You have an ability to lift any subject from the regions of ordinariness and present it in the most intellectually stimulating manner. I agree that crime in Gotham and Batman are inter-dependent and inter-connected. One fuels the existence of the other. In Nolan's 'Dark Knight', the whole concept of Batman and Joker being the two sides of the same coin gets consciously explored like it has been in the comics earlier. We all know about the childhood trauma that Batman faced. But in 'Dark Knight' the Joker extensively speaks about his abusive father and how he used to mistreat him. So Batman and Joker are both victims of unfortunate childhoods. While in Batman's case, this triggered a obsession to be vengeful by combating crime, in Joker's case this childhood trauma made him 'an agent of chaos'. But his main fascination lies in gaining the attention of Batman. He views Batman as a version of his own self. So yeah Gotham does lend itself to a circular connection between crime and its saviour Batman. Batman exists because of crime and crime intensifies because of Batman. This is never-ending. P.S. - I think Burton's vision of Gotham was to some extent inspired by Ridley Scott's vision of Los Angeles of 2019 in 'Blade Runner'.
+Avik Basu You do realise the abusive father story is only one of many that the Joker tells regarding his scars? For all we know, each and every one of them can be bullshit, either prepared or improvised, depending on the subject listening to the story and the result the Joker wants to see.
+wtfpantera Certainly one can easily view them as random made up stories that the Joker comes up with for intimidating people. But I think there is a scope to interpret it in the way I did. Joker is an absolute freak and for him to be the way he is, something must have gone wrong when he was a child. That's why, even though someone might accuse me of reading too much into it, I think his remarks about his father are somewhat true which he presents in a sensationalised way. At least that's how I view his character.
Not sure who at DC to credit but it's been said that Gotham is New York at night. The crime, mystery, and despair of a sprawling megalopolis takes its toll on the people who turn to crime. In contrast, Metropolis embodies the awe and sense of community from New York during the daytime
Well yeah, now. But it's no secret that "Gotham" has been a nickname of New York City for a couple centuries now Btw, New York City crime in the 70's and 80's? Heard of it?
Gotham has been many different cities at once I think. Much of it's industrial sprawl invokes comparisons to Detroit/Windsor while it's downtown core certainly invites parallels to New York City. Honestly though, I think it's meant to simply be the bad part of town present in all urban areas. The rotten core that the wealthy and the middle class have fled. It's the perfect bad old town, the endgame of any city planner's worst nightmare.
Eh, Gotham may have gotten its name from NYC's early termonologies, but the actual feel and look is purely Chicago. Mob ties, extremely corrupt cops and politicians, The Dark Knight captured what Gotham is without having to try too hard...from the street lights, to the gothic architecture, Chicago is Gotham City.
I am surprised you didn't mention Scott Snyder's comic book run, where he even wrote entire history of architecture in Gotham and made it relevant to the main plot.
+Nerdwriter1 I'd be interested in hearing what your process is. Do you usually write the episodes and then record and edit the video? How long does it take for you to write each episode? They're so well thought out and well researched it would take me forever just to get it down on paper!
+Nerdwriter1 I just hope I can do this type of work when I grow up. Having a desk job would be...well a desk job. I don't think it needs any more explanation.
I like the first Batman film in Nolan's series. The way they did the city in that one seemed classic Gotham. The others I like mainly for the villains.
*+Arthur Dent* I agree that Gotham in Batman Begins resembled the comics much more, but the realism of it in the Dark Knight actually frightened me more; seeing that someone like the Joker could come from a regular city. Oh and I'm getting a masterclass with Hans Zimmer on Friday. He got me into making my own soundtracks and I'm so excited to learn from him.
No, he creates a sort of curriculum, gives you workbooks and assignments. I'm not exactly sure how it works for his, the only other Masterclass I've taken was with James Patterson, who has a very different job.
The GOTHAM TV show, while not terrible, kind of undermined Batman's origin by making the identity of the murderer REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I always thought the whole point of Bruce's parents dying was to exemplify the level of crime in the city that could happen to anyone, even a rich little boy.
This is one of the few channels that seems way to kind to make it's content optionally free. I love the hard work you're putting into the videos, my man, please keep it up! :)
Just became a patron. It's my first time pledging to a channel, and it's because I couldn't live with myself knowing I watched your amazing content for free. It just felt ridiculous. I know you will keep up the good (great) work, but keep up the great work!
