"As Batman historian Will Brooker once said..." Wait, how does one get the job of "Batman historian?" I want to be a Batman historian!

You have an ability to lift any subject from the regions of ordinariness and present it in the most intellectually stimulating manner. I agree that crime in Gotham and Batman are inter-dependent and inter-connected. One fuels the existence of the other. In Nolan's 'Dark Knight', the whole concept of Batman and Joker being the two sides of the same coin gets consciously explored like it has been in the comics earlier. We all know about the childhood trauma that Batman faced. But in 'Dark Knight' the Joker extensively speaks about his abusive father and how he used to mistreat him. So Batman and Joker are both victims of unfortunate childhoods. While in Batman's case, this triggered a obsession to be vengeful by combating crime, in Joker's case this childhood trauma made him 'an agent of chaos'. But his main fascination lies in gaining the attention of Batman. He views Batman as a version of his own self. So yeah Gotham does lend itself to a circular connection between crime and its saviour Batman. Batman exists because of crime and crime intensifies because of Batman. This is never-ending. P.S. - I think Burton's vision of Gotham was to some extent inspired by Ridley Scott's vision of Los Angeles of 2019 in 'Blade Runner'.

@VN1X

8 жыл бұрын

+Avik Basu lol

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+Avik Basu Re your P.S. - absolutely yes.

@wtfpantera

8 жыл бұрын

+Avik Basu You do realise the abusive father story is only one of many that the Joker tells regarding his scars? For all we know, each and every one of them can be bullshit, either prepared or improvised, depending on the subject listening to the story and the result the Joker wants to see.

@MatchesMaloneThe3rd

8 жыл бұрын

+Avik Basu Both cities were inspired by Metropolis, the Fritz Lang sci-fi flick. (And yea, Superman's city was named after it.)

@Calcuttaboy1889

8 жыл бұрын

+wtfpantera Certainly one can easily view them as random made up stories that the Joker comes up with for intimidating people. But I think there is a scope to interpret it in the way I did. Joker is an absolute freak and for him to be the way he is, something must have gone wrong when he was a child. That's why, even though someone might accuse me of reading too much into it, I think his remarks about his father are somewhat true which he presents in a sensationalised way. At least that's how I view his character.

You can be a Batman historian? Where do I sign up?

I am surprised you didn't mention Scott Snyder's comic book run, where he even wrote entire history of architecture in Gotham and made it relevant to the main plot.

@ashutoshtripathi.

7 жыл бұрын

Арсений Брилёв he's not keeping up with the more modern comics I guess.

Not sure who at DC to credit but it's been said that Gotham is New York at night. The crime, mystery, and despair of a sprawling megalopolis takes its toll on the people who turn to crime. In contrast, Metropolis embodies the awe and sense of community from New York during the daytime

@lisazoria2709

7 жыл бұрын

I'd say Gotham is more like Chicago. Crime rate is higher than NY and LA combined.

@mmhoss

7 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, now. But it's no secret that "Gotham" has been a nickname of New York City for a couple centuries now Btw, New York City crime in the 70's and 80's? Heard of it?

@arthurdent6256

7 жыл бұрын

Gotham has been many different cities at once I think. Much of it's industrial sprawl invokes comparisons to Detroit/Windsor while it's downtown core certainly invites parallels to New York City. Honestly though, I think it's meant to simply be the bad part of town present in all urban areas. The rotten core that the wealthy and the middle class have fled. It's the perfect bad old town, the endgame of any city planner's worst nightmare.

@HammerLeaf

6 жыл бұрын

Eh, Gotham may have gotten its name from NYC's early termonologies, but the actual feel and look is purely Chicago. Mob ties, extremely corrupt cops and politicians, The Dark Knight captured what Gotham is without having to try too hard...from the street lights, to the gothic architecture, Chicago is Gotham City.

@jinhunterslay1638

4 жыл бұрын

@@lisazoria2709 Yeah, the Nolan trilogy was filmed in Chicago after all

That Hans Zimmer Batman score though. You can deny Nolan, but you can't deny Hans.

@arthurdent6256

7 жыл бұрын

I like the first Batman film in Nolan's series. The way they did the city in that one seemed classic Gotham. The others I like mainly for the villains.

