A quote from Young Justice Wonder Woman: “you indoctrinated Robin into crime fighting at the ripe old age of nine” Batman: “Robin needed help to bring the man that killed his family to Justice.” Wonder Woman: “Why so he could turn out like you?” Batman: “So he wouldn’t.”
@KGK Skull Actually, the writters of Teen Titans Go DO have much better understanding of Robin than Miller. And the rest of DC in general. Yeah, TT Go is stupid, but their so called "satire" is mostly on point. Dumb, but on point.
@KGK Skull I can think of two ways you can make a satire/parody on a character. One is to focus on most prominent aspects of his personality and mold them to work in a comical way. Blow them out of proportions or do a complete 180 while keeping it in balance, as you mentioned. And the second and the easiest way is just to make him absurdic as possible, which TT Go did, sadly. But I can see thay at least had somewhat proper understanding of how the team works in comics and they have some clever call-backs here and there. For short, I would prefer TT Go insanity over ASBAR insanity. This comic is truly awful.
Imagine Frank Miller's version of Wizard of Oz. "We're not in Kansas Toto. We're not in Kansas. Not anymore. Not anymore." *Next panel: Toto lying on his back, eyes wide open, a pool of blood under him* "Don't leave me Toto. You're so stiff. So cold. So cold. Cold." *Narration box, as Dorothy: "I touched Toto's breast. It bled on me"*
Instead of wanting a brain, The Scarecrow rips put other people’s brains and stuffs them in his head while laughing maniacally and yelling “I LOVE BEING THE GODDAMN SCARECROW!”
Miller's insistence that all his Batman stories take place in the same continuity makes everything SO MUCH WORSE. This is the same Dick Grayson that he mocks and kills in The Dark Knight Strikes Again. He kidnapped him, tortured him, used him as sidekick, drove him away at some point and then mocked him for wanting love before melting him in lava. Miller's Batman is a monster.
I legitimately hope they never make a movie adaptation of Dark Knight Strikes Again or that if they do they just remove the bit about Dick Grayson in it.
@@diamondinthesky4771After the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke added a scene where Bruce and Barbara did something UNTHINKABLE. I'm afraid that they might add more horrible stuff to such an adaptation.
I am not entirely unconvinced that this whole story was meant to be The Joker playing with his action figure collection like that scene from Space Balls...
16:45 I can see Jim Lee rubbing his nose bridge at "I am shameless" "Dude, I draw cheesecake from time to time, you don't need to sound like a porn director describing me what you want me to draw!"
At this point, I'd believe that not even those Ecchi artists from XEBEC were as "shameless" as Frank Miller... Okay, I'll correct myself: The Ecchi artists from XEBEC _were_ making Ecchi 'cause that was their job. *_Frank Miller did not had that excuse when he made that script for Jim Lee!_*
I can believe that Crazy Steve is an insane, racist hobo who was inspired by Batman to put on a crappy costume, start calling himself "The Fixer" and battle foreign people. After that he found his way into the Batcave and stole the real Batmans stuff.
@@legoking6165 And if Dick Grayson was traumatised by the Fixer as a child it makes total sense that he became the Joker in "The Dark Knight Strikes Again".
Also, you know what would be fun re: Green Lantern? If Hal, after having his ring stolen, just smirked and said something like "Nah dude, help yourself, it's a toy I bought in a store down the street. I figured out something was up the moment I saw cans of yellow paint outside your safe house".
Where's the scantly clad, well developed, physically developed obviously not depth of character, female whose problems can all be solved with some good quality superhero D?
@@viraltang I stopped paying attention to all things Metal. I feel it gone on way too long and Batman being a centerpiece of the multiverse sounds stupid and contrived! Imagine this being the Flash instead. You know, the one with actual reality warping powers?!
@@nosfonader8792 I think it may have started out a metta thing about Batman being DC's most popular character but fuck me if there was ever any point to it...Also your not missing anything I gave it a chance and was kinda grooving on the medieval gothic fantasy vibes it had at first.....but my god it got so bad...It's funny as hell to laugh at and riff on and last I checked it's still going on..but yeah I dropped it kinda quick.
Man hearing that reading of Frank Miller's "direction" makes me have an image of an increasingly uncomfortable Jim Lee struggling to hold back vomit while a creepy Frank Miller leans into him and he hopes to god that whatever is poking his back is not what he's thinking it is.
Anyone else think Jim Lee had a bunch of "WHAT the fuck do you want me to draw here?" Moments.... Where he just stared at Miller's script, then at Miller, then at the editor in charge... "You see this shit, right? Do I really have to do this?"
I just realized that you can see Dick is still wearing his acrobat suit under the pyjamas, meaning at least Alfred didn't strip him down At least that isn't evidence of the squickiness going on in this book
Linkara's remark on Steve relishing the thugs killing eachother in #7 is why I love his reviews. Batman would never want to become the monster that created him, criminals have families. He wouldn't make another kid an orphan just cause his parent took a shot at him.
0:22 "Who's Frank Miller? Well, here's something we can thank him for." I then got two midroll ads. It's now canon that Frank's Heated Gamer Moments are responsible for the sorry state of UA-cam.
I desperately wish that line about mourning their own lost lives was in a better Batman story. It's far too good to be dragged down by the rest of the writing. Seeing Bruce and Dick bonding over and acknowledging how much the childhood trauma they both experienced changed the trajectory of their lives is an idea that I feel like I haven't seen used to its full potential.
Headcanon: ASBAR takes place in the dark multiverse, and it ended after issue 10 because it deteriorated into non-existence, as is the fate of all dark universes.
Batman v. Crazy Steve! They have the alternate fights all the time and I say we need a bloodthirsty, pedophilic evil Batman to fight the caped crusader.
“The Joker does not smile” sounds like the title of one of those TAS episodes that you suddenly remember twenty years later and realize you should probably talk to a therapist about.
You can almost track Linkara's evolution through this one video. From the early days to his experienced, modern day appearance. Almost like watching a Pokémon trainer select their starter, take on the gyms and face the elite four to become champion. Yes, I am that much of a nerd.
Re: Frank Miller and fascism: I think the idea is that the Crazy Steve Batman wouldn't stay as the underdog once he got into power. I can completely see him going the Sinestro route if he used the Green Lantern ring. A fascist who isn't currently in power is still a fascist.
Actually believe or not Frank Millar has gotten over his crazy and apparently he hates Trump and is an okay guy now. He even apologized for Holy Terror.
2:38:07 Which is extra funny, because there was a scene where Dick Grayson Batman tries to teach Damian that same lesson by pulling the hood over his head. Except when it’s done to Damian, he counters every suckerpunch Dick throws his way declaring “I. Can. Fight. Blind.”
I think after this series, Joel Schumacher's version of Batman looked like Christopher Nolan's Batman. Yes, Batman Forever was mediocre at best and Batman and Robin was God awful, but Schumacher at least understood a lot about Batman more than Miller in this series. He was still kind, treated his loved ones with compassion, showed mercy, wasn't constantly trying to kill, and was like a detective too. It takes a special kind of failure and ineptitude to somehow handle Batman far worse than Schumacher, but Frank Miller passed that test with flying colors.
@@cadethumann8605 I still think it's stupid (or at least shouldn't have been treated like some cool kind of gadget akin to a Batarang) but I do get Linkara's point.
