Archetypes and Stereotypes
deFINing
Just saw "Batman Begins" for the first time tonight.
I hate ninjas.
I hate that batman has to have that ninja background. He's more than just a gear-headed ninja badass. He's also the World's Greatest Detective. Says so on his business card.
At least they put his training in the Asian Mountains (Himalayas) it ties in nicely with his 30's heritage. Shangri La is the mystical asian hideaway the shadow went to learn his trade.
I really hate white guy ninja masters. It was okay when Lee Van Cleef did it, but that was a long time ago. If they had to have the Asian Ninja Mountain Fortress with the society of black jammied badasses, they could have used Ken Watanabe. He's an excellent actor in his own right he made "Last Samurai" enjoyable. (That and watching Tom Cruise get hit with a stick repeatedly was cool too.) Why go with a haoli like Neeson. The silly beard was understandable, the comic character was coined during the late sixties, early 70's Brave and the Bold era. But the name Ra's al Ghul is a mash up of Middle Eastern Arabic sounding name. If I remember he was a bit swarthy at that.
So, Mountain Fortress, okay. I'd have preferred Iran or somewhere like where the original Assassins came from. The followers of Hassan i Shabbah. Look it up, it's cool stuff.
I do love the gadgets. Total gear porn.
And the cape. Loved the cape.
I've always had a certain delight in movie props and the like. If I could draw better, I might have been an industrial designer. I' better at explaining my ideas with words and pictures.
I don't like most of the Batman titles. Mostly because as a property, they have numerous segments to market to, so there's the kids Batman, The teen angst-y batman and robin or "Nightwing", the Chick-Flick- meets- Kill- Bill Batgirl and Catwoman is okay from time to time. I've gotten a few for my daughter. Then there's the dark stuff, for the more adult tastes
This all happened because Frank Miller had some fun with reviving him a few years back. Miniseries was called "The Dark Knight Returns" where an aging Bruce Wayne comes out of retirement and into a dystopic world. That miniseries sparked all this interest in the Batman franchise and that interest is was what prompted Warner Brothers to make the Batman movie with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. After that came the Animated Series.
Thank you Mr. Miller
Just saw "Batman Begins" for the first time tonight.
I hate ninjas.
I hate that batman has to have that ninja background. He's more than just a gear-headed ninja badass. He's also the World's Greatest Detective. Says so on his business card.
At least they put his training in the Asian Mountains (Himalayas) it ties in nicely with his 30's heritage. Shangri La is the mystical asian hideaway the shadow went to learn his trade.
I really hate white guy ninja masters. It was okay when Lee Van Cleef did it, but that was a long time ago. If they had to have the Asian Ninja Mountain Fortress with the society of black jammied badasses, they could have used Ken Watanabe. He's an excellent actor in his own right he made "Last Samurai" enjoyable. (That and watching Tom Cruise get hit with a stick repeatedly was cool too.) Why go with a haoli like Neeson. The silly beard was understandable, the comic character was coined during the late sixties, early 70's Brave and the Bold era. But the name Ra's al Ghul is a mash up of Middle Eastern Arabic sounding name. If I remember he was a bit swarthy at that.
So, Mountain Fortress, okay. I'd have preferred Iran or somewhere like where the original Assassins came from. The followers of Hassan i Shabbah. Look it up, it's cool stuff.
I do love the gadgets. Total gear porn.
And the cape. Loved the cape.
I've always had a certain delight in movie props and the like. If I could draw better, I might have been an industrial designer. I' better at explaining my ideas with words and pictures.
I don't like most of the Batman titles. Mostly because as a property, they have numerous segments to market to, so there's the kids Batman, The teen angst-y batman and robin or "Nightwing", the Chick-Flick- meets- Kill- Bill Batgirl and Catwoman is okay from time to time. I've gotten a few for my daughter. Then there's the dark stuff, for the more adult tastes
This all happened because Frank Miller had some fun with reviving him a few years back. Miniseries was called "The Dark Knight Returns" where an aging Bruce Wayne comes out of retirement and into a dystopic world. That miniseries sparked all this interest in the Batman franchise and that interest is was what prompted Warner Brothers to make the Batman movie with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. After that came the Animated Series.
Thank you Mr. Miller
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9:55 PM
4 Comments:
< men on film> HATED IT! < /mof >
Oh come on, Liam NEESON can pull off swarthy! Hes big dude, swings a claymore with the best o' em. And after a few months hanging out in the heelands with only his kilt, lightsaber and sheep for company, I imagine he swarths like a pro.
Im happy my dear Christian Bale has made the transition out of child actor to successful adult actor. A few years later, and I think hed have been a shoe in for Harry. But..What happened to his sincerity, his genuine emotion, his..freakish voice? I hope this is an anomaly, and hes simply slumming with batman.
That's why it's called "Bat - Drag"
The charater has been a scapegoat for many years now as a defiling influence on people.
Is that deFINing, or deFILing?
I know he's all leather, toys and smackdown, but...do be careful of your spelling, darling.
I meant "defiling" as in to corrupt, not "defining", as in to give meaning
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