• immutable@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I tried to go back and watch the Dark Knight Batman movies because I remembered enjoying them when they first came out.

    There’s an early scene where there is a Batman impersonator and he goes “what’s the difference between me and you” and Batman goes “I’m not wearing hockey pads”

    It’s supposed to be a real zinger. As I watched it though the realization hit me that what he’s really saying is “because I have money so the rules don’t apply to me” and then I realized that that’s kinda the entire point of Batman. He’s a billionaire that’s decided he’s wealthy enough that silly things like laws don’t apply to him.

    Really made me not enjoy the movie and I ended up turning it off.

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      1 year ago

      I think the point is that he wasn’t an amateur and the guy was. He was trying to do a job and they got in his way.

      Replace batman with a firefighter and give the guy a water pistol and it’s the same story.

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        1 year ago

        I mean it’s not like you can major in Batman studies or go down to the Batman Trade School and become a professional Batman.

        Batman is just as much an amateur as that guy is, he just has more expensive gear.

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          1 year ago

          I mean professional in a skill sense. Batman is very damn good at what he does, and no one comes close.

          Batman Trade School

          Also known as the Robin Internship Program.

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            1 year ago

            Now I’m just imagining the ads from the League of Assassins on AM radio and whatnot, and it’s great.

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      1 year ago

      I think that’s why I like Spiderman so much. He’s a vigilante who genuinely struggles to make ends meet at times and has gone through so much that he arguably deserves to completely stop protecting people and yet, he continues anyway.