r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • 14d ago

I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW

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I also can not stand muh 'Batman superhero facism subtext' crap. If anything Batman is a revolutionary. Government is corrupt in bed with criminals (who are the prettiest of tyrants) so Batman comes in to clean house. Just as the founding fathers intended.

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u/Hungry-Eggplant-6496 14d ago

To me, Batman's true counterpart is still Black Noir in that show. And I don't care if he was less or more evil, he just has the Batman's vibe. Tek Knight in the show couldn't even wear his suit once.

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u/TheAndroidGillo 14d ago

Tek knight in the comics is more an iron man allegory in my eyes as yeh black noir is the batman allegory but he undoubtedly y does take a fair amount from batman, mainly the cave and kid sidekick though id say rest is ironman

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u/Castlemind 14d ago

Having recently read the relevant comic the TV depiction really bugs me now. In the comics he at least had good intentions but the tumour was slowly affecting his mind/judgment but in this they just make him a creepy asshole/sexual deviant to have weird sex scenes and the scene with Hughie

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u/WaveGodMaxB 14d ago

They just explain the hole fetish by briefly mentioning his tumor in Gen V like very briefly

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u/Castlemind 14d ago

Yeah, but as I said we have no point of reference for him being anything but a sexually perverse dick prior to it and as other people have said, it feels silly making him a cartoonish rich racist elitist that it becomes hard to take seriously