As bad as Batman and Robin was, you have to admit the scene where Batman appeals to Mr. Freeze's humanity and convinces him to give the cure for Alfred's disease is top-tier Batman material.
I find it appalling that more writers haven't taken advantage of this universe. Imagine Crazy Steve joining the Dark Knights. All of them are what he aspires to be and do, particularly Dawnbreaker.
Then again I find it ridiculous that the Batman Who Laughs became trapped in Fortnite (Yes. That was a thing that happened. Update. And now that the lore of Fortnite is over. I seriously hope he's a comic character that STAYS DEAD)
I think I understand ASBAR's place in the DC Multiverse! It's a universe in the Dark Multiverse made from Batman's regrets on how he treats people and his fears of him as well as everyone he knows being an asshole!
@@Horatio787 Are you talking about Hell and Back? The one where there's a hallucination sequence involving Leonidas, ED-209, Captain America, John Rambo, Dirty Harry, and other pop culture characters? If so, then yes, definitely.
@@Horatio787 I have only read the first 4 stories, and while they are good, you can tell that Frank's style was slowly becoming what it is now. His writing contained more repetitious phrases and sentence fragments, his art became more blocky and stylized (not for the better), and he really began overusing splash pages and two-page spreads in his later stories. All of this is evident in ASBAR and Holy Terror.
Can Linkara survive the insanity that is Crazy Steve and Dick Grayson, age 12? Yes. That’s why he uploaded this video and still made videos after the 10th issue.
@@Sonichero151 "I'm not going to give you any more attention because if I do that, you're just gonna use that opportunity to act more frigging insane. Am I right?" *sees Frank as a foot person* "I was right. NEVER CUT TO HIM AGAIN!"
"Why are you in color?" "I don't know." "Why is she dressed like that?" "I don't know." "What does any of this have to do with the source material?" "I don't goddamn know."
Crazy Steve needs to be a villian in the Batman part 2. And he needs to be written exactly like this with the repetitive “gritty” dialogue. It would so much fun to see Battinson show him what for.
I'm picturing a storyline where Bruce's estranged Uncle Stephen "Steve" Wayne broke out of Arkham and took advantage of Bruce's respect/love for his family and/or desire to hear stories about his parents only to then somehow knock Bruce out (probably just getting him too drunk to function) and then stealing the batsuit and terrorizing Gotham. Prompting Bruce to, of course, go after his crazy ass. The storyline needs to be called "Batman vs The GODDAMNED Batman". I would literally pay to both read the comic and watch the movie adaptation.
@@Darkraes743 The composer (according to Google at least) Sam Fonteyn died in 1991. I can't tell when he wrote Pizzicato playtime but it seems to have been the 1970s.
One of the few defenses I've seen of this series is that it makes sense in context with Dick Grayson's villainy in Dark Knight Strikes Again. Except, not only does that NOT work for me, it diminishes Dark Knight Returns. Seeing how isolated Bruce had gotten from his old friends and allies helped it work. Seeing him nostalgically say the Batmobile was a name Dick gave it, and how it was "the kind of name a would would come up with," gives a sense these two were friends and their relationship meant something, and Carrie Kelly helped make him realize he'd lost something important. TL;DR This comic SUCKS.
Lewis also brought up the point that despite Miller stating that his versions of Bruce and Clark never got along, we can clearly see that they _were_ friends, since if they weren't, then why would Clark try to convince Bruce to stand down throughout the story, hold back during their fight, be concerned for his failing heart, and show up at his funeral?
@@nickasaro8789 It always astounds me that the same guy who said that Batman was, "as good and pure a hero as you can find," constantly writes said "pure hero" as a sociopathic manchild who insults and abuses everything under the sun. Unless they wanna bang him.
It's almost like Dark knight returns and Year one is in one universe and the rest of Millers Batman comics is in another. Knowing that Year one Batman will eventually turn into TDKR Batman makes sense. But I can't ever see Year one Batman becoming the psychotic manchild that he is in ASBAR or Strikes again.
Plastic Man might be in the book because Frank may have liked him as a kid. I know several older non-comic book readers who have fond memories of Plastic Man from the 40s. Maybe Plas was a popular character that faded from public consciousness by the time the 60s/70s rolled around. I remember when they tried to revive him in the early 70s and both my parents knew who he was.
I know this is an old comment, but you’re probably right. Plastic Man was a pretty popular character in the Golden Age of comics, having genuinely good and fun cartoony adventures that are still loved to this day. Heck, Art Speigalman says that those old comics are the only superhero comics he cares to read! Plastic Man’s popularity did fade in the mid 50’s because the parent company died and the characters from it (also including Phantom Lady, and The Blackhawks,) were bought by DC, who did basically nothing with the characters for a long time. DC did bring Plastic Man back a few times, but never really knew what to do with him and the books never sold that well, so public consciousness did sort of fade. I wouldn’t be surprised if Frank read the old books through reprints or hand-me-down copies. What amuses me though is that Miller writes Plastic Man (the little we see of him in Frank’s stories) as very different than what those old Golden Age books offered, though that could just be Miller being Frank.
Maybe Crazy Steve mugged and kidnapped the Batman from year one using knockout gas, dragged him to some deep dark basement in the middle of nowhere, got plastic surgery to look like Bruce Wayne, and stole Batman's stuff.
I’ve heard that the reason why frank’s art and writing rapidly deteriorated was because he was an alcoholic. He’s clean now and his art has improved massively.
This calls for a great quote from Iron Man's alcoholism years (the first time): "Alcoholics don't stop being alcoholics. They just stop drinking....or die."
Well it’s about time the adventures of Crazy Steve were lined up in their entirety. Though you can sense Linkara going from bemused to regularly pissed over the course of these videos. I guess modern Frank Miller will do that to ya.
Well when you have to look at a comic that gets gradually get worse and worse and butchers several characters you hold dear to your heart, you'd get pissed as well.
You know. I was never into super hero comic books, and I don't think I ever will be, they are just not my cup of tea. But in watching your comic reviews, I have gained an appreciation for them. Even though you mostly review bad books and tear them a new one, in explaining *why* they are bad and contrasting with examples of actually *good* books, you let me understand why people like these characters and stories, and let someone like *me* enjoy them too, in a way. So thank you for that! I had not watched any of your material for probably around half a decade, and the other day I got into the mood of looking up whether you were still around. Glad to see you have survived the various apocalypses, keep on trucking!
@@henrygvidonas9573 It's what goes under the sweatpants It also comes in the form of bras but I'm like 90% everyone's just wearing camisoles or sports bras if anything
If there's one thing that always confused me about the art is that Bruce was cleanly shaved, but the second Batman showed up, he had a stubble (or how the fuck you call it.) at all times, whitch makes the theory of Crazy Steve even more real.
I don't know if this has ever been suggested, but does it seem like Miller was trying to turn Bruce into Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye? The constant use of the word "goddamn", the abrasive insulting of his superhero peers, his reflection on his and Dick's lost innocence...It's all there.
I can’t believe DC let that dumpster fire go on for as long as it did. How did no one see what was happening and go “Okay Frank’s really screwing up Batman here, should we maybe, you know... stop him?” or maybe that did happen and it was just waved off, which if it is the case, isn’t super great.
Maybe cause it wasn’t a story in the main DC continuity? Don’t get me wrong I can’t imagine anybody at DC was thrilled about it, but they probably just locked Frank in a closet at the DC offices and said “it’s not like it’s canon we’ll just ignore it.”
