Early Access: Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2 - Group Reaction+Uncut
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Definitely do bad DC movies and include WW 1984 with the ones you mentioned. As good as Wonder Woman was, the sequel left me scratching my head
Maurice Gray Jr
2025-08-31 04:11:50 +0000 UTCngl I'm hype for the bad DC movies. You know what is technically a DC movie is Steel (1997) with Shaquille O'Neal
Grimm
2025-08-29 11:35:25 +0000 UTCYo yall ain’t wrong this poison ivy is built different, easily the best version we’ve seen of her. She don’t need to use her poison to get you to do what she wants, she just gotta flex her foin ass.
TrixieTurner
2025-08-29 10:25:59 +0000 UTCChris is wrong about Joel Schumacher (batman forever and batman and robin) hating Batman, he actually loves Batman and was a huge fan of the 60s Batman tv show, which is why his movies were campier and brighter, instead of dark and brooding.
NICK Luna
2025-08-28 21:43:10 +0000 UTC#SundayRundown I read the original comic before even finishing the first movie. The villains have a lot less focus, so I actually appreciated them getting more time here. I think Joker, Ivy, and Calender Man were closest to how much they got in the comic. Even Harvey didn’t have the split personality aspect There also wasn’t all the hints towards this brand new motive for Gilda I am SO down for bad DC movies! But don’t you watch Reynolds Green Lantern without watching the good animated ones, i don’t care if it’s before or after, watch some good Lantern content!
Jon Mercano
2025-08-28 16:53:15 +0000 UTC#SundayRundown First off RIP Naya Rivera. How she passed was so upsetting. She voiced a a good Catwoman. I love how gradual the progression was from Harvey into 2Face especially when his inner voice was first revealed. I haven’t seen these 2 movies in a while but it’s clear how much this story influenced Matt Reeves Batman
Zeee
2025-08-28 16:10:49 +0000 UTC#Sundayrundown The story having every villain plays into a major theme of the original comic where Gotham's crime is changing from mobsters to freaks in costumes. And the ending is very much so different, with three different Holiday killers. Also, in the sequel Dark Victory, its revealed that Sofia is alive but in a wheelchair. Considering the Tomorrowverse is over, I only assume she died in this universe.
CrowTheWicked
2025-08-28 15:55:34 +0000 UTC#SundayRundown - So funny thing, in the comics Superman and Batman actually swap citys for a while. In that time Batman found that Metropolis was largely boring and peacful but when something happens its always a major event. Superman however found that in Gotham the crime never stops, its like a 24 hour job and Superman openly wonders how batman does it and when does he find time for sleep. Also the main reason Batman lets Gilda go is because all the evidence points to Harvey and he confessed so regardless of what batman does there is no way she'll be charged.
All Mighty Lowercase Jay
2025-08-28 15:36:24 +0000 UTCPart 2 of 2 a magic well (this well makes regular magic easier to cast and makes Gotham attractive to magicians like Zantanna), a chaos well (chaos magic is the opposite of regular magic so the well makes chaos magic easier to cast and makes Gotham attractive to chaos users like Witch Boy Klarion), There is a magic shop that Zantanna frequently buys from in Gotham that has questionable morals and an inhuman shop keeper, due to a failed Poison Ivy plot, the grass in Gotham may be evil and aware, Russian mobsters with Russian backing try to make Gotham worse in hopes of conquering Gotham (not sure why they would want it), a second group of Russians who are trying to make Gotham worse so the US looks bad and Russia looks better by comparison, a weak dimensional wall allowing influences from the Phantom Zone, a bottomless pit under part of Gotham that leads to the abyss (also, the being in the abyss occasionally like to watch Gotham), Gotham River and Bay water is so polluted that Aquaman can't swim in it, Scarecrow fear toxins in the water (at low enough levels that it only causes paranoia), trace amounts of shed Clayface is in the water (this pollutant cause bodies to twist and mutate, or causes cancer depending on the story line), Joker chemicals in the water (the chemicals cause mania, unstoppable laughter, and death at full concentration, but in the diluted form just causes mania and involuntary smiling), Gotham has a higher than normal number of Lazarus pits (the pits offer revival, healing, and immortality in exchange for decreased empathy, decreased humanity, and an obsessive desire to continue living at all costs), Lazarus