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** Technically jossed since Bruce/Batman was using a sniper rifle pretty efficiently in Part 1. He missed his shots because he was injured and losing consciousness.
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*At first, Bruce/Batman missing his shots just after the death of The Joker seems silly...until you realise, this is probably the first time he's used a pistol.
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* The aftermath of the electromagnetic pulse that knocks out Gotham's power is implied to have taken out electricity across most of the United States, and due to proximity at least some of South America as well. And a news report specifically points out that only Gotham has maintained law and order thanks to Batman. Not only did countless people die due to the failures of vehicles (including an on-screen plane crash) and devices, the ''whole nation'' descended into anarchy and chaos with the military pulling martial law. And this is a world where Superman and the U.S. effectively dismantled the whole of the Justice League, meaning superheroes are essentially outlawed at worst and distrustful of the government at best. All it took was one nuke that Superman managed to stop from blowing up an island, to cause permanent damage and nearly destroy the whole nation indirectly.
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* The aftermath of the electromagnetic pulse that knocks out Gotham's power is implied to have taken out electricity across most of the United States, and due to proximity at least some of South America as well. And a news report specifically points out that only Gotham has maintained law and order thanks to Batman. Not only did countless people die due to the failures of vehicles (including an on-screen plane crash) and devices, the ''whole nation'' descended into anarchy and chaos with the military pulling martial law. And this is a world where Superman and the U.S. effectively dismantled the whole of the Justice League, meaning superheroes are essentially outlawed at worst and distrustful of the government at best. All it took was one nuke that Superman managed to stop from blowing up an island, to cause permanent damage and nearly destroy the whole nation indirectly.indirectly.
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* The aftermath of the electromagnetic pulse that knocks out Gotham's power is implied to have taken out electricity across most of the United States, and due to proximity at least some of South America as well. And a news report specifically points out that only Gotham has maintained law and order thanks to Batman. Not only did countless people die due to the failures of vehicles (including an on-screen plane crash) and devices, the ''whole nation'' descended into anarchy and chaos with the military pulling martial law. And this is a world where Superman and the U.S. effectively dismantled the whole of the Justice League, meaning superheroes are essentially outlawed at worst and distrustful of the government at best. All it took was one nuke that Superman managed to stop from blowing up an island, to cause permanent damage and nearly destroy the whole nation indirectly.
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* Batman tells Carrie Kelley, the new Robin, at least twice, that if she ever disobeys his orders she will be fired. Carrie in fact does so, on at least three different occasions, yet continues in Batman's employ. Batman not following up on his threats, especially when it comes to flouting his authority in life-threatening situations might seem wildly out of character, but not so much if you consider the circumstances. Robin's unauthorized reprogramming of the "Batcopter" was the only thing that enabled Batman to escape the police at the beginning of chapter 4, and this was due not only to Carrie's ingenuity and technological acumen, but her ability to think creatively and outside the box. This older Batman may feel out of touch not only with modern technology on the whole, but has also (after the losses of at least two other Robins and the subsequent years of loneliness) learned to appreciate the viewpoints and perspectives of others, especially those he is partnered with. Kudos to Bruce Wayne/Batman for actually growing (somewhat) as a person over the decades.
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* Batman tells Carrie Kelley, the new Robin, at least twice, that if she ever disobeys his orders she will be fired. Carrie in fact does so, on at least three different occasions, yet continues in Batman's employ. Batman not following up on his threats, especially when it comes to flouting his authority in life-threatening situations might seem wildly out of character, but not so much if you consider the circumstances. Robin's unauthorized reprogramming of the "Batcopter" was the only thing that enabled Batman to escape the police at the beginning of chapter 4, and this was due not only to Carrie's ingenuity and technological acumen, but her ability to think creatively and outside the box. Notice that he actually ''smiles''. This older Batman may feel out of touch not only with modern technology on the whole, but has also (after the losses of at least two other Robins and the subsequent years of loneliness) learned to appreciate the viewpoints and perspectives of others, especially those he is partnered with. Kudos to Bruce Wayne/Batman for actually growing (somewhat) as a person over the decades.
