tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post3457558415394747417..comments2023-10-25T04:22:17.609-04:00Comments on COUNTERFICTIONALS: Batman LittleTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-62686977292321917282008-08-04T14:54:00.000-04:002008-08-04T14:54:00.000-04:00If Omar Little is the Batman, then the Joker is Ty...If Omar Little is the Batman, then the Joker is Tyler Durden. (And thus also the Batman? "I don't want to kill you. You complete me.)<BR/><BR/>After all, the Joker's men have infiltrated every level of society, through which the Joker moves seamlessly, and they blow shit up in humorous ways.<BR/><BR/>"The first rule of working for the Joker is you don't talk about working for the Joker."Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-65135772720919605252008-07-31T13:30:00.000-04:002008-07-31T13:30:00.000-04:00Omar going to prison is a lot like Batman going to...Omar going to prison is a lot like Batman going to Arkham Asylum. Sure, Batman wouldn't shiv any of the Arkham inmates, but there Batman must encounter all of the criminals that he's helped put away. When Omar goes to prison, he must also come face to face with every dealer he's stuck up and otherwise fucked over.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675307203977452486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-88416598874326369852008-07-31T12:50:00.000-04:002008-07-31T12:50:00.000-04:00I don't think Batman would stab a prison assassin ...I don't think Batman would stab a prison assassin in the rectum though. Even if they both wear Kevlar vests, hoods, and black capes.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-12571553500129261182008-07-31T12:48:00.000-04:002008-07-31T12:48:00.000-04:00I did miss the most important point: Omar is the b...I did miss the most important point: Omar is the best detective in Baltimore! When we first see him, he and Brandon and John are casing the Barksdale stash, which he identifies before the police. They also figure out that the police are surveilling the Barksdale crew before the crew does, and that they're using Bubs as a snitch. Later, he figures out that the drug dealers are colluding in a co-op and stakes out their main stash. As McNulty says, "he sees the street like we wish we could."Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-82286316574994678862008-07-31T12:39:00.000-04:002008-07-31T12:39:00.000-04:001) In a city filled with citizens afraid of the di...1) In a city filled with citizens afraid of the different crews, Omar is the only figure outside of this system who is not only unafraid, but the criminals are afraid of him. This is why he can testify against Bird in open court, and why the corner boys simply throw down their drugs when Omar comes around.<BR/><BR/>2) Omar is equally content to work with the police and to foil them, to put people in bars or submit them to his own justice.<BR/><BR/>3) Omar survives an impossible fall from a multi-story building in the middle of a shootout, and completely vanishes. Later we see him piecing himself together, with a broken leg.<BR/><BR/>4) Butchie = Alfred.<BR/><BR/>5) Omar's second-best Batman moment (after his daring fall) is his attack on Stinkum and Wee-Bay in Season 1. After he comes literally out of the shadows to kill Stinkum when Stinkum is intent on killing another corner dealer, Omar shoots Wee-Bay in the leg, and vanishes again. All you hear is him whistling "the cheese stands alone," and then his disembodied voice: "Hey, Bay -- when you come at the king, you best not miss."<BR/><BR/>But 6) Omar isn't Batman. <A HREF="http://short-schrift.blogspot.com/2008/02/omar-little-requiem.html" REL="nofollow">He's Achilles.</A>Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.com