@@mitchellcowan2500 That's true. I'd imagine as long as they know it's not apart of the main continuity then that would mean they can allowed frank to keeping making this shit.
... you know as someone who's worked a lot of graveyard shift jobs and all. I take exception to that bit in Issue 3 of "The only people up this time of night are cops, hookers, and losers". Yeah yeah, call us losers but you know what, next time you're doing something like getting fresh produce at the grocery store think of all the people who probably worked nights to get it there from the Packing Warehouses to Truck Drivers to Stockboys. ... nothing loser about an honest living.
You know, ASBAR just makes me realize how much better the whole thing was done in the Batman Animated Series. Robin introduced. Moments with Bruce and Dick. Batman's obsession with bringing down Tony Zuko, and Alfred had to tell Batman that what Dick needs isn't justice, but an emotional bond. Getting that moment going. Even handling Dick's eventual revenge boner against Zuko much better. It makes me glad that the Animated Series version is the version I grew up with. And just an interesting study in how the same basic story can be told in vastly different ways. A lot of what ASBAR has against it being Frank's attempt to somehow make it tie into his other works. Thus the Justice League stuff and such. Obsession with their past glory and a need to keep reminding people of it, I guess.
@@DinoDave150 UA-cam keeps deleting my comment on the line I've been trying to quote but you know what's so to make it short its this, I am the goddamn batman :)
"I CAN'T GET TIRED, no matter how hard I TRY." Anybody else get the feeling that the CrazySteveCave is actually a meth lab? A methamphetamine psychosis during a week-long binge would explain pretty much all of Frankman's bizarre behaviour and endless nonsensical ranting in this comic book series.
Frank Miller writes the AT4W theme: Welcome to *ATOP* The Goddamn *WALL* where *BAD* comics _burn…_ burn… burn. Linkara - age 35 - is gonna *TEACH* you all a *LESSON* you won’t *LEARN!* Brodsky, you’re *NOT* the *SMARTEST!* _You’re not the smartest. You’re not the smartest. You’re not the smartest._ *LIEFELD,* you’re not a *GODDAMN* artist. You’re not an artist. You’re not an artist. Anyone’s who’s *HAD* a goddamn _comic_ published, it *COULD* be _your_ turn. Your turn. Your turn. Linkara - age 35! He is a goddamn *MAN!* _Punch!_ He *WEARS* a f**king hat! Hat. Hat. Linkara - age 35! He has a *MAGIC GUN.* Where’d he *PURCHASE* that? _Where’d he purchase that? Where’d he purchase that?_ Linkara - age 35! Goddamn *COINS,* _goddamn_ *ROBOTS,* goddamn *AMAZONS* and goddamn *TRUCKS!* Linkara - age 35! This *COMIC* _sucks… sucks… sucks._ *LIN* kar *AAAAAA!* (age 35!)
The new Miller Time song, it's alright, and I'm sure I'll get use to it, but in all honesty, miss the old one, damn UA-cam. But thank you for putting this set together in one video.
That ending speech from the #10 review is still one of my favorite...things from this show. I mean we all joke about how “Bruce Wayne is just a rich sociopath that just beats up on the mentally ill.” ,but he’s more than those lazy Twitter hot takes make him out to be. In contrast to Crazy Steve, Batman from the DCAU is a little grim and brooding yes but also easily one of the most compassionate versions of the character and he is not lesser for it
Honestly, I get the feeling that with DCAU, the point was that dichotomy was the point. When Alfred first sees him in the mask, he's shocked. Batman staring from the shadows is frightening to the man that raised him. He becomes this fearsome creature, because anything else wouldn't allow him to function as a sane and productive member of society. He needs this, to be Batman. To be "I am Vengeance, I am the Night, I am Batman." But that's only what the people outside see. Underneath he's still a man that is lonely at his core. Alfred is his father figure, but also his one true friend. Its why they have so much fun back and forth. Then Dick happens, and Bruce is a little less alone, a little more loving and responsible now that like Alfred before him, he's raising a boy that he wants the best for. Supes is next. They don't trust each other, they don't like each other, but a common foe pushes them together and by the end of it, they respect one another, begrudgingly at first. Earnestly by the end. I know its cliché to just go "Batman needed friends" but it was the truth. A part of him wanted/needed to avenge his parents or at the very least look for justice for others that he never felt he got himself, but he also needed others to rekindle the love and friendship that he thought he'd lost forever. By the time of Justice League, he has deep and meaningful connections with the people around him. They keep him honest and grounded and he does the same for them. He's a man that loves and is loved.
@@LupineShadowOmega Batman can be a functional person with feelings and understanding while still being the brooding badass. It's a balancing act; Batman will always be Batman but he can also be more than _just_ Batman so long as he has people around him that bring out his better qualities.
@@adamdavis1648I think he’s comparing this video to something like a comic tradebook, which compiles a bunch of issues from in a storyline into one convenient paperback/hardcover
You know I could see the line, "...And I've got Batman watching after me." Being a really good line showcasing how people grow to love Bats and the criminals fear him. Because he does have everyone's backs, all the good citizens at least, he cares for them and does what he can to help everyone. I mean, it doesn't work in this obviously, but it COULD work.
Now that I think about it… what ever happened to Hal’s green lantern ring? After robin magically steals it and they essentially mug hal with their plot armor powers it just kinda…. Stops existing.
Because my comment has been inexplicably deleted, here it is again: ASBAR, starring Crazy Steve, Dick Grayson Age 12, Vicky Vale's Ass, Irish Ninja Hooters Waitress, Bonkers Betty, Beardless Idiot, Loser Lantern, Stretchy Moron, Unfunny Clown, Obsessive Fangirl, Commissioner Boredom, Catwhore, and Alfred Pennyworth
Clearly, this was actually the story of a deranged murderhobo who stole a Bat Suit and is convinced he is Batman, and everything that happens is part of his psychosis.
I just realized something. This Wonder Woman has far more in common with the Injustice Version of the character. Y'know, the cynical woman who thinks that Killing is just fine and wants to bang Superman.
Yeah, it's akin to the more... barbaric warrior archetype with straw feministic values (like Amazons attack) instead of like the isolationist shining knight ideals with hearts of gold. Jeez, and that whole Supes/Wondy pairing is just not good. Heck, every story that involves that pairing instead of the Supes/Lane ones, it's probably a bad universe.
@@Neo232100 meh, I'd argue that Kingdom Come is a good story, like Injustice, but an undeniably bad universe. It's almost like the Clark/Lois relationship is unintentionally the underpinning of all good universes (by plot, quality, or both), while Clark being with Diana means that everything is going to go to Hell.
@@RabblesTheBinx I both agree and disagree honestly. It has a lot of genuine merits and problems in my book. But I'm not gonna make a stink about someone not liking it if that makes sense.
The complete series of Crazy Steve & Dick Grayson Age 12
*All-Star Crazy Steve & Dick Grayson Age 12
And don't forget the cameo of Bonkers Betty.
And special guest Clean-Shaven Idiot.
Eh complete as far as Linkara goes. Sadly we will never see Crazy Steve and Dick Grayson Age 12 issue 12. Released on the 12th. Of December.
And recurring guest, Irish waitress/ ninja, Dinah “Looney” Laurel Lance!
A quote from Young Justice
Wonder Woman:
“you indoctrinated Robin into crime fighting at the ripe old age of nine”
Batman:
“Robin needed help to bring the man that killed his family to Justice.”
