Well, sure, and I apologize if my post came across a little grumpy, but... I just don't think Batman is a very good example, is all I'm saying. Frank Miller's comic The Dark Knight Returns (which is fantastic) was itself a reaction to what Batman had become during the 70s and 80s. (A lot of people didn't like Miller's take on him for that very reason; they didn't want their Batman (not to mention their Superman) that dark.) And Nolan's Dark Knight films are a reaction to what the franchise became in the 90s with Batman And Robin. Batman's been around for 70 years, and in that time he's been everything from a go-go-dancing shark-repelling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jg2okfrmR4) clown to a psychotic murderer - several times over. Unlike with Buffy, there's not one single source material to choose from. Will some people prefer one Batman over another? Obviously. Is one take inherently more correct than another? No. Batman And Robin's problem isn't that Joel Schumacher tried to recreate the feel of the TV series, that's a perfectly valid take on the characters; the problem is that (much like Season 8 so far) he failed.
An example. A couple of years ago, Miller wrote another story (named, confusingly enough, Batman And Robin.) It depicted the first meeting of Batman and Robin thus: Is it supposed to be dark? Yup. And yet a lot more people laughed their asses off at it than even cracked a smile at Schumacher's movie. The problem, with both Schumacher's and Miller's wildly different Batman And Robins, isn't that they choose the wrong interpretation of the story; it's that they try to pick one way to tell the story and don't do it well. The comedy isn't funny; the dark psychodrama is hilarious.
Though at least neither of them had Batman and Robin Catwoman having sex in space. So call it a plus. :)
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Date: Jul. 14th, 2010 06:18 am (UTC)An example. A couple of years ago, Miller wrote another story (named, confusingly enough, Batman And Robin.) It depicted the first meeting of Batman and Robin thus:
Is it supposed to be dark? Yup. And yet a lot more people laughed their asses off at it than even cracked a smile at Schumacher's movie. The problem, with both Schumacher's and Miller's wildly different Batman And Robins, isn't that they choose the wrong interpretation of the story; it's that they try to pick one way to tell the story and don't do it well. The comedy isn't funny; the dark psychodrama is hilarious.
Though at least neither of them had Batman and
RobinCatwoman having sex in space. So call it a plus. :)