Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

No Alfred, no hospital. 607 00:52:02,036 --> 00:52:03,447 The cave. 608 00:52:03,621 --> 00:52:05,487 <i>-But, sir...</i> -The cave. 609 00:52:07,875 --> 00:52:10,367 And Robin comes with us. 610 00:52:37,780 --> 00:52:40,238 [BATMAN GROANING] 611 00:53:10,771 --> 00:53:12,182 [BEEPING] 612 00:53:12,356 --> 00:53:14,518 Hands to yourself, please. 613 00:53:21,907 --> 00:53:23,238 Where did he go? 614 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:26,529 To find his strength. 615 00:54:15,169 --> 00:54:17,410 Where are you? 616 00:54:27,181 --> 00:54:29,764 I'm not finished yet. 617 00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:33,183 And you're not finished with me. 618 00:54:52,539 --> 00:54:55,702 You're never finished with me. 619 00:54:56,043 --> 00:54:58,034 [SCREECHING] 620 00:55:02,132 --> 00:55:06,000 <i>He is a monster, striking at the foundations of democracy.</i> 621 00:55:06,178 --> 00:55:09,716 <i>Where are the principles that make this the noblest country in the world?</i> 622 00:55:09,973 --> 00:55:14,558 <i>I'm surprised there aren't more like him. People are sick of being afraid.</i> 623 00:55:14,728 --> 00:55:16,469 <i>He's taking back what's ours.</i> 624 00:55:16,647 --> 00:55:19,730 <i>Those are but a few of the reactions to the return of the Batman.</i> 625 00:55:19,942 --> 00:55:22,900 <i>Tonight, we'll examine his impact on our society.</i> 626 00:55:23,070 --> 00:55:26,563 <i>From Metropolis, managing editor</i> of The Daily Planet, <i>Lana Lang.</i> 627 00:55:26,740 --> 00:55:28,822 <i>And from Gotham City, popular psychologist...</i> 628 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:34,237 <i>...and author of the best-seller, Hey, I'm Okay, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper.</i> 629 00:55:34,414 --> 00:55:38,578 <i>Dr. Wolper, you've claimed the Batman is responsible for inciting crimes he fights.</i> 630 00:55:38,752 --> 00:55:42,086 <i>Yet, crime in Gotham has dropped steadily since his return.</i> 631 00:55:42,256 --> 00:55:44,588 <i>-Explain. -I'm glad you asked that, Ted.</i> 632 00:55:44,758 --> 00:55:48,501 <i>Picture the public psyche as a vast, moist, membrane.</i> 633 00:55:48,679 --> 00:55:52,923 <i>Batman has struck this membrane a vicious blow, and it has recoiled.</i> 634 00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:55,512 <i>Hence the misleading short-term statistics.</i> 635 00:55:55,686 --> 00:55:57,552 <i>But in the long term...</i> 636 00:55:57,729 --> 00:56:01,267 <i>...a whole generation of young people will be bent to the matrix...</i> 637 00:56:01,441 --> 00:56:04,103 <i>...of Batman's pathological self-delusion.</i> 638 00:56:04,278 --> 00:56:08,567 <i>In this context, Batman could be considered a social disease.</i> 639 00:56:08,740 --> 00:56:11,072 <i>That's the biggest load of bull I've ever heard.</i> 640 00:56:11,243 --> 00:56:15,362 <i>Miss Lang, you've been perhaps the Batman's most vocal supporter.</i> 641 00:56:15,539 --> 00:56:19,248 <i>How can you condone behavior that's so blatantly illegal?</i> 642 00:56:19,418 --> 00:56:22,126 <i>What about due process? What about civil rights?</i> 643 00:56:22,296 --> 00:56:24,458 <i>Ted, we live in the shadow of crime.</i> 644 00:56:24,631 --> 00:56:29,376 <i>Resigned to be the victims of fear, of violence, of social impotence.</i> 645 00:56:29,553 --> 00:56:35,265 <i>A man has risen to remind us the power is and always has been, in our hands.</i> 646 00:56:35,434 --> 00:56:37,141 <i>For years, we've been under siege.</i> 647 00:56:37,311 --> 00:56:40,770 <i>This one man is showing us that we can take a stand.</i> 648 00:56:56,747 --> 00:56:58,738 [INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER] 649 00:57:01,001 --> 00:57:04,665 <i>A total of 83 members of the Mutant gang have been arrested...</i> 650 00:57:04,838 --> 00:57:07,671 <i>...most suffering from bullet and shrapnel wounds.</i> 651 00:57:07,841 --> 00:57:11,630 <i>Among those captured, is one they're calling the Mutant Leader.</i> 652 00:57:11,803 --> 00:57:15,467 <i>Batman is a coward. I broke his bones.</i> 653 00:57:15,641 --> 00:57:20,056 <i>Now, my Mutant army is coming to storm Gotham City.</i> 654 00:57:20,646 --> 00:57:24,355 <i>We will come for our leader. We will kill Gordon.</i> 655 00:57:24,524 --> 00:57:30,520 <i>We will raze Gotham and taste its blood. Prepare for war.</i> 656 00:57:30,697 --> 00:57:35,942 <i>This whole Mutant situation is the result of commissioner Gordon's incompetence...</i> 657 00:57:36,119 --> 00:57:38,326 <i>...and the Batman's terrorist actions.</i> 658 00:57:38,497 --> 00:57:41,330 <i>To address these matters, Deputy Mayor Stevenson and I...</i> 659 00:57:41,500 --> 00:57:45,118 <i>...are proud to announce the appointment of Captain Ellen Yindel...</i> 660 00:57:45,295 --> 00:57:47,878 <i>...as Gordon's replacement upon his retirement.</i> 661 00:57:48,090 --> 00:57:51,048 <i>Captain Yindel stands firmly against the Batman...</i>