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And the madness continues being the best thing since the comments-blocking option ! Democracy ? Pff, I was absent the day they taught that...

You know, at first I did not know what to add about this movie because... I love it as much as the first ! I mean, we still have the murderous quasi-psycho Batman of the early days dusted-off and improved for 1992. The world around him is still distorted and cartoonish and the fire's been burning since the earth's been turning. This time around the dark knight shall bury a crooked businessman, a maniacal secretary and a fallen aristocrat who became a circus director and ornithologist... unfortunately he then was convinced to take up politics and it all went downhill from there. That's how you add realism to a comic book movie !

What's there to like ? Well...

* This works actually a lot more as a stand-alone movie rather than a direct sequel. In fact if the first movie answers the vital question "what'd happen if the original Batman met the O'Neil era Joker ?", this one is very similar to a Batman elseworlds comic in its glorious fucked-uptivity !

* Danny Elfman's score is a fucking DELIGHT !

* I love how Bruce is there bored while waiting for the Bat-Signal to go there and kick ass ! It's like the GCPD knew they had a competent vengeful psycho on their side, so when things go out of hand , just unleash the Bat-Keaton ! And it finally occured to me why there is NO Arkham Asylum in the Burton movies...nor a Blackgate prison for that matter.... dynamite-pants anyone ?

* How come Alfred is putting ornaments on a tree for christmas ? I mean, what's even the use ?

* Christopher Walken is ...as sca-ry...AS...a Nosferatu ! He is truly the life of Gotham City...its mean and twisted soul. Also somewhat thick... I mean, "Bruce Wayne, Why are you dressed up like Batman ?".

* Ah Catwoman... I was never terribly interested in the character before this movie (yeah I only knew Chiroptera-man in the animated series beforehand...the superhero stuff you see drawn here ? All discovered as an adult.). But here? She is everything insecure employees aspire to be. If you can pull off surviving a 10 store-fall and then dressing up in tight black leather to go beating up thugs and threatening civilians. And man if her relationship with Batsie ain't perfect ! Don't you love it when deranged people are star-crossed lovers ? The best Selina Kyle scenes are a) the freaky "transformation" b) any time she and Bruce try having a normal conversation.

* Talking about this movie makes me hunger for some fish...with olive oil and a nice, fresh lemonade.... and filling voids....

* The Penguin. MOTHERFUCKING HELL DO I LOVE OSWALD CHESTERFIELD COBBLEPOT (and you wonder why he appeared in almost every instalment of my "Best Of Batman" drawings ?) and Danny DeVito just owned the screen every time he was on !
You know if someone asked what the character's SOUL would look like, THIS is a pitch perfect depiction !
He's the sexiest on-screen live Bat-Villain after Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Waylon Jones due to their naked sexual charisma.
Granted Burton added the whole circus freak and the whole parental rejection but it serves to emphasises the characteristics the character already had ! Looking for society's respect ? FUNDAMENTALLY. Affinity for birds ? Definitely. Leader of a gang ? Assuredly. Political eloquence and charisma ? Absolutely. Drowning kids and shooting lippy henchmen ? Knowing how cruel Oswald can be when you tick him off, I would not put it beneath him. It's no surprise that the best takes on the Penguin take cues from this version and Meredith's at the same time.
And as for my favorite Penguin line, reminding me of my general contempt towards children, men and women...
" The time has come to punish *all* God's children! 1st, 2nd, 3rd AND 4th-born! Why be biased? Male and female! Hell, the sexes are equal with their erogenous zones BLOWN SKY HIIIIGH !"
His demise gets me every time. THAT's what I call a tragic villain. But hey, it could be worse, my nose could be gushing BLOOD ! Hehehehe !

Man sometimes you just need to see a good villain in action to feel better !

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And the madness continues being the best thing since the comments-blocking option ! Democracy ? Pff, I was absent the day they taught that...

You know, at first I did not know what to add about this movie because... I love it as much as the first ! I mean, we still have the murderous quasi-psycho Batman of the early days dusted-off and improved for 1992. The world around him is still distorted and cartoonish and the fire's been burning since the earth's been turning. This time around the dark knight shall bury a crooked businessman, a maniacal secretary and a fallen aristocrat who became a circus director and ornithologist... unfortunately he then was convinced to take up politics and it all went downhill from there. That's how you add realism to a comic book movie !

What's there to like ? Well...

* This works actually a lot more as a stand-alone movie rather than a direct sequel. In fact if the first movie answers the vital question "what'd happen if the original Batman met the O'Neil era Joker ?", this one is very similar to a Batman elseworlds comic in its glorious fucked-uptivity !

* Danny Elfman's score is a fucking DELIGHT !

* I love how Bruce is there bored while waiting for the Bat-Signal to go there and kick ass ! It's like the GCPD knew they had a competent vengeful psycho on their side, so when things go out of hand , just unleash the Bat-Keaton ! And it finally occured to me why there is NO Arkham Asylum in the Burton movies...nor a Blackgate prison for that matter.... dynamite-pants anyone ?

* How come Alfred is putting ornaments on a tree for christmas ? I mean, what's even the use ?

* Christopher Walken is ...as sca-ry...AS...a Nosferatu ! He is truly the life of Gotham City...its mean and twisted soul. Also somewhat thick... I mean, "Bruce Wayne, Why are you dressed up like Batman ?".

* Ah Catwoman... I was never terribly interested in the character before this movie (yeah I only knew Chiroptera-man in the animated series beforehand...the superhero stuff you see drawn here ? All discovered as an adult.). But here? She is everything insecure employees aspire to be. If you can pull off surviving a 10 store-fall and then dressing up in tight black leather to go beating up thugs and threatening civilians. And man if her relationship with Batsie ain't perfect ! Don't you love it when deranged people are star-crossed lovers ? The best Selina Kyle scenes are a) the freaky "transformation" b) any time she and Bruce try having a normal conversation.

* Talking about this movie makes me hunger for some fish...with olive oil and a nice, fresh lemonade.... and filling voids....

* The Penguin. MOTHERFUCKING HELL DO I LOVE OSWALD CHESTERFIELD COBBLEPOT (and you wonder why he appeared in almost every instalment of my "Best Of Batman" drawings ?) and Danny DeVito just owned the screen every time he was on !
You know if someone asked what the character's SOUL would look like, THIS is a pitch perfect depiction !
He's the sexiest on-screen live Bat-Villain after Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Waylon Jones due to their naked sexual charisma.
Granted Burton added the whole circus freak and the whole parental rejection but it serves to emphasises the characteristics the character already had ! Looking for society's respect ? FUNDAMENTALLY. Affinity for birds ? Definitely. Leader of a gang ? Assuredly. Political eloquence and charisma ? Absolutely. Drowning kids and shooting lippy henchmen ? Knowing how cruel Oswald can be when you tick him off, I would not put it beneath him. It's no surprise that the best takes on the Penguin take cues from this version and Meredith's at the same time.
And as for my favorite Penguin line, reminding me of my general contempt towards children, men and women...
" The time has come to punish *all* God's children! 1st, 2nd, 3rd AND 4th-born! Why be biased? Male and female! Hell, the sexes are equal with their erogenous zones BLOWN SKY HIIIIGH !"
His demise gets me every time. THAT's what I call a tragic villain. But hey, it could be worse, my nose could be gushing BLOOD ! Hehehehe !

Man sometimes you just need to see a good villain in action to feel better !