Game of Thrones Black Count: The Bear and The Madian Fair 2
I counted two plus about a dozen extras. Sexy translator chick had a line, and Grey Worm had a line directed at him. I'm getting a little concerned. Sexy translator chick generally speaks in a monotone and is used as exposition, and Grey Worm just looks really menacing. So I think we get smug Tyrion rating for that episode.
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This came up to me when my girlfriend and I were watching
Batman Beyond, which was recently added to the Netflix intsa-que. She mentioned
Mr. Freeze was her favorite because of how tragic and Shakespearean he was. So
we spent (we’re pretty nerdy) the next thirty minutes trying to figure out
where he fits in the pantheon of Shakespearean characters. That got me thinking.
Who else in Batman’s rogue gallery could be a Shakespeare character? So here’s
a list (no means complete) of which Batman Rogue was which Shakespearean
villain (or anti-hero depending on your perspective.)
1.
Mr. Freeze: Othello
http://rroyreport.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/mr-freeze.jpg |
http://www.lordalford.com/10grade/european/othello/othello.jpg |
Mr. Freeze and Othello both share the same tragic flaw, a
love of white women. Their love is what drives them and ultimately kills them,
or in Freeze’s case locks him in an Asylum for most of his unnaturally long
life. They also tend to brood through most of their stories in between fetes of
murder.
2.
The Joker:
Aaron the Moor
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110522005122/marvel_dc/images/b/bc/Joker_0004.jpg |
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Lovers of Chaos and destruction. It’s hard to nail the Joker
as one character. The closet character is Aaron, who says early on that he’s
sole purpose in the play is to fuck things up. He also has a banging
monologue that is very like Joker where he basically announces is he does
fucked up shit because he can.
3.
Catwoman: Lady Macbeth
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Both Characters want power, both characters are sexy, both
characters use their sexiness to get what they want, both characters completely
twirl the men in their lives around their finger, and both characters are often
dressed in leather.
4. Poison Ivy: Titania
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This is a stretch I know. Lovers of nature and the natural
order of things.
Often the most powerful things in their said universes. They also have strange mother instincts that tend to drive them through their plots. Difference, Poison Ivy will often turn men into Donkey's instead of falling in love with them. And she will kill them.
5. Killer Croc: Caliban
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Big, dumb, monsters. Nuff said.
6. The Penguin: Richard 3rd
http://www.wordstream.com/images/screenshots/penguin-update.jpg |
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/ian-mckellen-richard-iii-660.jpg |
Short, ugly, and often misunderstood. Both Character’s
“powers” lie in the exceedingly wealth. They are also brutal when they need to
be. Especially newer adaptation of Penguin that paint him more of a gangster
then then an eccentric business rich guy. But they can’t stand toe-to-toe physically, so they
use their manipulation and political influence to get what they want.
7. Two-Face: Iago
Both were friends with
the protagonist, both turn evil; both are smart, and evil. Did I mention evil. Also there is a duality to their personalities. Some
would argue that Two-Face had always been apart of Harvey Dent, and his accident brought that side to physical life. Iago also has two personalities.
The one he shows to himself and the eviler one that is capable of killing his best friend.
8.
Bane: Macbeth
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120126111603/batman/images/thumb/2/2f/Bane.jpg/339px-Bane.jpg |
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01783/macbeth3_1783052b.jpg |
“Unseemed him from the Nave to the Chops.” That’s how a character describes Macbeth.
Meaning he literally ripped a man from the navel to his face. He ripped a man in
half. What’s more badass then that? Bane broke The Batman in half. Also both characters are incredibly cerebral
in their execution.
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