Wonder Woman:
“Why so he could turn out like you?”
Batman:
“So he wouldn’t.”
The people behind Young Justice have a better understanding of Batman than Frank Miller.
@@Godzillakingofkaiju1 I mean that’s not heard but Young Justice is still fantastic.
Aw, he does care
@KGK Skull Actually, the writters of Teen Titans Go DO have much better understanding of Robin than Miller. And the rest of DC in general. Yeah, TT Go is stupid, but their so called "satire" is mostly on point. Dumb, but on point.
@KGK Skull I can think of two ways you can make a satire/parody on a character. One is to focus on most prominent aspects of his personality and mold them to work in a comical way. Blow them out of proportions or do a complete 180 while keeping it in balance, as you mentioned. And the second and the easiest way is just to make him absurdic as possible, which TT Go did, sadly. But I can see thay at least had somewhat proper understanding of how the team works in comics and they have some clever call-backs here and there.
For short, I would prefer TT Go insanity over ASBAR insanity. This comic is truly awful.
I find it hilarious how Alfred says “I pray my Master has not gone mad.” As if Crazy Steve wasn’t already completely insane.
Well that crazy steve he makes the joker look like a kira from jojo bizzare adventures
Imagine Frank Miller's version of Wizard of Oz.
"We're not in Kansas Toto. We're not in Kansas. Not anymore. Not anymore."
*Next panel: Toto lying on his back, eyes wide open, a pool of blood under him*
"Don't leave me Toto. You're so stiff. So cold. So cold. Cold."
*Narration box, as Dorothy: "I touched Toto's breast. It bled on me"*
I'M THE GODDAMN WIZARD OF OZ!
Instead of wanting a brain, The Scarecrow rips put other people’s brains and stuffs them in his head while laughing maniacally and yelling “I LOVE BEING THE GODDAMN SCARECROW!”
@@ShibuNub3305 "EAT TIN STRAW MAN!!!"
-The Tin Man Age 58
THIS WHOLE THREAD IS KILLING ME XD
We're off to see The Wizard! The Goddamn Wizard of Oz!
Miller's insistence that all his Batman stories take place in the same continuity makes everything SO MUCH WORSE.
This is the same Dick Grayson that he mocks and kills in The Dark Knight Strikes Again.
He kidnapped him, tortured him, used him as sidekick, drove him away at some point and then mocked him for wanting love before melting him in lava.
Miller's Batman is a monster.
I legitimately hope they never make a movie adaptation of Dark Knight Strikes Again or that if they do they just remove the bit about Dick Grayson in it.
@@diamondinthesky4771After the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke added a scene where Bruce and Barbara did something UNTHINKABLE. I'm afraid that they might add more horrible stuff to such an adaptation.
The Misadventures of Crazy Steve and Dick Grayson: Age Twelve.
Guest starring Bonkers Betty
Featuring random EMPHASIS on certain WORDS during this SERIES.
And preferably is batman who laughs
Did anyone else notice Bruce Wayne was clean-shaven but when he switched to Batman he grew the world's fastest stubble?
space is warped and time is bendable.
It's one of those fake facial hair appliances.
He puts on matches malone makeup before his mask just in case... He's crazy Steve he's prepared
Bearded Idiot
@@theangryholmesian4556 More like Stubbled Sociopath.
I am not entirely unconvinced that this whole story was meant to be The Joker playing with his action figure collection like that scene from Space Balls...
You know that makes way too much sense
i would absolutely want to see a picture of joker playing with action figures of the characters and quoting the dialogue while cackling
... Does that mean that The Joker sees himself as a super serious grim and gritty sort of fellow?
@@tinkerer3399 Only when he's playing with toys because the irony of it is delicious to him.
@@LupineShadowOmega
Or in a tragic moment of reflection, he realizes that he really ISN'T funny.😢
As an Irishman, I can confirm that we absolutely do NOT have secret ninja powers that we haven't told anyone about.
Covered that nicely, I feel.
LIAR!!!!!!!!
you absolute nincompoop, you better not betray the trans-pacific Irish Peruvian secret ninja treaty and out us out too
@@wellwellwellitywell7595 huh?
Nice one, secret saved
@@ciphergacha9100 UH Yeah Not ReallyWWWW”
The series was so bad that Linkara aged 10years
EH
16:45 I can see Jim Lee rubbing his nose bridge at "I am shameless"
"Dude, I draw cheesecake from time to time, you don't need to sound like a porn director describing me what you want me to draw!"
@ULGROTHA Just curious. What's exactly wrong with Frank Cho?
@ULGROTHA Ah. I see. At the very least he can actually draw, unlike Frank nowadays.
The insane ass world of crazy Steve
At this point, I'd believe that not even those Ecchi artists from XEBEC were as "shameless" as Frank Miller...
Okay, I'll correct myself: The Ecchi artists from XEBEC _were_ making Ecchi 'cause that was their job. *_Frank Miller did not had that excuse when he made that script for Jim Lee!_*
"Do the irish have secret ninja powers that they didn't tell anyone about"
Me who is irish:HOW DID HE KNOW!?
How else did they kick out the British?
For what linkara didn’t know they also hold a secret wind ninja academy to help form the ninja storm power rangers
Would’ve come in real handy against the vikings
Man, what I would give to see a show about Irish ninjas.
I'm part-irish so holy shit, I'm part ninja, yay.
"Whenever Batman's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, 'Where's Batman?'"
I'll do you one better: Who's Batman?
I have to go, my planet needs me
'sup Dena.
Whenever Crazy Steve is on screen, I start asking "Where's Batman?"
@@thegreatstoneddragon9432 I’ll do you one better: why is Batman?
Are we sure Crazy Steve isn't actually the secret identity of "The Fixer"? That would make a lot of sense.
I can believe that Crazy Steve is an insane, racist hobo who was inspired by Batman to put on a crappy costume, start calling himself "The Fixer" and battle foreign people. After that he found his way into the Batcave and stole the real Batmans stuff.
@@legoking6165 Considering Frank wrote Holy Terror as a Batman story and then scrubbed the label off I can believe it.
@@legoking6165 And if Dick Grayson was traumatised by the Fixer as a child it makes total sense that he became the Joker in "The Dark Knight Strikes Again".
It would actually
My head cannon is that Holy Terror is a prequel to ASBAR
The young Linkara with early video equipment slowly transitioning to modern is crazy.
The Video of Dorian Gray...
@@adamgoss3638 or a reverse Benjamin button
Post-2001 Frank Miller will do that to a guy.
@@theSonicguy001 so, someone who ages backwards, in reverse?
As crazy as Batman?!
It is wierd that Joker and Batman's personality seemed to be swapped.
Welcome to the joke that is about 10 years old
It’s a great idea...on paper
@@nosfonader8792 Which ironically does NOT work in a comic.
@@drakkenmensch And like that the joke doesn’t work anymore
@@nosfonader8792 Just like Frank Miller!
Also, you know what would be fun re: Green Lantern?
If Hal, after having his ring stolen, just smirked and said something like "Nah dude, help yourself, it's a toy I bought in a store down the street. I figured out something was up the moment I saw cans of yellow paint outside your safe house".
But that would require frank to make a character other than Batman semi intelligent
Then Hal shoves said guys wife/fiancé/girlfriend in the fridge. Just for kicks.
