the new batman adventures Archives - Unwinnable https://unwinnable.com/tag/the-new-batman-adventures/ Stories about Culture Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:41:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-icon-1-32x32.jpg the new batman adventures Archives - Unwinnable https://unwinnable.com/tag/the-new-batman-adventures/ 32 32 A Good Thing https://unwinnable.com/2013/10/30/a-good-thing/ Wed, 30 Oct 2013 04:00:46 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=47744 “Why bats, Sir?” I was fifteen when Batman Begins came out in the summer of 2005. I remember leaning forward in my seat when Michael Caine’s Alfred asked Bruce Wayne this question. Yes, why bats? Growing up in the pop culture shadow of the Dark Knight, I’d never questioned his choice in costume. Batman was all about bats because his name was Batman. Right? On the screen, Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne lifted his eyes from the batarang he was soldering. “Bats frighten me,” he replies. The words sent a shiver through me. Batman was afraid of bats. Batman was afraid.

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