A review by carleeiigh
Batman & Robin, Vol. 3: Batman & Robin Must Die! by Grant Morrison
2.0
So I am definitely NOT in the cult of Morrison. Especially when I have to read about 10 other comics to have any idea what's going on. I can appreciate weird and crazy, but I wish he would just make sense. Every other panel in this I was just going like "What?? Huh?? When did that happen??"
1. I feel like this whole run doesn't really focus on Dick and Damian as much as I wanted it to. They have a little time together to start work - but then it's boom, off to find Bruce Wayne again. And I like Dick not wanting to be Batman, Damian is a little shit but I can't help but give him some slack - but it's always focused on something else besides them. Not to mention you have to read at least 5 other comics to really get the context of what the hell is going on
2. I'm not into this Joker very much. I liked the scene where he's kind of playing with Damian, getting him close enough to does him and take him hostage. Loved that scene But that's about it. He doesn't end up doing much, the same old "gassing the city" but not even a real fight with Batman!
3. Thomas Hurt character is weird, and not cool enough to make up for the fact that it's DUMB. Being a timetraveling satan worshipper who tried to but Batman in a weird little stasis box is DUMB. Shooting Dick Grayson just right to slowly kill him is dumb, even worse is that he wants Damian's soul in exchange for saving him.
4. Art is hit or miss. I liked the painting kind of style going on, but also there's panels where people's foreheads are as big as their chests.
5. I don't get what the hell is happening 70% of the time. IF the story was more interesting and focused on the actual characters, maybe I would be tempted to hunt down and read the other tie-in issues. But they don't make it easy and it's definitely not interesting enough to me to devote the time to.
There is SOME things that are interesting, but mostly I'm writing off this whole run. Dick was Batman for a little while, Damian's become Robin and slowly becoming an actual human being, and Bruce comes back...somehow.
1. I feel like this whole run doesn't really focus on Dick and Damian as much as I wanted it to. They have a little time together to start work - but then it's boom, off to find Bruce Wayne again. And I like Dick not wanting to be Batman, Damian is a little shit but I can't help but give him some slack - but it's always focused on something else besides them. Not to mention you have to read at least 5 other comics to really get the context of what the hell is going on
2. I'm not into this Joker very much. I liked the scene where he's kind of playing with Damian, getting him close enough to does him and take him hostage. Loved that scene But that's about it. He doesn't end up doing much, the same old "gassing the city" but not even a real fight with Batman!
3. Thomas Hurt character is weird, and not cool enough to make up for the fact that it's DUMB. Being a timetraveling satan worshipper who tried to but Batman in a weird little stasis box is DUMB. Shooting Dick Grayson just right to slowly kill him is dumb, even worse is that he wants Damian's soul in exchange for saving him.
4. Art is hit or miss. I liked the painting kind of style going on, but also there's panels where people's foreheads are as big as their chests.
5. I don't get what the hell is happening 70% of the time. IF the story was more interesting and focused on the actual characters, maybe I would be tempted to hunt down and read the other tie-in issues. But they don't make it easy and it's definitely not interesting enough to me to devote the time to.
There is SOME things that are interesting, but mostly I'm writing off this whole run. Dick was Batman for a little while, Damian's become Robin and slowly becoming an actual human being, and Bruce comes back...somehow.