@dan12456 said:
I hate the "Snyder doesn't get Batman" crowd. Not cause I fundamentally think they are wrong, but because when asked what element of Batman Snyder doesn't understand they NEVER answer the question. They always just talk about how the stories are boring or redundant or say they don't want to waste time listing it out. While those things could be true (I disagree but it's a valid opinion) they have nothing to do with mischaracterizing Batman.
Mischaracterization also refers to an inability to understand the rules of the world you are writing about. If he understood Batman he wouldn't have forced Joker in to his origin. His perspective is limited, his refusal to acknowledge Batman's world post 90's is sickening,he just wants to relive a bygone era which he craps on anyway by rewriting inferior versions of the stories written in that era and multiplying the Joker dosage.
If the writer cannot accept the fact that the Batman of today is not the Batman of the 90's then it's clear to me that he doesn't get the character at all,every single thing with his name on it clashes with classic stories.
Some specific examples:
His Mr Freeze origin with Tynion in the first annual fundamentally misses the point of Mr Freeze.
Death of the Family was his attempt to break the family because he wanted to go back to the pre 90's status quo and failed,Batman INC #8 completely torpedoed his story despite only selling half as much. Goes to show sales are so substitute for powerful ideas and direction.
Joker in Batman's origin instead of the mooks in Year One.
Lincoln March.
Blatant refusal to acknowledge Bruce having a son.
Craps on Alfred.
Jim Gordon in a robo suit... what's next? Lucius Fox with Superman's powers?
Wannabe Tim Drakes' in Harper and Duke. He's essentially trying to the make this one character work in 2 different bodies while the original lies around. When he knows full well that Tim Drake is not working then why is he under the impression that poor clones of Tim will fare any better?
Just give him a Joker/Batman book and be done with it.
Moving on to the Eternal books which he plots with Tynion
Hush's origin was inferior to Heart of Hush.
His retelling of Cult was inferior to the actual story.
Cassandra's new origin is inferior to the previous one.
Azrael's backstory is inferior to the previous version.
And the list goes on. Every single Snyder retelling is inferior and it's because he's single handedly trying to recreate a bygone era. I can re-read the classics any time so what I want are new stories not Snyder showing off what he'd have done if he wrote those classics(that's just fan fiction)
Steve Orlando recently reintroduced Prometheus back in to the DCU,he didn't feel the need to redo Prometheus' origin,he just took the original New Years Evil one shot and went with it. That's what Snyder should be doing,Az,Hush,Cass etc are NOT HIS characters that he can just do whatever he likes. I dont want to read Cassandra Cain created by Snyder and Tynion,just give us Cassandra that was created by Puckett or dont bother.
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