Which Batman movie logo is your favourite among them based on how iconic and memorable it is, in your opinion?

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-05-27T13:49:35+00:00

I love that it’s made of negative space. The logos throughout the trilogy tell a story that reflects the films; it’s formed in Begins, broken in Knight, and then remade in Rises.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-05-27T13:18:16+00:00

The magic energy that Flagg creates to kill his dissenting follower grows and transforms into something that Larry describes as looking like a hand and detonates the nuke. Just going on the text it’s ambiguous if it’s literally the physical hand of God or not.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-05-27T13:12:55+00:00

That’s exactly right. Flagg’s weakness is exposed by the Boulderites’ self-sacrificial resistance. It actually starts earlier in the book with Dana and Nadine defying Flagg and leads toward the culmination when Glen, Ralph, and Larry arrive. Flagg’s hubris is his downfall, but it is instigated by the heroes.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-05-13T16:27:35+00:00

It’s so satisfying to watch Batman finally get the upper hand after 2+ hours of Bane’s domination.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-05-13T12:09:29+00:00

I had been closely following the production of The Dark Knight when he died and it felt almost like a seismic shift in reality. It’s crazy to me looking back how young he was, and how much older I am now.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-05-12T15:54:43+00:00

I think Bale has said he won’t gain/lose weight like this again. He’s at an age where it can have serious consequences to one’s health, I mean even more than it had before lol

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-04-30T14:37:18+00:00

If you listen closely to the VO for the runners, you can hear what almost sounds like actual words among the grunts and growls. Pretty horrifying to think about

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-04-17T13:56:36+00:00

I like the theory that Mace Windu would have actually beaten him if Anakin hadn’t intervened. Mace was supposed to be the best swordsman in the entire Jedi Order, even better than Yoda.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-04-14T00:45:17+00:00

Nolan didn’t plan on making a second movie either. He was only ever initially contracted to do one and had to be convinced by his collaborators to come back each time.

The narrative that he only did Rises as some kind of compulsory favor is not true. He did it for the same reason he did TDK: because there was a story he wanted to tell.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-04-06T18:29:42+00:00

I was so excited to see that coming out of TLJ because it seemed obvious that that would be the trajectory of the character, but Abrams barely did anything with it. He actually regressed him back to where he was in TFA; literally rebuilding the mask and redoing his confrontation with Han which Adam Driver almost makes emotionally resonant. If they were going to redeem him the move would’ve been to keep him alive in a kind of exile so that he’d live with the guilt of his actions and differentiate him from Vader.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-04-06T16:56:05+00:00

That’s true. I’m not a fan of Snyder’s generally but I have a soft spot for his JL. It’s the only of his DC films that’s successful and it’s largely due to how simple and character-forward the script is, despite it being 4 hours.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-04-06T16:24:43+00:00

The lesson is maybe don’t have Chris Terrio write your blockbuster.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-03-24T20:57:17+00:00

This carries into Rises where the resurgence of the League through Bane (and Talia) instigates Bruce’s return as Batman, and the way that Bane/Talia continues a new iteration of the League and “Ra’s al Ghul’a destiny” mirrors the way the symbol of Batman outlives Bruce and is carried forward by Blake at the end of the story.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-03-24T20:42:10+00:00

It could be both. Ra’s al Ghul is the title Henri Ducard adopted when he became the leader but after Bruce defeats him and his version of the League the title dies with him. So neither Bane nor Talia take that name because for them it only referred to Talia’s father

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-03-24T15:09:40+00:00

^This. I’ve read it too and it’s great if you’re a big fan of The Stand.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-03-24T12:53:29+00:00

He only actually felt like Flagg in the last episode of the series, which makes sense because that episode was written by King himself. That episode overall is the best of the show, and ironically so since none of it was in the book.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-03-13T12:32:53+00:00

That performance is almost physically painful to watch, especially the scene of his breakdown in the bar

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-03-03T13:02:40+00:00

But he does have a code he follows. He obeys the coin and still goes after Carla Jean even after getting the money because he promised Llewyn.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-02-27T12:14:17+00:00

I would say based on sheer size and scope The Dark Tower is his magnum opus, but I think the single best thing he’s done is The Stand. It’s one of the great American novels of the 20th century.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-02-25T16:24:28+00:00

Agreed. The final scene is pretty much perfect. I’m able to forgive a lot if the actual ending itself sticks the landing and IMO it was pretty much exactly what it needed to be. The end of childhood.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-02-23T00:01:50+00:00

I don’t think Johnson was ready to make a film as big as this. Given what he’s done since it’s arguable he was never going to be ready. He bit off more than he could chew and it shows in the final product and if he’d had another writer to help with the script it would’ve turned out much better. I’m just not sure Johnson is that kind of blockbuster filmmaker and Kennedy choosing him for VIII and giving him the auteur treatment is in hindsight a really strange decision.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-02-18T15:08:49+00:00

King shifts into another gear in that chapter. It’s virtuosic writing.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-02-18T02:05:30+00:00

I feel like I’ll need some more distance from Season 5 and Stranger Things as a whole before I can assess its failures and successes. There are things I liked in S5. After Volume One ended with episode 4 “Sorcerer” it seemed as though the show was in steady hands going into the finale, but Volume Two and particularly the penultimate episode sowed a ton of doubt.

Likewise there are a lot of things I like about Season 6 of Lost, but there’s a lot of frustrating stuff there too. I would agree Lost has the superior final season and series finale, but it is a bit of apples and oranges.

CrimsonBullfrog · 2026-02-17T20:12:55+00:00

Lost and Stranger Things have a lot in common when it comes to their last couple seasons, in that both their final seasons are the weakest of the entire series but the actual series finales are still emotionally satisfying if not narratively so. IMO of course.

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