Comments by "Snack Plissken" (@snackplissken8192) on "How The Batman Fights Like Vengeance – Detail Diatribe" video.

  1. I grew up on the Adam West and Michael Keaton Batmen but The Batman is probably the best version I've seen. The opening scene that established how the Batman works is incredible, and the reveal of the Batmobile is brilliant film making. Red and Blue are absolutely right that most fight choreography is completely generic. This is why Jackie Chan and his friend Sammo Hung are so beloved, the fights they choreographed told you something about the characters. Everybody remembers scenes from Jackie Chan movies where he is trying to protect some background object from being broken, for example. In books, fights almost have to be written to tell you about a character because the author can't count on your imagination to give you spectacle. As a narrative device, there really shouldn't ever be a fight that does not in some way inform either the central conflict of the plot, or a conflict with a character. If the hero feels conflicted about the use of violence, they may try to disarm or entangle opponents. Maybe rivals demonstrate the values of planning and flexibility respectively as part of their conflict over which is better. Fights should be an external metaphor for an internal conflict. Barring that, even just having combatants display their own individual qualities (i.e. your smart guy is really precise, your strong guy tends to cause collateral damage, your hero prioritizes protection over destruction, your lancer toys with opponents, your heart is careful to take enemies out of the fight out of the way, etc.) is a way to make a fight memorable. Ask people about the Battle for New York in the Avengers and the only thing people remember is the Hulk saying, "Puny god" and smashing Loki like a rag doll.
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