"This is an operating table" The greatest non-Kevin-Conroy line delivered by a Batman actor

Love these documentaries of yours. One day I hope to see an hour long video

Those BvS snipes were hilarious.

A standout moment in the comic to me was when Bruce first fights the mutant leader, his inner monologue is talking to Dick. It's heartbreaking and sums up what Bruce has lost along the way, but I love how in spite of all this, the message is always hope. The news casters and the different opinions shown on televisions really expand Gotham and its people. They feel much more real than other batman stories. This is an amazing video!

I also love how almost each person that speaks in this movie actually has character and sometimes when they’re on for a few more scenes they’re even fully fleshed out. Hell, Carrie’s parents are seen as apathetic (offscreen!) more characterization than most live action movies today.

2 bangers in 2 days wowzers

What I liked most about this film is how, caring or soft I guess is the word, Bruce is, while still being dark. Like you mentioned how he holds the child, but also his interaction with Carrie. There's something immediately heartwarming how they interact, especially the moment he reveals his identity.

I've fallen down the rabbit hole on your videos. I don't know how everyone of these are so well done and emotional. You're one of the best creators I've found on here, thanks for the videos

My favorite line is when Carrie drags Batman inside and he says “Dick called it the ‘Batmobile.’ Something a kid would say.”

Peter Weller did an excellent job voicing BVS’s Batman. He sound older, obviously, but also really strong with a lot of authority and strength. He sounded just like his live performance as Robocop in MK11, too. Your videos are always great, man. Super genuine. Cheers.

Can't wait for part 2 with supes as a allegory for how to much hope can blind us from the problems in the world

Mr prenticious, I would like to personally thank you for continuously releasing more and more fantastic videos. They mean allot to the community you've created, and they mean allot to me because your unique perspective has helped me work through my trauma. Helping me love a little bit more then I thought I could. Myself and the world around me. To anyone else reading this I love you, and hope you're doing well. Know that any feeling you have isn't final, and even the despair you're feeling will to pass. I hope you work hard to better yourself, and live for those around you. I know it's a struggle, and I know its painful. In the end you could be worth the world to you. I love you, all of you. Thank you

I study English Literature and Religion, and I'm doing a dissertation on superman and these videos are inspiring. Thanks man, really.

The Dark Knight returns is emphatically my favorite piece of Batman media ever, I think the comic and the movies are great and different in their own ways that make them separately enjoyable, and I’m over the moon you’ll be covering this. Love all the work you do bro!

I was 17 or 18 when DKR came out, and like everyone else I was blown away by it, but I think there’s a couple points that are less clear in hindsight, or perhaps were never clear, and if you’ll give me a moment I’d like to babble about them even though they’re probably not germane. Yes, absolutely, the comic was intended as a commentary on the Reagan era, projecting it into the future as a sort of, “If this goes on…” sort of thing. But it’s important to note that the world you’re describing is the one we live in now, not the one that existed at the time. I can’t decide if this prognostication was really prescient and clever, or just paranoia that coincidentally happened to come mostly true. But as a Gen-x kid, I have to point out that all those fears of nuclear war….those weren’t ours. Those were the Baby Boomer’s fears. For us, we never lines another world. As long as we’d been alive we’d had nukes pointed at our heads, and for the most part most of us didn’t worry about it or even think about it. The Boomers were - and probably still are - jumpy, panicky, self-absorbed types who remembered days when there weren’t really big bombs with their names written on ‘em, and they never quite adjusted. Couldn’t sleep at night. Dyspepsia, hair loss, will today be the day? Will tomorrow be the day? It was a real nagging issue for them. For us? Well, let me put it to you this way: we’re the ones who made Mad Max 2 a hit. It seemed fun. A western in a world where westerns were no longer relevant. A madman imposes a tiny bit of order in a chaotic world. Cool! I remember one of my teachers assigning “Alas, Babylon” to us to read, and how aghast he was a week later when it turned out that most of us thought it was kinda cool. Eating crabs and drinking orange juice and you get to shoot the occasional raider? How is that not fun? He concluded that we were nihilists, but we weren’t. We were just more afraid of failing the next test in his class than we were of those hypothetical missiles that hypothetically might fly, and might hypothetically kill us, but, we knew, probably wouldn’t. And as it turns out, didn’t. Because - duh - the Commies weren’t suicidal either. Who’d a thunk? And DKR and Watchmen were written by Boomers. They were great stories, I’m not criticizing at all, we enjoyed them, but they didn’t speak to our fears, or our issues. They were about the fears of the writers and creators, giving us stories that we enjoyed, but weren’t really *about* us. I’m not praising Reagan. I’m not a Republican (or a democrat. Or anything, really). I’m not here to apologize on his behalf for any of the bad shit that went down, but I did always kinda find it funny that the guy the boomers assumed was a madman who’d nuke the world just for kicks ended up being the guy who more-or-less ended the Cold War. More or less. My point is: we weren’t afraid. Probably we should have been, but we weren’t. Not so much because of a war that was never gonna happen (MAD being a thing and all) but of the world we inherited that is honestly way the fuck more nihilistic than a Mad Max movie. This is the part DKR got right: an abusive place where people beat the shit out of each other for the right to go to hell by the road of their own choosing. The war would have been easy. I’m glad it didn’t happen, but I think it would have been comparatively easy. The peace has killed us. The aimlessness of the last third of a century, where there is no “trying to make the world a better place,” but just self-serving sociopathy in the guise of politics. Ok, the old man is sad now. I’m leaving.

