“themanbatman” must have had some time to think about this because I honestly had a hard time following after only a couple views. Titled, ‘The Batman Complex’, themanbatman took various clips from Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’, ‘Inception’, ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘The Machinist’, and more. The Batman Complex tackles the idea of whether Batman was only just a figment of Bruce Wayne’s imagination (I think I already said that… didn’t I… oh hell with it. It sounds good.)
The gist of the idea revolves around a few fun topics, mainly the whole “what is real?” train of thought, and also every fans desire, deep down or upfront, to be Batman at least once in their lives. And so, I tried to craft a story where we see what happens when someone takes their dream of being Batman a little bit too far. An idea, after all, is a truly resilient parasite.
While some of it is still left a bit ambiguous both unintentionally and intentionally – while there’s only so much that can be strung together – I often like to leave a little bit open so as to see what fellow fans are able to imagine/create. One aspect I tried to hint at was the paralleling descent of both Bruce and Cobb. As Cobb and the team go deeper into Bruce’s mind, they start to encounter the truly dark issues that his subconscious houses. As a result, Cobb himself gets caught up in the obsession of all that lingers in the mind of a Batman. There are a couple fun things in there that are best left to surprise, but all in all, I’m relatively happy with how it turned out. It’s fairly fast paced and doesn’t leave much room to breath, which helps amplify the tension I think. But that’s just me.
I swear. I was even more confused after reading themanbatman’s explaination of his concept for The Batman Complex. Regardless whether you “get it” or not, it still worth the watch. Especially, when a ton of work went into it by themanbatman (I wish I knew your name so I didn’t have to refer to you as “themanbatman).
Hit the jump and check out the fan-made trailer for ‘The Batman Complex’
