Over the weekend I blogged about PETA’s list of the Top 10 Animal-Friendly Superheroes. Via an update on CWR, I see that PETA has kicked Batman off the island because of his dog combat in The Dark Knight. (Hellboy replaces him.) PETA Dudes. I have two words for you: Self. Defense.
By the by, I read somewhere people saying that Batman tossed one of the dogs out the window during the big skyscraper fight. I didn’t see it that way, and I was kind of alert for the possibility of a dog getting pitched. In my experience, an American movie will show you almost any kind of atrocity against human beings, but will scrupulously avoid graphic despoliation of Fluffy. My recollection is that, in Shooter, where the Feds’ murder of the protagonist’s dog becomes a major motivation, the movie keeps the dog’s death safely offscreen. Am I misremembering either or both of these movies?
Meanwhile, the weekend is over, and I’d like to open this thread to completely spoilerous discussion of the movie.