joined by the Supergirl movie with a more egregious race swap (unless my monitor’s off calibration images I’ve seen of Leslie Grace in her Burnside Batgirl costume at give the appearance of red hair, possibly a wig like Yvonne Craig used between her brunette Barbara and red-head Batgirl–but it could also be lighting) and the sequel to Scoob!, a movie that took a ton of liberties with not only the Scooby-Doo gang but Blue Falcon, Dynomutt, and Captain Caveman.
An article in the Hollywood Reporter discusses Warner Brothers Discovery CEO David Zaslav going over his plan during an earnings call explaining why he canceled movies nearly finished to the point that they’re almost ready for release, not even for streaming nevermind theaters. He laid out his new plan for DC Entertainment going forward, but before we all start celebrating it’s what he isn’t saying that still has me worried we aren’t in the clear just yet.
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BW Vs The Closer Look: Batman Can Be TOO Dark
Everybody has their own reason to like or dislike certain characters. Some of the most popular characters in fiction are characters I really don’t like and some of my favorite characters are looked down upon by the majority, or at least the vocal majority. Even if you agree on A, B, C, and D here comes H and you can be at polar opposites. Even if you both like J it could be for vastly different reasons.
That’s where I’m coming from when examining the video below by Henry over at The Closer Look. His thesis is on why “we” love a darker Batman. I’m certainly not against a darker Batman. I come from the Bronze Age of comics, the DCAU had a great take on Batman, and in both cases this feels like a proper Batman. However, to say that it’s the darkness that makes him interesting I’m not sure I agree with…because as I watch this video if his take on Batman was right take, then I’m not sure I would be a Batman fan. So what am I seeing that he doesn’t and vice versa?
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on August 4, 2022 in DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged Batman, commentary, The Closer Look.
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