If you like this idea of Gotham and its relationship to Batman, then you'll love Scott Snyder's runs on Detective Comics Vol 1 (pre-New 52) and Batman Vol 2 (new 52). In both, his thesis is that Gotham is almost a living thing that changes anyone that attempts to tame it. In the former he's exploring this by seeing what would happen with Dick Grayson as Batman. In the latter, Batman realizes there are secrets to the city he didn't know about.
Title cards were AWESOME. So theatrical. Looked very professional. Quality is going way up, which I wasn't sure was possible. Opening music from Dark Knight still gives me chills. Cheers!
You have made a very contemporary, or let's say modern definition of what an actual city is from 4:55 to the ending. I have been studying architecture, I'm a senior this year, and what you are talking about is actually a pretty complex way of understanding urban theory! You have peaked sir. Much respect.
man, your videos always make me think more, and look further, even about the things that i don't really know about or about movies that i haven't watched, your videos make me want to know more which is an amazing thing because i know that I'm not the only one, keep up all the amazing work.
So glad to have found your channel. These are just things most ppl don't think about but they're the reasons why I love things like superheroes and LoTR so much. So much depth and detail often goes so unnoticed.
First and foremost, I want to say that I really appreciate you making this video. I am a big Batman fan, and so this is especially wonderful to me. I think an analogy that might help you better describe Gotham is that it is like an acting performance--they all include slightly different details, but there isn't a "best" representation. It's interesting because this video ties nicely into one of my criticisms of The Dark Knight, which is that in it, Gotham is not particularly defined; in other words, it could be any city since it didn't include in the storyline some of the identifying features of Gotham like Batman Begins does with the Narrows or Arkham. Also, I really like how you seamlessly incorporated the Batman Begins and Lego: Batman themes into the video.
One lack that I feel in Gotham is *"not enough Gothamers."* City of God is as much about favela as it is about "favelados". With Batman, I see the crime against citizens, the efforts to protect those citizens, but never _the citizens_ in the spotlight.
+Daniel Rosa Gotham Central changed that, I think, by focusing on the police department an it's officers relationships with the city and it's citizens. That's why I still find it to be the best "Batman" series ever made. Even if it had so little Batman on it.
+Daniel Rosa Gotham Central changed that, I think, by focusing on the police department an it's officers relationships with the city and it's citizens. That's why I still find it to be the best "Batman" series ever made. Even if it had so little Batman on it.
Also, I love your videos! I also love Nerdsync, a collab would be awesome. But keep up with your content, I love it all, movies, books, poetry, comics, politics, you have a very smart viewpoint that's refreshing to hear!
You are a great speaker really, you always manage to trigger emotions I'm only used to feeling when I'm watching a movie and that really says something. I love movies and I'm so glad that I found your channel, you're making amazing videos and I can't wait to see what more you have to show
VERY cool and well put together. As an avid Batman fan since childhood I agree completely and was also very pleased you mentioned Batman TAS, which is surprisingly little known, considering how defining and big it was in it's time.
Another amazing video, and the editing in this one was STUNNING. I mean, really superb. The fade from the side by side movie comparison to black which becomes the zeppelin from the animated series opening titles? Beautiful
Discovered this channel a couple weeks ago and I'm truly impressed. This video continues the trend, and Wednesdays are now as inspiring as they are insightful. Keep up the good work!
This one was empowering. I love architecture and the blending of the different cityscapes of Gotham gave me the feel of a bird flying through the skyscrapers. Your HD is breathtaking. The best I've seen. And by the way, your vids do resonate and make me think. I would like to see more YT personalities take on a intellectual approach rather than comedy.
I love all your videos Nerdwriter1 :) I was thinking about the ever changing potrayal of Gotham over the decades and then I found this. I dont know where you get all this lovely artwork in your videos but they are brilliant.
I love your commentary and piercing analysis. I would have never looked at gotham as a character itself like that. Perhaps the path towards a darker cityscape gotham was also an influenced by Bladerunner? The timeline matches up and the cityscapes seem to have a very similar dystopian feel. Just upped my patreon for some of that sticker swag too. I love that I can support great creators like you and gives me that fuzzy feeling inside while using Adblock.
