I'm Reading Your Stuff: General News and Discussion Thread

[BigBatTheory]

The Arkham murder-suicide has to be a part of the plot at some point. It's one thing to say Martha dealt with mental illness but the murder suicide is so specific and heavy. Is there any comic where this idea comes up? If not, then it has to be something he intended to follow up, right?? I'm not finding anything from a google but who knows if it's something Matt gleamed in a deep dive and thought would be a fun thing to sprinkle in lol

 

[solidsnake86]

Would I be alone in thinking that we may get both Hush and Hugo Strange here? Hush getting the primary focus but Hugo is the overarching villain in the background.

Nope, I could definitely see this happening. If we do get Hugo Strange, I do think we get another villain that has some visual flair. Hugo doesn't really have that. I did see someone suggest Mahershala Ali, since we know he was speculated to be up for Gordon at some point, which would be excellent for Hugo. But who knows if he's still holding out hope for blade. I do think Batman does need a physical challenge in a villain this time around.

 

[solidsnake86]

The Arkham murder-suicide has to be a part of the plot at some point. It's one thing to say Martha dealt with mental illness but the murder suicide is so specific and heavy. Is there any comic where this idea comes up? If not, then it has to be something he intended to follow up, right?? I'm not finding anything from a google but who knows if it's something Matt gleamed in a deep dive and thought would be a fun thing to sprinkle in lol

If Matt was truly planting seeds in the first film, I think this is exactly what he will explore more of as it relates to Martha. The comment of deeper corruption that Bruce finds out about would have to be related to this. Maybe it actually wasn't a murder-suicide and was staged? Did Martha witness this? Was the Arkham family behind it?

That would be unexplored territory which none of us would have seen before.

 

[Johnny Frost]

The Arkham murder-suicide has to be a part of the plot at some point. It's one thing to say Martha dealt with mental illness but the murder suicide is so specific and heavy. Is there any comic where this idea comes up? If not, then it has to be something he intended to follow up, right?? I'm not finding anything from a google but who knows if it's something Matt gleamed in a deep dive and thought would be a fun thing to sprinkle in lol

The thing about Martha's parents is taken from Earth One, they go into a little more detail in vol. 3 where a supposed "Arkham Curse" is mentioned that makes the Arkhams crazy, Clayface pretends to be Adrian Arkham, Bruce's grandfather who everyone thought had been killed by his wife.

 

[WatchProtect]

Only joking with this but, this is the last week until a month has passed regarding Reeves saying he’d share things in the “Coming Weeks Ands Months” again not being too literal but maybe?

 

[Boom]

I'm not expecting much until December. Would be happy to be wrong though!

 

[BigBatTheory]

Halloween post?

 

[BatsAndNights]

Only joking with this but, this is the last week until a month has passed regarding Reeves saying he’d share things in the “Coming Weeks Ands Months” again not being too literal but maybe?

We'll find out when Matt has something to share, it's that simple. I'd assume production is very early days still

 

[TheGDBatman]

Only joking with this but, this is the last week until a month has passed regarding Reeves saying he’d share things in the “Coming Weeks Ands Months” again not being too literal but maybe?

I mean, technically months are made up of weeks

 

[BigBatTheory]

Matt talked about how Batman is on a case when things open, and that Bruce is having a hard time being Batman at the start of the film, as things have become a lot more gray; he's grappling with the role of Batman in Gotham, where it's become less clear to him who the real bad guys are (presumably referring to the police being revealed as corrupt and even more citizens desperately turning to crime for survival after the flood). A possible opening scene based on this info might have Batman taking on a group of robbers, who are quickly revealed to be mostly just stealing food. I could see Batman gliding down and tackling someone, just to send cans of food scattering across the street, with the robber looking at him in fear in a way that parallels how the civilian he saved on the subway station looked at him. It would be a really efficient way to establish his doubts about being Batman and lead really easily into Bruce donating money to Bella Real's anti-corruption task force.

 

[Mindreaper21]

Matt talked about how Batman is on a case when things open, and that Bruce is having a hard time being Batman at the start of the film, as things have become a lot more gray; he's grappling with the role of Batman in Gotham, where it's become less clear to him who the real bad guys are (presumably referring to the police being revealed as corrupt and even more citizens desperately turning to crime for survival after the flood). A possible opening scene based on this info might have Batman taking on a group of robbers, who are quickly revealed to be mostly just stealing food. I could see Batman gliding down and tackling someone, just to send cans of food scattering across the street, with the robber looking at him in fear in a way that parallels how the civilian he saved on the subway station looked at him. It would be a really efficient way to establish his doubts about being Batman and lead really easily into Bruce donating money to Bella Real's anti-corruption task force.

I like where you’re going with this. I also think that the grey area also has to do with the main villain and possibly supporting characters as well.

A similar scene that would be good is for Batman to pounce upon someone stealing food only to realize that they’re just trying to feed their family.

Things like this will not only challenge his perception, but it also helps him to develop what sort of hero he wants to be. In this film, he could learn different aspects of being a hero. I’d also love to hear him speak on this in his journal.