@@Rabbitlord108💀
Where's the scantly clad, well developed, physically developed obviously not depth of character, female whose problems can all be solved with some good quality superhero D?
It’s strange how Batman and Joker gradually changed their personality’s over time
In concept, this would be a fascinating story idea
And that's how we got "The Batman who laughs" Oh joy......
@@viraltang I stopped paying attention to all things Metal. I feel it gone on way too long and Batman being a centerpiece of the multiverse sounds stupid and contrived! Imagine this being the Flash instead. You know, the one with actual reality warping powers?!
@@nosfonader8792 I think it may have started out a metta thing about Batman being DC's most popular character but fuck me if there was ever any point to it...Also your not missing anything I gave it a chance and was kinda grooving on the medieval gothic fantasy vibes it had at first.....but my god it got so bad...It's funny as hell to laugh at and riff on and last I checked it's still going on..but yeah I dropped it kinda quick.
@@viraltang They just introduced a Bat-Lobo...
Man hearing that reading of Frank Miller's "direction" makes me have an image of an increasingly uncomfortable Jim Lee struggling to hold back vomit while a creepy Frank Miller leans into him and he hopes to god that whatever is poking his back is not what he's thinking it is.
A bottle? Or a gun?
@@genesismultiverse4896 I mean, he's leaning into him and reading something very sexually charged. I think that tells you enough.
Anyone else think Jim Lee had a bunch of "WHAT the fuck do you want me to draw here?" Moments....
Where he just stared at Miller's script, then at Miller, then at the editor in charge...
"You see this shit, right? Do I really have to do this?"
“He wrote The Dark Knight Returns so just do what he says” was probably the answer he recieved.
@@1111-e4p 😤😤More Like YOU WANT ME TO DRAW WHAT Moments But YEP😒 Just Imagine If This Had A Crossover WITH BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES"
Not exactly because he was actually one of the forefathers of Image Comics back in the 90s of all the edgelord *DEWWWWWD* Crap he drew.
Jim Lee actually said this was one of his favorite comics to draw
@@HunterBidensHandgun
Where, why, and under what?
I hope he’s okay.
I just realized that you can see Dick is still wearing his acrobat suit under the pyjamas, meaning at least Alfred didn't strip him down
At least that isn't evidence of the squickiness going on in this book
Albred the only hero in this series
Linkara's remark on Steve relishing the thugs killing eachother in #7 is why I love his reviews. Batman would never want to become the monster that created him, criminals have families. He wouldn't make another kid an orphan just cause his parent took a shot at him.
And yet somehow people say miller desrves a pass for everything he makes
0:22 "Who's Frank Miller? Well, here's something we can thank him for."
I then got two midroll ads. It's now canon that Frank's Heated Gamer Moments are responsible for the sorry state of UA-cam.
I'm... confused how you could get midrolls THERE. I set the midrolls to happen at the end of each episode.
@@AT4W Probably because I opened the video last night, went to sleep, then turned it back on today.
MaGIc
Watching Linkara’s growth as a critic truncated into three hours focusing on one series. Ngl, that’s hot.
Wait...am I going crazy or did I also see you tweet this exact same thing?
pretty sure that they tweeted the same thing
@@groovymovies390 both things are true
@@ThePonderer Nice.
It's like he's the polar opposite of Frank Miller, who's stuck in the past and never improved his craft.
It's like Lord of the Rings, if Gandalf called Frodo retarded for asking about the one ring and forced him to eat rats with Gallom!
please don't give fan-fiction writers any ideas. theirs enough bad fan-fictions out there..
"Give me panty shots of the elves!"
"Which elv-"
"ALL OF THEM!!!!!"
@@adamgoss3638 Elrond.
There, now that image is in your head.
“I’M THE GODDAMN WIZARD!”
And Galadriel’s opening speech is delivered in her underwear.
I desperately wish that line about mourning their own lost lives was in a better Batman story. It's far too good to be dragged down by the rest of the writing. Seeing Bruce and Dick bonding over and acknowledging how much the childhood trauma they both experienced changed the trajectory of their lives is an idea that I feel like I haven't seen used to its full potential.
Ahh, yes, the insane saga of Crazy Steve. Also, I’m still waiting for “Lies This Cover Told Me” to be an actual thing.
I'd purchase and read it
*DAMN THESE COMICS AND THEIR LEMONADE!*
You mean *DAMN* these *COMICS* and their *GODDAMN LEMONADE. DAMN* these *COMICS.* *DAMN* these *GODDAMN COMICS* and their *GODDAMN LEMONADE!*
@@mattiasljungblad4827 Mr. Miller is that you?!
@@karlrudd8914 no *ARE YOU RE#@@# I AM THE GODDAMN MILLER!!!!*
@@genesismultiverse4896 Stop cloning yourself you wierdo!
Dark Knights Metal would have been a lot more interesting if Crazy Steve was the main villain instead of the Batman Who Laughs and Barbatos.
TBMWL tried to recruit Crazy Steve, but not even he was insane enough to go near Crazy Steve's universe
Those two have standards, they wouldn't go near Steve.
Headcanon: ASBAR takes place in the dark multiverse, and it ended after issue 10 because it deteriorated into non-existence, as is the fate of all dark universes.
@@tomsmurf4225 This makes perfect sense.
Batman v. Crazy Steve! They have the alternate fights all the time and I say we need a bloodthirsty, pedophilic evil Batman to fight the caped crusader.
How was not "brutally, brutally, it was brutal" as famous as any other of the bad quotes?
It wasn't brutal enough.
But was it brutal?
I guess Brutality of that magnitude was to much for the Internet in the 2010s.
Naw, "Brutal" sounded better from Nathan Explosion.
That's brutal. BRUTAL. Brutal.
“The Joker does not smile” sounds like the title of one of those TAS episodes that you suddenly remember twenty years later and realize you should probably talk to a therapist about.
You can almost track Linkara's evolution through this one video. From the early days to his experienced, modern day appearance. Almost like watching a Pokémon trainer select their starter, take on the gyms and face the elite four to become champion.
Yes, I am that much of a nerd.
Re: Frank Miller and fascism:
I think the idea is that the Crazy Steve Batman wouldn't stay as the underdog once he got into power. I can completely see him going the Sinestro route if he used the Green Lantern ring. A fascist who isn't currently in power is still a fascist.
Omg. Over 3.5 hours of Crazy Steve. This can’t be good for my mental health.
But it is good for my funny bone.
You mean your boner?
It is
ASBAR AS I’M CONCERNED, this is a compilation video!
Basically the trade version of ASBAR
how dare you, sir.
@@wilhelmofcharlotte772 Even though the Trade doesn't include Issue 10...for some reason.
Boooooo!
HYUK HYUK HYUK 👍
"Why in Hell do I need to wear a mask," Frank Miller in 2020, probably.
Wouldn't surprise me.
Actually believe or not Frank Millar has gotten over his crazy and apparently he hates Trump and is an okay guy now. He even apologized for Holy Terror.
@@crinosG I'd say he was replaced by a Skrull or something...
@@crinosG 9/11 really messed him up. One bad day indeed.
crinosG did he apologize for this too?
2:38:07
Which is extra funny, because there was a scene where Dick Grayson Batman tries to teach Damian that same lesson by pulling the hood over his head. Except when it’s done to Damian, he counters every suckerpunch Dick throws his way declaring “I. Can. Fight. Blind.”
judging by the state of this comic, I feel when he Miller called Batman "as good and pure a hero as you can find", he meant it as a bad thing.
