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Comments

1. I cannot love your channel more than I already do. You are truly a master of your craft.
2. I feel as if Detroit will ultimately become the same fate as Gotham..... but then again it seams it already is.
3. The video is great as always, but damn those chills all the way with every single music from Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer in the background...that's the stuff of legend.
4. Idea.... Dark City is a prequel to the Burton Batman movies
5. comic at 2:06?
6. Please do something on Nirvana or David Bowie , I don't know what but I think it would be interesting
7. We need more Batman videos like these and this was very interesting. Maybe next time you could do a video about delving into the minds of Batman or Joker, or even Arkham Asylum itself and the criminals that are there. Overall, great video! Looking forward to more Batman stuff.
8. you have a great channel thanks for the videos
9. Batman Begins version of Gotham is my favourite, since it achieves a balance between the grounded reality of the later films while maintaining the unsettling otherworldliness of the Burton films.
10. Can anyone tell me who's art is at 3:48??
11. Dark comics? In the golden age Batman killed common criminals with fucking guns, sure in the Silver Age it become less violent, and some villains lose some of their charms, never the less, Batman was always this way, the only ones that see Batman and Superman as pinnacle of morality are the fools that idealise them, they not see the characters, only a stupid symbol.
12. I studied this in my counterculture class back in high school. It's cool to see your unique perspective on it :)
13. great video !
14. There is a Batman historian ? 😄
15. Do a video on Batman and how the villains reflect and distort his own psyche. Mental illness is prevalent in the Batman villains
16. Very nice video man; keep the good work!
17. Could have mentioned the obvious cyberpunk references in the 90s Batman. Some scenes look almost traced from Blade Runner and it really helps the gritty darkness to come through.
18. Kowloon Walled City reminds me of Gotham City. A place where people constructed their own. There was crime. But they made it work.
19. 2:41 you wrote "threw" instead of "through", just so you know. (yes I know it's really late and probably been pointed out before, but I'm just watching it for the first time)
20. Awesome video.