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Those two situations are nothing alike, the taxi driver was paid to be an accomplice by offering him the cab for some mutilation, while the cashier was at gunpoint and the Sons of Batman maimed him for not being enough of a hero to stand up for himself when he was you know the direct victim by being threatened by a gun. The difference shows perfectly that the Sons are nothing like Bats and punish incapability instead of intent and act
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* The Sons of the Batman's EstablishingCharacterMoment comes when they intervene in a convenience store robbery and demonstrate how brutal they can really be; not only do they outright ''murder'' the robber, they chop the poor shopkeeper's fingers off to punish him for failing to defend his store, showing that they don't tolerate passive bystanders. This scene is especially revealing when you compare it to an earlier scene, where we first see Batman back in action: at one point, he intervenes to save a young hooker from her abusive pimp when he tries to mutilate her in the back of a taxicab, after having paid the taxi driver to look the other way while he went to work on her with a knife; after Batman dispatches the pimp, there's a very deliberate shot of him snatching the driver's bribe money away and tearing it to shreds in front of him, refusing to let him keep the money that he'd gotten for allowing an innocent woman to be brutalized. It shows that Batman and his imitators both hate people who fail to stand up to evil, but Batman stops short of actively ''getting violent'' with them like the criminals do.
** Which makes the Sons of Batman a very extreme case of MisaimedFandom.
** Which makes the Sons of Batman a very extreme case of MisaimedFandom.
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* Two-Face, unlike the Joker, did not return due to the reemergence of Batman: Harvey Dent relapsed and became fully consumed by his evil side long before Bruce Wayne put the cape and cowl back on, totally refuting quack psychiatrist Bartholomew Wolper's theory that Batman is ultimately responsible for the creation and crimes of his rogues' gallery. Yet on a very basic level, Batman still probably blames himself for Harvey's plight, as it was his money (as Bruce Wayne) that funded the ham-handed efforts of Wolper and plastic surgeon Dr. Willing to "cure" Two-Face, which only succeeded in bringing Two-Face to the forefront, probably permanently.
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* Batman tells Carrie Kelley, the new Robin, at least twice, that if she ever disobeys his orders she will be fired. Carrie in fact does so, on at least three different occasions, yet continues in Batman's employ. Batman not following up on his threats, especially when it comes to flouting his authority in life-threatening situations might seem wildly out of character, but not so much if you consider the circumstances. Robin's unauthorized reprogramming of the "Batcopter" was the only thing that enabled Batman to escape the police at the beginning of chapter 4, and this was due not only to Carrie's ingenuity and technological acumen, but her ability to think creatively and outside the box. This older Batman may feel out of touch not only with modern technology on the whole, but has also (after the losses of at least two other Robins and the subsequent years of loneliness) learned to appreciate the viewpoints and perspectives of others, especially those he is partnered with. Kudos to Bruce Wayne/Batman for actually growing (somewhat) as a person over the decades.
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** Which makes the Sons of Batman a very extreme case of MisaimedFandom.
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* The Sons of the Batman's EstablishingCharacterMoment comes when they intervene in a convenience store robbery and demonstrate how brutal they can really be; not only do they outright ''murder'' the robber, they chop the poor shopkeeper's fingers off to punish him for failing to defend his store, showing that they don't tolerate passive bystanders. This scene is especially revealing when you compare it to an earlier scene, where we first see Batman back in action: at one point, he intervenes to save a young hooker from her abusive pimp when he tries to mutilate her in the back of a taxicab, after having paid the taxi driver to look the other way while he went to work on her with a knife; after Batman dispatches the pimp, there's a very deliberate shot of him snatching the driver's bribe money away and tearing it to shreds in front of him, refusing to let him keep the money that he'd gotten for allowing an innocent woman to be brutalized. It shows that Batman and his imitators both hate people who fail to stand up to evil, but Batman stops short of actively ''getting violent'' with them like the criminals do.
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* The Sons of the Batman's EstablishingCharacterMoment comes when they intervene in a convenience store robbery and demonstrate how brutal they can really be; not only do they outright ''murder'' the robber, they chop the poor shopkeeper's fingers off to punish him for failing to defend his store, showing that they don't tolerate passive bystanders. This scene is especially revealing when you compare it to an earlier scene, where we first see Batman back in action: at one point, he intervenes to save a young hooker from her abusive pimp when he tries to mutilate her in the back of a taxicab, after having paid the taxi driver to look the other way while he went to work on her with a knife; after Batman dispatches the pimp, there's a very deliberate shot of him snatching the driver's bribe money away and tearing it to shreds in front of him, refusing to let him keep the money that he'd gotten for allowing an innocent woman to be brutalized. It shows that Batman and his imitators both hate people who fail to stand up to evil, but Batman stops short of actively ''getting violent'' with them like the criminals do.
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