Batman- The Dark Knight Returns (1)

I remember I was still in school when I got this comic- Batman Returns. It came in 4 episodes, so I bought all 4 & subsequently sold them off after reading because the Batman in this interpretation was a senior figure who puffed & panted along the way. I wasn't into that kind of hero but the plot was awesome, to say the least. A futuristic setting & final showdown between the all-powerful Superman & the powerless Batman. But the earthling came out victorious, the Kryptonian should have known better; Batman always has a plan because he knows he has nothing in terms of extraordinary strength. 

Anyway, I was moved to buy the animated interpretation of this comic because it came to me that I am quickly heading into senior citizenship. According to human geography, I am past the mid-way mark of the average life expectancy here (in this country). When you age, whatever extras you have in you (strength, wisdom, mobility, etc...) will be eclipsed by degeneration. The fact that the aging Bruce Wayne had to come out of retirement & fight his incapacity to answer a calling speaks a lot about the human will. I am trying to muster enough courage now to answer a personal calling- to leave this profession & move on.

Dark Knight... rises (spoiler alert)

It's a Batman movie, the concluding Christian Bale instalment. As in any movie interpretations, staying on the original comic plot is purely optional. As such, Bane's chemical sustenance mechsnism is purely adaptive, don't expect a Hulk-like Bane as depicted in the comics. Are your waiting to see an all-out Batman assault on the evil that encroached Gotham? You get liberal doses because this episode is about soul-searching more than Batman per se, about a semi-crippled millionaire who became a recluse because the world before him crumbled beyond repair, about a depressed boyfriend who made-believe his deceased squeeze had chosen him instead of another crime-busting entity (moral of the story- just die, don't leave others with false hopes). But as Alfred reminded him, it's his world, the real world moved on...

Don't bother staying after the credits to watch any sneaks- none on offer. However, the concluding bit alluded to the coming of a new Batman with a sidekick. No prizes for guessing who that sidekick will be. It's more than 2.5hrs long, remember to switch your bladders to reservoir mode.

Pico, pico...

In the mean time, Batman was at my residence with this delivery...

Watching over

Deep in the recesses of Tone Central, the Dark Knight watches over habitual attempts to disarray the generation of pure tone. Tone fiends will only discover the futility of their confrontation.