Magneto: hero or Villain? When we think of villains there are several that quickly come to mind. For Batman there is the Joker‚ Superman has Lex Luthor as his great revel‚ and Spider-Man fights the Green Goblin. Yet no other character is as complex as the X-Men’s villain‚ Magneto. From they very beginning of the comic series there has not been a person that has crossed the line between hero and villain as much as Magneto. Even though he has helped and saved the X- men on several occasions. What
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BATPERSON AND ROBBIE: CUTE MEAT (Curzon) [This one-act was selected as a runner-up in a contest at Actors Theater of Santa Cruz and performed there in 2002. Also given a staged at First Stage‚ Los Angeles‚ 2002.] CHARACTERS: (2) BATPERSON‚ in Batman costume ROBBIE‚ in Robin costume VOICE‚ offstage‚ possibly pre-recorded‚ male or female SETTING: Two airplane seats side by side. Two chairs will suffice. (Batperson is sitting in his seat reading a flight magazine. After a little while‚ Robbie
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television and we did not have as many channels to watch. Now‚ cartoons can be seen 24 hours a day on numerous channels. There were and still are a great number of superhero characters but perhaps the most popular in my opinion were and still are Superman‚ Batman and Spider-Man. I was recently doing some You
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Fiona Lai Ian Ross Eng 1C- 119 July 21‚ 2011 Super Hero in Reality In this novel‚ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay‚ written by Michael Chabon‚ is trying to illustrate Joe Kavalier as a manifestation of a superhero in the form of a mortal. Joe Kavalier is one of the comic book artists who escaped from Nazi Germany when he was fourteen. Throughout the novel‚ Joe unknowingly personifies a masked superhero. His experiences emulate those of a super hero and he attempts to save the lives
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In their essay‚ “Should Batman kill the Joker?” New York Times writers Mark D. White and Robert Arp observe that many messages and topics in pop culture can also be seen in the real world. They show this by referencing three real world ethic principles and applying them to the fictional topic of whether or not Batman should kill the Joker. The authors reference utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics‚ weighing the pros and cons of killing the Joker. Utilitarianism would favor killing the Joker
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The Dark Knight Trilogy 1. Call To Adventure A key part of the Batman movies is that when Bruce was young‚ he fell into an empty well filled with bats and developed a major phobia of them. Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents get murdered by a mugger by the name of Joe Chill when he was young. After years of being raised by his butler‚ Alfred‚ he decides that he is going to kill Joe Chill before he testifies against Mob Boss Falcone. At the courthouse‚ Bruce stands and waits‚ gun in hand. He
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Christopher Nolan‚ who co wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC comics character Batman‚ the film is the final installment in Nolan’s Batman film trilogy‚ and the sequel of Batman Begins (2005) and the Dark Knight (2008). Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne (Batman)‚ with a returned cast of his allies: Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth‚ Gary Olman as James Gordon‚ and Morgan Freeman as Lucious Fox. The film introduces
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years of retirement‚ Bruce Wayne is having a hard time suppressing the inner voices that call out for Batman to return the world of fighting crime. As the Mutants rapidly consume Gotham City with violence‚ Bruce Wayne’s internal struggle to restrain Batman becomes increasingly harder. With police officers failing to protect their citizens‚ Bruce Wayne is faced with the decision of unleashing Batman to save Gotham City or letting the city become overrun by the Mutants. In both the graphic novel written
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101-16 Assignment #4 In this closing scene of The Dark Knight‚ Gordon and Batman use cause and effect to justify lying to the general public about the events that took place that resulted in the deaths of five citizens of Gotham. Batman believes that if the word gets out that the Joker corrupted the once heroic police captain Harvey Dent‚ then all of the inspirational work Dent accomplished would stand for nothing. Batman further explains that the people deserve to have their faith rewarded‚ and
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hopes and fears‚ as well as our highest aspirations‚ and that they can help us deal with our worst nightmares. They chart out questions we’ll all have to face in the future. And they shed new light on our present condition.” (2). Two such superheroes‚ Batman and Superman‚ shed light on our dissonance and disagreement. They fight crime‚ sometimes even together‚ but have very different methods and beliefs regarding their missions. In America‚ we have similar polarization; sometimes we believe we simply
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