New Batman cast, nerds annihilated

[Great Rumbler]

[Dickie Dee]

[chronovore]

Would've rather seen Josh Brolin.

[Phoenix Dark]

newsflash: the movie is gonna be shit regardless of who plays who.

[meni stronk]

does this mean a return to the cornball days of Batman past? I know nothing about this film and haven't seen Man of Steel. I would actually be ok with that. not a huge fan of wannabe-grimdark Bale Batman.

edit: that sounded a lot more reasonable before I read it back. I'm sure it'll be a tryhard shitshow

[Momo]

[Himu]

There are no basements in Texas. HA, Ben Stiller. I mean Affleck.

[cool breeze]

i dunno, a lot of people seemed to like it well enough.  not, like, great-like it, but enough to push it past Superman Returns.

the response is more divisive than most of these of these comic movies.  the love side actually loves it, and the hate side seems to hate it more than returns.

I enjoyed it, and beyond that, they were successful in relaunching Superman after like 30 years of nonstarters.  Nothing was so outwardly bad that it can't be remedied and it didn't kill Superman for another 7 years.  That's why this Man of Steel 2 vs Batman is a bit of a bummer.  Reward for making Superman viable again is a sequel where the attention will be on Batman.  Best to hope for is an honest Iron Man 2 situation, where it's mostly a Superman movie with time devoted to Batman and teasing the upcoming super friends motion picture.

And I think internet people are slowly realizing that Affleck as an actor is worth it if it means he can fight off Goyer and Snyder, with nunchucks made from his oscars.

[Momo]

I'd rather watch returns 10x than watch MOS again.

[bluemax]

They hired a rich white guy from New England to play a rich white guy from New England. Seems legit to me.

[Oblivion]

i dunno, a lot of people seemed to like it well enough.  not, like, great-like it, but enough to push it past Superman Returns.

That's a pretty low bar, though, isn't it?

[Oblivion]

Oh, you meant sales-wise. I was referring to the reviews.

[Phoenix Dark]

[Tasty]

I was referring to the thing that really matters when it comes to figuring out the majority opinion.

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plus, man of steel fell well below superman returns when it comes to reviews.  somehow.

[close]

It was a well made movie. Not a very good movie, but it was well made. Singer got the details right.

[chronovore]

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manabyte are you ok, are you ok

PD, are you ever going to re-host the image, or are we all just getting by on inference at this point?

[Steve Contra]

Has Manabyte posted since it turned out MoS was mediocre?

[Phoenix Dark]

(Image removed from quote.)

manabyte are you ok, are you ok

PD, are you ever going to re-host the image, or are we all just getting by on inference at this point?

Will this be a good movie?

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the answer is no

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[Great Rumbler]

7 and a half hours worth of Batman movies and they only 35 seconds contain awkward Batman lines? Looks like Bale did a pretty good job to me.

[Mandark]

Has Manabyte posted since it turned out MoS was mediocre?

Zack Snyder

He did what I could not.

[Tasty]

Has Manabyte posted since it turned out MoS was mediocre?

Zack Snyder

He did what I could not.

Make a crappy movie?

[Great Rumbler]

Silence Manabyte for all eternity.

[Steve Contra]

Silence Manabyte for all eternity.

Just wait until we start setting nukes off in space

[Phoenix Dark]

Actually he likes the casting which surprised me, according to his twitter/website.

[bluemax]

7 and a half hours worth of Batman movies and they only 35 seconds contain awkward Batman lines? Looks like Bale did a pretty good job to me.

Considering Batman had like 2 minutes of screen time in the third movie, its hard to find many lines for him.

[Tasty]

After seeing the town I think Affleck could be a great, wise-assy Bruce to Superman's over-brooding and boyscout righteousness.

No idea how he'll be as Batman though.

[Great Rumbler]

7 and a half hours worth of Batman movies and they only 35 seconds contain awkward Batman lines? Looks like Bale did a pretty good job to me.

Considering Batman had like 2 minutes of screen time in the third movie, its hard to find many lines for him.

Oscar made that same joke a week ago.

[Tasty]

Oscar, always the trailblazer.

[bluemax]

7 and a half hours worth of Batman movies and they only 35 seconds contain awkward Batman lines? Looks like Bale did a pretty good job to me.

Considering Batman had like 2 minutes of screen time in the third movie, its hard to find many lines for him.

Oscar made that same joke a week ago.

Like I check this forum that often.

[Great Rumbler]

[cool breeze]

Bale's screen test for Batman from when he was chubbier, wearing the Forever suit, with Amy Adams standing in as Rachael.
 

[Himu]

Let's be honest.

There is only one Batman and his name is Keaton. To me, Keaton IS Batman. I can't erase the image of Keaton as Batman.

[Shadow Mod]

Let's be honest.

There is only one Batman and his name is Keaton. To me, Keaton IS Batman. I can't erase the image of Keaton as Batman.

Definitely the ugliest one.

[Himu]

I didn't mention Bruce Wayne. I think Bale is the best Bruce Wayne. But Keaton is the best Batman.

[Shadow Mod]

Still the ugliest one.

