From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: daibhidchenedelh@aol.com
Subject: Re: New American series
On 13 Oct 2012, James Kuyper wrote:
> It isn't the continuity that's the issue; it seems as though no one
> can make more than a few Batman movies before the next one has to
> start all over again with his origin story. I can understand a
> creative person feeling that they want to write about a Batman so
> different from the previous ones that his origin story must have been
> significantly different - but that doesn't mean you have to re-tell
> that story. All you have to do is put a reference to the differences
> in your new story. If you want to re-use the name "Batman", then you
> should be able to count on most of your audience being familiar with
> (and maybe even a little tired of) the origin story, and get on with
> some completely new story of your own.
That seems like a different issue to what Your Name was saying though.
And I'd agree ... with the caveat that Batman Begins was all *about* the
differences in the origin story. It's a completely new story (mostly)
which has been irretrevably interwined with "Parents shot, went off to
train himself to the peak of physical and mental ability so he could beat
up criminals".
You can't just say "Oh yes, he trained with Ra's Al Ghul" when Ra's shows
up, you need to establish it properly. And a film that actually follows
Bruce's time abroad training is actually a very different take than
Burton's, which has a single flashback to establish "Ever danced with the
devil?" (The problem, of course, is when Batman arrives back in the US,
and both films start riffing off Miller's Year One. That does get a bit
repetitive.)
--
Dave
The problems in this world are not caused by those who love.
They're caused by those who hate.
--Arthur, King of Time and Space.
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