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Post by chrom on Jan 22, 2022 19:16:30 GMT -5
Has that place ever rehabbed or fix one crazy person who went in there in its entire history?
It seems to me that whoever goes in there comes out even loonier and psychotic than before. Even the people who work there wind up becoming nuts
Really makes you wonder why it hasn't been condemned and bulldozed over
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 22, 2022 19:33:17 GMT -5
Aside from Batman, I don't think anyone really cares about treating anybody at Arkham Asylum. Always struck me as a "Lock them up and forget about them" strategy. Or in the Arkhamverse, a means to experiment.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 22, 2022 20:39:40 GMT -5
A couple months back I was reading the Batman crossover event "Cataclysm", and one of the tie-in books was "Batman: Arkham Asylum - Tales of Madness". In this story a couple of the inmates, led by The Joker, capture and torture one of the guards, Greg, until it drives him insane. In the end it shows Greg is now an inmate at the asylum. My question is why? Arkham is a facility for the CRIMINALLY insane. You know, people who've actually committed crimes. Greg didn't do anything wrong, he's just suffering from severe psychological trauma. Surely even Gotham has to have a more appropriate facility to treat him in?
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Post by Perd on Jan 22, 2022 21:09:58 GMT -5
It puts the Ass in Asylum.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Jan 22, 2022 22:40:59 GMT -5
Wasn't The Riddler reformed for a while until they decided to backslide?
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Post by mystermystery on Jan 22, 2022 22:48:00 GMT -5
I've always wanted a show based around the inner workings of Arkham. Follow the psychologists, the security guards, the nurses, and the janitors on the seemingly never-ending self-fulfilling prophecy of a failed supervillain holding environment.
Seriously. Give me an episode of the dude who has to come in and clean up a mess with the only explanation being "Coin landed on tails."
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Post by jobber2thestars on Jan 22, 2022 23:46:17 GMT -5
Arkham is for patients who are actually insane and dangerous. You average criminal doesn’t get sent there. Those guys who could get help would get sent to Iron Heights. If you get sent to Arkham, you’re basically done.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2022 9:28:29 GMT -5
Wasn't The Riddler reformed for a while until they decided to backslide? Also Two Face if I remember correctly. And y'know, there's this person called Harley Quinn that used to be locked up there and is pretty much a hero now...
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 23, 2022 9:53:42 GMT -5
Wasn't The Riddler reformed for a while until they decided to backslide? Also Two Face if I remember correctly. And y'know, there's this person called Harley Quinn that used to be locked up there and is pretty much a hero now... I was gonna mention Harley, but while she's no longer technically a villain, she's still portrayed as dangerous, unpredictable and fully willing to kill people she feels deserves it. I don't know if I'd exactly call her reformed or "cured".
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Post by Legion on Jan 23, 2022 10:05:57 GMT -5
Wasn't The Riddler reformed for a while until they decided to backslide? I really liked cowardly but clever PI Riddler. The retcon to try and make that a long con never really worked.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jan 23, 2022 11:40:55 GMT -5
I'm more bothered that Batman writers always forget about Blackgate. You know, the actual prison.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 23, 2022 12:54:51 GMT -5
Been a while since I played the game so I may be mistaken, but didn't the game "Arkham Asylum" show that there was a section in there for treatment of non criminals? I seem to remember the speakers in the hospital section talking about that.
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Post by crashmatsbazz on Jan 23, 2022 13:27:23 GMT -5
Its another reason not to move to Gotham, that city has nothing going for it. I dont think it has one well run, fully functioning city wide department.
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Post by cosmo on Jan 23, 2022 14:15:21 GMT -5
Wasn't The Riddler reformed for a while until they decided to backslide?
If I remember right, he was a private detective for a while, mostly because it paid better than being a crook.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jan 23, 2022 15:26:08 GMT -5
Its another reason not to move to Gotham, that city has nothing going for it. I dont think it has one well run, fully functioning city wide department. Well... Given that it's a New Jersey City bordering on New York City... pizza's probably pretty great?
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Post by chrom on Jan 23, 2022 15:27:18 GMT -5
Also Two Face if I remember correctly. And y'know, there's this person called Harley Quinn that used to be locked up there and is pretty much a hero now... I was gonna mention Harley, but while she's no longer technically a villain, she's still portrayed as dangerous, unpredictable and fully willing to kill people she feels deserves it. I don't know if I'd exactly call her reformed or "cured". She's as sane as Kevin Sullivan is sane
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Post by crashmatsbazz on Jan 23, 2022 15:31:24 GMT -5
Its another reason not to move to Gotham, that city has nothing going for it. I dont think it has one well run, fully functioning city wide department. Well... Given that it's a New Jersey City bordering on New York City... pizza's probably pretty great? You have to fight Condiment King to get a slice. Nothing is safe.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jan 23, 2022 15:54:30 GMT -5
Well... Given that it's a New Jersey City bordering on New York City... pizza's probably pretty great? You have to fight Condiment King to get a slice. Nothing is safe. f*** that motherf***er. If he messes with my pizza, I'll beat his ass unconscious and throw him in a pool!
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jan 23, 2022 16:15:02 GMT -5
You have to fight Condiment King to get a slice. Nothing is safe. f*** that motherf***er. If he messes with my pizza, I'll beat his ass unconscious and throw him in a pool! Is this a Eugene thread?
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jan 23, 2022 16:33:47 GMT -5
f*** that motherf***er. If he messes with my pizza, I'll beat his ass unconscious and throw him in a pool! Is this a Eugene thread? No, it's just... the people of New Jersey, like me, will not stand by and let sons of bitches like Mitchell Mayo ruin our pizzas. I won't stand for it. I'll run for DA myself and make sure that bastard rots!
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