I recently saw the movie Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Being a comic book fan, particularly of DC comics, this movie was clearly a must see for me. When it comes to superhero movies, I believe the plot of the movie should accurately represent the stories told in the comics as best as they can. The same goes for the characters. The comics created these characters and their various stories, so the movies should closely follow the comics the best that they can. I did not feel Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice accurately depicted the plot and characters of the comics the movie was attempting to represent. In the movie, Batman is shown various times killing his enemies without any remorse. In one scene he is even shown killing enemies with an automatic weapon. This completely contradicts what we have learned about the Dark Knight from the comics. In some early comics, yes Batman is shown killing a foe or two, but by the time the actual character of Batman …show more content…
In The Death of Superman, Superman is able to defeat his enemy Doomsday, but he ends up dying in the process. When this comic was released, it was widely popular and received national headlines. In Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Superman encounters the same fate, dying as he defeats Doomsday. While this is exactly what happens in the comic, the movie took an iconic comic book moment and packed it into a ten minute scene. Apparently a two hour and thirty minute movie only had time to show the most popular Superman fight that led to his death for just a few minutes. As a comic book fan, I have been eagerly waiting for this comic book moment to play out on the big screen, and when it finally did, it was over before I even had a chance to blink. You can find a quick overview of The Death of Superman and its popularity at
It has been eight years since the ending of the previous movie, The Dark Knight. At the end of this movie, Batman took the blame for the people killed by Harvey Dent, the district attorney who set out a war against crime. During The Dark Knight, crime had decreased dramatically because of him and Batman. Numerous criminals were placed in prison because of him. Therefore, Batman took the blame for his murders because he understood that a discovery of Harvey Dent’s killings would allow the numerous criminals that he imprisoned to be set free.
Besides of Batman almost killing the joker, Batman hold himself because of his moral judgment, the Joker kill himself on purpose to frame the Batman to cause the media goes against him and his ideological position. Because Batman as the myth or the hero, it keeps Batman in a ubermensch, position were what he believes to be morally accepted or not, directing his morality the reference, although the dark nights use violence, weapons, threats against others he keeps a certain level of morality or decision of what is more important putting justice to its hands. The Dark Knight Returns, Batman is seeking information from a thief. In the middle of his “interrogation,” Batman throws him to a window. The man sits in large piece of glass stuck in
Batman: (Danny Elfman) This was Elfman's breakthrough score, catapulting him into the mainstream scoring business. Many traditionally classical composers may find fault with Elfman's dark and uniquely strange score for Batman (or, for that matter, any of Elfman's scores), but it doesn't change the fact that Batman was one of the highpoints for soundtracks of the 1980's. Even without the same training as many of the other top composers of this era, tributes to such classical masters as Holst, Orff, Strauss, Wagner, and others are inserted by Elfman, along with his own Gothic and operatic style.
In the name of justice, Batman should kill the Joker. The Joker has already proven that he is unworthy of living in society. Time and time again, the Joker has committed cold-blooded, psychopathic murder without reason or remorse. In essence, his only purpose in life is to be a “force of chaos & destruction”. One might argue that the Joker can be jailed, or the government can deal with him, but this has already proven to be an unpractical solution. Batman repeatedly throws the Joker in jail for his murders, and the Joker almost immediately escapes and kills more people. Despite his knowledge of the aforementioned problem, Batman refuses to kill the Joker. Therefore, Batman is to some extent responsible for the deaths of all the innocent people killed by the Joker.
The caped crusader, guarding Gotham’s streets and citizens, is in reality just a man-the “Optimum Man” as Grant Morrison has pointed out in his six year study of the character(Esposito). Batman has the resources and abilities to do what is necessary to fight injustice; even with no superpowers he uses self-motivation to become the solution to every problem (Esposito). Batman is the secret identity of Bruce Wayne who, as a child, witnessed his parents murder right before his eyes. In Nolan’s film Batman Begins the mob boss Falcone tells a young Bruce “You think because your mommy and your daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life but you don’t. You’ve never tasted desperate.” This leads Bruce to face a turning point in his life were he now realizes his purpose and has the drive to restore Gotham from its crime filled state.
Superman’s first appearance in an Action Comics was in 1938. He could leap over forty-story building with ease, lift cars overhead and couldn’t be hurt by bullets smaller than artillery shells. Scientists explained Superman’s abilities essentially as the strengths obtained from being born on Krypton. A planet 1,000 times larger than Earth, Krypton also had fifteen times the gravity. Generating energy directly from the sun, Superman, used his plant like ability to photosynthesize energy. Perhaps his heart pumps green chlorophyll rather than red blood, which would allow him to perform on Earth like an Earth astronaut can perform on our moon. He had extraordinary abilities, and although he was super, he was not omnipotent. Gaining energy from
The Ghost of Superman Kids had stars in their eyes when they talked about their hero Superman. A DC comic superhero who was incredibly strong and to top it all off he was as fast as the wind and he could fly. However this was just what they could get from the pages of a comic book. Then in 1952 came the TV series “The Adventures of Superman” putting their hero on the screen. The actor playing Superman was rightly chosen since he looked strong and muscular and was a handsome figure.
