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8 July 2008 1:53 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

With the year's most anticipated movie ticket less than two weeks away, we get an advance Batman fix in the form of the new DVD, Batman: Gotham Knight. The concept here is simple, the execution complex.

Likely drawing influence from both The Matrix and Star Wars, franchises that filled in the gaps between big screen releases with animated stories (The Animatrix, Clone Wars), Gotham Knight serves as a bridge between Batman Begins and the upcoming Dark Knight. Technically, we don't need this storyline to follow Batman to the next film; its' doubtful any of the events here will figure prominently in Dark Knight.

Rather, what this film manages to do is extend the mythos of Batman, like a shadow enveloping what's left of the brightness under a lonely streetlight, furthering his status as a divisive crime fighter in Gotham City.

There are police officers who hate his vigilante approach and others,

Colin Boyd

1 article from 2008