No, see...the scary part is tbat he still believes Batman is good and pure. This is his idea of what good heroes do
@@davidspring4003 eep
@@davidspring4003 I'm cringing just thinking about that
I think after this series, Joel Schumacher's version of Batman looked like Christopher Nolan's Batman. Yes, Batman Forever was mediocre at best and Batman and Robin was God awful, but Schumacher at least understood a lot about Batman more than Miller in this series. He was still kind, treated his loved ones with compassion, showed mercy, wasn't constantly trying to kill, and was like a detective too. It takes a special kind of failure and ineptitude to somehow handle Batman far worse than Schumacher, but Frank Miller passed that test with flying colors.
I'll take Batman and Robin-Bat Credit Card and all-over ASBAR any day!
@@theangryholmesian4556 Linkara even made a good defense of the bat credit card in his batman and robin movie comic review
@@cadethumann8605 I still think it's stupid (or at least shouldn't have been treated like some cool kind of gadget akin to a Batarang) but I do get Linkara's point.
As bad as Batman and Robin was, you have to admit the scene where Batman appeals to Mr. Freeze's humanity and convinces him to give the cure for Alfred's disease is top-tier Batman material.
@@DinoDave150 There's also his conversations with the dying Alfred, showcasing Bruce's vulnerable and loving side.
Did the Joker steal Kiryu's tattoo? I'll be honest, I just want a reason for Majima to throw down with the Joker.
Omg yes I was just thinking that.
I find it appalling that more writers haven't taken advantage of this universe. Imagine Crazy Steve joining the Dark Knights. All of them are what he aspires to be and do, particularly Dawnbreaker.
Crazy Steve in Dark knights metal: What happens?
I think even The Darkest Knight knows that's a mistake.
Then again I find it ridiculous that the Batman Who Laughs became trapped in Fortnite (Yes. That was a thing that happened. Update. And now that the lore of Fortnite is over. I seriously hope he's a comic character that STAYS DEAD)
I think I understand ASBAR's place in the DC Multiverse!
It's a universe in the Dark Multiverse made from Batman's regrets on how he treats people and his fears of him as well as everyone he knows being an asshole!
I can see it
Crazy Steve was meant to be part of the Dark Knights, but they decided against it as he was too much of a freak
Watching this comic get gradually worse and worse really goes to show just how far Frank Miller has fallen.
If you want that just read Sin City, the last volume is pure self insert fan fiction for an artist.
@@Horatio787 Are you talking about Hell and Back? The one where there's a hallucination sequence involving Leonidas, ED-209, Captain America, John Rambo, Dirty Harry, and other pop culture characters? If so, then yes, definitely.
@@DinoDave150 Yep. It has its moments, the doll in the trunk being one, but it sooo fan fictiony I can't take it seriously.
@@Horatio787 I have only read the first 4 stories, and while they are good, you can tell that Frank's style was slowly becoming what it is now. His writing contained more repetitious phrases and sentence fragments, his art became more blocky and stylized (not for the better), and he really began overusing splash pages and two-page spreads in his later stories. All of this is evident in ASBAR and Holy Terror.
@@DinoDave150 Jeez, his laziness is so bad that even if he's not doing the art, it's still lazy by proxy. How do you do that!?
Can Linkara survive the insanity that is Crazy Steve and Dick Grayson, age 12?
Yes. That’s why he uploaded this video and still made videos after the 10th issue.
Nostalgia critic summed up Frank miller best when he looked at The Spirit
"Hey Frank?"
"Goddamn???"
"You think this scene could use more foot people cause I really think this scene could use more foot people."
@@Webshooters1 "Why.....did you do that?"
"I don't know"
*road runner escape*
@@Sonichero151
"I'm not going to give you any more attention because if I do that, you're just gonna use that opportunity to act more frigging insane. Am I right?"
*sees Frank as a foot person*
"I was right. NEVER CUT TO HIM AGAIN!"
"Why are you in color?"
"I don't know."
"Why is she dressed like that?"
"I don't know."
"What does any of this have to do with the source material?"
"I don't goddamn know."
Crazy Steve needs to be a villian in the Batman part 2. And he needs to be written exactly like this with the repetitive “gritty” dialogue. It would so much fun to see Battinson show him what for.
I'm picturing a storyline where Bruce's estranged Uncle Stephen "Steve" Wayne broke out of Arkham and took advantage of Bruce's respect/love for his family and/or desire to hear stories about his parents only to then somehow knock Bruce out (probably just getting him too drunk to function) and then stealing the batsuit and terrorizing Gotham. Prompting Bruce to, of course, go after his crazy ass.
The storyline needs to be called "Batman vs The GODDAMNED Batman". I would literally pay to both read the comic and watch the movie adaptation.
Batman vs Man
Shame you had to substitute the "miller time" jingle, but the new one is nice too.
Wait why did he have too? Wasn't that music public domain?!
@@raphaelhemery152 Apparently it's not, and even if it was that wouldn't stop UA-cam.
@@Darkraes743 The composer (according to Google at least) Sam Fonteyn died in 1991. I can't tell when he wrote Pizzicato playtime but it seems to have been the 1970s.
@@TheAlexSchmidt so basically copyright laws are a fucking joke. One not even the Joker would laugh at.
He should have just used the Liberty Bell March
Linkara: welcome to the first comic in 2015! The future is now!
Me: *cries in 2020*
I'm surprised Linkara didn't mention how Wonder Woman's inner monologue had a girly font.
One of the few defenses I've seen of this series is that it makes sense in context with Dick Grayson's villainy in Dark Knight Strikes Again. Except, not only does that NOT work for me, it diminishes Dark Knight Returns. Seeing how isolated Bruce had gotten from his old friends and allies helped it work. Seeing him nostalgically say the Batmobile was a name Dick gave it, and how it was "the kind of name a would would come up with," gives a sense these two were friends and their relationship meant something, and Carrie Kelly helped make him realize he'd lost something important.
TL;DR
This comic SUCKS.
Lewis also brought up the point that despite Miller stating that his versions of Bruce and Clark never got along, we can clearly see that they _were_ friends, since if they weren't, then why would Clark try to convince Bruce to stand down throughout the story, hold back during their fight, be concerned for his failing heart, and show up at his funeral?
@@DinoDave150 If they weren't friends, the fight simply wouldn't work. There'd be zero pathos
@@DinoDave150 more proof that modern Miller is so far gone he doesn’t even understand his own work.
@@nickasaro8789 It always astounds me that the same guy who said that Batman was, "as good and pure a hero as you can find," constantly writes said "pure hero" as a sociopathic manchild who insults and abuses everything under the sun. Unless they wanna bang him.
It's almost like Dark knight returns and Year one is in one universe and the rest of Millers Batman comics is in another. Knowing that Year one Batman will eventually turn into TDKR Batman makes sense. But I can't ever see Year one Batman becoming the psychotic manchild that he is in ASBAR or Strikes again.
"Life and Its Goddamn Complexities" is unironically a great philosophy book title.
Is it bad that everytime Linkara said Dick Grayson age 12 I laughed
Nope
Wow, I forgot that this started Miller Time.
Plastic Man might be in the book because Frank may have liked him as a kid. I know several older non-comic book readers who have fond memories of Plastic Man from the 40s. Maybe Plas was a popular character that faded from public consciousness by the time the 60s/70s rolled around. I remember when they tried to revive him in the early 70s and both my parents knew who he was.
