The Knight is Darkest...
So, I have The Dark Knight in my hot little hands. So, after I slept the entire day away (these ten hours shifts will be the death of me *whimpers*), I simply had to sit down with my hot chocolate and pop it in. It was just as good as in the theater. While I still have fond childhood memories of the original, goofy Adam West Batman, I enjoy and
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You said it, and so eloquently, too. I loved Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but I was jarred more than one from their storylines because they take place in a distressingly all-male world. There are no 'real', flesh-and-bone female characters. Maybe that sort of skew is believable for guys, but it stretches my suspension of disbelief. *shrugs*
Which is at least more than I can say for the likes of a certain Weasley damsel.
Aeryn, what on earth are you doing in my brain? I can't tell you how violently I agree with this.
If you're going to make SW/Gotham comparisons, then the Joker would be more Palpatine, who George didn't give a backstory to, and Anakin would be more Harvey/Two-Face.
Wow, Nolan really doesn't 'get' it. A backstory for Vader is no more a weakness than his eventual redemption-- in fact, it is the rosetta stone that makes his fall and return to grace comprehensible. The Joker is unable to be saved in the same way Palpatine is-- that's why the Joker's shifting backstory is so striking. He's lying about the only thing that could make him human.
-Meredith
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