Feature: Why Realism Has No Place in Comic Book Movies — starburstmagazine.com

Written by Philip Shanahan Saturday, 17 November 2012 There were two thoughts running through my mind during the last few (epic) minutes of The Dark Knight Rises. The first, that Joseph Gordon Levitt was going to have a fantastic feeder system in the new Wayne Foundation’s Children’s Home, providing the new Batman with an endless supply of already emotionally damaged Robins and Batgirls. The second, that perhaps now that the trilogy was over, I’d finally be able to see the real Batman, my Batman, the Batman I’ve grown up with and listed as co-leaser on a number of tenancy agreements, make his on-screen debut.

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