Absolutely loved this video! And it reminded me a lot of my Masters work on Terry Pratchett's city of Ankh-Morpork, and even to Dickens' s London. Loved, loved, loved the video. Thank you.
The video is great as always, but damn those chills all the way with every single music from Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer in the background...that's the stuff of legend.
We need more Batman videos like these and this was very interesting. Maybe next time you could do a video about delving into the minds of Batman or Joker, or even Arkham Asylum itself and the criminals that are there. Overall, great video! Looking forward to more Batman stuff.
ive been following your work for a few weeks now and your videos wont cease to amaze me! one of the best channels ive subbed, definitely. I really like how wide are the themes you explore in your different videos and how you point out things that are pretty obvious once you tell them but, however, when im watching this or that i dont pay much attetion to it. You make us viewers be more aware of what art is trying to depict with a certain thing such as the figure of The city of Gotham itself. Have you thought of making something related to science literature? i bet you have read something about Carl Sagan and i rekon you would do an amazing job on it! or also any Spielberg movies hahaha, I think "A.I Artificial Intelligence" is a really underrated movie and is one of the main films depicting A.I.; Maybe a video about A.I in films throught time?? Anyways, keep doing what you, your content is really good.
AHHH I'm SOOOO glad I found this video!!! I'm a huuuuuuge fan of the interaction and the relationship between heroes, their home and how it feeds into their character. In regards to Batman and Gotham, you absolutely hit the nail on the head! I have a question though that I've been thinking about quite a bit in the past few weeks. What if we transplanted the whole story of Batman into Metropolis, and did the same to Superman? Superman is raised by the Kents in Gotham rather than Smallville, and the murder of the Waynes happening in Metropolis; does Superman, raised constantly watching the crime and horror of Gotham, decide to take control and try to rule mankind? In that case, given Bruce would still be the rich owner of Wayne Enterprise, does Batman come to life to try to beat Superman? I literally discovered you today and have been bingewatching for a good hour! You have incredible insight on amazingly interesting topics!
You're videos are great and you inspire people to follow their passions through your enthusiasm. I can't support your Patreon atm so words are all I can give. Thank you for your content
Great video as always! Well I happen to love those NYC (and quite a lot of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis") -like imaginary cities where '30s Art Deco (as in the original and P. Jackson's "King Kong") lives on forever, mixed-in with 19th though mid 20th century anachronisms, all perfectly blending in to form a "gothic" nightmare. The movie "Dark City" BTW depicts (and even plays with) a city just like Gotham. The "dream logic" of "Barton Fink" also plays with that a lot (especially the old run down claustrophobic apartment buildings). Thanks for another great video!
Wish I could and hope to afford one day being a patreon to this channel Thank you for the awesome content, and thanks to everyone helping him achieve it
I've grown to notice that many great films that I enjoy happen to have scenes (many times pivotal moments) where characters are put in actual theatres, watching movies. I find this strangely charming, and I'm fairly certain that there is some kind of fourth wall-type idea going on that deserves some looking into. Think - Taxi Driver, Donnie Darko, Inferno Affairs/ Departed, American Werewolf in London, just to name a few. Would be great to hear your thoughts on it, if any, video or not. Great stuff you have here btw!
Well put. Gotham occupies that sweet spot between being defined and being open-ended so that it can be the relatable city we need it to be. Exceptionally observed and presented, sir. As always.
These discussions keep on getting better and more interesting man! keep up the great work! :) anyway, i've always associated gotham with Chicago for some weird reason. lol but yeah, Gotham has developed to be such a complex aspect in the batman universe, that it's not a setting anymore, but a part of who Batman really is. I'm just wondering... if there is such a concept in Superman, would it be Smallville or Metropolis?
some writers and artists have made Gotham its own character. the madness and chaos of its stories reflexes in its buildings, its sky, and sometimes even a city without a identifiable place in time
Interestingly, most DC Comics cities are based on real cities but take on a life of their own. Both Gotham and Metropolis are NYC. Central City is Chicago. Coast City is LA. Midway City is Detroit. And Gateway City can be either San Francisco or St. Louis depending on what era and writer is involved.
Sir I have an important meeting soon discussing Batman, I absolutely plan on using points in this video as part of my message. Great work. As a Batman fan, you get it!!