pit run off in the water, The Marsh of Madness is up river from Gotham in some canons (this marsh causes delusional homicidal madness), Marsh of Madness runoff in the water, Slaughterer Swamp is up river from Gotham in some canons, though most canons have either the swamp or marsh but not both (this swamp causes violent undead and preserves life in a twisted mockery of all that is holy and has a very evil zombie), Slaughter Swamp runoff in the water, the tap water barely is considered water by Aquaman's hydrokinesis (and Aquaman can manipulate soda, which is 90% to 95% water. Gotham tapwater is more or less thin sludge), pollution due to being in a barely regulated industrial zone (it is legal to dump industrial runoff in Gotham River), run off from an unnamed well that causes increased physical abilities in exchange for homicidal violent impulses (aborted Bane plot thread from before they decided Bane should just use chemicals in his Venom), trace amounts of Bane Venom in the water (because the well was cut. Also, the Bane venom causes slightly increased physical abilities and anger issues in the diluted state), Gotham tap water is barely purified river water (mainly because if the water treatment plant gets too Gung Ho and purifies the water too much, they get a black liquid that is extremely dangerous. So Gotham City Counsel decided to only have them clean the water until it was probably reasonably safe-ish) an evil real estate agent who sells failed amusement parks, theaters, and other buildings to criminals, so many lead pipes or paint that Superman can't see through most Gotham homes (also note that at one point, the fumes from leaded gasoline blocked Superman, but hopefully that problem has gone away), a lot of homes and buildings are filled with asbestos (this is according to Firefly, so it might not be fully accurate), an aura of despair and negative emotions that is slightly grating to psychic individuals, an Atlantis Leviathan who is fated to flood the world under the docks (there is apparently seven of them and the Atlantic Ocean's is under Gotham's dock), Gotham, as in the city itself, is aware and has an unhealthy interest in the Bat Family (Tim Drake in particular) and interacts with Gotham through its assorted Voices such as Mayne, The Veil, and a couple others (special note, it is implied but not confirmed that the Joker can sense Gotham, but intentionally chooses to hurt Gotham instead of helping like the other Voices), while not exclusive to Gotham, Kryptonite is used as an underworld currency so a fair bit goes though Gotham, the dimensional wall (4th wall) is extremely thin, allowing Many Angled Ones (readers) to see into Gotham and occasionally influence Gotham, Batmite exists, and he intentionally stirs up trouble in Gotham in a misguided attempt to help Batman semi-frequently, Gotham has a weak dimensional wall in regards to the 5th Dimension (where Batmite is from, also referred to as the imagination dimension) so Gotham can be affected by the imagination of people at a very weak level, Hugo Strange may have worked with a unknown government agency to improve the genes and bodies of everyone in Gotham to create perfect soldiers (it is not stated if this project was actually successful, but some of the earlier experiments did escape into Gotham), the various things in Gotham somehow came together to create The Body, a hivemind of evil soil that wanted to take over Gotham (do note it is implied that Batman destroyed them all, but I am including it because if the soil can spontaneously come alive and be evil, it needs to be on this list), Gotham citizens, while not being meta humans technically, are empowered by everything going on in the city and are no longer baseline humans (standard thugs in Gotham are as dangerous as soldiers who went though basic training), Trigon maintains a small force from his cult to watch or he directly keeps an eye on Gotham due to the fact that the end may start there and due to the fact Raven sometimes stays in Gotham, 7 different cults (Satanists, Old God Cult, Cult of Adam Gotham, Cult of Trigon, Cult of Barbatos, Cult of Blackfire, and a generic cult from the Silver Age that never specified what they worshiped), at least 3 different shadow governments (the line between cult and shadow government is weak in Gotham. I put the Court of Owls, Black Glove and League of Assassins in this group), and worse of all, it is in New Jersey (try reading a Batman comic and give everyone a Jersey accent). If anyone knows anything else wrong with Gotham, let me know, and I will update my list. Yes, I do know my list is so monstrous that it needs two comments to fit it all.
