Date: 2010-04-13 04:47 pm (UTC)
Not unexpectedly, I disagree with Byrne. A lot of comic book villains need some motivation and reason for being what they are. In a genre that lends itself to absurdity, such grounding keeps the characters from being a joke.

In the case of Two-Face, if you take away the Harvey Dent aspect like in the scans above, you present a guy who has all the stupid parts of being a supervillain. Stupid name, stupid gimmick, stupid plans. You're back to the old days of wondering why Harvey doesn't just shoot Batman when he has a chance instead of going through his long monologues and poorly planned death traps.

Aside from all the storytelling potential that a partly sympathetic villain has, having a guy be evil through and through reduces supervillains to the status of bad Bond villains. They need a reason to do what they do, or they're reduced to jokes in most people's eyes.
This community only allows commenting by members. You may comment here if you're a member of scans_daily.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

Profile

scans_daily: (Default)
Scans Daily

Extras

Founded by girl geeks and members of the slash fandom, [community profile] scans_daily strives to provide an atmosphere which is LGBTQ-friendly, anti-racist, anti-ableist, woman-friendly and otherwise discrimination and harassment free.

Bottom line: If slash, feminism or anti-oppressive practice makes you react negatively, [community profile] scans_daily is probably not for you.

Please read the community ethos and rules before posting or commenting.

June 2025

S M T W T F S
1 2 34567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Most Popular Tags