Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)

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Rating: 4.8/5

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Instant Comments:
1a: what? this guy is dumb (arranges for Joker a spot on tv)
1a: wait what. is Superman stopping the train better than just lifting the guy out of danger?
1a: hmm. does Superman not think for himself? is he just the government's lapdog? ("you have to go back into retirement. you're upsetting too many people")
1a: "We are criminals, Clark. [...] The only difference is you have a boss."
1a: what a hypocrite. it's not like Clark went back to space
1a: thus far she's been listening to what he says, but when will she disobey (seems typical of a Robin to occasionally disobey). though I feel they made her seem quite young (being picked up from school, perhaps that's high school, but staying out at night, wouldn't that have to be college?); maybe she just seems young because she's small sized compared to Bruce [so her fictional character biography on Wikipedia says she's 13, and the reason she's able to be out at night is that "she appears to have rather ignorant and neglectful parents."]
1a: hehe. he's always telling her a condition and threatening to fire her
1a: hehe. for reals? everyone is being taken out and she tells two people to rush Batman? the one person's reaction is how a normal person should react
1a: wait... what... they shot each other (friendly fire)
1a: hehe. joker kills the doctor (and everyone in the room)
1a: meanwhile the new commissioner is wasting effort trying to catch Batman, wtf
1a: hehe. reconfigured the voice recognition
1b: resumed at the 27 minute mark
1b: hehe. throws three batarangs, one which goes into Joker's eye. Batman has reached the point that preservation has kind of gone out the window
1b: Joker recgonizes this anormality ("Are you out of your mind!?!")
1b: "I'm through playing games" Batman replies
1b: I'm surprised Joker isn't screaming in pain.
1b: of course of all people, the Joker lands a shot (a kind of plot armor; when it's convenient); and in reverse, of all the people Batman has beaten up so easily, what makes beating Joker harder?
1b: Batman makes a statement about how many people he's killed by letting Joker lived, Joker says he hasn't kept count, Batman says he has, Joker says he knows this... it's tense
1b: Man, in this position, I think an interesting kill here would be driving the batarang through the head. If Batman is saying he's finally going to kill the Joker and goes through with it, that'll be a crazy way
1b: Dang. The Joker finishes himself off.
1b: I forgot to mention earlier how he seemed to have purposely bumped the Commisioner on his way out of Kyle Escorts, and here he's sure to deliver her a blow again
1b: I see. they made him hesitate at even putting his finger into the gun trigger. which is interesting cause he wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger of a grappling hook
1b: Huh. why would Superman be affected in this way? (the blast radiation made him weak)
1b: what? Superman pulls some kind of Earth absorption thing, perhaps like his sun cells 1b: Batman back on his feet already
1b: she realizes what Jim had said to her, "He's too big."
1b: What? Why would the president still see Batman as a nuisance. He's helping maintain order in his city
1b: "Figure I will"
1b: "You know what my orders are." "Your orders?"
1b: How is it that Batman has more brains than Superman?
1b: At least perhaps Superman has some decency. Batman's mouth area is open but Superman doesn't target it. Unless Superman is in on the plan
1b: Dang. Green Arrow can fire arrows with one arm?
1b: Wow. Pulled back with his teeth
1b: I want you to remember the one man who beat you.
1b: Oh wow. I couldn't bear to detonate my own home. What sacrifice.
1b: Hehe. That wink.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013) Jay Oliva. 76 min

Relevant Links:
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (IMDb.com)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (RottenTomatoes.com)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (Wikipedia.org)