[Tasty]

I could never see Keaton as Batman. He's a decent Bruce Wayne I guess but he wasn't memorable as Batman. Bale's Batman is more memorable and his Bruce Wayne is absolutely stellar.

[cool breeze]

I'd argue that age and exposure has a lot to do with it.  I don't see many early-20s or younger folk on Keaton's side. 

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I grew up with Batman TAS.  That my Batman 

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[TakingBackSunday]

Yeah, Conroy's voice is iconic to me.  He's my Batman.

[Shadow Mod]

I'd argue that age and exposure has a lot to do with it.  I don't see many early-20s or younger folk on Keaton's side. 

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I grew up with Batman TAS.  That my Batman 

[close]

The dude is just goofy looking.

[Tasty]

Yeah, Conroy's voice is iconic to me.  He's my Batman.

+1

Also, Hamill as Joker. He owned his role even more than Conroy.

[Diunx]

Let's be honest.

There is only one Batman and his name is Keaton. To me, Keaton IS Batman. I can't erase the image of Keaton as Batman.

Keaton was a terrible batman and an even worse bruce wayne.

[Himu]

Batman TAS

I was only considering live action but yeah, that's my Batman if it's an option.

[Diunx]

Hate George Clooney 

[TakingBackSunday]

Keaton was okay.

[Phoenix Dark]

Keaton was probably the best Batman, and the second best Wayne.

Bale may be a shitty Batman but he's the best Wayne.

[TakingBackSunday]

Batmans (Batmen?):

1) Keaton
2) Bale
3) Kilmer
4) Clooney

Wayne's:

1) Bale
2) Kilmer
3) Keaton
4) Clooney

[Tasty]

I think Clooney could have been a great Bruce, if he put some effort in. Can't really blame him for not though.

[Phoenix Dark]

Clooney and Kilmer were doomed in bad films. I think both could have done better than Bale's Batman in the Nolan films. I'm obviously counting 90s Kilmer, not the overweight one of the aughts.

When I think about all the things that made Batman Forever bad...Kilmer doesn't cross my mind. He wasn't a bad Batman, and his Wayne wasn't bad either. Meanwhile Clooney was quite an asshole as Batman, but then again I often view Batman as an asshole. I'm not sure any Wayne displayed more swag than Clooney's either...because, well, Clooney.

[Himu]

Kilmer and Clooney could be better if they were cast in better films. Problem with them is I can't remember a single scene from their films. Are they on netflix? I should get some weed and watch them.

[Tasty]

Eh I really don't like Kilmer-Bats/Bruce. Just so vanilla and bland. I also don't find him very attractive which is kind of a prerequisite to being Bruce IMO (pause.)

Bale was the perfect Batman in Begins. Then Nolan decided to add more bass to his voice in post production in TDK

Honestly his voice doesn't bother me at all. But in Begins it was definitely much, much better.

Way agreed. Begins Bats was the most menacing one out of any of the live action movies. I also think the cowl might have helped, I find the Bale test shoot pretty laughable and it's mostly the cowl I think. Begins had a great cowl.

[Himu]

Kilmer is attractive. However he is too much of a pretty boy.

[cool breeze]

[Tasty]

Apparently there was a whole subplot (red diary) cut that I have yet to find footage for. Supposedly it makes the whole movie more coherent.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

nah, sorry, his voice was distractingly goofy in BB too.  a lot of it is because he can't enunciate his words correctly when he's trying to force that deep voice, so everything comes out like he's trying to push out a turd.  i sometimes jokingly refer to him sounding like a muppet, but that's actually not accurate.  the muppet VAs manage to maintain some element of normal cadence in their speech.

it should have taken exactly one line for everyone involved to realize Bale couldn't pull off a Conroy-type deep voice.  if you can't do the voice, there's no shame in not doing it.  just speak normally for christ's sake.

the Batman Begins game had everyone from the film reprising their roles, Kee-riminiy was Bale bad in that.  And I have never played a more boring tutorial that had better line delivery then Liam Neeson walking you through the game mechanics, an appreciation of Liam Neeson that I would keep for many years until Taken 2 took a bit of the shine off of that apple.

[Eric P]

best batman is the west batman

[chronovore]

Pretty sure I saw an old movie on Skinemax where Adam West actually did some sexy stuff with Angelique Pettijohn, the green-haired girl from Star Trek TOS' "Gamesters of Triskelion." It was like geek gold: Batman fucking the hot chick from Star Trek.

[chronovore]

Still a lot more impressive than that swirly kick Kilmer pulls off at the end.

[cool breeze]

Eion Bailey's (2:03) and Cillian Murphy's (6:22) auditions for Batman/Bruce




 

[Great Rumbler]

They should have kept Bale's original Batman voice instead of playing around with it in post.

[Steve Contra]

Fun fact, only Keaton and Adam West rose above the character of Batman/Bruce Wayne and made it their own.  Bale was outacted by just about...everyone in his movies except what's her name in the first movie and what's her name and that one guy in the second movie. 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Fun fact, only Keaton and Adam West rose above the character of Batman/Bruce Wayne and made it their own.  Bale was outacted by just about...everyone in his movies except what's her name in the first movie and what's her name and that one guy in the second movie.

I dunno who was a worse ... that character, the first girl or the other girl