Lost Inside a Monster: The Batman, Fridging, and Some Problems with Hero Stories (Part One)
Falling Out of Love with Batman
As a sometime superhero fan and comics scholar, the teaser trailer (2020) for the new Batman film — titled rather plainly, The Batman, and directed by Matt Reeves — would normally have sent me into a tailspin. For just like its titular character, it’s punchy. It is also smart. Reeves judiciously harnesses his allotted two and a half minutes to reassure …