That might be it, too. The change didn't feel completely thought out from a story perspective beyond, "The other villains thought I was a joke." As you said, that could have been anyone, so it's like why even change it at that point?

Changing things just for the sake of keeping it "fresh" is mostly my concern, if you can call it that. Changing Hush to be Riddler in the animated version seems wild to me to this day. The Bruce/Babs romance in Killing Joke is still gross. Those things fundamentally change the characters/story, no?

I want so badly for this to be good...but you know they're going to do to this what they did to The Killing Joke and Hush.

That 3rd act was draggggging and could have done with some trimming but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Glad I made the time to see it in the theater. Not only seeing it on the screen but the group experience was great. Excellent energy in the theater.

Funny how it's always the same people who tout the line about a "free and fair market" are the same ones who are always asking for a bailout when that market ceases to benefit them due to conditions they created.

Did not know that and thanks for letting me know. It makes a ton of sense having read this book. She was much softer on some authoritarian states than others for reasons that were not clear to me at the time. Excusing some but not others with very weak or no justification at all.

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