I know this is an old comment, but you’re probably right. Plastic Man was a pretty popular character in the Golden Age of comics, having genuinely good and fun cartoony adventures that are still loved to this day. Heck, Art Speigalman says that those old comics are the only superhero comics he cares to read! Plastic Man’s popularity did fade in the mid 50’s because the parent company died and the characters from it (also including Phantom Lady, and The Blackhawks,) were bought by DC, who did basically nothing with the characters for a long time. DC did bring Plastic Man back a few times, but never really knew what to do with him and the books never sold that well, so public consciousness did sort of fade.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Frank read the old books through reprints or hand-me-down copies. What amuses me though is that Miller writes Plastic Man (the little we see of him in Frank’s stories) as very different than what those old Golden Age books offered, though that could just be Miller being Frank.
should just call it crazy steve: the movie
Is that an OOO Pokémon profile pic?
@@michaelrhett4958 yess actually! i made pokemon combos on my deviantart, this is my tatoba one
@@zumby101 Nice! Glad to see another man of culture on Linkara’s channel
@@michaelrhett4958 thanks man, seriously though look me up, crisscrossedsecret, i'm doing all the combos but with pokemon
@@zumby101 Will do dude!
Old Linkara: I like talking about old SEGA games, like Sonic!
Me, Present Day: You sit upon a throne of lies.
I refuse to believe Batman year one is in the same universe as this story
Maybe Crazy Steve mugged and kidnapped the Batman from year one using knockout gas, dragged him to some deep dark basement in the middle of nowhere, got plastic surgery to look like Bruce Wayne, and stole Batman's stuff.
@@theultimatememelord5494So a world where Thomas Elliott actually won?
@@dwainjones2251 Essentially, if you want to look at it like that.
Me too. I refuse to believe year one and dark knight returns is canon to this sh$t
The All Star Crazy Steve saga has finally been unleashed upon the world.
In concentrated form.
Not the compilation we deserved, but the compilation we needed
I’ve heard that the reason why frank’s art and writing rapidly deteriorated was because he was an alcoholic. He’s clean now and his art has improved massively.
This calls for a great quote from Iron Man's alcoholism years (the first time): "Alcoholics don't stop being alcoholics. They just stop drinking....or die."
Well it’s about time the adventures of Crazy Steve were lined up in their entirety. Though you can sense Linkara going from bemused to regularly pissed over the course of these videos. I guess modern Frank Miller will do that to ya.
Well when you have to look at a comic that gets gradually get worse and worse and butchers several characters you hold dear to your heart, you'd get pissed as well.
You know. I was never into super hero comic books, and I don't think I ever will be, they are just not my cup of tea. But in watching your comic reviews, I have gained an appreciation for them. Even though you mostly review bad books and tear them a new one, in explaining *why* they are bad and contrasting with examples of actually *good* books, you let me understand why people like these characters and stories, and let someone like *me* enjoy them too, in a way. So thank you for that!
I had not watched any of your material for probably around half a decade, and the other day I got into the mood of looking up whether you were still around. Glad to see you have survived the various apocalypses, keep on trucking!
I have to say. Batgirl's outfit is pretty cute. That's pretty much the only positive thing I can think to say about this series.
You know, if Crazy Steve was brought into the Injustice Universe he would literally just take Injustice Superman's side in an instant.
The Super-Man damn thing needs to be its own meme. Two lines and it's just DAMN
"No reason for her to be walking around her apartment in her underwear"
... oh... should I get dressed then?
I just hope you don’t do it with the window open.
@@barleysixseventwo6665 Natural light touches none of my apartment
Just make sure theres no camera on you
What is this thing, "underwear"? Is that something from the Before Times?
@@henrygvidonas9573
It's what goes under the sweatpants
It also comes in the form of bras but I'm like 90% everyone's just wearing camisoles or sports bras if anything
If there's one thing that always confused me about the art is that Bruce was cleanly shaved, but the second Batman showed up, he had a stubble (or how the fuck you call it.) at all times, whitch makes the theory of Crazy Steve even more real.
Crazy Steve was a cicrus performer that happened to look Bruce Wayne and came across him when he was changing and knocked him out
He was actually the fixer from holy terror.
I don't know if this has ever been suggested, but does it seem like Miller was trying to turn Bruce into Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye? The constant use of the word "goddamn", the abrasive insulting of his superhero peers, his reflection on his and Dick's lost innocence...It's all there.
Why does crazy Steve seem like an inspiration for the batman who laughs
That gives me a funny idea: Imagine if Crazy Steve was apart of the Dark Knights Metal. Or if he even replaced the Batman who laughs.
I went to this straight from the Marville compilation and I don’t know if my sanity will survive
It's like an evolution of madness caused by comics
No. For that, we go to Marville.
Marvill and ASBAR? Evolution? Ha, more like Regression!
@@Mike_Dubo Marville is merely silly.
I’ve read worse stuff, trust me.
Two words: The Boys.
I can’t believe DC let that dumpster fire go on for as long as it did. How did no one see what was happening and go “Okay Frank’s really screwing up Batman here, should we maybe, you know... stop him?” or maybe that did happen and it was just waved off, which if it is the case, isn’t super great.
Maybe cause it wasn’t a story in the main DC continuity? Don’t get me wrong I can’t imagine anybody at DC was thrilled about it, but they probably just locked Frank in a closet at the DC offices and said “it’s not like it’s canon we’ll just ignore it.”
@@mitchellcowan2500 Yeah, that’s probably what happened.
@@mitchellcowan2500 That's true. I'd imagine as long as they know it's not apart of the main continuity then that would mean they can allowed frank to keeping making this shit.
This comic is like proof of Murphy’s Law.
MAY THIS BLESSED VIDEO FINALLY BE MONETIZED
... you know as someone who's worked a lot of graveyard shift jobs and all. I take exception to that bit in Issue 3 of "The only people up this time of night are cops, hookers, and losers". Yeah yeah, call us losers but you know what, next time you're doing something like getting fresh produce at the grocery store think of all the people who probably worked nights to get it there from the Packing Warehouses to Truck Drivers to Stockboys.
... nothing loser about an honest living.
You know, ASBAR just makes me realize how much better the whole thing was done in the Batman Animated Series. Robin introduced. Moments with Bruce and Dick. Batman's obsession with bringing down Tony Zuko, and Alfred had to tell Batman that what Dick needs isn't justice, but an emotional bond. Getting that moment going. Even handling Dick's eventual revenge boner against Zuko much better.
It makes me glad that the Animated Series version is the version I grew up with. And just an interesting study in how the same basic story can be told in vastly different ways. A lot of what ASBAR has against it being Frank's attempt to somehow make it tie into his other works. Thus the Justice League stuff and such. Obsession with their past glory and a need to keep reminding people of it, I guess.
Ooh a complete story on all star Batman and Robin this should be fun
For the wrong reasons.
@@DinoDave150 lol indeed because oh boy all star Batman and Robin is a complete and utter trainwreck of a series but damn it it’s a great comedy.
@@TevyaSmolka The "Damn you and your lemonade!" line is what kills me the most. 😂
@@DinoDave150 UA-cam keeps deleting my comment on the line I've been trying to quote but you know what's so to make it short its this, I am the goddamn batman :)
"I CAN'T GET TIRED, no matter how hard I TRY." Anybody else get the feeling that the CrazySteveCave is actually a meth lab?