All the pot shots at BvS put a smile on my face.

The use of the people on the news to show the human impact of the hero's or villain's actions was one of my favorite aspects of this movie and what I liked in BvS. It's one way of "grounding" a universe without reducing the character's power or skills to make things "realistic."

That Andrew Tate joke was hilarious

Individuality and community do not have to be at odds. All you need is for the community to accept the individual. Alas how rare.

1:14 dude this line is goddamn brilliant!!

This is your best video yet. Made me cry and is now a part of my own healing for my own life's work and trauma.

Amazing they got Peter Weller to play Batman in this movie. Such a good performance

This man’s doing God’s Work dropping constant fire 🔥 back to back 😮‍💨😮‍💨💯🔥🔥

joker makes much more sense now if there is no struggle, if everyone he could torment is already defeated its simply no fun

Every time I get disappointed by live action DC I always return to these movies

DKR is one of my all time favorite Batman movies. I'm so glad you covered it🔥

Your scriptwriting and takes seem to just rise and rise with quality no matter the pace you put these videos out. This video made me want to cry a bit, it resonated with me on a very deep level at various points, but it also got multiple audible laughs from your mild jabs ("he offers and online...") I have enjoyed every one of your videos I have watched and I resonate with more than I don't, but I just wanted to let you know how much you hit them out of the park and how often your videos are a highlight of my day.

I love dark knight returns such a great movie

I love how the way the movie wrote out the internal monologues in the comic because they wouldn’t fit a film format. However they still keep the general thoughts that the characters convey in the dialogue for example the line “all the people i’ve murdered by letting you live” isn’t in the book but is expressed in thought bubbles.

I absolutely love your work on these DC universe shows and movies. I feel like I've been reliving my childhood, and DKR is for me, one of the best parts of the Batman mythos. You nailed it on the head here. Incredible work. Thank you for making these and helping me see my old favourites in a new light.

The way he beats the mutant leader is so perfect. Creates a situation to level the playing field, then physically dismantles him in a way that says "I know exactly what I'm doing to you, this was planned and you could do nothing about it.", thus breaking his ego and psychologically destroying him

I feel truly blessed to have found your channel recently. I do not know how I did not find it sooner but every video is a perfect love letter to the movies, cartoons, and characters that shaped my childhood. I feel such joy in seeing people talk so eloquently about the things I love. Keep on rocking!

This has quickly become one of my favorite channels. I truly look forward to these videos.

Made this right after Affleck looks like brave and the bold Batman. I believe in perfect timing

i honestly cannot believe how quickly you churn out super high quality content, its incredible. thank you

Just love how petty you are against BvS. Truly a work of art

Destroying what his enemy represents is the real victory.

DARK KNIGHT RETURNS LETS GOOO

I don't know how you constantly crank out such high quality videos so often. I just watched DKR part 2 last night and I was blown away by this movie. I then love coming to watch your analysis. Hope you stay well!

NO DONT LEAVE ME ON THIS CLIFFHANGER! I love your analysis of everything, please keep up the good work

cant get through your vids without tearing up maybe this is the one.

How you bust these videos out so quick is mind boggling considering the quality. Must take a lot of time and energy just to evaluate the narratives like this. You've been a real inspiration and I'm starting my youtube soon that'll be within this genre of analysis. Thank Implicit.

“Batman needs Bruce as a host” sounds like a set up for an amazing new Batman comic

I’m not sure I agree with the anti conservative sentiment here. I think it’s more so a criticism of a deeper issue of conformists and mob rule. I think it’s less about deconstructing individualism and is instead about attacking selfishness and apathy. The mutants were born out of a growing disrespect for authority and a neglected, underfunded, and over worked police force. The ban on superheroes, in the context of TDKR, was done before the Raegan administration over concerns that superheroes weren’t being regulated. In other words, the government could not control what these individuals did with their powers and so they took control of them (it’s very similar to how guns and money are treated; unless the government has complete control over them, they will fight to suppress them). There’s more I can go into but I’ll leave it at that. I think most of your analysis was spot on though. Keep it up. I love your work!

Your continued dumping on BvS is just perfect.

ronald reagan funneled crack into gotham

The dark night returns duology is the absolute peak of the DC universe animated movies. (Admittedly I haven’t seen Red hood or The Long Halloween adaptations yet, but I’ve heard good things about the former) It’s not only well animated/directed, but is so faithful to the deep, smart themes of its source material. I put them both right up there with Nolan’s Dark Night in terms of being both action packed and thought provoking.

Thank you!!! The introduction alone is perfection!

Another great video, can't wait for part 2.

This movie makes me so happy. The undercurrent of what John Green calls radical hope really speaks to me.

I love the little Easter eggs at the end for those that stick around.

