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Will people, for example, call those who do anything other than transcribe the verbal twitches of their onrushing climax be called clearly mad for a statement that they have not actually made - a denial of some kind that Morrison's run has been bloody good fun. I have no idea where you are getting that idea that, In my madness, I have made any statement otherwise. Largely, I'm finding it enjoyable.
A misreading on my part, then. I got the impression that you were not finding it particularly enjoyable; I can't, in complete fairness, point to anything precise to back that up, other than a general feeling after your post which included lines like the problem with the mirroring of the inadequacy , and What, simply put, is Hurt's villainous USP?, and a little phoned in., and This can't get thrummed any further, surely. and so on. I'm not quoting to be facetious, more to attempt to put some evidence behind my general feeling. The post conveyed a general feeling of frustration that I took to mean that you aren't enjoying it.
And if you took my clearly mad comment as anything other than light-hearted, then I apologise for that, Haus, I mean't no offence by it, and expected it to be taken in jest.
Now, as rule, I tend not to analyse things if I'm enjoying them; I don't see it as time well-spent. The fact that I'm enjoying it is good enough for me. If I'm not enjoying something, I might spend some time working out why, and see if I can tease some enjoyment out of it after giving some thought to the matter. But, as it happens, I'm quite easily pleased, and find it quite easy to take enjoyment for stuff. That might mean that I'm largely uncritical, or lack critical facilities, but I'll be very clear that I view that as being a Good Thing in most instances. It makes my life more enjoyable.
I understand that Barbelith kind of expects more critical analysis of stuff, which is why my contributions to this thread have been somewhat limited, unless I've had questions to ask, or want to raise something that I've seen as an issue (Magical Negro, and my response to it).
Given time, I probably could describe why I find Morrison's Batman enjoyable, but I wouldn't do a very good job of it.
I'll give this some more thought when I have more time, but I'll try, briefly:
It is because it is FUN. The things I listed, batpoles, rockets, silly villains etc, are manifestations of that. There's a sense of larger-than-life antics and adventures about Morrison's run which tends to be missing from Batman comics. Typically, a Batman comic will try to ground itself in some sort of realism and seriousness, and I don't think that works very well. Morrison's run has cut itself free from that, in my opinion, and I think it is all the better for it. It is a comic-book that is unafraid to be a comic-book, with all the free-form elements that entails. |
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