tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post4673085712575478889..comments2023-10-25T04:22:17.609-04:00Comments on COUNTERFICTIONALS: Would you rather?Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-17832072052803850762008-07-31T12:42:00.000-04:002008-07-31T12:42:00.000-04:00Robin, you just want to be Michael Caine.Robin, you just <A HREF="http://snarkmarket.com/blog/snarkives/movies/batmans_back/" REL="nofollow">want to be Michael Caine.</A>Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-86278871889525876742008-07-31T12:23:00.000-04:002008-07-31T12:23:00.000-04:00Wait, what about being Alfred? Can't I be Alfr...Wait, what about being Alfred? Can't I be Alfred?<BR/><BR/>B/c I would *totally* be Alfred. He gets to dress up & go out on adventures sometimes... but mostly he kicks it in the Batcave.Robin Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544600054056664342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-75426771229437195732008-07-31T10:51:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:51:00.000-04:00To Tim's last question, I certainly wouldn't turn ...To Tim's last question, I certainly wouldn't turn to the dark side to save her. Sure, the temptation would be intense, but as someone that always identified with Luke Skywalker (as we all did growing up, I'm sure), I'd like to think that my faith, integrity, and nobility outweighed my desire to wield the dark side. In a sense, it's a bullshit argument to make -- "I'm better than that." But it's as we've been saying about Batman and his moral code. There simply are things that Batman has restricted himself from doing by virtue of a code. This is one of the sexiest things about Batman, or Luke Skywalker. It's like with Omar Little from <I>The Wire</I> -- Is Omar as compelling a character if he doesn't wield his ghetto code? No, he's not.<BR/><BR/>All that said, it really sours Anakin Skywalker that he turned to the dark side for such a petty thing as to alter the fate of his wife. Petty might not be the right word, but when you put the fate of one woman up against the fate of the universe, I'd say the more noble individual would sacrifice the one life for the benefit of the universe.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675307203977452486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-22843700789919564762008-07-31T09:44:00.000-04:002008-07-31T09:44:00.000-04:00A similar question, re: Star Wars -- if you were m...A similar question, re: Star Wars -- if you were married to Natalie Portman, and knew she would die, would you turn to the dark side if you thought you could save her?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-34195850884007494792008-07-31T09:43:00.000-04:002008-07-31T09:43:00.000-04:00Re: PoN, yes! And as Gavin and I agreed in our dia...Re: PoN, yes! And as Gavin and I agreed in our <A HREF="http://counterfictionals.blogspot.com/2008/07/dialogue-on-superman-and-batman.html" REL="nofollow">dialogue</A>, Batman always has a plan to kill everyone he knows. And that, I think, would poison the friendship.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-51075541925658496712008-07-30T21:12:00.000-04:002008-07-30T21:12:00.000-04:00Batman doesn't have buddies.Batman doesn't have buddies.PoNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843805040500478829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-41978256631700148032008-07-30T20:54:00.000-04:002008-07-30T20:54:00.000-04:00I'm with Gavin. Even without the collapsing of mul...I'm with Gavin. Even without the collapsing of multiple worlds onto each other, Jason Todd coming back from the dead, etc., Gotham is a <I>hole</I>. An insane asylum with supervillains. I don't need that noise.<BR/><BR/>I'd only take the gig if I could be Batman's friend in Tuscany. You know, like Indy has Salah in Cairo.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-30577073805262680242008-07-30T20:47:00.000-04:002008-07-30T20:47:00.000-04:00In all honesty, Penguin over the Penguin. (Especia...In all honesty, Penguin over the Penguin. (Especially when it's put that way. I'd kill to see one of my own novels in that elegant black Penguin Classics binding.)<BR/><BR/>The only way I'd choose Batman would be if I got to be Robin. Not some stupid tag-along hero like Azrael or Sasha Bordeaux. Robin. With the likelihood of becoming the Batman when Wayne dies.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise it's not worth it. Wayne, on the whole, is a lousy friend. Good in a pinch, like when you owe a mobster money, but not around much and he never, ever helps you move.<BR/><BR/>Additionally, I really don't want to live in a universe that has a reality-altering "Crisis" every ten years or so. No one needs that shit. I'd take being James Patterson over that.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940294027836195258.post-77463623433753680032008-07-30T19:41:00.000-04:002008-07-30T19:41:00.000-04:00So, basically the choice is Penguin or the Penguin...So, basically the choice is Penguin or the Penguin?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.com