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scarletspeed7 posted...

I completely disagree. The great runs are far outweighed by the bad ones, the nonsensical ones, the Frank Miller ones, the constant desire to provide "THE DEFINITIVE TAKE."

Joker is immortal now. Does that even make sense for the character? No. Not at all. But now we have an answer for how he always comes back! Except we didn't need one. These constant tinkerings have made the good meaningless.

That's fair. A character that's bad 90% of the time and good to various degrees 10% of the time is still mostly bad. But I tend not to focus on the bad stuff because to me it's not even worth focusing on. I'm not gonna tell someone that overall, Watchmen is kind of a wash because it some mediocre cash-ins. It's just a question of how much baggage you're willing to accept and I guess I'm willing to put up with a lot more.

I view the immortality thing differently from the multi-personality aspect. The personality shifts close a dumb plothole no one cared about, but it also opens up the character to different interpretations, because creativity is what Joker needs to be good. The immortality angle closes a dumb loophole no one cared about....and that's really it. It wasn't even used well in the story it featured in! So I guess I understand where you're coming from.
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