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Tango0124 Nov 2014 12:29 p.m. PST

"This week Batman got a belated 75th anniversary present: the release of Legends of the Knight, a crowdfunded documentary that celebrates not only the crime fighting alter ego of Bruce Wayne, but more importantly the real-world impact that the character has had on readers and fans since his debut in 1939's Detective Comics #27.

"Batman is a unique blend of so many things," says director Brett Culp. "He's powerful, yet human. He's mysterious, yet relatable. He's heroic, yet broken. We love his action-packed adventures, but we have become fans because he is one of us."

That one-of-us aspirational aspect of the Bruce Wayne character is essential for Culp, whose "passion project" documentary, out this week, took some three years to complete and features interviews with Batman movie producer Michael Uslan and former Batman comic editor Dennis O'Neil. It also has appearances from fans and academics explaining the appeal of the millionaire hero…"
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Cyrus the Great24 Nov 2014 2:10 p.m. PST

But I don't want to be Batman!

ming3124 Nov 2014 2:39 p.m. PST

YouTube link

best batman commerical …when ever someone gats hit bad he becomes Batman

MHoxie24 Nov 2014 3:28 p.m. PST

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Sargonarhes24 Nov 2014 5:02 p.m. PST

But I thought I was Batman!?

John the OFM24 Nov 2014 5:42 p.m. PST

What's with all this Batman psychology mumbo jumbo?
It's a frickin' funny book, not literature!

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP24 Nov 2014 5:55 p.m. PST

I don't want to be Batman, but I would like to be very good friends with Catwoman.

doug redshirt24 Nov 2014 6:12 p.m. PST

I never wanted to be Batman, just date Wonder Woman.

Zargon24 Nov 2014 7:06 p.m. PST

:) I'm Batman, no I'm Batman, NO I'm Batman
Me I don't want to be Batman, I want to be the butler I gets the run of a billionaires house, first choice of a first rate cellar, I gets to party with my ho's in a hot crib, an all while Master Bruce is getting his a. kicked each week, and all I gota do is patch his sad a. up once a week after the show. Now bouts that funny lil-boy Robin yer gota what that one, know what I'm say'n

Patrick R25 Nov 2014 4:55 a.m. PST

I don't want to be Batman, I want to be a … lumberjack !!!

Dynaman878925 Nov 2014 6:21 a.m. PST

I was going to say I didn't want to be Batman either but then I remembered that he gets to make out with Catwoman quite a bit…

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