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drsevarius (drsevarius) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-27 09:01:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: joker, char: robin/catgirl/carrie kelly, creator: frank miller, series: bat/cat, title: the dark knight returns

Bat/Cat: The Dark Knight Returns

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Now, really...

besamim
2009-04-27 01:08 pm UTC (link)

Am I really the only s_d-er who likes DKR, without qualification? I'm not talking DKSA which really did suck, nor ASB&R which sucks if it's meant to be taken seriously. I'm talking the original DKR. Along with Year One, it's Miller at his best. Some of the passages are breathtaking:

The twice-repeated passage about the primordial Bat coming for Bruce, as a boy and again as an old man: "Surely the fiercest survivor, the purest warrior...glaring, hating... Claiming me as your own."</em>

Gordon's speech about Pearl Harbor. "It was too big. He was too big."

Batman being haunted by the Joker even beyond the grave: "Stop...stop laughing."

Superman's plea to his adopted mother, Earth, to restore him after the nuclear blast.

Carrie's sheer awe at Batman in command. "It's just his voice. Just him."

And on and on.

C'mon, who's with me here?

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	Re: Now, really... Am I really the only s_d-er who likes DKR, without qualification? batcookies 2009-04-27 02:53 pm UTC (link)
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	Re: Now, really... Am I really the only s_d-er who likes DKR, without qualification? benicio127 2009-04-27 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	I died (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Now, really... Am I really the only s_d-er who likes DKR, without qualification? heat16 2009-04-27 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	No, I loved. But I'm a huge Miller fan-boy, so my opinion may not be totally unbiased. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Now, really... Am I really the only s_d-er who likes DKR, without qualification? besamim 2009-04-28 09:40 am UTC (link)
	Okay, that's just hilarious. (Never let it be said I'm not a good sport.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Now, really... aegof.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	No, I enjoyed it. But I also enjoyed Final Crisis, so what do I know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Now, really... besamim 2009-04-28 09:42 am UTC (link)
	What! Splitter! Heretic! (I kid, I kid. I didn't even read Final Crisis.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

Re: Now, really...

saralakali
2009-04-27 05:47 pm UTC (link)

I can't speak for everyone, but all plot considerations aside, I could never truly like DKR because I find the art hideous. I have issuses with the plot too, but for me, that's what it boils down to. Even this bits I liked, I couldn't really enjoy because, to my eyes, the art is ugly.

I always thought that the story wasn't meant to be liked. That we were meant to take it as a warning, not be entertained by it. This was a comic book attempting to be literature. I leave the speculation on the success (or not) of the attmept to others as well as arguments of the literary merits of the work.

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	Re: Now, really... pyynk 2009-04-28 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	::Raises hand:: Is it perfect? No. Is it a terrific Batman story? Yes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

Re: Now, really...

metrosessuale
2009-05-01 04:00 am UTC (link)

There are things about it I hate. I don't think it's perfect. I wish people hadn't decided that its Elseworld version of Batman needed to be THE Batman. But I keep coming back to this book. And the art is beautiful to me. And those five things you named are some of my very favourite elements. Especially Superman. I keep hearing that people hate Miller's OTT dissing of Superman in this book, but regardless of the man's intentions, Superman/Clark comes off as an interesting, sympathetic character in DKR.

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