A methamphetamine psychosis during a week-long binge would explain pretty much all of Frankman's bizarre behaviour and endless nonsensical ranting in this comic book series.
Crazy Steve: "I've trained to be the best at everything."
Random person: "What about the best meth head?"
Crazy Steve: "EVERYTHING!"
He literally sounded like a crackhead in that line😭
Crazy Steve vs Heisenberg: The matchup we’ve all been waiting for!
DICK GRAYSON AGE 12, WE NEED TO COOK
Frank Miller writes the AT4W theme:
Welcome to *ATOP* The Goddamn *WALL* where *BAD* comics _burn…_ burn… burn.
Linkara - age 35 - is gonna *TEACH* you all a *LESSON* you won’t *LEARN!*
Brodsky, you’re *NOT* the *SMARTEST!* _You’re not the smartest. You’re not the smartest. You’re not the smartest._
*LIEFELD,* you’re not a *GODDAMN* artist. You’re not an artist. You’re not an artist.
Anyone’s who’s *HAD* a goddamn _comic_ published, it *COULD* be _your_ turn. Your turn. Your turn.
Linkara - age 35!
He is a goddamn *MAN!* _Punch!_ He *WEARS* a f**king hat! Hat. Hat.
Linkara - age 35!
He has a *MAGIC GUN.* Where’d he *PURCHASE* that? _Where’d he purchase that? Where’d he purchase that?_
Linkara - age 35!
Goddamn *COINS,* _goddamn_ *ROBOTS,* goddamn *AMAZONS* and goddamn *TRUCKS!*
Linkara - age 35!
This *COMIC* _sucks… sucks… sucks._
*LIN* kar *AAAAAA!* (age 35!)
Oh boy, the first episode of this was so long ago that it was done by Baby Linkara.
Here's a fun drinking game, take a shot for every time that someone says goddamn in the book.
Next Compilation idea-
Superman and Kamandi: At Earth’s End
I’m more interested in a Tandy Computer Whiz Kids compilation.
@Will N Bearded Idiot
The new Miller Time song, it's alright, and I'm sure I'll get use to it, but in all honesty, miss the old one, damn UA-cam. But thank you for putting this set together in one video.
The old Miller time jingle was much better in my honest opinion.
All Star Superman showed him at his best
All Star Batman showed him at his worst
This is like single issues being collected into a TPB and this is linkara's best work.
"THIS GAME IS STUPID! I'M NOT WEARING HOCKEY PADS!" "SNOWFLAME IS THE BEST AT PARCHEESI!"
WHO TOLD FRANK MILLER ABOUT OUR SECRET NINJAS POWER!?!? I WANT NAMES!!!!!
That ending speech from the #10 review is still one of my favorite...things from this show. I mean we all joke about how “Bruce Wayne is just a rich sociopath that just beats up on the mentally ill.” ,but he’s more than those lazy Twitter hot takes make him out to be. In contrast to Crazy Steve, Batman from the DCAU is a little grim and brooding yes but also easily one of the most compassionate versions of the character and he is not lesser for it
Honestly, I get the feeling that with DCAU, the point was that dichotomy was the point. When Alfred first sees him in the mask, he's shocked. Batman staring from the shadows is frightening to the man that raised him. He becomes this fearsome creature, because anything else wouldn't allow him to function as a sane and productive member of society. He needs this, to be Batman. To be "I am Vengeance, I am the Night, I am Batman." But that's only what the people outside see.
Underneath he's still a man that is lonely at his core. Alfred is his father figure, but also his one true friend. Its why they have so much fun back and forth. Then Dick happens, and Bruce is a little less alone, a little more loving and responsible now that like Alfred before him, he's raising a boy that he wants the best for. Supes is next. They don't trust each other, they don't like each other, but a common foe pushes them together and by the end of it, they respect one another, begrudgingly at first. Earnestly by the end.
I know its cliché to just go "Batman needed friends" but it was the truth. A part of him wanted/needed to avenge his parents or at the very least look for justice for others that he never felt he got himself, but he also needed others to rekindle the love and friendship that he thought he'd lost forever. By the time of Justice League, he has deep and meaningful connections with the people around him. They keep him honest and grounded and he does the same for them. He's a man that loves and is loved.
@@LupineShadowOmega
Batman can be a functional person with feelings and understanding while still being the brooding badass. It's a balancing act; Batman will always be Batman but he can also be more than _just_ Batman so long as he has people around him that bring out his better qualities.
Wow!
I guess we can call this the “Digital Trade” of the show
I know you left this comment a year ago, but I'm curious what you mean. Isn't the entire show digital since you can only access it with a computer?
@@adamdavis1648I think he’s comparing this video to something like a comic tradebook, which compiles a bunch of issues from in a storyline into one convenient paperback/hardcover
@@TheMamaluigi300 Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!
You know I could see the line, "...And I've got Batman watching after me." Being a really good line showcasing how people grow to love Bats and the criminals fear him. Because he does have everyone's backs, all the good citizens at least, he cares for them and does what he can to help everyone.
I mean, it doesn't work in this obviously, but it COULD work.
That final speech. One of your best moments.
Doctor: You have 3 hours 32 minutes and 32 seconds left
Video: buffers
God, you know Linkara has been doing this for a while when he makes a "This Is Sparta" reference in the first 3 minutes.
Now that I think about it… what ever happened to Hal’s green lantern ring? After robin magically steals it and they essentially mug hal with their plot armor powers it just kinda…. Stops existing.
Because my comment has been inexplicably deleted, here it is again:
ASBAR, starring Crazy Steve, Dick Grayson Age 12, Vicky Vale's Ass, Irish Ninja Hooters Waitress, Bonkers Betty, Beardless Idiot, Loser Lantern, Stretchy Moron, Unfunny Clown, Obsessive Fangirl, Commissioner Boredom, Catwhore, and Alfred Pennyworth
A twelve pack of classic Millers.
Clearly, this was actually the story of a deranged murderhobo who stole a Bat Suit and is convinced he is Batman, and everything that happens is part of his psychosis.
I just realized something. This Wonder Woman has far more in common with the Injustice Version of the character. Y'know, the cynical woman who thinks that Killing is just fine and wants to bang Superman.
Yeah, it's akin to the more... barbaric warrior archetype with straw feministic values (like Amazons attack) instead of like the isolationist shining knight ideals with hearts of gold.
Jeez, and that whole Supes/Wondy pairing is just not good.
Heck, every story that involves that pairing instead of the Supes/Lane ones, it's probably a bad universe.
@@battlion507 I would make the counterpoint of Kingdom Come...but that could easily be considered the exception that proves the rule. XD
@@Neo232100 meh, I'd argue that Kingdom Come is a good story, like Injustice, but an undeniably bad universe. It's almost like the Clark/Lois relationship is unintentionally the underpinning of all good universes (by plot, quality, or both), while Clark being with Diana means that everything is going to go to Hell.
@@RabblesTheBinx I both agree and disagree honestly. It has a lot of genuine merits and problems in my book. But I'm not gonna make a stink about someone not liking it if that makes sense.
Crazy Steve vs injustice Superman: Who wins?
After this, I understand why Miller lost his reputation (along with his wife Lynn Varley in 2002) so completely in a few years.
Now I know what I'm watching when I'm all caught up with Secret Origins Month.