johnnygoging: I liked your interpretation of Ivy, that was spot on, thanks for that.
I disagree with your ideas on Batman, though. No disrespect to Frank Miller or his achievements but people give him too much leeway and weight when it comes to Batman. He might have ushered in a new era but Batman is not the Batman he was in 1986. We've had some significant cultural additions and improvements since then which have made something better. TAS cannot be ignored. Now, I think some people take issue with that because it was a cartoon and therefore ideologically and emotionally neutered, but anyone who watched knows it was no average cartoon and you don't need dirt to make something look rough. I'm fine with grittier spins on Batman but they should take care not to mess with what makes him good and interesting.
If there was a time when Batman would go on like that, about soldiers and the like, I think maybe its relevance has passed now as we have moved on to something better, and at this point it'd only be a step backwards and a layer of cheese.
The disciplined and hardened nature of Batman which is involved with what you're talking about, in my opinion would suffer from being colored olive with a military shtick.
Well the one time the "good soldier" expression was used that sticks most in my mind is during No man's land. That and a couple other times I can't remember. But it's an easy to disagree with viewpoint.
I actually have a middle of the road view on it. He does have a military, drill-sergeant-from-hell discipline. However his attitude and sensibility are most certainly NOT.
Ultimately I think it's mostly a question of semantics. Do I think he's waging a war on crime. Yes absolutely and I believe most people would agree with that thought. But what does this "war" exactly entail? That's where everybody starts shouting their own opinion and no one manages to agree on anything. The thing is, I don't think anyone is really wrong (except Frank Miller post 2001, he is absolutely
WRONG in every sense of the word, and possibly insane), they're just interpretations of the character.
Stilton: Typical girl, all friendly and warm one minute, then I have my hair cut and she thinks I'm Bela Lugosi. What can a Viking do?
moonshineshadow: Hair cut? Looks more like some really heavy cosmetic surgeries on your face :P
*goes to look up who the heck Bela whoever is*
I keep confusing him with someone from Torquay.
I will ignore that part about Mr. Lugosi for everyone's sake.