@restlessentertainment9760

7 жыл бұрын

*+Arthur Dent* I agree that Gotham in Batman Begins resembled the comics much more, but the realism of it in the Dark Knight actually frightened me more; seeing that someone like the Joker could come from a regular city. Oh and I'm getting a masterclass with Hans Zimmer on Friday. He got me into making my own soundtracks and I'm so excited to learn from him.

@mrsloppytom

7 жыл бұрын

Restless Entertainment wait, so are you seeing him in person or?

@restlessentertainment9760

7 жыл бұрын

No, he creates a sort of curriculum, gives you workbooks and assignments. I'm not exactly sure how it works for his, the only other Masterclass I've taken was with James Patterson, who has a very different job.

@mrsloppytom

7 жыл бұрын

Restless Entertainment Wow that sounds amazing! :0

Wow. Beautiful. This guy makes these in a week. Good stuff, Nerdwriter.

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+Sourya Majumder Hahah yea - a LOT of work, but a lot of fulfilling work. Beats toiling away in an office.

@jeremynorman1547

8 жыл бұрын

+Nerdwriter1 I'd be interested in hearing what your process is. Do you usually write the episodes and then record and edit the video? How long does it take for you to write each episode? They're so well thought out and well researched it would take me forever just to get it down on paper!

@MadScientist356

8 жыл бұрын

+Nerdwriter1 I just hope I can do this type of work when I grow up. Having a desk job would be...well a desk job. I don't think it needs any more explanation.

@lisazoria2709

7 жыл бұрын

+MadScientist356 If you want to make these kinds of vids, you're more than likely going to spend a lot of your time sitting at a desk. FYI.

@bobpolo2964

7 жыл бұрын

irony

I cannot love your channel more than I already do. You are truly a master of your craft.

Man, this was spectacular! I'd love to do some kind of collab with you!

@rawalshadab3812

8 жыл бұрын

+NerdSync Hey, Nerdwriter! Listen to Scott ^^ Don't make me come up there!

@adex1238

8 жыл бұрын

Notice me Aries! Sorry if I misspelled your name

@dinothunder629

8 жыл бұрын

+NerdSync +Nerdwriter1 yes please collab

@alexbarba5508

8 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome

@houston-coley

8 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh yes!

The GOTHAM TV show, while not terrible, kind of undermined Batman's origin by making the identity of the murderer REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I always thought the whole point of Bruce's parents dying was to exemplify the level of crime in the city that could happen to anyone, even a rich little boy.

@metalandhorror

8 жыл бұрын

+Casey Sasaki Gotham the tv series is cringe worthy awful.

@MrCaseySasaki

8 жыл бұрын

TJ-OfTheMushroomPeople I kinda liked it. I can't really defend it because I agree it does have some pretty cringe worthy elements to it.

@slashandbones13

8 жыл бұрын

It isn't "good" but it is over the top, goofy, so dark that it becomes absurd, and so much fun

@spiderknife4142

8 жыл бұрын

Burton made Joker `the murderer though and Joe Chill in most comic versions did the deed.

@metalandhorror

8 жыл бұрын

Roney Craig Batman projects the death of his parents on all his enemy's

THIS IS THE KIND OF CONTENT THAT IM NOT SEEING IN ANYWHERE ELSE

Why do I always come back to watching this again ?!

@Pupusalusbdro

3 жыл бұрын

Ma man !!!!

@Pupusalusbdro

3 жыл бұрын

You really do love Batman that much do u !!

@Pops_Gambit

Жыл бұрын

Because you love Batman and this guy did a great fucking job with this video

To Pimp a Butterfly video... I'm waiting for it ;-;

@bbycassi

8 жыл бұрын

Best comment I've ever seen😭

@88gamersclub81

8 жыл бұрын

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@jackwilliams4570

8 жыл бұрын

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@SnafuWarrior

8 жыл бұрын

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@StephySon

8 жыл бұрын

Oh fuck yeah!

Love the Adam West moment at 5:14. Zimmer's score makes it seem so dramatic!

Could you cover the original oldboy? There are a lot of themes in that magnificent bastard of a film.

@Pilzefresser

8 жыл бұрын

+stuff yeees please

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+stuff Hahahah ok, I'll think about it.

