Why Batman is the Best
I was at my sister's graduation ceremony today at IU, and the inspirational speaker there for that day was Michael Uslan himself! 😱 I had no idea that he was an IU alumni before this. Anyways, for the people who don't know who Michael Uslan is, he was the first person ever to create a comic book course at a college in history. He thinks of them as Greek and Roman gods that still exist to this day, except they are in capes and tights. He was also talking about his experience with Stan Lee and all this stuff about how he worked at DC as well. He has written numerous Batman comics over the years. He always wanted to persue his dream, and his dream was to produce a Batman movie that gave him back his birthright. Meaning he wanted to show a darker, scarier version of Batman that Bob Kane wanted to have in the beggining, rather than the tongue-and-cheek version that was portrayed by Adam West. He went to every studio and heard the same thing over and over. "Michael you're insane. People don't want to see another Batman movie that's just a goof off..." etc. After ten years of persistence, he finally caught a break and produced the Batman movie he always wanted to do (Batman 89). Since then, he has produced many other films and also executive produced Batman Begins. His message was to never give up your dreams. You'll be rejected a lot. You're going to have doors slam in your face. The best thing to do, is to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock again at other doors until your knuckles bleed. He also said to follow your dream and to pick something that you absolutely love for a job. A job that you can wake up to on a rainy Monday morning and say, "Man, I can't wait until I get to work today!" Always follow your dream job and never let a few rejections stop you. Anyways, he threw in there, that Batman is obviously his favorite. He said that "Any comic book geek would tell you that Batman doesn't posses any real super powers. He can't crawl up walls like Spider-man or leap tall buildings in a single bound like Superman. What Batman does posses, though, is a commitment in a belief that 'one person can make a difference in the world.' That's his greatest super power." I thought he was an awesome inspirational speaker and was very interesting. BATMAN RULES! 🤘