In most good Batman stories, Gotham is more than a setting, it is a character of its own. Scott Snyder obviously played a lot with this idea in his recent run on Batman, almost literally making the city say: "You think you know me? I have secrets even you don't know about" and paying minute attention to architectural features. I would also really recommend the 1992 story "The Destroyer" which is (spoiler) about a villain blowing up buildings to reveal the history and face of Gotham. As for BTAS, I think it is really interesting to know that the city was created by working with light colours on black backgrounds which gave it so unique of a feeling and created a style we now lovingly call Dark Deco. Oh and as for the show "Gotham" I believe there is footage somewhere of them explaining how they made the city look like they did, taking actual shots of New York and editing those and adding in certain features to the skyline.
"As Batman historian Will Brooker once said..." Wait, how does one get the job of "Batman historian?" I want to be a Batman historian!
I cannot love your channel more than I already do. You are truly a master of your craft.
You have an ability to lift any subject from the regions of ordinariness and present it in the most intellectually stimulating manner. I agree that crime in Gotham and Batman are inter-dependent and inter-connected. One fuels the existence of the other. In Nolan's 'Dark Knight', the whole concept of Batman and Joker being the two sides of the same coin gets consciously explored like it has been in the comics earlier. We all know about the childhood trauma that Batman faced. But in 'Dark Knight' the Joker extensively speaks about his abusive father and how he used to mistreat him. So Batman and Joker are both victims of unfortunate childhoods. While in Batman's case, this triggered a obsession to be vengeful by combating crime, in Joker's case this childhood trauma made him 'an agent of chaos'. But his main fascination lies in gaining the attention of Batman. He views Batman as a version of his own self. So yeah Gotham does lend itself to a circular connection between crime and its saviour Batman. Batman exists because of crime and crime intensifies because of Batman. This is never-ending.
P.S. - I think Burton's vision of Gotham was to some extent inspired by Ridley Scott's vision of Los Angeles of 2019 in 'Blade Runner'.
+Avik Basu lol
+Avik Basu Re your P.S. - absolutely yes.
+Avik Basu You do realise the abusive father story is only one of many that the Joker tells regarding his scars? For all we know, each and every one of them can be bullshit, either prepared or improvised, depending on the subject listening to the story and the result the Joker wants to see.
+Avik Basu Both cities were inspired by Metropolis, the Fritz Lang sci-fi flick. (And yea, Superman's city was named after it.)
+wtfpantera Certainly one can easily view them as random made up stories that the Joker comes up with for intimidating people. But I think there is a scope to interpret it in the way I did. Joker is an absolute freak and for him to be the way he is, something must have gone wrong when he was a child. That's why, even though someone might accuse me of reading too much into it, I think his remarks about his father are somewhat true which he presents in a sensationalised way. At least that's how I view his character.
Not sure who at DC to credit but it's been said that Gotham is New York at night. The crime, mystery, and despair of a sprawling megalopolis takes its toll on the people who turn to crime. In contrast, Metropolis embodies the awe and sense of community from New York during the daytime
I'd say Gotham is more like Chicago. Crime rate is higher than NY and LA combined.
Well yeah, now. But it's no secret that "Gotham" has been a nickname of New York City for a couple centuries now
Btw, New York City crime in the 70's and 80's? Heard of it?
Gotham has been many different cities at once I think. Much of it's industrial sprawl invokes comparisons to Detroit/Windsor while it's downtown core certainly invites parallels to New York City. Honestly though, I think it's meant to simply be the bad part of town present in all urban areas. The rotten core that the wealthy and the middle class have fled. It's the perfect bad old town, the endgame of any city planner's worst nightmare.
Eh, Gotham may have gotten its name from NYC's early termonologies, but the actual feel and look is purely Chicago. Mob ties, extremely corrupt cops and politicians, The Dark Knight captured what Gotham is without having to try too hard...from the street lights, to the gothic architecture, Chicago is Gotham City.
@@lisazoria2709 Yeah, the Nolan trilogy was filmed in Chicago after all
I am surprised you didn't mention Scott Snyder's comic book run, where he even wrote entire history of architecture in Gotham and made it relevant to the main plot.
Арсений Брилёв he's not keeping up with the more modern comics I guess.
Man, this was spectacular! I'd love to do some kind of collab with you!
