the problem most people have with it is that at times it really seems like he's serious.
I largely agree with this review. Batman is always portrayed in a positive light - this is the first work I've encountered where it is highlighted just how much of a sociopath he really is at times. Call me strange, but I actually liked how it dared to stray outside accepted norms.
Of course, as I recall the All-Star lineup was supposed to act as a starting point for new readers. In that regard, it certainly fails.
This happened because Tim had made a mistake.
Hhm, well its interesting to once portray a dark portrayal but when you overdo it at times it just seems like going overboard.
I was watching the old 1950s Batman serials the other day. It's nice to be reminded of the silliness of the whole damn thing once in a while, especially considering how serious our post 80s Batman takes himself.
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People and extremes, I swear, is it really that hard to try some semblance of balance. It doesn't have to be perfect, but if people spent a little less time trying to be serious and edgy and more on proper characterization and entertaining the people without random T&A fanservice we might actually get something good.
I really agree with this review. I can't see anything but a blatantly intentional hilarious comedy in All Star Batman, so I don't understand the people who seem to think Miller is just writing Batman badly. I've been loving every minute.
Miller has said that its not supposed to be a parody but "serious look" at why Batman needed a kid side kick.
Why this involves him living out his fantasies of Batman punking Green Lanter and bang Black canary is anyone's guess.
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All Star Batman and Robin - Bloody Good Fun
All Star Batman And Robin (ASBAR) is easily Frank Miller's most enjoyable work yet. It is vivid, silly and devilishly fun. The writing is hilariously over the top and the insanity levels are through the roof. In such an unrealistic, outrageous extravaganza of sex and violence, it is interesting that this portrayal of the goddamn Batman is perhaps the best we've been treated to in years. Miller laughs in the face of the recent, so called Darker And Edgier renditions of Batman, showing the idiocy in assuming that such a character could really exist and be considered a hero by presenting an honest and no-holds barred portrayal of an immature, psychopathic monster.
However there are area's in which this book has failed. Even though it clearly does not take itself seriously, ASBAR does suffer from dialouge and characters which are too extreme. Wonder Woman is annoying and unfunny, The Joker is a muscle-bound emo gangster (So Yeah), and many of Batmans lines become irritating. Robin himself notes that Batman is a creep who puts on a Clint Eastwood voice to keep in character, so Miller clearly wanted us to dislike aspects of Batman's persona, but the exceptionally cheesy lines do come at a cost to the narrative.
Probably the best example of a comic not attempting to cash in on the Darker And Edgier craze (You can thank The Dark Knight for that.) and simply being a playful, at times distressing romp through Gotham city. That said, it's likely people who treat Batman as Serious Business will not enjoy the deliberately So Bad Its Good style that Miller has pulled off.
7/10