http://mikebbetts.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-dark-knight/ Video game philosophy. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mikebbetts.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-dark-knight/#comment-26 mikebbetts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:46:05 +0000 http://mikebbetts.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-26 Yeah, and if you watch Batman Begins, at the end of the movie Gordon asks Batman about escalation. "We carry semi-automatics, they get machine guns." And he shows him a new criminal's calling card. a joker card. Almost as if by doing what he does, Batman creates the Joker - and isn't he worse than the mob? Yeah, and if you watch Batman Begins, at the end of the movie Gordon asks Batman about escalation. “We carry semi-automatics, they get machine guns.” And he shows him a new criminal’s calling card. a joker card. Almost as if by doing what he does, Batman creates the Joker – and isn’t he worse than the mob?

]]> http://mikebbetts.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-dark-knight/#comment-25 christopherbowman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:55:18 +0000 http://mikebbetts.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-25 Good point about Nolan challenging the super hero fantasy. Can one who rises up as some sort of image to uphold a moral code, or even further enforce societies laws? Like the Joker said in the movie, they are destined to fight forever, Batman completes the Joker. The mystery of who Batman is and the fact that he is a force to be reckoned with outside but beside the law only fueled the Joker's need for a nemesis. Would the Joker been Batman's nemesis if everyone knew that Batman is Bruce Wayne? Good point about Nolan challenging the super hero fantasy. Can one who rises up as some sort of image to uphold a moral code, or even further enforce societies laws? Like the Joker said in the movie, they are destined to fight forever, Batman completes the Joker. The mystery of who Batman is and the fact that he is a force to be reckoned with outside but beside the law only fueled the Joker’s need for a nemesis. Would the Joker been Batman’s nemesis if everyone knew that Batman is Bruce Wayne?

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