Author: Imperial Group_Day.)
The film Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, released a teaser trailer at DC FanDome. The film focuses on the young Bruce Wayne, who had just become Batman and was furious and wanted to take revenge on the criminals of Gotham City. It has been confirmed that Carmen Falcone, Penguin Man, Riddler Man, and Catwoman will appear in the film.
Friends familiar with the comics may be able to see the shadows of "Batman: The First Year" and "Batman: The Long Halloween" from the trailer. When the media asked the film's director and screenwriter, Matt Reeves which comic book the film was inspired by, Matt Reeves replied, "It's Batman: Ego. I wanted to get into the character's mindset and speculate on his psychology. For me, I think the coldest, deepest story is Batman: Self. ”
Compared with works such as "Deadly Joke" and "Silence", the popularity of "Batman: Self" is not high. Published in 2000, the comic, by Darwin Cook, doesn't focus on how Batman confronts the vicious villain, but instead does a small thing that gets Bruce Wayne to re-examine himself and examine Batman.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the story at the beginning of the comic</h1>
The story of Batman: Self begins with Bruce Wayne's monologue:
Just at this moment, in the cold and darkness, I felt lost. In this city that defines itself, they almost crush me, the fears I carry and face.
The Joker killed 27 people at the charity ball. Pain, death, people in Gotham seem to have gotten used to these things, and Batman is even more so. It took Batman 27 hours to catch the Joker, and he was stabbed twice. Batman throws the bundled Joker into the police station, and all that's left is to recover $400,000 in stolen money from a man named Buster.
Gotham is big, but Buster isn't big enough to slip away from Batman. Batman had already met Buster last night, when he persuaded him to confess the Joker's whereabouts, but then he decided to abscond.
Batman had been standing on a towering bridge ready to ambush Buster, but felt a weakness in his knees, and the wound he had bandaged before was cracked. Batman was distracted, something like that he'd been doing for three years, but what had he changed got to Gotham? The only thing that seems to have changed seems to be himself. As he pondered, as he stared at the moving vehicle, he saw Buster. But Buster, who was supposed to flee, parked his car by the side of the road and climbed out of the car and climbed toward the saddle.
Batman thought That Buster was hiding the stolen money on the bridge, but he soon realized that things were not what he thought, and Buster was trying to cut himself off. As Buster jumps, Batman wraps a rope around Buster's ankle from a distance, and he jumps from the other direction of the saddle, enduring severe pain, but the two are safe after all.
Buster saw Batman, realized that he had saved himself, and then pulled out a pistol and pointed it at him, scolding: "You threatened me last night and said you were going to throw me down, but now you stop me from jumping?" What do you crazy people think! Batman was already so close to Buster, so close that he was almost at gunpoint, saying, "The Joker has been arrested, you're safe." ”
Buster didn't shoot, but kept saying, "Safety? Who do you think you're dealing with? How many times have you caught him, and which one didn't let him run? Someone told me that the Joker knew that I had betrayed him, and he said that he would come to visit me and my family when he came out... Batman, your so-called justice is nothing more than your wishful thinking, and you can't save me and my family after all. The more Buster spoke, the more excited he became: "I can't imagine what would happen to my wife and daughter in the hands of that madman... So I killed them with my own hands! ”
At this point, he turned the muzzle of his gun to his head and said, "We see you in hell, you masked lunatic!" Then he pulled the trigger and died in front of Batman's eyes. Buster's death was completely unexpected by Batman, and in the face of this situation, he had little to do but fall into endless self-blame.
What have I done?
On the drive back to the Batcrow, Batman also thinks of Dr. Hugo's analysis of him, when he was observing as Bruce Wayne. Hugo believes that Batman craves fame, but it will only happen when this person plays Batman, because Batman suffers from schizophrenia and is a dual personality guy. Thinking of this, Batman's ear heard Buster's words before he died: "We see you in hell, you masked lunatic!" ”
Back in the Batcoop, Batman takes off his mask, and now he's Bruce Wayne. Bruce prayed to his parents and told buster about him. Whenever he encountered any difficulty before, he would think of his parents, and the spirit they left behind would always cheer Bruce up and show him direction. This time, too, for a moment, the demon that was wrapped around him left, and Bruce seemed to have 20 years of peace, but in fact, this feeling only lasted for 20 seconds.