Deusex1000
2025-08-28 14:42:31 +0000 UTCI have been making a list of reasons that Gotham is the most cursed city (merging canons across soft resets, video games, movies, and more) that so far includes: multiple gangs (Gotham is the third for mundane crime. Hub City and Bludhaven are numbers 1 and 2), barely legal tax haven laws, massive government corruption, a smog problem so bad that the Flash can't run at full speed without wheezing, Gotham subway and rail system are cursed to be unreliable and never on time (this may be a joke, but given that it involves Gotham, I have doubts), Gotham has a high suicide rate compared to the real world, Gotham has a major drug abuse problem, Gotham has a homelessness problem, the vast majority of smuggling on the Atlantic Coast comes through Gotham (which is part of the reason there is so many drugs and guns in Gotham), Gotham has a very tough and kind of cruel college that creates super villains (a lot of the Batman rogues gallery got their diplomas there, taught there, or are otherwise linked to there), it is slightly radioactive due to a poorly maintained nuclear power plant (it is still within habitable limits, so Gotham City Counsel is ignoring the issue), most of the city is slightly radioactive due to a failed nuclear power plant also (Gotham is still within habitable limits. Note that this is a different power plant from the still active but poorly maintained nuclear power plant), multiple mad scientist labs legally there (Gotham intentionally has very few laws mandating ethics or limits of research), Gotham holds the record for most continuous days of criminal violence (54 years) and Batman cried when the ongoing record ended (to put it simply, there was a 54 year stretch where there was at least one violent crime each day), first in DC US for both police brutality and corruption, A dysfunctional legal system (with no death penalty in most canons, so everyone goes to either Blackgate or Arkham), Gotham Fire Department is so underfunded and/or corrupt that they take bribes to not show up to fires and extort people to pay them before they put out fires, an old God's corpse (this old god is leaking forbiden knowledge that causes people to lose their humanity slowly and do ever more depraved acts in pursuit of knowledge), a living old god (special note, some canons have instead made him into an aspect of Darksied dedicated to making Batman suffer and Gotham worse) who is bat themed and has his own underground Gotham city (he spreads a corruption encouraging violence and vengeance), a twisted eldritch version of Gotham that is buried deep under Gotham that is usually but not always linked to the bat old god, a summer home for the King in Yellow (this is a rumor from the Bat Old God. To my best knowledge, the King in Yellow has never directly appeared), a door the various old gods came through that is mostly shut (emphasis on mostly, stuff leaks through), Dracula either moved to Gotham or had his tomb forcibly moved to Gotham, the blood of the average person in Gotham is so polluted that it is slightly toxic to vampires, built on the grave/resting of a warlock (Adam Gotham), who is both alive and dead at the same time (cursing the land to be a place of constant misery to fuel his power), evil floating in from the Jersy Pine Barrens (this evil floating in decreases empathy and encourages devilish behavior. Also, the Jersey Devil may occasionally hunt in Gotham, but this might just be urban legend in Gotham. As far as I know, the Jersey Devil has not made an appearance) a literal hell gate (it is mostly sealed, but leaks enough evil to make demons feel at home), 16 sealed greater demons (a demon lord and their court. They are in most canons buried under Arkham and spread a corruption that encourages the seven deadly sins), Arkham is cursed by its founder to prey on the minds of people in the building, driving them even more insane so that no one is ever healed (note that some canons link this to the demons while other canons have them as stand alone curses affecting the building at the same time), according to a prophecy, the apocalypse is probably going to start in Gotham or Metropolis (no one knows which apocalypse will end the world or when it will happen, though) the location of a crack in the door to the afterlife (this is mostly connected to Deadman), the line between death and life is really fuzzy (this makes it harder to die), is the second most haunted city in DC USA (they kept New Orleans as most haunted) a strange aura weakens green lantern power constructs (this may be related to the StarHeart being sealed in Gotham for a while), The StarHeart, a relic of willpower related to the Green Lanturn Corps was sealed in Gotham for a while, projecting the "evil" side of willpower to influence people (note that the evil side of willpower is just the aspects of willpower the Guardians of Oa did not want in their main rings and was safely used by Alan Scott, so i am not entirely sure what the effect of it are), built on a cursed Indian burial ground (curse so the dead never find peace and blight the living), cursed by an ancient shaman (the writers never bother to define what this curse does, so it is just a generic curse), 666 minor demons who just live regular lives with regular jobs while waiting for the apocalypse (Baytor is the most famous and is a bar tender to make ends meet), Space and time are not quite right in Gotham after the Infinite Crisis Superboy punch (this led to the return of Jason Todd and made it so time moves just a little faster or slower depending on location in Gotham, and a few building are not the correct interior dimensions. The variance is supposedly small and mostly unnoticeable), cursed by Zeus (this curse is why Gotham has, on average, 320 days of rain or overcast skies each year. Everyone is affected by SAD all the time), unusually vicious mutant rats, mutant sewer alligators, mysterious ruins from a lost civilization that the sewers run into and are a part of (the sewer alligators breed there and the ruins are seen as the Gothic and unusually large portions of the sewers), blessed/cursed by a nature godess from New Genesis to keep the toxic stuff in so that Gotham doesn't polute the world, cursed by Spectre along with a blood curse from slain Native Americans to be a place of blood and vengeance (this was almost a Old Testament turn everyone to salt style curse, but it was weakened at the last moment), cursed by a witch to both bind the Wayne family to Gotham and make Gotham suffer, cursed by Decon Blackfire (this is curse was supposed to drain life from Gotham to give Blackfore complete immortality, but it is incomplete and half broken, so it does something but no one knows what) a massive active fault line, Part 1 of 2
Deusex1000
2025-08-28 14:42:20 +0000 UTCLet's Goooo!!!! 🤯
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2025-08-28 14:38:34 +0000 UTC
