蝙蝠侠：红影迷踪

I thought it was just another superhero story but it simply turned out as this love triangle, oh noooo more accurately, a quadrilateral. (Bruce/Dick/Jason/Joker). Can this get any better?!!!
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The following script is reproduced through my dictating, so it may include errors, misspelling, etc. Here is what I consider to be the best part of the entire thing:
 
    Bruce: I know that I failed you, but I tried to save you, Jason. I'm trying to save you now.
  
    Jason: Is that what you think this is about, that you let me die? I don't know what clouds your judgement worse, your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality? Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me, but why, why on God's earth is he still alive?

    Jason: Ignoring what he has done in past, blindly, stupidly disregarding the entire grave yards he's filled, the thousands who have suffered, the friends he's crippled. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I'D BE THE LAST PERSON YOU'D LET HIM HURT. If it had been you he bit to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would've done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death worshipping garbage and send him off to hell.

【TAT oh sweet jesus jason you are such a pumpkin when you got a bit teary.】

    Bruce: You don't understand. I don't think you've understood.

    Jason: What? What your moral cod just won't allow for that? It's too hard to cross that line?

    Bruce: No, God almighty NO. It'd be too damn easy. All I ever wanted to do is to kill him. A day doesn't go by when I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he dealt out to others, and then end him. But if I do that, if I allow my self to go down to that place, I'll never come back.

    Jason: Why? I'm not talking about killing Penguin, or Scarecrow, or Dent. I'm talking about him. Just him. I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE, BECAUSE HE TOOK ME AWAY FROM YOU.

【ewwwwww Bruce did you hear that. Pure confession. TAT】

    Bruce: I can't. I'm sorry.

    Jason: Well, you won't have a choice.

    Bruce: I won't.

    Jason: THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL BEEN ABOUT. THIS - YOU, ME AND HIM. NOW WAS THE TIME YOU DECIDE. If you won't kill this psychotic piece of fail, I will. If you wanna stop me, you're gonna have to kill me.

    Bruce: You know I won't.

    Jason: I'm gonna blow his brains out. If you wanna stop it, you're gonna have to shoot me, right in my face.

    Jason: IT'S HIM OR ME, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE. DECIDE NOW. DO IT. HIM OR ME?! DECIDE.

【Come to your senses, Bruce. Jason is asking you whether you love him more. TAT】
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Another equally interesting dialogue would be the one happened between Alfred and Bruce when he returned home:

    Alfred: Sir, in light of all the recent events, would you like me to remove that? (he is referring to Jason/Robin's costume.)

    Bruce: NO, THIS HASN'T CHANGED ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING AT ALL.

【Did you just say your love towards Jason hasn't changed?!! TAT】
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Anyway this movie is already the best thing happened to me in a while, but I still feel that the ending is not entire complete. In my little dysfunctional wicked brain this is what Jason was trying to tell Bruce the whole time:

I figure that things have changed after my death. I don't mind you and Dick are now back together fighting crimes at night in Gotham since I am never the jealous type. I have already forgiven you for failing to be my hero and rescue me from that blast which torn us apart. Maybe you won't believe it but I actually understand why you refused to end that freaking bastard Joker's life. I do not give a shit whether you shot him down or not, but at that moment if you even tried to pull the trigger, I would know that you chose me over him and that you are saying you love me back, but Bruce.

You just failed the test miserably. I should've known better that you never have a slight clue about BROMANCE.

Love, Jason

这部动画好黑暗！无论是气氛还是剧情而言。Bruce Timm在DTV动画方面的尺度把握越来越精到了。音乐走Dark Knight电影的风格，和故事的基调配合得相当不错。

Bruce Greenwood的配音比我想象中好，很适合中年蝙蝠，但对于年轻一点的蝙蝠则感觉有些别扭。可惜小丑的配音不能行，还真是无人能够超越马克·哈密尔啊。

次代罗宾Jason的生死，是Batman历史中不可磨灭的一段故事。动画选取了Judd Winick的原作，并把A Death in the Family和Killing Joke的内容糅合了进去。

但是原作因为受到漫画里设定的限制，Jason复活的理由和最后的结尾都不能令人满意。得知动画版编剧和原作一样都是Winick，不免有些担心；但看过片子之后，发现之前的担心是多余的。动画版超越原作，或者说，这才是没有Superboy Prime胡闹的情况下，纯蝙蝠故事应有的面目。

开篇的交代方式不错，不过其实有泄底的嫌疑，因为观众会想导演安排这段情节必然是有用意的。当然看这部片子的人多数已经知道剧情了……

后面对A Death in the Family的修改比较合理，但也有些可商榷之处。把中东改成波黑固然有时间上的原因，也为的是给Ra's创造合理的介入机会，不必交代蝙蝠和Talia的纠葛。不过Ra's这里也太好人了……另外调包的手法也比较拙劣。

追逐和打斗场面很多，动作非常流畅，处理方法也多。虽然Red Hood的强悍程度有时有些夸张——他毕竟是凡人不是Man of Steel啊，真的能够拿脸撞碎各种东西自己一点事没有么……

结尾比原作好得多。相信绝大多数读者都曾想过蝙蝠干嘛老不杀小丑，虽然DC给过理由，大家勉强接受，但为此反而选择伤害其他人就说不通了。动画给的理由观众虽然也未必认同，但蝙蝠在此之后的行动则比原作显得合理得多。

夜翼本来就是打酱油的，对剧情影响不大，他的用处在于反衬Jason，可惜后半段弱化了这一点。不过，随便一个小混混都能知道他就是前罗宾么？

DC公司的招牌人物一向注重内心刻画，蝙蝠侠的历代robin中red hood实力确实不俗，亦正亦邪的角色。片中经典亮出不少，尤其是阿甘疯人院，反派经典人物小丑依然是邪恶疯癫的艺术家，记得前几天下载了DC公司专门出品的一套小丑经典犯罪集的漫画，原版还没来得及看，回头一定要读一下。该片依然采用传统2D动画制作非常精致（很好，在3D泛滥的今天2D更显美工张力），音乐做得非常不错，打斗动作场面动画做的极其连贯，干净利落，这点相比日本漫画通常都是打几下然后停下台词叽歪半天的拖沓风格，美国动漫的处理远远要比日漫干脆漂亮许多，节奏紧凑，看的就是觉得爽。