Frank Miller on Batman

Frank Miller, the genius comic book writer who wrote The Dark Knight series, was asked about his thoughts on the current characterization of the iconic character and how he might alter it in any way.

“My dream would be to make it much smaller. To lose the toys and to focus more on the mission, and to use the city a great deal more. Because he’s got a loving relationship with the city he’s protecting. And unlike Superman his connection to crime is intimate; it has been ever since his parents were murdered. And he defeats criminals with his hands. So it would be a different take. But it will never be in my hands, because it would not be a good place to make toys from. There wouldn’t be a line of toys.”

Miller was also asked about the never-made Batman movie that he and director Darren Aronofsky were at one point discussing. “That screenplay was based on my book ‘Batman: Year One,’ and yeah it was much more down to earth,” he explained. “In it a fair amount of time is spent before he became Batman, and when he went out and fought crime he really screwed it up a bunch of times before he got it right. So it was 90-minute origins story.”

He was also asked if he saw Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which he answered, “Yes.” When asked what he thought of the movie, “I’ll just say: ‘Thanks.’ What can I say? — he laughs — no, actually I’ll withdraw that; I’ll say: ‘You’re welcome!”

 

Great interview and we actually agree with him 100%.

~Seppin

~Rek