[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
I’ve been a huge Batman fan for as long as I can remember,and the idea of even having Robin goes against what I always understood Batman to be. When I used to teach film, and we’d discuss adapting existing concepts to other media,I would touch on how DC comics created Robin simply to appeal to younger audiences, and ‘reach’ that part of every fan who imagines going out on patrol with the Batman, protecting the innocent, righting injustices, and essentially striking fear into the hearts of criminals everywhere.
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I just thought it was because Batman likes them young?
Robin ONLY exists because comic books were losing their hold on youth because of parents being up in arms in the late 50’s and 60’s about how “devious” comic books were. After that, you started seeing way more “youth friendly” comics and whole issues dedicated to shit like drug abuse.
If parents back then had not acted that way, comics would have become much darker during that period and we would probably be in an era right now with much more graphic media than we have right now.
Robin was a ploy…and it worked for that time period. I even had an action figure that, looking back, made no sense in its design. Robin used to look like a freaking elf with a cape.
In today’s world, there is no way Robin would have been created to start with. I mean, a loner billionaire who spends his free time kicking ass is going to hang with a kid and put him in harm’s way on a nightly basis?
Yeah, that makes sense.
Maybe if “Robin” was just some distant acquaintance at a boy’s home that Bruce sends money to who eventually finds out who he is…but even that is unnecessary.
Hell make Robin a robot that irons, cook and turns into a death machine if the bat cave is ever under attack. Outside of that keep the name Robin out of this series…Please keep it out.
[quote]SeanParent wrote:
ok dicks…I never said I was a fan of Robin, but one of the posters above talked about how 1 movie wouldn’t do justice to the Character of Bane because of the indepth story that he brings to Batman.
Therefor I was kinda piggybacking on that because in Knightfall (the series where Bane is first introduced) Robin plays an important part in the story.
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SeanParent and Robin sitting in a tree. K I S S I N G! First comes the love. Then comes the marriage. Then comes the baby in a baby carriage.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Robin ONLY exists because comic books were losing their hold on youth because of parents being up in arms in the late 50’s and 60’s about how “devious” comic books were. After that, you started seeing way more “youth friendly” comics and whole issues dedicated to shit like drug abuse.
If parents back then had not acted that way, comics would have become much darker during that period and we would probably be in an era right now with much more graphic media than we have right now.
Robin was a ploy…and it worked for that time period. I even had an action figure that, looking back, made no sense in its design. Robin used to look like a freaking elf with a cape.
In today’s world, there is no way Robin would have been created to start with. I mean, a loner billionaire who spends his free time kicking ass is going to hang with a kid and put him in harm’s way on a nightly basis?
Yeah, that makes sense.
Maybe if “Robin” was just some distant acquaintance at a boy’s home that Bruce sends money to who eventually finds out who he is…but even that is unnecessary.[/quote]
imo robin wasn’t a completely bad thing for the batman franchise, Jason Todd is one of the most interesting characters in recent memory. And Damian Wayne is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters.
Here’s what will probably happen: Bane comes onto the scene early in the film, much like the Joker did. No mention of his origin, aside from maybe how it is he got his hands on the Venom. Batman is still on the run and a wanted man in Gotham. Bane wreaks havoc, Batman challenges him and is broken. Fast forward six months or whatever. Wayne is having serious doubts about whether he should or can continue as Batman.
Perhaps he’s fallen in love with Selina Kyle and this is a motivating factor for him remaining as just Wayne. But Bane is on a terror spree, unchecked. He finds out that Kyle isn’t who he thought she was, that she’s Catwoman. In a way, his identity as Batman has taken Kyle away from him, just like it took Daws away in TDK. Or perhaps Catwoman double-crosses Bane in some way and Wayne finds out.
So he comes back as Batman, realizing that THIS is who he is and that without him there is no one else to save Gotham. He faces down Bane and defeats him. Gotham realizes that Batman is not the evil vigilante that they thought he was at the end of TDK, that he is not the hero they want but the hero they need. [/quote]
Here’s what will probably happen: Bane comes onto the scene early in the film, much like the Joker did. No mention of his origin, aside from maybe how it is he got his hands on the Venom. Batman is still on the run and a wanted man in Gotham. Bane wreaks havoc, Batman challenges him and is broken. Fast forward six months or whatever. Wayne is having serious doubts about whether he should or can continue as Batman.
Perhaps he’s fallen in love with Selina Kyle and this is a motivating factor for him remaining as just Wayne. But Bane is on a terror spree, unchecked. He finds out that Kyle isn’t who he thought she was, that she’s Catwoman. In a way, his identity as Batman has taken Kyle away from him, just like it took Daws away in TDK. Or perhaps Catwoman double-crosses Bane in some way and Wayne finds out.
So he comes back as Batman, realizing that THIS is who he is and that without him there is no one else to save Gotham. He faces down Bane and defeats him. Gotham realizes that Batman is not the evil vigilante that they thought he was at the end of TDK, that he is not the hero they want but the hero they need.
Here’s what will probably happen: Bane comes onto the scene early in the film, much like the Joker did. No mention of his origin, aside from maybe how it is he got his hands on the Venom. Batman is still on the run and a wanted man in Gotham. Bane wreaks havoc, Batman challenges him and is broken. Fast forward six months or whatever. Wayne is having serious doubts about whether he should or can continue as Batman.
Perhaps he’s fallen in love with Selina Kyle and this is a motivating factor for him remaining as just Wayne. But Bane is on a terror spree, unchecked. He finds out that Kyle isn’t who he thought she was, that she’s Catwoman. In a way, his identity as Batman has taken Kyle away from him, just like it took Daws away in TDK. Or perhaps Catwoman double-crosses Bane in some way and Wayne finds out.
So he comes back as Batman, realizing that THIS is who he is and that without him there is no one else to save Gotham. He faces down Bane and defeats him. Gotham realizes that Batman is not the evil vigilante that they thought he was at the end of TDK, that he is not the hero they want but the hero they need. [/quote]
I’d go see this. [/quote]
You have no future as a writer dude. Predictable and boring. It may be a stretch but I wouldn’t be surprised if Hugo Strange is still in the movie. I’m pretty sure he’s the one that gives Bane Venom.
