Okay, I’m gonna state this right here as well as danger having my nerd credentials revoked: What is the huge offer about grant Morrison?  I checked out “All star Superman” as well as thought, “Eh.  It’s all right, however it’s a bit hard to follow.”  then I checked out all the hype about “Batman R.I.P.,” as well as exactly how it was gonna modification whatever permanently as well as be so crucial blah blah blah so I had to inspect it out, however I just don’t get it.  It left me upset as well as confused.

I confess, I haven’t checked out Batman in years—not considering that Joker killed Jason Todd, really—so I wasn’t up on the Bat-son storyline, as well as Tim Drake’s solo book (as well as Nightwing’s) have never even come close to catching my eye, however if there’s gonna be a book that’s going to impact probably the most crucial comic book character in the universe, shouldn’t any individual be able to pick up the story as well as comprehend it?  I mean, if D.C. is going to promote the hell out of it, they need to be trying to draw in people other than those who’ve gotten every problem for the last year as well as half, right?

Argh.  Here’s some questions.  If any type of of you have answers, don’t hesitate to decrease a comment.

1.  Is Dr. hurt truly Thomas Wayne, or not?

2.  Why does Bruce care if Dr. hurt will “expose” the “truth” about the Wayne family, i.e., that Martha cuckholded Thomas with Alfred?  I mean, he’s meant to be this crazed lunatic at this point, is he truly anxious about his father’s rep?

3.  as well as why would Bruce even believe that threat?  In buy to make great on it, Dr. hurt would have to subject the truth that he hired an assassin to kill both his own other half as well as his young son.  I don’t care exactly how rich Dr. hurt supposedly is, I don’t see exactly how he might do that as well as get away with it.  At a minimum, it would impact the number of rich people who wished to show up at his silly death celebrations where nobody even comes close to dying.

4.  Why did The Black glove make the exact same rookie error that every villain from The Penguin to Liberace made back in the 1960s camp TV Batman show: They put Bats in a death trap (this time burying him alive) as well as then leave the scene as well as enjoy from afar, presuming that Bats will never be able to get out of it.  Of course, next issue, exact same Bat-time as well as channel, he got out.  as well as this time, it didn’t even seem difficult.  They didn’t describe it all, in fact.  Are we truly meant to believe he can dig himself out of a thousand pounds of raw Earth?  He need to have had a bat-shovel in his utility belt.

5.  as well as what about the “trap” Batman himself set?  He locked everybody in Arkham with The Joker, however Joker didn’t do much of anything to them, as well as they all seem to have escaped relatively easily.  What was the point of that?

6.  Oh, as well as puh-leeze don’t tell me we’re meant to believe any individual however the most naïve retard would believe that Batman couldn’t jump off of a helicopter before it exploded, OVER WATER, as well as get to safety?  I mean, he just handled to get out of a coffin buried underground, I’m quite sure he can swim.  Why was that such a great method to end the story?

7.  as for the “back story,” which included flashbacks of Bruce, Dick, as well as Tim globetrotting: Why do I care about any type of of that?  Was it meant to be philosophical?  If so, it was terribly written.  It quite much seemed irrelevant.

8.  WTF occurred with Alfred?  At the end of one book, he looks dead.  then he appears to be fine later on.  Is he dead?  If not, then did any individual end up R.I.P. at the end of the story?

9.  Why does the entire story have be told in such a disjointed fashion?  Are comics “dumb” if they really tell a story with a beginning, middle as well as end?  If so, paint my ass red as well as phone call me silly since if I saw a motion picture that was as confusing as well as jumbled as Batman R.I.P., my head would spin.  as well as if I spent about sixty bucks for the ticket–the expense of all the problems of R.I.P.–I’d be furious.

10.  all in all, there were some great story aspects in the series, however no genuine story, not much of a plot, no conclusion, as well as absolutely no character development.  Not a poor story as far as stories go, however barely an epic.