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OncomingStorm12th wrote: Oh, and having actually watched the movie a few days ago, I also don't think the Daleks are treated on The Lego Batman Movie the same way they are on The Daleks, Dalek, and so on.

In there, we see them actually laugh, appreciate jokes and so on (unless I misheard their voices in the crowd, but I'm fairly certain I did not). And it wasn't something like a Dalek Caan laugh on The Stolen Earth.

There, Caan is going insane, and all that. On TLBM, the Daleks laugh on the Joker's jokes. I mean, it isn't quite common for Daleks to laugh or appreciate (or even understand) jokes.

Also, they, very willingly accepted to ally themselves with a "lesser species" (the Joker is, after all, human). Didn't they exterminate a Time Lady who could, and openly offered to travel a TARDIS for them?. If DWU Daleks decided to exterminate a Time Lady who could actually offer them time travel at will, why would they accept help from a "mere" human to escape a prison? Doesn't seem the behaviour of the DWU Daleks to me.

I wish I could give a million Kudos to this because, essentially, you've nailed something very important. I never felt during both sittings of the movie that the Daleks were a threat. They let others walk all over them, they had a very human sense of humour and were far too willing to side with the Joker (and his crew). It just felt weird. It's this kind of attitude that makes me lean towards a parallel LEGO DWU Daleks feel. In a LEGO DWU, you could allow for a certain comicky, cartoony, goofy Dalek, which is still a dangerous enemy but also has some Warner Bros. style comedy. Even in The Alliance, the Daleks were evidently in main control.