+NerdSync Hey, Nerdwriter! Listen to Scott ^^ Don't make me come up there!
Notice me Aries! Sorry if I misspelled your name
+NerdSync +Nerdwriter1 yes please collab
That would be awesome
Oh my gosh yes!
You can be a Batman historian? Where do I sign up?
Wow. Beautiful. This guy makes these in a week. Good stuff, Nerdwriter.
+Sourya Majumder Hahah yea - a LOT of work, but a lot of fulfilling work. Beats toiling away in an office.
+Nerdwriter1 I'd be interested in hearing what your process is. Do you usually write the episodes and then record and edit the video? How long does it take for you to write each episode? They're so well thought out and well researched it would take me forever just to get it down on paper!
+Nerdwriter1 I just hope I can do this type of work when I grow up. Having a desk job would be...well a desk job. I don't think it needs any more explanation.
+MadScientist356 If you want to make these kinds of vids, you're more than likely going to spend a lot of your time sitting at a desk. FYI.
irony
That Hans Zimmer Batman score though. You can deny Nolan, but you can't deny Hans.
I like the first Batman film in Nolan's series. The way they did the city in that one seemed classic Gotham. The others I like mainly for the villains.
*+Arthur Dent*
I agree that Gotham in Batman Begins resembled the comics much more, but the realism of it in the Dark Knight actually frightened me more; seeing that someone like the Joker could come from a regular city.
Oh and I'm getting a masterclass with Hans Zimmer on Friday. He got me into making my own soundtracks and I'm so excited to learn from him.
Restless Entertainment wait, so are you seeing him in person or?
No, he creates a sort of curriculum, gives you workbooks and assignments.
I'm not exactly sure how it works for his, the only other Masterclass I've taken was with James Patterson, who has a very different job.
Restless Entertainment Wow that sounds amazing! :0
Why do I always come back to watching this again ?!
Ma man !!!!
You really do love Batman that much do u !!
Because you love Batman and this guy did a great fucking job with this video
THIS IS THE KIND OF CONTENT THAT IM NOT SEEING IN ANYWHERE ELSE
The GOTHAM TV show, while not terrible, kind of undermined Batman's origin by making the identity of the murderer REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
I always thought the whole point of Bruce's parents dying was to exemplify the level of crime in the city that could happen to anyone, even a rich little boy.
+Casey Sasaki Gotham the tv series is cringe worthy awful.
TJ-OfTheMushroomPeople I kinda liked it. I can't really defend it because I agree it does have some pretty cringe worthy elements to it.
It isn't "good" but it is over the top, goofy, so dark that it becomes absurd, and so much fun
Burton made Joker `the murderer though and Joe Chill in most comic versions did the deed.
Roney Craig Batman projects the death of his parents on all his enemy's
Love the Adam West moment at 5:14. Zimmer's score makes it seem so dramatic!
Man, you make all your videos so grand and epic. Whatever you talk about becomes more meaningful. It's great.
And thank you for that
Could you cover the original oldboy? There are a lot of themes in that magnificent bastard of a film.
+stuff yeees please
+stuff Hahahah ok, I'll think about it.
+Nerdwriter1 errrmagherd
LOL
This is one of the few channels that seems way to kind to make it's content optionally free. I love the hard work you're putting into the videos, my man, please keep it up! :)
I swear, the way you wrap up your videos always gives me goosebumps.
Just became a patron. It's my first time pledging to a channel, and it's because I couldn't live with myself knowing I watched your amazing content for free. It just felt ridiculous. I know you will keep up the good (great) work, but keep up the great work!
If you like this idea of Gotham and its relationship to Batman, then you'll love Scott Snyder's runs on Detective Comics Vol 1 (pre-New 52) and Batman Vol 2 (new 52). In both, his thesis is that Gotham is almost a living thing that changes anyone that attempts to tame it. In the former he's exploring this by seeing what would happen with Dick Grayson as Batman. In the latter, Batman realizes there are secrets to the city he didn't know about.
Title cards were AWESOME. So theatrical. Looked very professional. Quality is going way up, which I wasn't sure was possible. Opening music from Dark Knight still gives me chills. Cheers!
