batman the dark knight returns frank miller

The Dark Knight Universe is the reality of Earth-31, a parallel earth within the DC Multiverse. Best seen as a whole with part 2.For the reality seen in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight film trilogy, see: Nolanverse It's still a fun watch, particularly for comic fans, but it will likely leave some viewers wondering what the fuss is all about.

That's not the fault of the people who worked hard on this it's just that too much time has passed and this just can't have the same impact it would have had it been made 25 or 30 years ago. So the impact is lessened is what I'm saying. Batman as a character is now firmly established in the public consciousness as the grim & gritty Dark Knight, whereas at the time the source story was first released it was cutting edge stuff. The sad reality is this story has been copied and ripped off in various mediums since its release. Translating it faithfully word for word or picture for picture doesn't necessarily mean you can make it click the same way it did in another medium made at another time. It's hard to capture what made the comic work, particularly because so much of what worked was due to the time in which it came out. The voice work is solid but I miss Kevin Conroy's Batman. Christopher Drake's music is very nice and at times evokes a John Carpenter vibe that I liked. Instead it's fine for what it is but it isn't particularly impressive or stylish. I think this would have been better served had it also tried to match that art. The animation in that tried, despite its television limitations, to match the style of the Frank Miller/Klaus Janson artwork from the comic. One of them was an homage to The Dark Knight Returns.

There was an episode of the 1990s Batman cartoon that featured different stories told by kids about Batman. The animation is decent but I can't help being disappointed it isn't more stylized.

For the most part, it's faithful to the comic so no complaints there. This first part deals with Batman return to battle a gang known as the Mutants that is terrorizing Gotham, as well as the release of Harvey Dent (aka Two Face) from Arkham Asylum. It tells the story of how Bruce Wayne returning to being Batman after a ten year absence and how the world has changed without him.

The comic was highly influential on the direction of superhero comics over the last 30 years. First part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller's classic comic book miniseries, The Dark Knight Returns.

Batman the dark knight returns frank miller