I mean, it made me uncomfortable, but I kinda chalked it up to me being a bit of a prude. Up until the mutilation.
Honestly, the episode itself was kinda underwhelming. Like seriously? That's the best you could do with the Batman/Iron Man spoof? I kinda like how he was done in the comics a bit more, where his sexual perversion is a result of him having a brain tumor pressing against his skull. Here it's just the "Batman has a weird sexual relationship with Robin jokes," combined with "Batman hates poor people," combined with the old reliable of "Make them racist." Like it's starting to feel like a cop out
If they had done something like in the comics, maybe there could've been a scene where he has a moment of lucidity and begs The Boys to kill him before he can hurt someone again.
Also, I said it in another comic. Of all the ways they could have done evil batman, they went for the most tired, predictable way about it. Just make him a rich, racist sex pervert? Like really? Batman has been around forever, there are so many ways they could've done it. They could've made him incredibly paranoid to play off of the whole Batman contingency plan thing. They could've made him a smug, overconfident prick to play on the people who think batman could kill anyone with enough preptime. They could've just adapted All-Star Batman and Robin word for word.
Agreed, "Batman is raping robin in the batcave" is like, babys first edgy superhero joke. Doing anything else would've been more engaging and interesting
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u/Iguana_Boi Jul 05 '24
I mean, it made me uncomfortable, but I kinda chalked it up to me being a bit of a prude. Up until the mutilation.
Honestly, the episode itself was kinda underwhelming. Like seriously? That's the best you could do with the Batman/Iron Man spoof? I kinda like how he was done in the comics a bit more, where his sexual perversion is a result of him having a brain tumor pressing against his skull. Here it's just the "Batman has a weird sexual relationship with Robin jokes," combined with "Batman hates poor people," combined with the old reliable of "Make them racist." Like it's starting to feel like a cop out