Villains In Gotham

The Joker was once seen as a comical criminal who committed ridiculously silly crimes, such as spreading laughing gas throughout Gotham City. However, after the reinvention of Batman, The Joker was transformed into a grave and terrorizing character. Continuing the course of the new personality given to The Joker, writer Alan Moore and artist Brian Bolland created a graphic novel called The Killing Joke, “a much more complex, darker, and ultimately, frightening story” (Wooldridge) which tells one of the origins of The Joker since The Joker himself is unsure of his true inception. However, this particular graphic novel “isn’t about how the Joker came to be, it’s an examination of

In the film, The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan, The Joker, one of Batman's most dangerous enemies whose aim is too push Batman to his ultimate limits, to break his personal rules and strict moral code. This, being the Jokers only reason to live, he has no fear of death and pain. The Joker is characterised as a calculating and logical criminal, a rebel with minimal empathy or moral and a nemesis who commits purposeless crime. Together these characteristics are developed through specific and appropriate use of technical aspects, such as, camera movement, camera angles, props and dialogue. Together these techniques create a character who is an extraordinary to watch, as he causes chaos in Gotham City, all to get

The Villains of All Nations is book written by Marcus Rediker that follows the origins of the pirate boom before and after the War of Spanish Succession. The book covers infamous pirates like Bartholomew Roberts, William Fly, and Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard.It discusses the grim environment of working the seas for the government, what lead many people to turn to piracy, the tale of the first women pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, how piracy impacted slavery, the pirates bonds of brotherhood under the Jolly Roger, and the events that lead to the death of the pirate era itself.

Throughout the movie, Bruce Wayne continues to distance himself from society as Batman. While attending the hotel party Rachel confronts Bruce about doing more for the city. He tells her he is now a better person but doesn’t allow her to know he is Batman. Even the closest to him he chooses not to let know what he is doing for the city. Next when in the warehouse with Jim Gordon they team up together to stop Gotham from being cut off completely.

“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Harvey Dent. Harvey Dent, Gotham's new district attorney, has been elected and has a new agenda that torments to take down Gotham's crime. The appearance of the mischief keen known as Batman, has caused problems for Dent and his agenda. A new scandalous mastermind known only as "The Joker" has arrived and intends to take Gotham out from Harvey Dent's iron fist. The Joker junctures an exquisitely planned bank robbery and robs the Gotham mob blind. He uses this money to stage a series of abominable and strategic attacks against the city and its people. Each one carefully planned and aimed at Dent and Batman while causing the rest of the city to enter panic mode. The Joker has no rules, but Batman has

Batman: Year One is about Bruce Wayne’s beginning as becoming Batman. In the beginning of the comic book, Bruce has always known violence all of his life since he was a child. In the very beginning of the comic book, he witnessed a brutal cold violent act, his parents’ death that happened in front of his very eyes (21). That is one of the biggest contributing factors of who he is today as Bruce Wayne/Batman. As stated on pages 18 and 19, we see the first myth of “Crime Does Not Pay” (Carlson, Myths of Violence Discussion). The actions that are played into these pages are part of an injustice that is played upon Gotham City by the

In a movie where good and evil are divided by a very thin line, the Dark Knight rises up to fight against injustice and corruption in Gotham City. An action sequel to the original Batman Begins, this installment is a lot darker filled with more explosion, twists, and suspense. For the first time, a comic has been integrated into the issues of the real world. With the help of District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant Gordon, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining mob members and clean the streets of Gotham for good. Their success is only short-lived when they encounter the Joker, a mysterious mastermind who is out to prove that nobility cannot hold in a world of anarchy.

