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ManlyGrunting posted:Jeez, that was somehow the least awful part of that segment too. I thought we had left behind that grimdark bullshit in the 90's, that poo poo would be excessive even on Dexter or Hannibal. I don't mean to be a dick, but have you seen most of DC's output over the last 20 years? The character might as well be Bruce 'Grimdark' Wayne. Blackest Night was about all the dead heroes coming back as evil zombies. Injustice has been the story of how absolutely hosed the world is if Superman does a 180. Most of the animated features that have come out from DC recently have been nasty, dark, dirty affairs. The last time we saw Superman on the big screen he broke a guy's neck. DC hasn't stopped being grimdark. I don't think they even slowed down.
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Honestly, the 90's were more EXTREME than grimdark. But since the early 2000, DC has become downright unpleasant in an attempt to appeal to an aging core demographic.
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CzarChasm posted:DC hasn't stopped being grimdark. I don't think they even slowed down.  
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Jun 12, 2015 14:49
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And then the children tear his arm off, right?
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Phylodox posted:And then the children tear his arm off, right? Well, the issue does end with the cops about to burn down happy superman lane 
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Jun 12, 2015 14:57
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I like Gordon's "this is loving dumb but like hell I'm going to let anyone else do it" approach to being Batman. So Bruce is dead now or something?
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:I like Gordon's "this is loving dumb but like hell I'm going to let anyone else do it" approach to being Batman. Crushed in a cave collapse embracing the Joker as his one true love.
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Jun 12, 2015 15:22
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redbackground posted:Crushed in a cave collapse embracing the Joker as his one true love. You did see the final page of this weeks batman?
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Jun 12, 2015 15:25
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bobkatt013 posted:You did see the final page of this weeks batman?
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Jun 12, 2015 15:31
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2 pages does not an 11 year-trend reverse. You could also point out some absurdly dark bullshit at Marvel even if their overall trend has been to get more in lock-step with the Mouse and family-friendly stuff.
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Jun 12, 2015 15:36
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Sure. It's almost like blanket statements about the companies would be dumb!
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Jun 12, 2015 16:25
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No the occasional blanket statement about general trends is not an inherently evil or dumb thing.
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Well you see DC is the worst and anything that proves otherwise doesn't exist so ipso facto nerd!
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Y'all really do love putting words in a person's mouth.
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Gordon shaved his tash, this is still loving tragic and dark.
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Phy posted:Gordon shaved his tash, this is still loving tragic and dark. Later we'll see he didn't shave it and it was ripped off.
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Ugenesis posted:Later we'll see he didn't shave it and it was ripped off. He will later staple it back on upside-down.
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mind the walrus posted:Y'all really do love putting words in a person's mouth. It's the closest most goons get to kissing
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mind the walrus posted:Y'all really do love putting words in a person's mouth. surprised those words fit, what with all that other stuff in there
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:I like Gordon's "this is loving dumb but like hell I'm going to let anyone else do it" approach to being Batman. Actually he doesn't want to do it at all and has to be begged to take it on. Also Jim Gordon is 46 years old? Comic book years that puts him at what 35?
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Jiro posted:Actually he doesn't want to do it at all and has to be begged to take it on. Also Jim Gordon is 46 years old? Comic book years that puts him at what 35? He does it because the alternative is some rookie cop with kids taking it and getting his dumb rear end killed.
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McCloud posted:He does it because the alternative is some rookie cop with kids taking it and getting his dumb rear end killed. Isn't it a commissioner's job to delegate dangerous jobs to young rookie cops?
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Uthor posted:Isn't it a commissioner's job to delegate dangerous jobs to young rookie cops? No Commissioners give dangerous jobs to grizzled but soft-hearted old guard who are only two days away from retirement. Their rookie partners then pick up the mantle.
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PJOmega posted:No Commissioners give dangerous jobs to grizzled but soft-hearted old guard who are only two days away from retirement. Their rookie partners then pick up the mantle. Oh paid forced executions you mean.  Yep Jim Gordon is all about that. But seriously being Batman is a young man thing, or you get super scienced or magicked up in order to be able to do it. Cause at the end of the day you ain't Bruce Wayne or Dick Grayson.
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Jiro posted:Oh paid forced executions you mean.
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They did, it was called Batman Beyond, it was great.
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Jiro posted:Oh paid forced executions you mean. Yeah, almost like you'd need some kind of armoured mech-suit to compensate for that stuff...
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Malachite_Dragon posted:They did, it was called Batman Beyond, it was great.  Though I was actually referring to Dark Knight Returns
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Gaz-L posted:Yeah, almost like you'd need some kind of armoured mech-suit to compensate for that stuff... Or maybe... hear me out here. A younger sidekick?
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qntm posted:Or maybe... hear me out here. A younger sidekick? Maybe that's a Question they will answer in Detective.
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Hopefully involving Bullock wearing the green scalemail panties.
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Cabbit posted:Hopefully involving Bullock wearing the green scalemail panties. drat it! DC said that they never read my story submission.
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GrandpaPants posted:Speaking of Miracleman, I finished reading Moore's run and the suicide scene was something that really sticks out to me. It doesn't translate well to just seeing it in panels without the context of the decision, but man, what a scene. I don't remember that. Remind me?
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Jedit posted:I don't remember that. Remind me? Moran "committed suicide" by saying kimota one last time after his life pretty much fell apart from being Miracleman
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In today's episode of RoboBat, the part of Jim Gordon will be played by Peter Weller. Now I'm going to be disappointed if he isn't cast as Gordon in the next Batman movie.
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Silhouette posted:In today's episode of RoboBat, the part of Jim Gordon will be played by Peter Weller.
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He would be phenomenal as Mr. Freeze.
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Chaos Hippy posted:He would be phenomenal as Mr. Freeze. He pretty much was (motivation wise) in Fringe.
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Peter Weller could play the queen of england and make it work. The man's completely underrated, and he should be a much higher profile actor than he is.
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Silhouette posted:Peter Weller could play the queen of england and make it work. The man's completely underrated, and he should be a much higher profile actor than he is. Too busy teaching
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