before The Batman i would've said yes but that was the first movie that made Gotham seem like an absolute dumpster fire so no.
i don't think i saw those.
Lol, at these tweets.
Honestly, for me it depends on which DC universe Gotham I'm living in. If it's literally cursed Gotham, then hell no. But, BTAS Gotham ain't too bad. And Nolan Gotham is cool so long as its not TDKR Gotham.
Bruce gives petty criminals jobs. It's the lifers that get traction.the only "check" on this being a white billionaire who puts petty criminals into comas?
Where exactly in Gotham? Wayne Manor is technically in Gotham so….
Depend on Metropolis, Central City, Coast City and Star City rent price.
People worry about Gotham crime but that same happen to those city.
Where exactly in Gotham? Wayne Manor is technically in Gotham so….
I've seen a few people in here say this. Since when is Gotham literally cursed?
You're asking my Black ass if I would move to a city with A) the most corrupt police ever B) Destructive supervillains who never stay in jail, with C) the only "check" on this being a white billionaire who puts petty criminals into comas?
No thanks.
I've seen a few people in here say this. Since when is Gotham literally cursed?
The modern age Batman stories (POST-COIE onwards) introduced the idea that Gotham is basically cursed to a supernatural degree.
The story "Dark Knight, Dark City" explained that a 18th century group of demon worshippers (including Thomas Jefferson for some reason) summoned a Bat-demon named Barbatos and locked it in the center of Gotham for a few centuries (which Grant Morrison would later sort of reference in his Batman run).
In Dennis O'Neil's short story "Cityscape", he goes back even further and says Gotham was built around a makeshift asylum co-founded by a serial killer who wanted a 'home' in the New World for himself and equally insane spiritual 'brothers and sisters' (the story also invoked the real life legend of the "Wise Men of Gotham" for the reason the city in the comics got it's name).
And within Gotham, it's been suggested that Arkham Asylum exists within another nexus of crazy. In the miniseries 'Living Hell', it was explained that in the asylums' early days an occultist was sacrificing inmates to open an actual portal to hell which was barely sealed by Jason Blood. While the portal was closed, it actively called on inmates and people in Gotham to open it back up for a couple hundred years.
No one asked whether all those billions could have been better served in creating access to public services? Mental health treatment, help with food insecurity, access to health care?
Exactly this.
No one asked whether all those billions could have been better served in creating access to public services? Mental health treatment, help with food insecurity, access to health care?
Batman is a mentally ill person with a death wish who beats the living shit out of mentally ill asylum escapees and petty criminals. He also almost never prevents his rogues from doing at least some of their dirt. Put me in Metropolis with the undocumented immigrant hero.
Not too bad if you don't mind living in Suicide Slum