Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
I don't get the ending at all (well besides the obvious parts that are said out loud).
I doubt many will. I don't either. We won't really know what the hell was going on until Morrison gives an interview detailing how brilliant and subtle he really is, revealing all sorts of stuff that even careful readers would never figure out.
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Originally posted by DigiMark007
I doubt many will. I don't either. We won't really know what the hell was going on until Morrison gives an interview detailing how brilliant and subtle he really is, revealing all sorts of stuff that even careful readers would never figure out.😬
Talk about being too clever for his own good.
Also, this solidifies Batman as the ultimate Mary Sue in comics.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
I doubt many will. I don't either. We won't really know what the hell was going on until Morrison gives an interview detailing how brilliant and subtle he really is, revealing all sorts of stuff that even careful readers would never figure out.😬
Originally posted by Val-E-Doosh
Tell us how you really feel.
Heh.
It's just always like this. I like Morrison less every time I read him, because he reeks when he isn't collected into story arcs, and I only know what's going on after the fact when I'm told what it was supposed to mean (beyond the basic plot, of course). That's not good storytelling. A story doesn't have to be confusing to be deep. Writers like Moore and Gaiman, whose legacy Morrison clearly wishes to follow, showed us that this is the case.
The problem about having an open end, which is a completely valid way to end a story, is that Batman won't end here. Not properly. One day this story will comeback and its multiplicity will be completely ruined. Every fan know this and is disappointed, because a great story that could've been its own continuity and a classic like DKR, will be completely thrashed and diminished by whats next.
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That and the fact that ambiguous actions scenes, like explosions and stuff, are the ultimate cliché of comics. After so much trouble you would say there was something better to write.
Originally posted by DigiMark007Agreed, after reading it I felt nothing at all. Neither moved, nor enthralled, nor did I even consider Batmans creation of an alternate personality badass. I just moved on to the next comic. Too much hype and not satisfying in the slightest. Truth be known I enjoyed the recent hush story in detective more than this supposed "granddaddy of all Batman tales".
Heh.It's just always like this. I like Morrison less every time I read him, because he reeks when he isn't collected into story arcs, and I only know what's going on after the fact when I'm told what it was supposed to mean (beyond the basic plot, of course). That's not good storytelling. A story doesn't have to be confusing to be deep. Writers like Moore and Gaiman, whose legacy Morrison clearly wishes to follow, showed us that this is the case.