@40thCenturyTrolls

8 жыл бұрын

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@TheBraunMachine2011

7 жыл бұрын

LOL

If you like this idea of Gotham and its relationship to Batman, then you'll love Scott Snyder's runs on Detective Comics Vol 1 (pre-New 52) and Batman Vol 2 (new 52). In both, his thesis is that Gotham is almost a living thing that changes anyone that attempts to tame it. In the former he's exploring this by seeing what would happen with Dick Grayson as Batman. In the latter, Batman realizes there are secrets to the city he didn't know about.

One lack that I feel in Gotham is *"not enough Gothamers."* City of God is as much about favela as it is about "favelados". With Batman, I see the crime against citizens, the efforts to protect those citizens, but never _the citizens_ in the spotlight.

@Daniel-Rosa.

8 жыл бұрын

OH, thanks. Quick edit here...

@lfgarrocho

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Rosa Gotham Central changed that, I think, by focusing on the police department an it's officers relationships with the city and it's citizens. That's why I still find it to be the best "Batman" series ever made. Even if it had so little Batman on it.

@lfgarrocho

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Rosa Gotham Central changed that, I think, by focusing on the police department an it's officers relationships with the city and it's citizens. That's why I still find it to be the best "Batman" series ever made. Even if it had so little Batman on it.

@aarsandijvie

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Rosa It's 'Gothamites'

haha you got a bit Jokeresque at the very end 7:13

Man, you make all your videos so grand and epic. Whatever you talk about becomes more meaningful. It's great.

@Chillton

7 жыл бұрын

And thank you for that

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I love all your videos Nerdwriter1 :) I was thinking about the ever changing potrayal of Gotham over the decades and then I found this. I dont know where you get all this lovely artwork in your videos but they are brilliant.

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Amazing video. I love batman comics but I never really put that much thought into its backdrop, now its almost like a character. Thank you

04:00 So glad you mentioned this!!!! I listened to the audio book and it was amazing.

You are a great speaker really, you always manage to trigger emotions I'm only used to feeling when I'm watching a movie and that really says something. I love movies and I'm so glad that I found your channel, you're making amazing videos and I can't wait to see what more you have to show

Title cards were AWESOME. So theatrical. Looked very professional. Quality is going way up, which I wasn't sure was possible. Opening music from Dark Knight still gives me chills. Cheers!

Wow what a heartfelt, interesting and high quality-video. Subscribed.

Absolutely loved this video! And it reminded me a lot of my Masters work on Terry Pratchett's city of Ankh-Morpork, and even to Dickens' s London. Loved, loved, loved the video. Thank you.

You got hella phenomenological towards the end there... and I like it! Subscribed.

Beautiful analysis, really loved it! I love batman and any accurate talk about it is apprecited!

4:10 Also, in The Dark Knight the Joker put bombs on the bridges, thus isolating Gotham again

I never comment on any video ever but that was really well done. felt very philosophical. almost made gotham feel real.

I've never been a prouder patron!

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+DailyLGS THANK YOU!!!

nerdwriter has become one of my favorite places on KZread. Thank you!

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+B. MILLER VIDEOS!!! That's great to hear. Thank YOU.

This was really really well done! Subscribed!

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Also, I love your videos! I also love Nerdsync, a collab would be awesome. But keep up with your content, I love it all, movies, books, poetry, comics, politics, you have a very smart viewpoint that's refreshing to hear!

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These videos are a real addiction. Gotta watch em all!

Wow, incredible video! i'm so glad i stumbled upon this channel :)

First and foremost, I want to say that I really appreciate you making this video. I am a big Batman fan, and so this is especially wonderful to me. I think an analogy that might help you better describe Gotham is that it is like an acting performance--they all include slightly different details, but there isn't a "best" representation. It's interesting because this video ties nicely into one of my criticisms of The Dark Knight, which is that in it, Gotham is not particularly defined; in other words, it could be any city since it didn't include in the storyline some of the identifying features of Gotham like Batman Begins does with the Narrows or Arkham. Also, I really like how you seamlessly incorporated the Batman Begins and Lego: Batman themes into the video.

Another great essay. Love watching your work. \o/

Thanks man, this project is such a great inspiration for me... I just became a Patreon, so please, keep doing what you're doing.

