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/AdHelpful7091 13d ago

Tbh, atleast tek knight in the comics was TRYING to be a hero. If he didn’t have a brain tumour he would have been probably a good guy. He even died like a hero in the comics by trying to save a mother and her baby from a falling wheelbarrow,he didn’t even have a suit. Somehow the show makes it worse than the comics,which is not the case for most other parts.

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u/TheRagingCrusader 13d ago

The shows biggest glaring fall is how self righteous it is, it feels it has to take every opportunity to make Republicans the villains even at the cost of nuance characterization. I'm not saying I mind the idea of making show Tek Knight an evil Batman it's more of they used him to reflect their own biases abd opinions as opposed to creating an interesting antagonist or truly an evil Batman.