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It was just the way I imagined the Joker, if you really let him run free. The 'do I look like I have a plan' exchange with Dent was wonderful writing, as was most of the Joker's dialogue.
In the end there are two camps I guess - those who see the comics, etc. as cannon, and those like me who see them as containing interesting elements but lacking the maturity to fully develop those elements.
Batman I think is particularly ripe for this, and the more recent (compared to his origins) graphic novels and films (well, the first 2 Buton films and Nolan's two films) have really tapped into this.
Not that I'm arguing which is better. Just that for me I prefer the Joker as shown in Dark Knight, I prefer Batman as realized in those films, with a plausible Batmobile, etc. as well as Alan Moore's Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum (the graphic novel).
The Batman game though really did impress me. I got it on a whim and after feeling the demo showed promise. The game really surprised me with just how well it was put together and the love for its subject. It's a 92% title for me - tiny flaws here and there only, easily overlooked in light of how great everything else is.
The game seemed to me to be an amalgam of multiple Batman strands - it has huge elements of the AA graphic novel, lots of nods to Nolan's incarnation, yet also draws heavily on earlier Batman lore as well as other graphic novels such as The Killnig Joke - which if I remember correctly contained Barbara getting shot and crippled by Joker.
I'm actually impressed that, with so many influences, AA as a title is remarkably consistent in tone and content.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
