…And now, some product placement.
Over the weekend, I saw ‘Batman: Gotham by Gaslight’
animated movie, and I…recommend it. It is good. It has all the main components
of a Batman movie, animated or otherwise. It has romance between Bruce &
Selina, (apparently, this corner of DCEU is on a Batman/Catwoman, not a
Batman/Wonder Woman, kick). It has both the appropriate accuracy to the
original ‘Gotham by Gaslight’ miniseries and its’ own original content. (Seriously,
look at the original comics – they are quite different from this movie). It has
mystery – seriously, the revelation of who is really ‘Jack the Ripper’ in this
corner of DCEU is actually more surprising than you could expect from an
animated movie; ‘Batman’, after all, is the World’s Greatest Detective, so some
whodunit isn’t inappropriate in his franchise.
…On that topic, I do believe that Bruce here has quoted
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, so some in-universe amalgamation was in
play here as well. Neat – and so’s the technical side of the movie, it was
professionally done as well. Double kudos for team DC here as well.
Anything else? The plot worked, if you have not figured it
out before, and ‘Batman: Gotham by Gaslight’ is simply fun to watch. The canon
characters involved in this movie, such as Ivy, Hugo Strange and Harvey Dent,
(though in this case, it’s possible that a different character entirely became
Two-Face here), also fit quite as well, as does the zeitgeist – the end of the
19th century, pre-WWI era. Yay.
…But as for details and specifics, I think I will pass.
Spoiler issues – not everyone has watched the movie yet, so no details either.
You want to know them? Watch the film, and good luck!
…That is it for now, see you all soon!
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