Many do not realize the importance of the relationship, and had gotten quite annoyed of Batman. People called him weak, he isn’t a real superhero because he has no power, just wealth, and is self-centered. People had thought that Batman was weak because he is incapable of killing the Joker, or killing anyone in that matter. Batman operates under this ‘no-kill’ codes due to many reasons. First, given that his parents were murdered when he was a child, that led him to believe that he didn’t want that bloodshed on his hand. Second, Batman believes that justice is above all, because he believes himself as justice, therefore, he believes that he is above killing his enemies. This is important because this proves that Batman is more relatable to his fans. He isn’t a god, with superpower, rather he is an ordinary guy, with a traumatizing past, just trying to make the world a better place. From Batman, himself, to his enemies and his relationship with the Joker, the choices he had to make to either live by his code or to protect his citizens, reflects that he is very relatable to his fans. The important thing is the hidden relationship between Batman and the Joker, and most often than not, people tend to neglect that. If the Joker were to get killed off the show, Batman will not be the same, neither will the whole
The Dark Knight Rises online slot game provides players with an intense sense of DC Comic’s superhero power. With character representations from one of the trio of box office success motion pictures, players will be fascinated by the realism of the imagery, as well as the incentive of big winners. Online slot enthusiasts can now enjoy the fun and excitement of online slots, all while playing the part of a super hero.
The conflict theory in this case discusses the lack of resources that are down to nearly nothing and about how the lower classes are having to constantly compete for them. It shows you how the poor are controlled by the rich. The film “Waiting for Superman” takes a closer look into the public school systems around the United States from the poorest of the poor all the way over to the suburbs. The parents of these students are obviously sending their children to school with the high hopes that they are going to excel academically, but the reality of it is that most of the children that are either born into or somehow end up in a position of poverty end up either dropping out rather than graduating. The upper class will place their children into schools where they are offered quality education. With the way that our nation is growing, I am confident in being able to say that the gap will only expand and the poor will continue to suffer in the educational department as well as others. While the lower class students in public school are failing and dropping out, the upper class students are too busy bettering their future. Our country states that “every child has a dream”, and that “no child will be left behind”. How true is that claim exactly? Yes, it is true that every child has a dream, but how many children are being left behind because they are stuck in poverty? There was one scene in the movie where the charter schools had to draw numbers just to give a child a chance at a better education. That is highly disturbing that a child has to suffer through something as humiliating as that. Our public system does not encourage academic growth, it hampers it. Over the years a lot of money has been put into trying to fix our public schoo...
As a child, I would always watch superhero cartoons, and read Superman and Spiderman comics. They had superhuman abilities and were therefore “powerful.” In fact, it wasn’t until I made friends in high school that I understood that real power wasn’t always superhuman. Superman shot laser beams from his eyes to pacify and kill villains. Like those laser beams, an unyielding glare from my friend and adamant feminist Mary G. could subdue any ignorant person who dared to be misogynistic around her. Spiderman used webs to travel around New York to find criminals to put in jail and similarly, my erudite friend Mackenzie utilized words to jump from one point to another to debate with my religious studies teacher about their opposing beliefs and
The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an insight into the Super Hero Series Batman. This crime fighter originally appeared in Detective Comics issue #27 in 1939. It later became a comic book series, a TV series and a movie series. The character Batman is second only to Superman as a Super Hero. Amazingly Batman has no super powers, but he does have a lot of neat crime fighting gadgets. In this paper, we will explore the creation of Batman, his supporting cast of characters both good and bad and the gadgets he used.
Another thing I want to bring into focus is the title of this documentary, which in a certain light is cynical. At the beginning Geoffrey mentions that the saddest day of his life was in 4th grade when his mother told him that superman didn’t exist. He cried because he realized that there was no one that could save us from the poverty we had all been born into. We all wait for superman because it seems that a task this great cannot be achieved by the likes of
However, this popularity has fluctuated throughout history. In the past few decades, demand for comics in the print media had been falling, in part due to the successes of other children 's media, such as cartoons. “Our biggest fear was that that audience was going to get to a point where we weren 't able to build it up again,” says Dan DiDio, co-publisher of DC Comics, “and a lot of what we do would be branded lost because there was nobody out there reading it" (Martin 14). Luckily, comic creators realized that the stories were perfect for screen adaptations: "they 're full of spectacle [and] adventure with an emotional arc for the hero. That 's what movies have always been about” (Humphries). The promise of lucrative merchandise sales and cross-promotion undoubtedly encouraged production, as well. Comic books were first adapted for television in the 40s and 50s, and met with huge success. Thus, superhero television programs set the stage for the inevitable point when comics took to the big screen with the first Superman movie in 1978 (Humphries). This cinematic moment ushered in a tricking of other superhero feature films, which eventually became the flood of superhero films that is taking place in the 21st
The plot of Batman Begins mainly focuses on the origins and psychology behind Batman, and how he copes with the struggles he faces. One major thing that changed the course of the story, was the death of the Thomas and Martha Wayne. It formed an emotion change in the story that effects Bruce Wayne and all of Gotham to arise the struggles and problems that will be faced in the rest of the movie. Another key point in the story was the seven-year disappearance of Bruce Wayne. When in the Chinese prison it would also discipline him, which was something that he hadn’t had much of before. The meeting of Ras Al Ghul and his further training were also key experiences to develop Bruce Wayne into Batman. These were the some of the building blocks in the plot. The plot of The Dark Knight was very different to Batman Begins. The main plot is that Batman has limits and Gotham needed a different hero, whereas, in Batman Begins, Batman was the hero and didn’t think he had any limits. The foundation of the Dark Knight was more of what had happened in the few absent years between the two movies, and not what would happen. The