1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
THE DESIGN SCHOOL
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT
NAME: CHUA WEI JIE
STUDENT ID NO: 0316323
FILMS SELECTED: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES AND THE WOLVERINE
WORD COUNT: 1093 WORDS
ENGLISH 2 (ENGL 0205)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: COMPARE – CONTRAST ESSAY
LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA
SUBMISSION DATE: 18th
APRIL 2014

2. Movies Wolverine The Dark Knight Rises
Make use of technology -enchance his ability by
technology (On more than one
occasion, Wolverine's entire
skeleton, including his claws,
has been molecularly infused
with adamantium. Due to their
coating, his claws can cut almost
any known solid material,
including most metals, wood,
and some varieties of stone. The
only known exceptions are
adamantium itself and Captain
America's shield, which is made
out of an proto-adamantium-
vibranium alloy.)
- create high tech gadgets
like bat mobile
sidekick Yukio – Adopted by Shingen
Yashida to be friend with
Mariko. a precognitive mutant
and one of the deadliest
assassins in Shingen’s clan.
said, "My character's very
physical. Yukio and Wolverine
have a lot in common. She really
takes care of him and he also
cares about her."
Alfred Pennyworth - Bruce's
trusted butler and confidant.
Alfred has acted as a father
figure to Bruce, and
continues to aid Bruce on his
missions as well as supplying
him with useful advice.
John Blake(robin) - A young
police officer whose instincts
lead him to believe that
there is trouble on the
horizon. Seeing something of
himself in Blake,
Commissioner Gordon
promotes him to detective.
Blake represents the idealism
that Gordon and Bruce
Wayne once held, but soon
lost in their battle against
crime in the city. He turned
out to be Robin.
Selina Kyle(catwoman)- a cat
burglar, grifter, and femme
fatale who establishes a
playful, teasing relationship
with Bruce Wayne that
"takes some of the
somberness away from his
character." Kyle is pursuing a
"clean slate", a computer
program rumored to be able

3. to erase a person's criminal
history, when she crosses
paths with both Bruce and
Batman.
Villain On the surface - Dr. Green /
Viper, a mutant, who has an
immunity to toxins
The real mastermind was
yashida(yukio’s adopt father
and mariko’s grandfather)
his motive was to gain the
healing ability of wolverine by
the ability of Dr Green to
achieve immortality.
On the surface – Bane
A militant revolutionary
portraying himself as a
"liberator", Bane is intent on
destroying Gotham City. He
was originally a member of
the League of Shadows,
before being
excommunicated. He wears a
mask that supplies him with
an analgesic gas to relieve
pain he suffers from an
injury.
Mastermind Miranda
Tate/Talia al Ghul - Talia al
Ghul was the daughter of
Ra's al Ghul and the leader of
the League of Shadows.
Following the death of her
father, she took up his
mantle as his heir and
patiently sought Gotham
City's destruction with the
aid of her ally Bane. She
manipulated Bruce Wayne
and his allies while
masquerading as wealthy
businesswoman and
philanthropist Miranda Tate
Plot Weakened by opponent’s ability
The power of healing was taken
away from him by Dr Green.
He regained his ability by
removing the parasite which
injected by Dr Green. However
during the removal of the
parasite he was attacked by
Shingen Yashida, Yashida’s son
and father to Mariko but he was
protected by Yukio which was
his
Defeated by Bane and broke
his spine. He was thrown into
The Pit. After months of
recovery and re-training,
Bruce escapes from the
prison and enlists Selina,
Blake, Tate, Gordon, and
Lucius Fox to help stop the
bomb's detonation. And he
found out that Miranda Tate
was the mastermind.

