more Batman thoughts

[ivyfic]

Throughout that whole movie, I was struck by just how young Batman is to be doing what he's doing. I'm so used to seeing Batman as a 40-year-old that seeing the same drive and determination in him when he's in his late twenties is a little frightening.

Also, seeing a very little Barbara Gordon, knowing that she's going to have a liason with Bruce once she's the Batgirl, is just kind of - sick.

And I have to point out that Bruce has very strong morals in this film and no sense of collateral damage. No, I will not kill a murderer in cold blood. But I will blow up the house he's in, causing him and many other people to die.

Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

1) Batman would have to start pretty young to enjoy the reputation he has at 40. This does make it any less scary that he is so focused.

2) It doesn't have to be Barbara...does it? She's not twenty-five years younger than Bruce (I wouldn't put that kid in the highchair at any older than five). Does Jim have any other kids?

3) I thought about this, too, but only at the end when the mass destruction was being caused because he was trying to escape. Not to mention the massive injuries sustained by the cops in some of those overturned cars...Well, there didn't seem to be any league of shadows members dead in that fire that I saw. Maybe the farmer dude hightailed it. He had his chance; if he got incinerated instead, well, it's still justice since he's a murderer, right?

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Re: 2. Though the comic canon doesn't always agree, there was at one point a Jim Gordon Junior, though I think he was supposed to be Barbara's older brother. My memory is fuzzy, though, and I'd have to look it up.