But with a sudden "stupid" sound, Bruce wakes up from a beautiful hallucination, when a demon-like Batman appears on the supercomputer screen of the Batcup. Batman on the screen says to Bruce, "Do you think you know what pain is?" You coward. I want you to see what real pain is. ”
Bruce didn't know what was going on, but when fear filled his heart, Bruce knew that he was facing himself.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Batman's self-examination</h1>
The above is the opening plot of Batman: Self, which accounts for about a quarter of all content. Confronted with the diabolical Batman, Bruce Wayne thought it was an illusion created by the scarecrow's nerve gas. But the demon did not disappear due to Bruce's calmness, but instead left the screen and appeared next to Bruce. Then the demon takes Bruce back into the past, reminiscing about his childhood with his parents, and then recalling the night he lost his parents...
The story of Batman: Self is not long, but it is well worth reading. In a story where there is no battle of wits and courage with villains, all the plot arrangement is to dissect Batman's heart. Bruce Wayne in the comics has been Batman for three years, and the reason for becoming a vigilante is to fight violence with violence, Bruce Wayne bears fear and anger, and has a darker heart than a criminal.
At first, Batman's role can be said to be immediate, but soon new problems arise - the average criminal is shocked, and Gotham City has another group of crazy people. In the past, criminals burned and looted only for profit, but people like clowns used crime as fun.
The manga explores many issues of principle through the way of conversation, such as the "no-kill principle", which is quite topical among the fan base. Bruce Wayne believes that Batman must not kill, his hands should not be stained with blood, and "not killing" can be said to be his bottom line. Demon Batman shows Bruce countless skeletons. Buster died in Front of Bruce's eyes today, and who knows how many people his principle of no-kill has indirectly killed?
"Aren't we creating monsters?" This is another voice in Bruce's heart.
The full title of "Batman: Self" is "Ego: A Psychotic Slide into the Heart of Darkness", and it can be seen from the name that the comic will focus on Batman's inner world, and the word "Psychotic" does not shy away from identifying the psychological problems that Batman is facing. Compared with the confrontation with Gotham's villain, seeing a person die in front of him becomes the fuse that makes Batman's heart collapse, and also makes him have to face the darkest side of his heart.
Matt Reeves's "Batman" also tells the story of Bruce Wayne's debut as Batman, the film is two years to become Batman, the comic is three years, and the mentality of Bruce in the two works is likely to be very similar. At this time, Bruce is young and vigorous, full of hatred for criminals, and very angry. Filming begins with the title "Vengeance," and the trailer also features a passage in which Batman answers "I'm Vengeance" after being asked "Who are you?"
In the face of the rising vigilantes, ordinary criminals will feel fear, while the real evil people will become more powerful and degenerate into the supervillains of Gotham City. The trailer features two messages of "To Batman," once a greeting card and once a hostage who appears to be strapped to a bomb. When Batman implements his righteousness of countering violence with violence, the reaction of sanctions gives birth to the Riddle Man and the Penguin Man. Gotham will have more bloodshed, which should be the reality that Bruce Wayne had to face in the movie "Batman".
"Batman: Self" has a lot of monologues, and after that, it is almost always a dialogue between his two personalities and two identities. The movie "Batman" certainly can't be presented in this way, and in addition to the fact that the film should leave enough room for the villain to perform, I don't think that the character monologue is a good way to present the psychological activities of the characters. SuperHero movies have been on fire for so many years, and I think everyone knows that these movies can't be made directly according to the comics, and how Matt Reeves, who is responsible for the writing and directing of "Batman", will present the main theme of the comic book "Batman: Self" in the movie is worth the expectations of fans.