I like the repeated "Batman gun but not quite"

Dark knight returns has a special place in my heart. Was wondering when you were going to get to this

Beautiful video, cant wait for part 2.... and the Dark Knight strikes again sequel video

The batman content is SOOO GOOOOOD BRUV

You really earn you’re channel name and I love it.

The dark knight returns part 1 is such a great and nice video man :]

Implicitly Pretentious Returns

Every single video is like a Christmas present unwrapping. Unreal video essay quality and quantity

TDKR is a...fascinating story to me, to put it simply. There's parts that I don't like, some of Batman's internal monologues, some bits that maybe haven't aged too well, the portrayal of Superman, and so on; but there's a lot of stuff about it that I find interesting, like the catalyst for Batman's return coming from the crushing weight of seeing everything going wrong with the world (because boy if that isn't relatable), the role the mass media plays in the story and showcasing the mindsets of the people, the Cold War backdrop, and conversely even Superman's portrayal and how it compares to other "fallen Superman" stories. Very curious to hear your thoughts on Part Two.

After finding your channel around a month ago I love your vids and patiently wait for the next one, but when left on a cliffhanger, oh man I am excited.

This video is really well made. It's the first one of your videos I've seen, I subscribed

The mystery song is Sleepwalking by the chaingang of 75.

The best part in this story is Batman's first night of patrol. Two officers, one old and one young are following a stolen car. Both officers see Batman. The older officer, who's driving slows down. Younger asks what he's doing, and the older says "You're in for a show tonight!" Batman then does what he does best. In the end, the younger officer pulls his gun on Batman and tries to arrest him. Batman stares him down when the older officer walks in and says "Son he's being patient with you. Put down the weapon." He then thanks Batman and welcomes him back.

Those BvS fake outs landed each time XD

(I love your videos, BTW, and look forward to them constantly, so thanks for cranking out a couple this week)

Bro no one understands how much i was obsessed with this movie

This is amazing. I hear a lot of reviewers of the source claiming DKR to be right-wing fascist propaganda - and it's refreshing to hear an alternative interpretation of this story. Thank you, IP!

A very good analysis, I couldn't agree more with your opinions. The dark knight returns is one of my favorites

I’m so happy you’re reviewing this movie, this and under the red hood are the greatest animated Batman movies ever made

Adding onto the trauma with Bruce and his parents, but to also losing Jason Todd, aka the second robin by the hands of the Joker. During the movie I'm pretty sure that Bruce used The Death of his Parent, AND Jason Todd's death, what would provide with his new crusade of Batman.

No one can beat The World, it's the ultimate stand

"part one" because you know this story is gonna need way more than 10 minutes to discuss

I have one questions: the first question is what would the Superman from the Justice League new frontier universe think of his Soviet counterpart?

love your work. very meditative!

The cradling the baby image is one of my PC wallpapers.

Man this and part 2 are some of my favorite DC films

Lore of Dark Knight Returns momentum 100

Im glad batman refused therapy

I like that the recurring joke is that BvS copies so many of the big action scenes from TDKR without the depth or understanding that made them good. If Miller's thesis was "Batman is willing to be brutal, even cruel, but he'll also always try to be merciful." Snyder's was "Ha ha, Batman cooler when he kill bad guy."

It's kinda scary how much this relates to current day politics and society

“Part 1” as a title was never going to work in this algorithm

Re-Watched it recently and totally loved it! I used to have a very different opinion when I watched it a decade ago, guess I needed to be mature enough to be able to appreciate how good it was.

0 out 10 I wanted more man :/that to be continued was genius! I can't wait for part 2

Best channel on KZfaq 💛

People arguing about whether BvS or TDKR is better: Me: Both. Both is good.

You forgot to shout out frank Welker the voice of Fred from Scooby-Doo which was also one of my favorite parts just bc I like that they still give him work so he can feed his family

Funny that this comic came out before Jason Todd was killed in the mainstream comics. People hated Jason Todd and they’d kill him off soon after this.

Best video so far

Like Alice I have fallen down the rabbit hole into the wonderland of your channel.

I love the "No More" scene in this movie

Your videos are always bangers Keep ‘em coming!

If your wondering what the ending song was here you go It’s called “Where we wanna go” by OTE, Halyn

I love this 2 part film it captures the comic so well and is an amazing story. This is Batman VS Superman done right.

Peter Weller is such an underrated Batman. He has such great delivery and suits an older Batman so well. Second only to the legendary Kevin Conroy in my opinion.

Zach Snyder has made an art of completely misunderstanding comic books. What the is going on with the shape of that dude's head? ...wait, is that supposed to Yindel? It can't be.

It's like Zack cherry picked what he wanted out of the Dark Knight Returns and believes it's a "good adaptation". When even Frank Miller understood Batman better than Snyder, that's saying a lot.

Drinking game: take a shot every time IP changes the title of this vid. This is the 3rd title lol

Every now and then I go on HBO Max and watch The Dark Knight Returns Part 1. Just for the experience. There's no other animated DC movie that I love quite as much as this movie.

Great video, I do have to say tho my fav part was when you changed the title of this vid literally everyday since it was uploaded. It truly extended my viewing experience