tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post2132049325830224042..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Scott on All-Star Batman and Robin #9Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-63781578611041567242008-02-28T20:35:00.000-05:002008-02-28T20:35:00.000-05:00*bows* Thank you very much... I just thought I'd p...*bows* Thank you very much... I just thought I'd post this on my thread since I've been meaning to put it up for a bit.<BR/><BR/>We've talked a lot about Batman as Fascist and Batman as terrorist in the later Miller works but I got in to a conversation with a student last spring who happenned to be familiar with The Dark Knight Strikes again and, in a paper he wrote for the class, (I teach TDKR in the course)he came up with an interesting theory of Batman as neither fascist or terrorist but as a revolutionary.<BR/><BR/>It's a valid reading when you think about how the leaders of revolutions are often seen as terrorist by their opposition (i.e. The British and our Revolution and, of course, The way the Empire probably viewed the Rebel Alliance and Star Wars)<BR/>It's all a matter of perspective. <BR/><BR/>He sees Miller's Batman being a lot like V in Moore's V For Vendetta; he exist to destroy the corruption and the old system to pave a way for a new system but he has no real interest in being 'in charge' himself. He just wants to police those who do. After all, at the end of TDSA it looks as though Superman is the one who is going to be stepping up to rule the planet when he asks his daughter "What do you want to do with our world Lara?" <BR/><BR/>Of course, Batman has made sure that, should the Man of Steel step out of line, he knows that the Dark Knight can bring him down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-64694958644827174212008-02-28T19:38:00.000-05:002008-02-28T19:38:00.000-05:00Ditto that bravo. Great review. I love ASB&RtBW.Ditto that bravo. Great review. I love ASB&RtBW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-53103435241443817022008-02-28T18:22:00.000-05:002008-02-28T18:22:00.000-05:00Bravo!Bravo!Patrick Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410343584813208100noreply@blogger.com