Zack Snyder he recently once again defended his decision to make Batman a killer in the DC films he made. Now Batman writer Grant Morrison he’s responding to the director and explaining why Snyder is wrong. Before we dive into that, I’ll share what Snyder said while he was a guest on The Joe Rogen Experience:
“People always say, ‘Batman can’t kill.’ So Batman can’t kill is canon. And I say, ‘Okay, well, the first thing I want to do when you say something like that is see what happens.’ And they say, “Well, don’t put him in a situation where he has to kill someone.” I say, ‘Well, it’s just like you’re protecting your God in a weird way, right? You’re making your God irrelevant.’”
As you know, Snyder’s DC films have seen Ben Affleck he plays a violent, jaded version of Batman who had no problem killing people. Morrison wasn’t happy with these comments and took to his Substack to share his thoughts on the matter and explain why Snyder is wrong and how the director missed the entire point of the Batman code:
“I was reading how director Zack Snyder thinks Batman should kill as part of the character’s self-imposed mission to stop crime. [If] If Batman killed his enemies, he would become the Joker and Commissioner Gordon would have to lock him up!”
Batman has always been a violent vigilante who strikes fear into the hearts of criminals by beating them to death and intimidating them. But, if Batman actually killed…that wouldn’t make him any better than the villains he’s pitting himself against. He has always had a code that prevents him from crossing the line.
Morrison goes on to explain why Batman killing someone was opposed to the character as a whole. His code is the key to understanding Bruce Wayne’s trauma. He says:
“The fact that Batman puts himself in danger every night but steadfastly refuses to kill is an essential element of the character’s magnificent, horrific childhood psychosis.”
ScreenRant goes on to add the following comment: “Morrison writes, speaking of the hero’s code of honor that has been locked away since he was a child. In a certain sense, Bruce Wayne never emerged from that “childish” state, remaining forever in the role of the boy who lost his parents in Crime Alley. Morrison describes him as “fundamental to (Batman’s) greatness as a fictional adventure hero!” Isn’t it obvious?’”
What do you think of these two different opinions on the Batman code?
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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