Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank MillerMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
What was this bull crap that I just read? Was it supposed to be satire? Or was it serious? I just can't figure out the point of it all.
The illustration, done by Miller himself, was rushed and substandard. I'm not sure uf he was trying to prove a point with all the one million hypersexualised female journalists, but it certainly didn't come across as a commentary on the defraded world of the book.
Even the story appeared far-fetched and paranoid. The characters appeared to be shadows of the heroes we are used to seeing.
Where the original comics were respectful to the characters and the women of the story, this one appears to only want to showcase them in the typical Escher Girls style - that's if you can make out anything at all given the pathetic drawing.
This entire series felt like it was tryingtoo hard to pit one set of heroes against the other.
I, however, did love that revelation near the end - the setup of the reveal was good too.
Why didn't Miller think of making that revelation and that angle central to the story? It would have effectively made Batman and his sidekick the centre to the story as well as incorporated the fight between heroes. The central emotion behind that reveal would have made this story a much weightier one.
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