Why does anyone even live in Gotham City anymore?

[stunt_muppet]

Every time I rewatch The Dark Knight I ask myself that. And also why Christopher Nolan is allergic to girls.

So I spent most of yesterday laid up with some sort of stomach flu that my entire family had passed around first. I wish I could say that I spent that day being productive and reading the book I'm supposed to review for my blog, but in truth

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[stunt_muppet]

I think it might have been the bank manager? I always figured that since he worked in a bank that was connected to the mob, he had to be prepared for this kind of thing - his rant about how criminals used to believe in something makes me think that robberies and intergang violence has been on the up. So I guess I didn't extrapolate from him to everyone else in Gotham? But even so, I'd be expecting a few really tough townspeople to keep hanging out there, not for it to be nearly as populated as it seems to be.

I kind of want to think up some explanation a la Uzumaki about how the same thing that's drawing all this evil and harm to Gotham is the same thing that keeps people from leaving, but that's just me putting crossovers into everything.

I thought I even heard them address Gordon's wife as "Barbara", which is even more egregious because it's using the name without anything connected to the character. But what gets me the most is how they apparently "included" Renee Montoya...without ever mentioning her name and reducing her to one of the cops who was sold out to the Joker and the mobs. Burned me right up when I realized that that was supposed to be Renee.

He's my favorite of all the Christmas spirits. He's the only one with a song and he's just so cheerful! I'm glad they used a purpose-built Muppet for him rather than an extant character; not that there weren't Muppets they could have used, but he's just so endearing that I can't imagine him being anyone else.

[airie_fairy]

I guess. I just loved that guy and love the idea of Gotham citizens being so hardened as to be that kind of prepared. The rest of the world is just not ready for even the innocents of Gotham. Like you suggested, "the same thing that's drawing all this evil and harm to Gotham is the same thing that keeps people from leaving."

Ugh, that sucks two ways. I mean, the lack of name mention means you can pretend it wasn't her or whatever, but then you're still left with the female cop, who played a significant role (even if it wasn't a happy one) not getting a name. Don't half-ass the homages, I mean really. Everybody else is included in attention-gathering ways that make you go "omg yay I get the reference!" or learn something significant about Batman lore if you didn't know it before, there's so reason Renee and Barbara shouldn't be given the same attention.

HE IS SO ADORABLE. It used to make me really sad and scared as a kid when he aged and faded away. :/ I love that they made up a specific one for him, so the personality is all his. But I do kind of wish he would show up in other stuff since. He's absolutely precious.