Superman all the way! He's got it all, super hero powers (not little tools), he's a journalist, he's good looking, he comes from SPACE and he only has one weakness! he's the man.
Superman all the way! He's got it all, super hero powers (not little tools), he's a journalist, he's good looking, he comes from SPACE and he only has one weakness! he's the man.
Batman. Because he wasn't just born with infinite (to rob) superpowers and because he lives underground, which is cool. i find superman to be pretentious.
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I only wanted to live in accord with the promptings that came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
I missed your reply and I'm not sure whether you'll be back and check out my so late replyOriginally Posted by blueeyes
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But still, I have to stick to my first opinion that Keaton is the best Batman
I agree with you there. Christian Bale isn't bad, I can live with him but no one can quite live up to Michael Keaton's portrayal. He was the perfect balance between the serious and the camp. Bale's Batman/Bruce Wayne takes himself so seriously and it's so rooted in reality that some of the fantastical elements seem jarring. Don't get me wrong, I liked this last Batman movie and I'm happy to see the francise return but I still prefer Keaton.
But still, I have to stick to my first opinion that Keaton is the best Batman
My vote goes to Batman because of his dark side, but I see his dark side in a very different way than what I've quoted (above). Batman's dark side is that he IS Batman because he is driven by a desire for revenge.
He doesn't thirst for wealth (in his real life, wealth abounds and he doesn't even care). He spurns the Bruce Wayne side of himself. He doesn't reinvest his money into his business. He doesn't become a philanthropist and give it to worthy causes. He spends it on his toys, his inventions, his true purpose: revenge!
He doesn't thirst for power, either. If he did, he is good looking enough, eloquent enough, persuasive enough, and wealthy enough to buy the Presidency or anything else of power he might desire. He could be the Kennedys if he wanted. He rejects it for the solitary, hidden life of a vigilante.
His thirst is for revenge. And when he is up against it, the temptation to exact that revenge is so strong that he almost gives in to it time and again. He must hold himself back, in check, and force himself to take his advisary into custody instead of killing him/her/them. The villians know this and see it as his fatal flaw. They frequently take hostages for the express purpose of damning them to destruction and forcing Batman to choose between rescuing them and losing his prey or following the prey and letting the victims perish. And while he always chooses the rescue, there are many times that the choice is painfully difficult for him because his own dark side wants to take over.
Batman is Darth Vader in a looking glass. Costumed, masked, unknown and unknowable, harnessing powers that are not his, but resisting the dark side instead of succumbing to it. He knows however that if he ever did, if revenge were to win the inner war within himself, that Batman would cease to exist. Both the purpose for being Batman (thirst for revenge now slaked) and the image of what Batman stands for (justice; preventing innocents from the suffering and pain that occurs when someone -- anyone -- including villians -- is killed) evaporate in a whiff of smoke with no one left but the Bruce Wayne he has sought all his life to escape from.
This pathos of his soul is what makes him the more interesting and mysterious character. He is what we all are: good only to the extent that we hold ourselves in check from doing evil. That he is ABLE to continue to do this, with such greater temptation to slide over because of the ease with which his toys and gadgets would enable it, is what makes him a hero to the rest of us. Maybe, if he can do it, with his challenges, then I can do it too with my challenges.
Besides, my parents named me (for real!) Bruce Wayne... 13 years after the first DC Comic's Batman came out in the fall of 1939.
--Kelly
...But if he wants to carry the cat that way, I say, "Let him!" It's not easy being eccentric.
Samuel Clemens' 70th birthday speech
Kelly you say it best. I like Batman for the same reasons. So your real name is Bruce Wayne?
LET THERE BE LIGHT
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Well, Wayne is my middle name, not my last name, but yes! I've used "Batman" as a nickname quite often.
--Kelly
...But if he wants to carry the cat that way, I say, "Let him!" It's not easy being eccentric.
Samuel Clemens' 70th birthday speech
i remain batman 4ever! nobody can replace the legend of batman.... its a legend to me...the dark knight of gotham city.... bruce wayne..too handsome
i'd of course say Batmannnn~ he just seems so much cooler! he doesnt have super powers, only a utility belt...i guess he's just more realistic than superman.. and plus.. he has the batmobile~ ^^
never wanting to be alone.... and wanting to be alone forever...
batman definitely. He doesnt need super powers to be awesome,
I voted for Batman, although I like Superman. Why? Others said it well. Superman, in a way, is like Jesus. The perfect person. Batman could be any of us. Just an average Joe with a feeling for justice and the guts to do something about it. You can do something. Maybe you can't fly faster than a bullet, but by the end of the day you know you did something and maybe someone else will appreciate your efforts. Certainly allows you to sleep with a good conscience.
GAAHHH!!
Batman is in no way average, normal, or unpowered!!
What average Joe is insanely rich, hyper-intelligent, knows the essence of half the martial arts on the planet, and has a perfect understanding of the criminal psyche? Batman has powers!
Por una cabeza
Si ella me olvida
Qué importa perderme
Mil veces la vida
Para qué vivir
Agreed, but I rather like how suave and riiiich Bruce Wayne is. ;] And yahh, he's mastered REAL martial arts. Superman is just... you know an alien. And c'mon, he only wears glasses to disguise himself. People from his city must be dense. It reminds me of "La Bea Mas Fea" (the Spanish Ugly Betty). Like helloooo don't you know it's them?GAAHHH!!
Batman is in no way average, normal, or unpowered!!
What average Joe is insanely rich, hyper-intelligent, knows the essence of half the martial arts on the planet, and has a perfect understanding of the criminal psyche? Batman has powers!
"It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel."
-- Sister Carrie
Batman - simply more darker, full of internal struggles against succumbing to the darker aspects of human nature, and he is afterall HUMAN.
And his enemies are a psychotherapist's wet dream!
SUPERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm quite annoyed with Batman, eh. Damnit, a lot of people voted for him! I think of Batman... kinda cliche... But when I say Superman it's Smallville.... okay? Tom Welling or Brandon Routh...
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