The 5% where it's "yes" is mostly the video games, these days - Arkham Whatever have been really good games, tons of fun, but they unfortunately emphasize how much "Batman divides the universe into rich (usually good) and poor (ALWAYS evil), beats poor people to death for fun, and only occasionally takes out someone who's worse than he is" is the defining element of the modern incarnation of the character.
People say Rorschach was a parody of Batman. I think this is wrong: Rorschach was just Batman, seen through other people's eyes and thus not susceptible to Batman's unreliable narration.
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Date: 2015-08-08 11:52 am (UTC)The 5% where it's "yes" is mostly the video games, these days - Arkham Whatever have been really good games, tons of fun, but they unfortunately emphasize how much "Batman divides the universe into rich (usually good) and poor (ALWAYS evil), beats poor people to death for fun, and only occasionally takes out someone who's worse than he is" is the defining element of the modern incarnation of the character.
People say Rorschach was a parody of Batman. I think this is wrong: Rorschach was just Batman, seen through other people's eyes and thus not susceptible to Batman's unreliable narration.