Tim Burton's Gotham City was a "character."Art director Anton Furst told me that he, Tim and screenwriter Sam Hamm envisioned an over-populated city where zoning laws were either ignored or corrupted - it was the only place that could have spawned the bizarre Batman and his adversaries. That something is unique about a town that makes it central to the story in the manner that, for instance, "Oliver Twist" must take place in 1830s London. Lip service is often given to cities being characters in various stories - I guess, on one level, it means that the story couldn't take place in another location very easily. I've been asked this before, and while Radiant City was always intended to be a character in itself, I wasn't sure what that actually meant. Would you say that Radiant City is a character in its own right? What is Mister X's relationship to the city? What compels him to try to save it, rather than simply walk away? evil involved just folks with varying degrees of desperation, ambition and madness. But in some ways he's really more like the Spirit in that the stories are more about the city and its residents - and I would say there's little good vs. In "Eviction" he is compelled to put his self-appointed mission aside long enough to free his long-suffering ex-girlfriend, Mercedes, from the clutches of his antagonists. I mean - he's called "Mister X" for a reason. However, can't say the same for Sam Spade, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes or even Denny Colt, for that matter. You could say, "Who isn't, in this genre?" Strangely, we know Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker inside out. Well, therein lies the concept of the series - he's a man of mystery. How would you describe this character, Mister X? He's the protagonist of the narrative, but would you describe him as a hero? Who, or what, is he?
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