http://realityonastick.com/2007/07/01/robin-the-boy-wonder-shocked-and-in-the-corner-again-and-again/ Skewered bits of what really matters. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://realityonastick.com/2007/07/01/robin-the-boy-wonder-shocked-and-in-the-corner-again-and-again/#comment-240 rob Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:06:35 +0000 http://realityonastick.com/2007/07/01/robin-the-boy-wonder-shocked-and-in-the-corner-again-and-again/#comment-240 Haha, I love this!! Lazy artists just copying and pasting the utterly reprehensible boy wonder. Even his creators want nothing to do with him! I recently had the misfortune to watch Batman & Robin again. Now, normally I can watch any old shite for at least 30 minutes before I give up, but with Batman & Robin I made it to 2 lines of dialogue past the opening credits. Barely 10 seconds! And I know that the cause behind this shortening of the fuse is all Robin, or rather the interaction between Batman and Robin. Batman is a dark character, a twisted, tortured being driven by a deep-seated need for revenge. Pairing him with a chipper sidekick is never going to work. For the movie, I must say that casting Chris O'Donnell, the human equivalent of watching beige paint dry, was really hobbling them before they got started. Anyway, I realise that this turned into a bit of a rant about film adaptations, well one in particular, but Robin as shocked bystander.....well, what else could he do? Haha, I love this!! Lazy artists just copying and pasting the utterly reprehensible boy wonder. Even his creators want nothing to do with him! I recently had the misfortune to watch Batman & Robin again. Now, normally I can watch any old shite for at least 30 minutes before I give up, but with Batman & Robin I made it to 2 lines of dialogue past the opening credits. Barely 10 seconds! And I know that the cause behind this shortening of the fuse is all Robin, or rather the interaction between Batman and Robin. Batman is a dark character, a twisted, tortured being driven by a deep-seated need for revenge. Pairing him with a chipper sidekick is never going to work. For the movie, I must say that casting Chris O’Donnell, the human equivalent of watching beige paint dry, was really hobbling them before they got started.
Anyway, I realise that this turned into a bit of a rant about film adaptations, well one in particular, but Robin as shocked bystander…..well, what else could he do?

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