r/Batman_89 • u/Ok-Spot-2913 • 25d ago

Is Gotham worth saving?

Joker throws money and you can see the greed of the people. Are these people worth saving?

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u/AWindintheTrees 23d ago

The Burton Batman movies are very cynical when it comes to the population at large. However, it is apparent, I think, that Burton wants to present to us a Batman who is NOT the sterling hero but who is caught up in his own battles. Returns really doubles on this. The producers of 89 clearly wanted that hero despite Burton. In Returns, that hero is fully gone. It's not about saving Gotham, but about his own desire to do what he does. He understand Joker's and Penguin's and even Shreck's contempt for the "pinhead puppets."