{"id":473,"date":"2004-04-29T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-29T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/2004\/04\/hwaarrrrr\/"},"modified":"2004-04-29T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-29T21:24:00","slug":"hwaarrrrr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/2004\/04\/hwaarrrrr\/","title":{"rendered":"HWAARRRRR"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am supposed to be working. Supposed to be this nice little professional guy working his shift and a little more so that the teensie-weensie buggies on his plate are gently put to sleep. Just me and the buggies, one on one, in the corner of a deserted cubicle, that’s the way it’s supposed to flow.<\/p>\n

Until The Bat intrudes.<\/p>\n

The script for Batman Begins<\/a> is what I mean. Kick-ass, absolutely. Must-reading for the Batman fan, and also for non-believers who don’t care too much for comic-book movies and would rather go watch Main Hoon Na<\/i>. <\/p>\n

I know there is going to be a lot of script revisions and all that, but even if they stick to fifty percent of the spirit in which David Goyer has written this stuff, it will be home free for Warner\/DC. Man, this is like Batman:Year One<\/i> and something like Year Zero put together, with loads of enhanced relationships and twists that look to make the Batman mythos as streamlined as the X-Men movies. Characters being introduced in logical order, a brilliantly crafted origin-story, a well-balanced mix of technology ( cowls imported from Singapore, the horns from a Chinese corporation, and Bruce and Alfred put them together to make the familar headpiece. Woohoo! Lucius Fox as Waynetech’s head of Applied Sciences, giving Wayne a demo of what will later be Batman-property ), the Oriental connection to Batman’s training – monasteries in Bhutan, Ninjutsu, Ra’s Al Ghul ), and very likeable new characters. The script succeeds in explaining the pure logical reason behind why Batman is<\/i> the Batman – it actually shows us a Bruce Wayne who rises above his own self-pity and his fears to become what he was destined to be. Batman as we know him in the comics is autophobic, he is afraid of being alone. But the movie adds something new to his phobias, it brought a smile to my face when I read these lines:<\/p>\n

WAYNE
\nA man, however strong, however
\nskilled, is just flesh and blood. I
\nneed to be more than a man. I need
\nto be a symbol.
\nALFRED
\nAnd why the symbol of the bat?
\nWAYNE
\nBats frighten me.
\n(slight smile)
\nAnd it’s time my enemies shared my
\ndread.<\/div>\n

This absolutely reeks of Year One, the<\/i> Year One, but of course, with a twist that can shock the casual Batman fan.<\/p>\n

The script litters itself with references galore to the comics, but without the self-mocking tone of a Daredevil<\/i> or the winkety-wink nature of a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen<\/i>. Therein lies its strength. If it’s made well, without the pompousness of the director or the actors ( Yes, that’s everyone I am accusing, right from Tim Burton to Arnold Schwarzenneger ) getting to their heads, if they stay faithful to the script, we have a winner!<\/p>\n

And the ending. *Sigh* Please leave it that way, boys.<\/p>\n

Let’s leave the little buggies the way they are, then. We shall now go and peruse Batman: The Hill<\/i>, and follow it up with Batman: Bullock’s Law<\/i>, and maybe the Birds of Prey<\/i> trade, then go home and complete the rest of the comics we have left on our hard-disk. Live long and prosper, you pesky little products of my own idiotic coding, you have been delivered by the Bat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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