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Subject:	Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:52:15 GMT
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In lugnet.licensed.batman, John Patterson wrote:

mean: artistic medium.

I have tried to keep track of this as it is rather interesting. My main complaint about the whole thing is that the torture chamber in this set is compared to Abu Ghraib and not Sadam’s rape rooms or torture chambers...

John P

The comparison is apt because like Abu Ghraib under U.S. control, Arkham Asylum is susposed to be run by the ‘good guys’. Their mission is to protect the general population by incarcerating the bad guys - but not to abuse and torture said bad guys.

However, the box image that disturbs Richie shouldn’t bother any kid (or AFoL) who is familiar with Batmans’ world, because they know that Arkham is frequently run by the inmates.

1)In the movie Batman Begins, Dr. Jonathan Crane (aka the Scarecrow) is the head of Arkham Asylum (and as it turns out, the most dangerous loon of them all).

2)In the comics a few years back, a female inmate (can’t remember her name offhand) who was a master of disguise, killed one of the doctors and took his/her? place.

3)In the current saturday morning show ‘The Batman’, Dr. Hugo Strange started out as the head of Arkham - with results similar to the Scarecrows’ in Batman Begins.

4)In ‘Batman: the Animated Adventures’, a brilliant young doctor named Harleen Quinzel, was corrupted by the Joker and became super-villainess, Harley Quinn.

5)In the same TV series, Lyle Bolton was an Arkham security guard who was fired from his job because he abused the inmates. He then bacame the costumed villain, Lock-up. And after Batman took him down he became an Arkham inmate.

So, in looking at the picture in question, any Bat-fan knows that before the two security guards can do any harm to the Riddler, Batman will come charging in to take them down. Before you know it the Riddler will be back in his cell and the guards will be in Blackgate Prison. Unless of course they’re insane, in which case they will become Arkham inmates (and no doubt will soon escape together to become a super-villain duo).

Ken

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		Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
(...) Hugo Strange generally goes by the title "professor", probably so as to not be confused with Marvel's Dr. Strange, who is considerably stranger than Prof. Strange...which is not to say that Prof. Strange isn't strange in his own right. This is (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)

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		Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
(...) I have tried to keep track of this as it is rather interesting. My main complaint about the whole thing is that the torture chamber in this set is compared to Abu Ghraib and not Sadam's rape rooms or torture chambers with the hooks and metal (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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