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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2020 8:16:09 GMT -5
Along the same lines the cost of running one starship on Star Trek would be prohibitive let alone a whole fleet. Same with the Death Star in Star Wars. Too many things that happen in fiction just could not exist in real life no matter how much we wish they could. And I doubt even Jeff Bezos has enough money to bankroll an Iron Man armory like Tony Stark does in the comics.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2020 8:24:56 GMT -5
One could really examine loads of things if we were inclined, e.g. how does Batman insure his car? Does the insurance company simply accept “Batman” on the forum, or would they require a real name/address?
Or, in the M.A.S.K. cartoon, the bad guys, an organisation known as VENOM, continually stealing things and plundering treasures for profit while running a fleet of vehicles (land, sea and air) that surely meant they were already rich?
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Post by zaku on Sept 13, 2020 10:25:38 GMT -5
IF this was real life and people like Batman and the Joker existed? YES!!! But in serial fiction? No. This! A thousand times over. Can I “Like” this post twice?! I’ve tried to articulate this, myself. I feel, and we can all be guilty of this, that we can conflate real life and comics at times. I remember asking questions about the fuel bill for Thunderbirds, but then had to remind myself that you don’t question where fictional vehicles’ fuel comes from. I reminded myself that I had to simply accept that the Thunderbirds crafts had fuel for their missions. That’s all I needed to know. In serial fiction, I’d follow Michael’s advice. The problem is that often in the comics themselves people ask Batman why he didn't kill the Joker, using "real life" arguments. So even the comics acknowledge that this is at least problematic. If they followed just some kind of "comics logic", people wouldn't even see a problem with Batman leaving the Joker alive.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2020 13:28:58 GMT -5
This! A thousand times over. Can I “Like” this post twice?! I’ve tried to articulate this, myself. I feel, and we can all be guilty of this, that we can conflate real life and comics at times. I remember asking questions about the fuel bill for Thunderbirds, but then had to remind myself that you don’t question where fictional vehicles’ fuel comes from. I reminded myself that I had to simply accept that the Thunderbirds crafts had fuel for their missions. That’s all I needed to know. In serial fiction, I’d follow Michael’s advice. The problem is that often in the comics themselves people ask Batman why he didn't kill the Joker, using "real life" arguments. So even the comics acknowledge that this is at least problematic. If they followed just some kind of "comics logic", people wouldn't even see a problem with Batman leaving the Joker alive. but that is just the writer trying to make the comics more "realistic".
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Post by profh0011 on Sept 13, 2020 21:13:00 GMT -5
Batman could always do what Kurt Russell did to Kevin Costner in "3000 MILES TO GRACELAND"... maneouver The Joker into a National Guard ambush and just watch from a distance while THE COPS blow the sick, dangerous bastard to hell.
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Post by profh0011 on Sept 13, 2020 21:19:42 GMT -5
Batman started out as a cold and violent vigilante, and then he met the boy and through him rediscovered his humanity and he became something greater.
I'm actually wrong, because one man set out to tell that story: Frank Miller. In-between the horrendous writing of All-Star Batman and Robin, buried under all of the insanity, is the thread of Dick Grayson pulling Bruce Wayne back from the brink. And it's in those rare moments where Miller gets to the point, razer thin in the fat of madness, that ASBAR is surprisingly beautiful.
This story WAS done, in DETECTIVE COMICS #38 (Apr'40). They just didn't dwell on it that much.
Apparently, 6 months passed between the time Dick Grayson's parents were murdered before his eyes and Batman took him to the Batcave for safety... and when Robin made his debut as Batman's partner.
Bruce Wayne had seen his parents murdered before his eyes. He DIDN'T want what happened to him to happen to Dick. But it had a good effect on BOTH of them. Following Robin's debut, Batman clearly changed. With someone to share the adventures, he was able to really start ENJOYING his work fighting crime.
"Robin The Boy Wonder" remains one of my top all-time favorite Batman stories!
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