Son of Batman (2014)

Son of Batman (2014)

Dir. Ethan Spaulding

Batman's brand of paternal instincts have been explored before with regards the various Robins in both comic book and animated form. There's room for debate on the usefulness of a Robin, but at least they aren't all snot-nosed little shits like the youth in SoB. He puts himself in dangerous situations to prove his mastery and ends up ruining everyone's day.

Does the continuity shake up of JL: War (2014) excuse the uncharacteristic way that Batman behaves? It's one thing to allow an outsider access to the Bat Cave, but to bring him into the world of other people who value their secrecy as much as Batsy is supposed to value his own is ridiculous.

And since when was letting someone who could be saved go ahead and die any different than killing him, in Bruce's mind at least? It's that kind of movie.

I didn't realise until I started writing that the movie's title as an initialism was kind of fitting, given that SoB is a polite way of saying son of a bitch.

- Not the average level of teen angst. -

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