You have made a very contemporary, or let's say modern definition of what an actual city is from 4:55 to the ending. I have been studying architecture, I'm a senior this year, and what you are talking about is actually a pretty complex way of understanding urban theory! You have peaked sir. Much respect.
Once again you blew my mind.
man, your videos always make me think more, and look further, even about the things that i don't really know about or about movies that i haven't watched, your videos make me want to know more which is an amazing thing because i know that I'm not the only one, keep up all the amazing work.
04:00 So glad you mentioned this!!!! I listened to the audio book and it was amazing.
So glad to have found your channel. These are just things most ppl don't think about but they're the reasons why I love things like superheroes and LoTR so much. So much depth and detail often goes so unnoticed.
haha you got a bit Jokeresque at the very end 7:13
First and foremost, I want to say that I really appreciate you making this video. I am a big Batman fan, and so this is especially wonderful to me. I think an analogy that might help you better describe Gotham is that it is like an acting performance--they all include slightly different details, but there isn't a "best" representation. It's interesting because this video ties nicely into one of my criticisms of The Dark Knight, which is that in it, Gotham is not particularly defined; in other words, it could be any city since it didn't include in the storyline some of the identifying features of Gotham like Batman Begins does with the Narrows or Arkham. Also, I really like how you seamlessly incorporated the Batman Begins and Lego: Batman themes into the video.
Your reverential tone in every video makes the ordinary extraordinary every time!
I never comment on any video ever but that was really well done. felt very philosophical. almost made gotham feel real.
"Irrepressible criminal underclass." Nice line. Liked it.
Love 5:15. That's a great look on West's face with Neeson's dialogue.
I keep watching these videos, and they get better each time. I'm so happy I found your TH-cam channel!!!
nerdwriter has become one of my favorite places on TH-cam. Thank you!
+B. MILLER VIDEOS!!! That's great to hear. Thank YOU.
I just discovered your channel. It's so awesome and original! Thanks :D
One lack that I feel in Gotham is *"not enough Gothamers."* City of God is as much about favela as it is about "favelados". With Batman, I see the crime against citizens, the efforts to protect those citizens, but never _the citizens_ in the spotlight.
OH, thanks. Quick edit here...
+Daniel Rosa Gotham Central changed that, I think, by focusing on the police department an it's officers relationships with the city and it's citizens.
That's why I still find it to be the best "Batman" series ever made. Even if it had so little Batman on it.
+Daniel Rosa Gotham Central changed that, I think, by focusing on the police department an it's officers relationships with the city and it's citizens.
That's why I still find it to be the best "Batman" series ever made. Even if it had so little Batman on it.
+Daniel Rosa It's 'Gothamites'
Also, I love your videos!
I also love Nerdsync, a collab would be awesome. But keep up with your content, I love it all, movies, books, poetry, comics, politics, you have a very smart viewpoint that's refreshing to hear!
Pledged. You totally deserve it, Evan. Best tuber on the tube.
+Tanner Hunt THANK YOU TANNER!
You're just awesome man. The content, the editing, your voice, the script it all fits perfectly. I hope you can keep that creativity up.
To Pimp a Butterfly video... I'm waiting for it ;-;
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You are a great speaker really, you always manage to trigger emotions I'm only used to feeling when I'm watching a movie and that really says something. I love movies and I'm so glad that I found your channel, you're making amazing videos and I can't wait to see what more you have to show
VERY cool and well put together. As an avid Batman fan since childhood I agree completely and was also very pleased you mentioned Batman TAS, which is surprisingly little known, considering how defining and big it was in it's time.
Another amazing video, and the editing in this one was STUNNING. I mean, really superb. The fade from the side by side movie comparison to black which becomes the zeppelin from the animated series opening titles? Beautiful
I love how much fun you are having making these videos. I enjoy them so much. Thank you!
This was genuinely incredible, I had shivers. Please keep it up!
Discovered this channel a couple weeks ago and I'm truly impressed. This video continues the trend, and Wednesdays are now as inspiring as they are insightful. Keep up the good work!
+Brent Ashby Thanks. I'll try.
This one was empowering. I love architecture and the blending of the different cityscapes of Gotham gave me the feel of a bird flying through the skyscrapers. Your HD is breathtaking. The best I've seen. And by the way, your vids do resonate and make me think. I would like to see more YT personalities take on a intellectual approach rather than comedy.