4. In this era that movies are popular among people, there are plenty of movie genre to be
choose from. Out of vast choices of movie, superhero movies are one of the all-time favorite.
Batman Trilogy, Avengers, Ironman, Thor and X-men are few of the most notable superhero
movies. I personally love Batman Trilogy and X-men: The Wolverine the most. There are plenty
of similarity between Batman and Wolverine, hence in this essay I’m going to compare the
similarity of these two superhero in aspect of how they gain their ability to fight supervillains,
sidekicks, supervillains and also how they recover themselves from setbacks.
First of all, Batman and Wolverine become stronger by making use of modern
technology. Batman had a lot of gadgets and automobile which he use in fight, for example the
Bat-Darts, A form of tranquilizer darts, EMP Grenade: A small grenade which, once detonated,
destroys all electronics within a seven foot radius which he use when he was surrounded by the
reporters, Batmobile which is his common vehicle and also the new “The Bat” which is an
aircraft which in the end the movie Batman use it to carry the “Neutron Bomb” and detonate it
above the sea and saved the Gotham City. As for Wolverine, his body skeleton and also his claw
was molecularly infused with adamantium which was one of the indestructible man-made alloy.
Due to this coating, his claw was able to cut through almost every known solid.
Next is that every superhero has sidekicks; Batman and Wolverine are no exception.
Batman’s sidekicks in the movie are the well-known butler Alfred Pennyworth, Cat woman
(Selina Kyle) and also Robin (John Blake). Alfred Pennyworth is Batman’s reliable butler and
friend. He was a father-like being to Batman and has always assist him in his mission and also
giving him beneficial advices. Cat woman (Selina Kyle) was at first in the movie a cat burglar,
swindler, and a dangerously seductive woman who establishes a playful, teasing relationship
with Batman. All of the time she was after the “clean state” which was capable of deleting one’s
criminal record and because of this she have cause Batman to fall in to Bane’s trap. However in
the end she know what is the right thing to do so she assisted Batman in saving the Gotham
City. Finally is the famous Robin (John Blake), in this movie Robin was introduced as John Blake
who is a young police officer whose instinct telling him that disaster are about to happen. He

5. plays a role as the messenger of the police force in this movie because most of the police was
trapped underground and he also is the one that made Batman back to action. As for Wolverine,
his sidekick in the movie was Yukio, a precognitive mutant which can foresee one’s death and
she was one of the most deadliest assassin in Shingen’s clan. When she was a child, Yashida
brought her back and to be friend with his granddaughter which was having problem making
friend. In the movie Yukio has helped Wolverine in few occasion, one of the event was she
protected him from Shingen Yashida which was Yashida’s son when Wolverine tried to remove
the parasite that Dr. Green planted in him.
There was a similarity in this two movies which was they had two villains, one was on
the surface and one was the mastermind behind the scene. In the movie, The Dark Knight Rises
Bane was the one on the surface and the mastermind was Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul.
Miranda/Talia was the daughter of Ra's al Ghul and the leader of the League of Shadows. After
the death of her father she become the heir of her father and desired to destroy Gotham City
with the help of her ally Bane. Bane was originally a member of the League of Shadows but was
expelled. The signature of Bane is that he wore a mask that provided him a pain killing gas to
relieve the pain that he suffers from an injury when trying to help Miranda escape from The Pit.
As for The Wolverine, Yashida, an old friend of Wolverine from the World War II. He wished to
obtain the healing ability of Wolverine in order to achieve immortality as he was afraid of dying
and not willing to left his great fortune behind. So he employed Dr. Green/Viper who was
capable of transplanting one’s ability to another people. Dr. Green was also a mutant that could
produce toxin and has immunity to all kinds of toxin.
Finally is the similarity between the plot of these two movies. Batman and Wolverine
both was weaken by their enemy and they managed to comeback and defeat them despite that.
In Batman’s movie he was defeated by Bane as he was lured to Bane’s trap by Catwoman/Selina
Kyle and his spine was broken by Bane and he was banished to The Pit and see his city destroy
by Bane yet he couldn’t do anything about it. However in The Pit he was encouraged by two

6. others prisoner and with their help Batman trained and recover from the injury done by Bane.
After the training he escapes from the prison and enlists Selina, Blake, Tate, Gordon, and Lucius
Fox to help stop the bomb's detonation. And he found out that Miranda Tate/ Talia al Ghul was
the mastermind behind all this. Similarly Wolverine’s healing ability which that make him
invincible and immortal was temporarily taken away from his by Dr Green. Few day after his
ability was taken away from him he was shot without knowledge that he wasn’t be able to heal
himself anymore. He was helped by Mariko as she found a trainee veterinary to help him
remove the bullets. As he found out that his ability was taken away from him, he went back to
Yashida’s laboratory and saw that there was a parasite in body and he decided to take it out
with his hand. However when he was doing this he was attacked by Shingen Yashida, Yashida’s
son but luckily he was protected by Yukio and he successfully regain his healing ability and he
killed Shingen after that.
There was quite a number of significant similarity in aspect of the character and plot
from these two movies. However I personally prefer Batman movie series over The Wolverine.
Batman movies’ are more creative in the creating villains than The Wolverine movie, villains
plays an important role in a superhero movie. Hence Batman movie is a more favorable choice
for me.

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