Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012 Video)

Paget Brewster: Lana Lang

Quotes 

• Man on Street # 1 : [on Batman]  He is a monster, striking at the foundations of our democracy! Where are the principles that made this the noblest country in the world?

  Man on Street # 2 : Franky, I'm surprised there aren't a thousand more like him. People are sick and tired of being afraid. He's taking back what's ours.

  Anchor Ted : Those were but a few of the reactions to the return of the Batman. Tonight, we'll examine his impact on our society. From Metropolis, managing editor of the Daily Planet, Lana Lang and, from Gotham City, popular psychologist and author of the best-seller "Hey, I'm Okay", Dr. Bartholomew Wolper. Dr. Wolper, you've claimed that the Batman is responsible for inciting the crimes he fights, yet crime in Gotham has dropped steadily since his return. Explain.

  Dr. Bartholomew Wolper : I'm glad you asked that, Ted. Picture the public psyche as a vast, moist membrane. Batman has struck this membrane a vicious blow and it has recoiled. Hence, the short-term misleading statistics, but, in the long term, a whole generation of young people will be bent to the matrix of Batman's pathological self-delusion. In this context, Batman could be considered a social disease.

  Lana Lang : That's the biggest load of bull I've ever heard!

  Anchor Ted : Miss Lang, you've been perhaps the Batman's most vocal supporter. How can you condone behavior that is so blatantly illegal? What about due process? What about civil rights?

  Lana Lang : Ted, we live in the shadow of crime, resigned to be the victims of fear, of violence, of social impotence. A man has risen to remind us that the power is, and always has been in our hands. For years, we've been under siege. This one man is showing us that we can take a stand.