DVDiculous: Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Yay! That’s all I have to say after watching Dark Knight Returns Part 2. And so concludes this review! The way the first one ended with the Joker smiling and coming out of his comatose state was nuts so I couldn’t wait to see this one. Well, Joker wakes his crazy ass up and his therapist thinks it’d be a good idea to have him appear on TV to show that he is a better person now. This is the part where we all wait for people to die.

Meanwhile the President is all “Batman is starting shit. Take him out, Superman!” Supes is being used as a secret weapon by the government and using him to fight their battles. Batman is busy beating up a giant boobed monster chick when Superman shows up ruining everything and tells him that they need to have a chat. They do and Batman pretty much tells him to stick it up his ass, Batman ain’t gonna stop. And why should he? Superman looks like a chump and a half being all “Oh, you’re making too much noise…” Go pick some flowers, ya weirdo.

DVDiculous: Dark Knight Returns Part 1

A few weeks ago while trolling the internets I stumbled upon the fact that there was going to be a Batman: The Dark Knight Returns animated movie based off of Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name. Not only that, but it was coming out very soon! The first thing I noticed, and was very happy about, was that the art style was not based exactly on Miller’s style. Don’t get me wrong. I like his art…sometimes. And don’t get me started on how terrible the Dark Knight Strikes Again story, art, and coloring was. Sheesh…

This movie starts off with Bruce Wayne in a race car pushing it past its limits before it explodes and he ejects. Bruce, now at 55 years old, meets up with Commissioner James Gordon who is also retiring from his job. Gordon hopes that Bruce really stays retired and brings up a sore spot when he mentions Jason Todd, the Robin that was killed by The Joker years prior. Bruce leaves and wanders to Crime Alley where his parents were murdered and is confronted by The Mutants, a gang that now runs the streets doing every violent thing you can imagine.

Bruce sits at home watching the news and how violent his city is getting. He begins to have nightmares and ends up walking into the Batcave. Alfred tells Bruce that he set off the alarms and asks him when he shaved his mustache. Bruce touches his face as if shocked that it is indeed gone. Know why? Because Batman ain’t got no mustache! Bruce ends up suiting up as Batman as Harvey Dent aka Two Face is released after getting surgery to look normal again. He immediately plots to blow up two buildings. Batman stops him and sees that Dent is damaged mentally beyond repair.