I love your perspective on this. It really hits home.

Your reverential tone in every video makes the ordinary extraordinary every time!

Wow man, epic goosebump raising video. Thank you mate!!

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Discovered this channel a couple weeks ago and I'm truly impressed. This video continues the trend, and Wednesdays are now as inspiring as they are insightful. Keep up the good work!

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+Brent Ashby Thanks. I'll try.

Your stuff is fantastic. Quickly becoming my favorite channel.

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+ScriptureSketches Trying me best.

Make an Ex Machina or Moonrise Kingdom video, like the one for SnowPiercer. That'd be great!

@Avalyn_Wu

8 жыл бұрын

+SwissBliss YES. Or just anything by Wes Anderson would do for me.

@rebelcode7697

8 жыл бұрын

+ASENBAISEN no more wes anderson please look up the wes anderson collection on vimeo i think thats a masterclass on his work

@Lucols4

8 жыл бұрын

+SwissBliss Moonrise! My favorite Anderson film

@TheGrapeinc

8 жыл бұрын

+SwissBliss He said he wouldn't do a video on Ex Machina, because he doesn't thinks it's very smart (and he's right.)

@dustinbrandvold

8 жыл бұрын

+TheGrapeinc When / where did he say this?

This was awesome. Love your subjects.

The video is great as always, but damn those chills all the way with every single music from Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer in the background...that's the stuff of legend.

"Irrepressible criminal underclass." Nice line. Liked it. Love 5:15. That's a great look on West's face with Neeson's dialogue.

Such as Brilliant analysis, Love your videos.

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That was awesome!!! Keep up the good work.

This one was empowering. I love architecture and the blending of the different cityscapes of Gotham gave me the feel of a bird flying through the skyscrapers. Your HD is breathtaking. The best I've seen. And by the way, your vids do resonate and make me think. I would like to see more YT personalities take on a intellectual approach rather than comedy.

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You have made a very contemporary, or let's say modern definition of what an actual city is from 4:55 to the ending. I have been studying architecture, I'm a senior this year, and what you are talking about is actually a pretty complex way of understanding urban theory! You have peaked sir. Much respect.

VERY cool and well put together. As an avid Batman fan since childhood I agree completely and was also very pleased you mentioned Batman TAS, which is surprisingly little known, considering how defining and big it was in it's time.

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@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+account1414141 Thank YOU.

Brilliant video, well done and thank you!

We need more Batman videos like these and this was very interesting. Maybe next time you could do a video about delving into the minds of Batman or Joker, or even Arkham Asylum itself and the criminals that are there. Overall, great video! Looking forward to more Batman stuff.

Your videos are so great!

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+KeepOnDreamingDude Cheers!!!

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Wish I could and hope to afford one day being a patreon to this channel Thank you for the awesome content, and thanks to everyone helping him achieve it

I love your commentary and piercing analysis. I would have never looked at gotham as a character itself like that. Perhaps the path towards a darker cityscape gotham was also an influenced by Bladerunner? The timeline matches up and the cityscapes seem to have a very similar dystopian feel. Just upped my patreon for some of that sticker swag too. I love that I can support great creators like you and gives me that fuzzy feeling inside while using Adblock.

ive been following your work for a few weeks now and your videos wont cease to amaze me! one of the best channels ive subbed, definitely. I really like how wide are the themes you explore in your different videos and how you point out things that are pretty obvious once you tell them but, however, when im watching this or that i dont pay much attetion to it. You make us viewers be more aware of what art is trying to depict with a certain thing such as the figure of The city of Gotham itself. Have you thought of making something related to science literature? i bet you have read something about Carl Sagan and i rekon you would do an amazing job on it! or also any Spielberg movies hahaha, I think "A.I Artificial Intelligence" is a really underrated movie and is one of the main films depicting A.I.; Maybe a video about A.I in films throught time?? Anyways, keep doing what you, your content is really good.

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+jairostun Thanks! And that's a really good idea actually.

Great video - like always.

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Amazing job, as usual. Very nice! Thanks

@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+Natxo Medina Cheers!!

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@Nerdwriter1

8 жыл бұрын

+Steven Jones Cheers!

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