Batman: The Doom that Came to Gothem 2023 Movie Review

Richard Leland Neal

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00:00Now we review the 2023 film...

00:04BATMAN!

00:06THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM!

00:09MUAHAHAHAHA!

00:12Why am I laughing?

00:14I don't think I should be laughing.

00:16Alright ladies and gentlemen, I am Richard, this is Random Street Theater,

00:19and I have seen...

00:21BATMAN! THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM!

00:24Yes.

00:26Before I go any further, let me remind you that if you don't want Doom to come to the entire world,

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00:35from 4ocean. 4ocean then pulls a ton of trash out of the ocean every time I do that.

00:38Now...

00:40THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM.

00:46What you have is a reimagining of Batman

00:49using much of the Bat-family

00:52only considerably earlier in time

00:58before the common implementation of the steam engine for shipping

01:05and it's more of a Lovecraftian story than it is a Batman story.

01:11But because it's a one-off shot,

01:13no one is safe.

01:16No one is safe.

01:18But, I mean, some of these characters here,

01:21what you start out with is

01:25Bruce Wayne has commissioned a

01:31expedition to the Arctic

01:33to try and find

01:35Penguin,

01:37who in this particular

01:40iteration is not a supervillain, but rather a professor

01:45I believe from Miskatonic University,

01:47because that's the university that exists within the Lovecraftian universe.

01:52And of course, what they found is the means to summon Cthulhu, I think.

01:57Maybe some other Lovecraftian god, but...

02:03The reanimator himself, Jeremy Combs, plays Victor Freeze,

02:08who's blinded himself because

02:10to look on the face of Cthulhu is to invite madness.

02:15And, yeah, what happens is that

02:19Batman winds up fighting a Lovecraftian god.

02:26Yes, but not Batman

02:28winds up fighting a Lovecraftian god.

02:31Discount Batman winds up fighting a Lovecraftian god,

02:35because the real Batman would have pretty much kicked that Lovecraftian god's hiney

02:40all the way back to the underworld,

02:42and we all know that.

02:46To be flatly honest with you,

02:51there is a... I don't know what it's called, but it's a...

02:57spiritual realm

02:59in the DC universe,

03:01and that spiritual realm

03:06has a Cthulhu of sorts.

03:10I don't know what that entity's name is,

03:12but I do recall watching an animated film

03:16where Solomon Grundy fought this creature,

03:20which, you know, has a Cthulhu-esque appearance.

03:25So that is something that exists in pretty much

03:29comic book adaptations of Batman.

03:33Why there has to be a reimagining where Batman

03:37faces off against

03:41Cthulhu

03:43back in the 1800s,

03:45I don't know!

03:48To say this is a bad movie is certainly not the case.

03:52It is a fine movie,

03:54but you have to understand that it is a completely sealed story

03:58with characters that, for the most part,

04:01are, in name alone,

04:03who we have here.

04:05I mean...

04:07Batman don't do a lot of Batman in this movie,

04:11or at least this universe.

04:13Green Arrow also shows up.

04:18Interesting character.

04:20Two-Face.

04:22Very good reason for him to be Two-Face in this.

04:25Yes, I think it may surprise you, but he's there.

04:29And a whole host of Catman...

04:31Batman.

04:32A whole host of Batman characters

04:34are brought into this movie for the very simple sake

04:38of you having recognition.

04:40I believe this is a series

04:42where they said, you know, let's take the concept of these characters

04:45and apply them to something else.

04:47The thing there being is that

04:51Batman does have a superpower.

04:54His superpower is subconscious clairvoyance.

04:58So the idea that he would be both the

05:02catalyst behind much of this happening

05:06and the solution to it

05:08is a little dumb.

05:11And, I mean, you might say, well,

05:13given the rich history of Batman

05:16and the distinguishing nature of the character,

05:20it is very possible that you could have this as a true iteration.

05:24But...

05:27I mean, you know, somewhere in the multiverse,

05:29this may be a Batman.

05:31It just doesn't feel very Batman to me.

05:35Also, Man-Bat,

05:37in its own particular way,

05:39makes an appearance in this particular version

05:43of the Batman mythos.

05:45And I have to say,

05:49it is a fine enough movie.

05:52It is enjoyable.

05:53It belongs very much in the middle of your watch list.

05:56It is a great thing to watch for the spooky season

06:00because of its spooky imagery,

06:02its dark nature,

06:04and its Lovecraftian elements.

06:09If you're a mainstream Batman fan,

06:13you're just going to look at this and be like,

06:15WTF, dude?

06:18If you're not a strong Batman fan,

06:21if you can't look at these characters and be like,

06:24OK, yeah, that's that guy, that's that guy,

06:26you're going to be, huh?

06:29If you don't know Penguin's full name,

06:33this is not the movie for you.

06:36It is otherwise a very enjoyable film,

06:39certainly worth watching,

06:41particularly in the fall.

06:43But just take into account,

06:45it has a very distinctive flavor.

06:48You know, it's...

06:49That's...

06:51Not everyone's going to look at this and be like,

06:53OK, this is cool.

06:55Some people are going to look at it and be like,

06:56that's not Batman.

06:58And yes, it is Batman,

06:59because Batman can be a lot of things.

07:01This is one of them.

07:02So yes,

07:03middle of your watch list,

07:06I would put it below

07:09Batman Meets the Ninja Turtles.

07:13Uh...

07:14And...

07:15That's about it, you know?

07:17Solid enough film.

07:18But, if you've seen it,

07:20I'd like to hear your opinion down in the comments below.

07:22I'm Richard.

07:23Alright, ladies and gentlemen,

07:26it's me, Randall, yet again.

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08:39Mmm.

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