Commissioner Gordon came to visit Harvey Dent in the hospital, he appears on the screen in a medium close-up shot and in a dutch angel. The use of this angel gives us hint about Dante’s condition, he lost the love of his life because of the police’s corruption. Gordon is looking down, not creating eye-contact because in a way he feels guilty. The camera is now directed to Dent with the same camera techniques. The audience could only the right half of his face,which is undamaged. A sad tone is played in order to make the viewer feel empathy for Dent. The camera is slowly zooming in on dent in a close up shot from Gordon’s point of view angel, it indicates that Dent is finally going to turn his head and revel his other side. As he turns his head, the sad tune turns into a scary and suspenseful sound and Nolan immediately switches the shot to a medium close-up shot on Gordon, so that the audience would not see Dent’s face yet, but would be able to see Gordon’s reaction and face expression. Nolan uses this genius technic to build tension and thrill to the introduction of Two-face.Gordon looked frightened from the horrific sight which increased the tension even more. Nolan shoots two more close-up shots of Dent before he reveals his other half of his face to draw more attention to the main subject of the scene. Finally, Dent shows his whole face to the audience in another close-up shot. His left

The city in Gotham is in chaos. They no longer know what they stand for and are starting to wonder if fighting evil is, in fact, creating more evil. One man who stands strong even when the public is second-guessing is Harvey Dent played by Aaron Eckhart. He is the new district attorney and is respected by the entire city for stopping corruption all over the town. He is a clean-shaven man with blonde hair and blue eyes who presents himself as a very proper man. This mise en scene proves that this man is a good man. If he were unshaven, had dark eyes, and dark hair it would be hard to consider him a truly good man. The director realizes this may not be true with everyone but it is a typical stereotype in our society today. As the movie goes on the enemy, who is forcing him to second-guess his values, tests him time and time again. Being an honest man is no longer putting criminals away; they are always one step ahead. By the end of the film, the Joker crushes Harvey’s values and blinds him from what his true goals were in life. His two-sided face shows this visually after being burned in the explosion. Also, Harvey has a coin with a head printed on both sides. This coin never can land on tails but Harvey

I'm changing the world.’ There's something God-like about that,” he said. Although Strange did not appear in the midseason finale of Gotham Season 2, he was referred to by his right-hand person Miss Peabody (Tonya Pinkins), who stated, “Professor Strange has high hopes for this one,” when presented with Galavan’s body. The Jurassic World star confirmed Strange’s interest in Galavan.

The main villains of season one were mob bosses, and although season 2 fulling brought the penguin into life, it was still missing many of the D.C. Comics villians. Gotham: Season 3 adds a modern, exciting twist to the story of the classic D.C. Comics characters; from a detective struggling to put his life back together, to Riddler developing into a supervillain, to Penguin’s ups and downs as the king

In Batman Begins, the city’s water utilities and train lines become the vehicle through which Ra’s al Ghul tries to eliminate Gotham (Batman Begins). The destroyed warehouse, burning fire truck, and police memorial in The Dark Knight are all reminiscent New York City in the aftermath of 9/11 (TDK). Gotham city is brooding, dark, and crime-infested, embodying the darkest aspects of urban living. Batman exists in this environment because it creates the criminal elements necessary for the drama. As Frank Miller said, “Batman only really works as a character if the world is essentially a malevolent, frightening place” (Uriccho 125).

The complicated plot involves Batman, Gordon, and Dent putting the squeeze on the mobsters, who look to the

There are two main characters that the storyline revolves around, Batman and the Joker. Batman serves as the guardian of Gotham City. The Joker, however, stands as the villain who strives to create a world of chaos. Hobbes’ theory on state of nature says that society is the sole reason that humans act civilized. Hobbes’ believes in the “state of war,”, which is a way of life that is proven to be brutal and short. The Joker’s main goal is to prove that people have the natural capability to do evil. While he attempts to prove this throughout his many twisted plans, he is driven to eliminate the one thing that keeps Gotham City from turning hopeless and chaotic, Batman. Without its protector, Gotham City would soon turn to a “state of war.” Hobbes’ also says, “Fear makes natural man want to escape the

“Dark Knight” was a smash hit for it’s fame, explosions, and chase scenes, but what really had me on the edge of my seat was perhaps the most riveting villain I had ever seen. The Joker. The Joker is a mob-backed terrorist with suicidal tendencies and According to the DSM, the joker would be given the diagnoses of Antisocial personality disorder. He is not reasonable, he’s not afraid of anything, and the last thing he cares about in the world is himself. As Alfred explained to Bruce, “Some men just want to watch the world burn