#THE BATMAN

[spongebobssquarepants]

[junkfoodcinemas]

THE BATMAN (2022) dir. Matt Reeves

[breckstonevailskier]

These two have a lot in common.

THE BATMAN (2022) dir. Matt Reeves THE PENGUIN (2024) 1x02 "Inside Man" dir. Craig Zobel

[nat111love]

THE PENGUIN 2024 ↳ Season 1 ↳ Episode 8

[sauronism]

love how the main rogue gallery all have their own personal and twisted affection for gotham city, and what drives them to be the way they are. pamela wanted nature to thrive and the pollution to end so she kill those corrupt CEOs. oswald is obsessed with the underworld and wanted to re-create godfather with 1 dollar and a dream. harvey fed up with the injustice in the system and decide to solve everyone problem with a gun. edward wanted everyone in the city to see the Truth and the corruption that lurks within but he's obsessed with the Saw method. selina kyle wanted to help those in need but she had to play dirty.

and then there's jonathan fucking crane, "i love scaring people :) yay :)"

[dspectar]

I read the sign, I do not ask it why

[tinkerbitch69]

Mfw I have planted seven bombs in the audience and Batman cannot possibly find them all in time hehehehohoho

this is KILLING me

[michiororr]

Year one personality

[cyber3000punk]

[gothamsgaygirlgang]

this duo is going to be unstoppable

[hideoutenthusiast]

So I bring back the Riddler but I change his name slightly so that he's no longer the Riddler.

You get free rein and a blank check to write the next Batman movie but you can’t use any villains who have appeared in any previous live-action Batman movies. That means you can’t use Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Dr. Freeze, Scarecrow, or Bane.

Which Batman villain stars in your movie

[nat111love]

THE PENGUIN 2024 ↳ Season 1 ↳ Episode 8

[brightlyburnt]

"Me and my brothers used to go down and mix all the flavors up. It's better, right? Come on, when you mix the flavors?"

[maxdibert]

The way you can empathize with Oz throughout the first part of the series, how they gradually reveal his sociopathy, how this gradually builds with what happens to his brothers—but still leaves a hint of doubt, a reflex to justify him, something that’s completely shattered when you see that his narcissism is capable of letting his mother be harmed just to avoid facing his own mess, and then they fully solidify him as an irredeemable villain with what he does to Vic—it’s brilliant. The Penguin doesn’t try to make you understand Oz or justify him; it doesn’t humanize the character. Instead, it begins with him already humanized, slowly peeling back the layers, the very same layers of deception, lies, and false appearances he uses to manipulate everyone around him. Underneath, there’s nothing but absolute darkness, and by the time he’s at his lowest point, you’re just wishing Batman would actually show up and take him down, punish him ruthlessly. You end up thinking it can’t end like this—he deserves punishment. Not because you believe good should triumph over evil but because you’ve been made to empathize with and care for a character throughout the series, and Oz has destroyed that character in the most cruel and vile way possible.

The script makes you see Vic as a reflection of the city itself: the impoverished side, the vulnerable, the one fighting to survive, the wronged, the hopeful, the one who makes poor choices not from a bad heart but from the need to get by—and you see how Oz takes advantage of that need, giving Vic hope for a future only to betray him and destroy it all. And that’s when you feel, when you shout: this guy has to be stopped. Oz isn’t just a thug, a mob boss, or the ruthless but entertaining scoundrel anymore; he’s a true supervillain. And supervillains have to go down.

It’s absolutely masterful. I tip my hat to it; I’m still in shock, but I hope I’m making sense—what an incredible script, performances, characters, everything. They’re not deconstructing the villain; they’re deconstructing the deconstruction of the villain. It’s pure screenwriting poetry.

[connor985]

IF YOU ARE JUST JUSTICE PLEASE DO NOT LIE.?!!!!??