" Gotham would be destroyed by the League of Shadows - the city was "beyond saving and must be allowed to die." Shrek argued that he had ended Fiona""s curse, but Stiltskin differed: "How could you when you never existed.Living with your folks.The beginning of the end.Drab dead yesterdays shutting out beautiful omorrows.Hideous, stumbling footsteps creaking along the misty corridors of time.And in those corridors I see figures, strange figures, weird figures, Steel 186, Anaconda 74, American Cane 138.Its opening in March of 1968 thereby qualified it for the 1968 Oscars.[Note: The film has often been considered a 1967 film release due to its original opening date.].Although certain elements are now tame and have lost some comedic shock value since the late 60s, the black comedy was still daring, non-PC, controversial, audacious and subversive.