Love your work man! Glad to hear your doing it's now your full time gig. Well done!
I love all your videos Nerdwriter1 :) I was thinking about the ever changing potrayal of Gotham over the decades and then I found this. I dont know where you get all this lovely artwork in your videos but they are brilliant.
Very well put together, and the music cues were fantastic.
Amazing video. I love batman comics but I never really put that much thought into its backdrop, now its almost like a character. Thank you
This is the third video I've watch of yours and I'm loving what I'm seeing.
dude you made Gotham look like its own character in BATMAN you brought life to a city awesome good job bro do metropolis next superman's city 😁👍
Such a soothing voice, perfect videos for my hangover
I love your commentary and piercing analysis. I would have never looked at gotham as a character itself like that. Perhaps the path towards a darker cityscape gotham was also an influenced by Bladerunner? The timeline matches up and the cityscapes seem to have a very similar dystopian feel.
Just upped my patreon for some of that sticker swag too. I love that I can support great creators like you and gives me that fuzzy feeling inside while using Adblock.
Absolutely loved this video! And it reminded me a lot of my Masters work on Terry Pratchett's city of Ankh-Morpork, and even to Dickens' s London. Loved, loved, loved the video. Thank you.
4:10 Also, in The Dark Knight the Joker put bombs on the bridges, thus isolating Gotham again
Dude... Your narrative is awesome. Congrats!!! Very good stuff...
You got hella phenomenological towards the end there... and I like it! Subscribed.
The video is great as always, but damn those chills all the way with every single music from Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer in the background...that's the stuff of legend.
This is an incredibly good video. I amazed by your channel's quality.
We need more Batman videos like these and this was very interesting. Maybe next time you could do a video about delving into the minds of Batman or Joker, or even Arkham Asylum itself and the criminals that are there. Overall, great video! Looking forward to more Batman stuff.
These videos are a real addiction. Gotta watch em all!
Your stuff is fantastic. Quickly becoming my favorite channel.
+ScriptureSketches Trying me best.
ive been following your work for a few weeks now and your videos wont cease to amaze me! one of the best channels ive subbed, definitely.
I really like how wide are the themes you explore in your different videos and how you point out things that are pretty obvious once you tell them but, however, when im watching this or that i dont pay much attetion to it.
You make us viewers be more aware of what art is trying to depict with a certain thing such as the figure of The city of Gotham itself.
Have you thought of making something related to science literature? i bet you have read something about Carl Sagan and i rekon you would do an amazing job on it! or also any Spielberg movies hahaha, I think "A.I Artificial Intelligence" is a really underrated movie and is one of the main films depicting A.I.; Maybe a video about A.I in films throught time??
Anyways, keep doing what you, your content is really good.
+jairostun Thanks! And that's a really good idea actually.
6:20 lol when he started to hit his climax and started talking in yhr young movie narrator tone. man u got a new subscriber
I've never been a prouder patron!
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AHHH I'm SOOOO glad I found this video!!!
I'm a huuuuuuge fan of the interaction and the relationship between heroes, their home and how it feeds into their character. In regards to Batman and Gotham, you absolutely hit the nail on the head!
I have a question though that I've been thinking about quite a bit in the past few weeks.
What if we transplanted the whole story of Batman into Metropolis, and did the same to Superman?
Superman is raised by the Kents in Gotham rather than Smallville, and the murder of the Waynes happening in Metropolis; does Superman, raised constantly watching the crime and horror of Gotham, decide to take control and try to rule mankind? In that case, given Bruce would still be the rich owner of Wayne Enterprise, does Batman come to life to try to beat Superman?
I literally discovered you today and have been bingewatching for a good hour! You have incredible insight on amazingly interesting topics!
I feel like that would make an awesome AU.
I love your perspective on this. It really hits home.
Thanks man, this project is such a great inspiration for me... I just became a Patreon, so please, keep doing what you're doing.
Well you did it, never thought I'd pay for youtube videos but I'm a patron, keep this awesome stuff comin!
You're videos are great and you inspire people to follow their passions through your enthusiasm. I can't support your Patreon atm so words are all I can give.
Thank you for your content
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Wow what a heartfelt, interesting and high quality-video. Subscribed.
Beautiful analysis, really loved it! I love batman and any accurate talk about it is apprecited!
