Comments on: The Philosophy of Batman

By: Nym Lotay

Nym Lotay — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:16:50 +0000

awesome input – great stuff – the Dark knight is a real catch 22!!

By: ViperOne

ViperOne — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:21:36 +0000

Is it just me, or are there some holes in the Batman movies. Like, why does Batman try so hard to “not kill” the joker, but has no problem trashing lower peons. Example: who were the guys driving the dump truck that Batman plows his batmobile into and smashes into the ceiling in an admittedly very cool scene. And in Batman Begins, is it just me or does the microwave emitter still make it into the basement of wayne tower which would actually set all that gas into the air anyways. It just enters in a more fiery way than planned. The other plot holes aren’t actually philosophic, they’re just stupid.
PS: what kind of stupidity led him to put his tumbler in front of an RPG instead of just shooting the back of the semi with a missile and getting it to stop or something. And why did those morons not just drive the swat trucks through that GIGANTIC gap between the flaming semi and the barricade, or even failing that, go around onto the other blocked off highway. I’m not even gonna dig into the other multiple plot holes or character stupidity but those are almost dealbreaker mistakes on the movie. How everyone can blindly ignore them is beyond me.

By: Gab

Gab — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:32:03 +0000

Well, I just read _The Dark Knight Returns_ by Frank Miller last week, and I don’t know… I don’t want to spoil anything, but there *is* a moment in there where Batman has the opportunity to stop something big and doesn’t. But that’s a tough call and hard to debate/reason through without spoiling, so meh…

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:43:25 +0000

I think any DC writer would have made Batman drag Ghul to safety. No matter what horrific mass murders his enemies commit, Batman has an incorruptible Code. I give Chris Nolan a pass, though – it really doesn’t bother me too much. But in my mind, Batman will not let anyone die if he can possibly prevent it.

By: pmilleroly27

pmilleroly27 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:10:40 +0000

You should bring up the contradiction about how Batman let’s Ra’s al Ghul die, but then saves the joker? Then again I think he pushed the Joker off the building that must be why he saved him. I see, but for experiment one I actually think Batman would switch it to the track with one person and then do everything he can to save the other person left. Because Batman typically tries to saves as many lives as he can.

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By: Gab

Gab — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:11:06 +0000

Regel: No. I’m not a psych, but still. The answer is pretty obvious.

1) Forrest Gump is actually one of the LEAST morally ambiguous characters in a starring/ title role. When he sees something, he immediately decides whether it’s right or wrong, and he is completely unwavering in that decision. Ex: By calling his company Bubba Gump Shrimp and giving his dead friend’s family a “proper share”, he was honoring the idea/promise he and Bubba came up with together in the most extreme way- pretty much anyone else would maybe, at most, have said, “This is in HONOR of my friend,” or something, but not given their family a stake in the company. 2)Forrest’s mother smothered him, if anything, from what we can tell, so I don’t think he was lonely at all.

By: Regel

Regel — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:25:08 +0000

Forrest Gump…lol. Does his moral ambiguity stem from a spoiled, lonely upbringing? Psych readers discuss….Go.

By: nickcamero

nickcamero — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:46:44 +0000

Maybe batman started having bad dreams after he killed Ra’s, like post traumatic stress or something.

By: Gab

Gab — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:18:33 +0000

I don’t own it yet, but I immediately thought of this and its related posts when I was sent this link by a friend:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Batman-and-Philosophy/William-Irwin/e/9780470270301/?itm=1