BATMAN Movie Kill Count Supercut
Why Movies & TV Stack Exchange recommends it
Movies & TV Stack Exchange answerers point people to it as evidence that Batman kills people in the live action films when debating whether Snyder's Batman breaks the character's no-kill rule.
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What it is
A 3.5 minute supercut from Mr Sunday Movies, a YouTube film commentary channel, that compiles the deaths caused by Batman across the live action movies. It is a short, fan-made clip meant to show how often the character kills on screen.
What people said
Cites KutuluMike · 2016-03 · Movies & TV Stack Exchange · on “Wasn't the Dark Knight against killing criminals?”
This question has arisen quite a lot since Dawn of Justice came out, and while I think it's a fair criticism of Zach Snyder's Batman, the question is usually framed in a way that has a few problems: the idea that this Batman kills for no reason, the idea that the movie never explains why this Batman "changed", and the idea that Batman in general doesn't kill people. First of all, it's important to keep in mind, as with every other reboot of Batman, that this is a brand new character , created by DC Extended Universe "creative director" Zach Snyder and his various writers for Dawn of Justice and it's sequels. Obviously, he is using the name and likeness and general backstory from the DC comic
Cites Ankit Sharma · 2016-10 · Movies & TV Stack Exchange · on “Wasn't the Dark Knight against killing criminals?”
KutuluMike answered it quite well but here is what Zack Snyder said himself : I tried to do it in a technical way. There’s a great YouTube video that shows all the kills in the Christopher Nolan movies even though we would perceive them as movies where he doesn’t kill anyone. I think there’s 42 potential kills that Batman does! Also, it goes back and includes even the Tim Burton Batman movies where this reputation as a guy that doesn’t kill comes from. So, I tried to do it by proxy. Shoot the car they’re in, the car blows up or the grenade would go off in the guy’s hand, or when he shoots the tank and the guy pretty much lights the tank [himself]. I perceive it as him not killing directly, b
Cites Jack B Nimble · 2019-04 · Movies & TV Stack Exchange · on “Do the previous Batman movies adhere to Batman's rules?”
It is important to remember that Batman's #1 rule of "Don't kill people" came after the creation of the character. In 1939's Detective Comics #27 (Introducing the Batman) Batman's first appear has him killing the criminal at the end. Batman punches the murderer, who then crashes through a railing, and falls into a vat of acid. He’s dead. To this Batman says ‘a fitting end to his kind.’ - Detective Comics #27 – Introduction of the Batman [LINK] As comic books rose in popularity, particularly post World War 2, there was a growing concern how they influenced children. After the 1953 Congressional Committee hearings on juvenile delinquency, comic book makers came together and created the Comics