Recent content by haytil

Bad ideas can happen in comics just as often as in movies. Sometimes "comic-accurate" isn't a good thing...

I don't think the studio / MPAA would have allowed Nolan to do a fully realistic take on Two-Face with a fresh "burn-victim" look. The movie was already pressing as far against the line of being R-rated as it could.

But this does nothing to prove his capability as a man of good judgement and moral character, which is arguably far more important to being a Batman. The fact that Jean-Paul Valley lacked this is exactly why he was such a disaster as Batman. Well, my intention in mentioning Blake's status as...

Yes, he came back still. Because he learned he didn't actually have a proper replacement. It's pretty clear that if comic Bruce had left emotionally-stable John Blake in charge - instead of whack-job Jean-Paul Valley - then he wouldn't have come back, because he wouldn't have felt the need to...

Apologies for posting in the wrong thread, I got confused with my tabs and the multi-quote function. I wiped the post in the other thread, here's a copy-paste of that post: Hmmm. You sure about that? Sure looks to me like you wrapped up your ego in being right or wrong. What you should...

EDIT: Sorry about the wrong thread post, got confused with my tabs and the mult-quote function.

Doesn't really matter how many comics you or I have read. What matters is the quality of the argument, and to say that "Nolan doesn’t understand the core of Bruce/Batman" after quoting a bunch of stuff that happened in TDKR - and that also happened in the comics - is a poor argument. Take your...

Really? You want to do the dick-measuring contest thing?

It's an easy mistake to make and a common misconception. You have to pay close attention to the dialog to see the discrepancy between the disappearances and reconstruct the entire timeline. I think as audience members, because we already know Batman is Bruce Wayne, when our brain hears "8...

People complaining about TDKR not respecting the core of the comics don't seem to have read enough comics. Blake - who is clearly an amalgam of the first three comic-book Robins - recognizing Batman immediately is a perfect echo of Tim Drake recognizing Batman (or rather, Robin) nearly...

I put myself on the waitlist at Sideshow for the standard version a few months ago, but have heard nothing. Is the common wisdom that I should grab one on Ebay at this point, before prices rise too high, or should I still count on being able to get one from Sideshow? Crazy that a standard...

I opened mine up today (was saving it for the New Year celebration, and to open it up with the new Joker figure that just arrived as well). It's a nicely done figure. The pictures had me thinking the headsculpt was too much of a caricature (with the Keaton lips), but in-hand it doesn't look...

I was considering getting in on this, but am disappointed to learn that the list was closed long before people had a chance to get their new Mars Toys Joker figures in hand. Seems like an unnecessary rush and an unforced error. Oh well.

That doesn't even make any sense - packaging accessories for one character in a figure set of a completely different character. It's liable to piss people off making people pay for a forced bundling, and makes Bob less attractive for those willing to buy multiple in order to make a "goon army."

I think Mars Toys would have more success releasing an "accessory pack" with the green shirt, etc. than an entire new Joker figure, which is mostly a clone of existing looks.