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Super Freak
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Frank Miller's Dark Knight version of Batman is one that never really comes together well in a three-dimensional figure form*. There's always something off and it's because Miller's art was all over the place, with Batman's size/scale and proportions constantly changing throughout the Dark Knight pages. Miller was so into abstraction and expressionism at this point that consistency didn't matter as much as the raw energy of visual storytelling he could bring to the pages. That wasn't a bad thing in any way, and was in fact quite special to what made the Dark Knight so great. The whole thing was a mad mind-f***k of a trip from a writer/artist who had no restraints. If Batman's leg needed to be huge to convey a hard kick, then Miller would make it so. If Batman needed to be shown as an absolute beast, then Miller would fill a panel with Batman's shoulders. Whatever was needed to express the idea of the story, more than the traditional adherence to accuracy of anatomy.
I think this figure will look quite impressive, on a shelf, in a display, with other figures. If it's a large beast of a figure, like the Afleck Batman figures, then its mass and scale will surely be something. It really does have to dwarf other figures around it to feel like Miller's Dark Knight. If I have any criticism or suggestion, it's that this Dark Knight figure should be even wider and heftier, almost ridiculously stocky and blockish. It should almost be as wide as it is tall to approach Miller's mad vision of the character. Hot toys tends to do well with sculpts, tailoring and details, and they know how to pull a figure together nicely, so I have faith this will rock!
(* There have been a few figures that came close, like the Mafex Dark Knight and some statues that followed and closely emulated certain distinct panels of Miller's art, but for the most part there hasn't been a 1:6 articulated figure that nailed it. Well, it's probably hard to nail something that isn't fixed to begin with.)
I think this figure will look quite impressive, on a shelf, in a display, with other figures. If it's a large beast of a figure, like the Afleck Batman figures, then its mass and scale will surely be something. It really does have to dwarf other figures around it to feel like Miller's Dark Knight. If I have any criticism or suggestion, it's that this Dark Knight figure should be even wider and heftier, almost ridiculously stocky and blockish. It should almost be as wide as it is tall to approach Miller's mad vision of the character. Hot toys tends to do well with sculpts, tailoring and details, and they know how to pull a figure together nicely, so I have faith this will rock!
(* There have been a few figures that came close, like the Mafex Dark Knight and some statues that followed and closely emulated certain distinct panels of Miller's art, but for the most part there hasn't been a 1:6 articulated figure that nailed it. Well, it's probably hard to nail something that isn't fixed to begin with.)
