Batman: Gotham Knight DVD Review.

[mechmuertos]

Hi kids why don't you all gather 'round while Uncle Stockwell hunkers down to tell a little something about life. It ain't perfect. Not by a long shot. Here drink some apple juice and eat some graham crackers as we review Batman: Gotham Knight.

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Comments

[mechmuertos]

Couldn't agree with you more. I normally have adverse reactions to anime, and their general story telling as well. Hey can every frickin' series be quasi enigmatic?

[arkham4269]

It's a good thing I prefer to watch anime in Japanese with sub-titles because it is almost a given that the voice actors sound like the biggest bunch of bored people on the planet. The only exception to this (for the most part) was Hellsing and I think since it was set in London, it was odd hearing it in Japanese.

One thing I thought was interesting about Batman: TAS was the fact that Batman is such an iconic character, that there isn't a banner in the opening. Just seeing Batman in profile, you know who he is. I remember Wizard Comic Guide did this thing about the 10 best Superhero costumes and Batman came in 2nd to Spiderman for just this reason: You can just see the outline of Batman and you know who it is.

To this day, I think the Batman: TAS Alfred is by far the best rendition of the character, Mark Hamil's Joker is pretty much the definitive version of that style of the Joker and Batman: MotP is still probably my favorite Batman movie ever.

[mechmuertos]

Mask of the Phantasm is good. Its damn good. But I still think the Nolan approach of Batman Begins really put one over the top as far as story and pure film making. Oh and Batman's costume is vastly superior to Spiderman's.

[arkham4269]

I don't know, there is something to be said for both characters. I think Batman's costume has been done in a lot of different ways, some not so good. At least Batman changed from the "Underwear on the Outside" model that Superman can't seem to change.

I don't remember the criteria of how they came up with it. For my money, I like the fact that Frank Miller pointed out why a character with a almost totally dark costume would want a bright icon on his chest. I think the line, "I can't armor my head" was probably one of the best 'retcon' pieces ever. Makes tactical sense to draw your enemies fire to your most armor point as well making Batman look that much smarter.

[edwartica]

Thanks for the review! I was debating whether or not to buy it.

this is neither here nor there

[dehumidifier]

Re: this is neither here nor there

[dehumidifier]

My Father is an avid cross stitcher. I'd love for him to do this for me!