Your videos are sick, man. Keep them coming.
Awesome vid!
I still think Burton's vision is the best and the gold standard for Gotham City.
Great video as always! Well I happen to love those NYC (and quite a lot of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis") -like imaginary cities where '30s Art Deco (as in the original and P. Jackson's "King Kong") lives on forever, mixed-in with 19th though mid 20th century anachronisms, all perfectly blending in to form a "gothic" nightmare. The movie "Dark City" BTW depicts (and even plays with) a city just like Gotham. The "dream logic" of "Barton Fink" also plays with that a lot (especially the old run down claustrophobic apartment buildings). Thanks for another great video!
Wish I could and hope to afford one day being a patreon to this channel
Thank you for the awesome content, and thanks to everyone helping him achieve it
Goosebumps sir, well done.
I've grown to notice that many great films that I enjoy happen to have scenes (many times pivotal moments) where characters are put in actual theatres, watching movies. I find this strangely charming, and I'm fairly certain that there is some kind of fourth wall-type idea going on that deserves some looking into. Think - Taxi Driver, Donnie Darko, Inferno Affairs/ Departed, American Werewolf in London, just to name a few. Would be great to hear your thoughts on it, if any, video or not. Great stuff you have here btw!
damn, this video reminds me the cinematography and music in some batman movies are really beautiful
Wow man, epic goosebump raising video. Thank you mate!!
This is great, I would love to see more comic book stuff. You won a new subscriber
Well put. Gotham occupies that sweet spot between being defined and being open-ended so that it can be the relatable city we need it to be. Exceptionally observed and presented, sir. As always.
Please do a video about There Will Be Blood... please!
+As You Were Reading My Very Long Username I Stole Your Sandwich Would love to see that. Probably my favorite film
Oliver Reed Daniel Day Lewis is a Legend.
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your wish has been answered
This was really really well done! Subscribed!
to be honest i kinda liked the look of gotham in batman forever, sure it's over the top but i don't know i just like the imaginative look to it.
you are a very talented writer and you deserve a medal or something damn
Very nice video man; keep the good work!
I really appreciate that you included the batman arkham games as one of the important parts of batman. these games has the best version of batman.
I studied this in my counterculture class back in high school. It's cool to see your unique perspective on it :)
These discussions keep on getting better and more interesting man! keep up the great work! :) anyway, i've always associated gotham with Chicago for some weird reason. lol but yeah, Gotham has developed to be such a complex aspect in the batman universe, that it's not a setting anymore, but a part of who Batman really is.
I'm just wondering... if there is such a concept in Superman, would it be Smallville or Metropolis?
+Christian Deo Deguit Christopher Nolan associated Gotham with Chicago too.
some writers and artists have made Gotham its own character. the madness and chaos of its stories reflexes in its buildings, its sky, and sometimes even a city without a identifiable place in time
Interestingly, most DC Comics cities are based on real cities but take on a life of their own. Both Gotham and Metropolis
are NYC. Central City is Chicago. Coast City is LA. Midway City is Detroit. And Gateway City can be either San Francisco or St. Louis depending on what era and writer is involved.
Great channel man... Keep the great job!
Sir I have an important meeting soon discussing Batman, I absolutely plan on using points in this video as part of my message. Great work. As a Batman fan, you get it!!
Wow, incredible video! i'm so glad i stumbled upon this channel :)
Love the videos Evan. Your content choices are excellent. I will pledge also.
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In most good Batman stories, Gotham is more than a setting, it is a character of its own. Scott Snyder obviously played a lot with this idea in his recent run on Batman, almost literally making the city say: "You think you know me? I have secrets even you don't know about" and paying minute attention to architectural features. I would also really recommend the 1992 story "The Destroyer" which is (spoiler) about a villain blowing up buildings to reveal the history and face of Gotham. As for BTAS, I think it is really interesting to know that the city was created by working with light colours on black backgrounds which gave it so unique of a feeling and created a style we now lovingly call Dark Deco. Oh and as for the show "Gotham" I believe there is footage somewhere of them explaining how they made the city look like they did, taking actual shots of New York and editing those and adding in certain features to the skyline.
Another great essay. Love watching your work. \o/
Deep talent and formidable skill. You're onto something World Class here.
This is one of my favorite videos on TH-cam